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This means, among other things, that: The URL of your website WordPress.com. When you create a website on WordPress.com, you get free use of a subdomain owned by Automattic, such as yourgroovysite.wordpress.com or mollys.food.blog. You may not engage in “domain squatting,” claim an unreasonable number of subdomains (as determined by us), or sell access to subdomains. For those unfamiliar with Creative Commons, here`s a quick introduction: Creative Commons is a non-profit organization founded in the United States in 2001 by proponents of reducing legal restrictions on sharing and using copyrighted works. The company is headquartered in California and also has affiliated organizations around the world. It aims to strike a balance between full control of copyright and the uncontrolled use of intellectual property. To this end, it offers a range of copyright licenses that are freely available to the public and allow those who create intellectual property to label their work with the freedoms they desire. As Creative Commons says on its website, WordPress was designed as a blogging platform and then expanded to become the most popular website building platform. Blogging is an important content marketing strategy for lawyers for many reasons.
The most obvious thing that applies to all industries is that blogging allows for a constant stream of new content. Blogging also provides a way to explore “long tail” search terms — more specific phrases that attract a smaller number of visitors, but are narrowly focused on attracting your potential customers. And, of course, claimants want to be able to rely on your knowledge and experience. Regular blogs create the opportunity to show your knowledge on a variety of specific topics, so potential customers are likely to find information related to their needs. When you collect personal information from people who use your website (e.g., their names, email addresses, physical addresses, attributes, etc.), it may be a good practice (in some countries) or a legal requirement (in others) to have a privacy policy whose purpose is to explain to people what information you will collect and how you will use it. if you transfer it to others and so on. This allows people to make informed decisions and understand how you handle their personal data. The privacy policy on this website illustrates what (I hope) a user-friendly privacy policy can look like, and if you wish, you can automatically create your own based on mine using the form in the article Want a privacy policy like mine? In addition, performing a regular audit of your data collection and WordPress cookie performance is helpful in ensuring regulatory compliance, although this is not strictly necessary. MailChimp is the service I use. I`m sure it`s compliant with the anti-spam laws that apply to me, and since it focuses on regulatory compliance, I suspect it complies with most countries` anti-spam laws or can be configured to comply with most countries` anti-spam laws. There you have it: a number of legal issues to consider when setting up a content-centric website.
Many WordPress website owners, like other website owners, don`t consider these types of issues. For example, those who have personal blogs often won`t know all the problems or won`t want to solve them. However, as I suggested above, the more commercial your website is or the more important it is to you, the more important it is to consider these issues. Good luck! Whether comments are allowed on a website is (of course) not a legal issue, but the decision to allow comments or other user-generated content raises legal considerations. Some major players in the legal industry – notably FindLaw – offer website services to law firms. Hiring a company like FindLaw with an established name and clear expertise in the legal industry seems to be a safe and reliable way to get a quality law firm website. However, there are two reasons why we do not recommend clients choose FindLaw for their websites. First of all, FindLaw is an expensive option. Prices aren`t exactly transparent, but some practice management experts have estimated that the cost is multiple of what a company would pay for good design and hosting elsewhere — perhaps up to 10 times more. These high fees often come with long-term commitments, and it can be so hard to get rid of FindLaw that the internet is full of articles on how to “break free.” At least one former FindLaw employee has created a new company that retrieves content for law firms leaving FindLaw.
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Nevertheless, some elements are important – even required by law – for each office location. You need to make sure that your law firm`s website includes the following: To create a legal page, click the All Legal Pages option, and then click Add Legal Page: A privacy policy is a legal statement that indicates what the owner of a business (website, mobile app, Facebook app, etc.) will and will not do with personal data collected from users. What is a data protection agreement? Our Services are not intended for children. You may not access or use our Services if you are under the age of 13 (or 16 in Europe). When you register as a user or use our Services, you represent that you are at least 13 years old (or 16 years old in Europe). You may only use our Services if you can enter into a legally binding contract with us. In other words, if you are under the age of 18 (or the age of majority in your country of residence), you may only use our Services under the supervision of a parent or guardian who accepts the Agreement.