In this weeks episode, we're "keeping it legal" with Brendan Long of Celtic Legal. We talk about all of the legal issues people get wrong when it comes to the online aspects of their business.

 

 

 

 

Darryl: Welcome to My Bloody Website, the show where we talk all things online for small and medium business owners or executives who still refer to their bloody website. I'm your cohost, Darryl King

Edmund: And I'm Edmund Pelgen.

Darryl: Welcome, Edmund. Very special episode we've got today. How're you going?

Edmund: Not too bad. Episode number six. How about that?

Darryl: That is. Episode number six, Keep it Legal. Why it's so special today is we have an esteemed guest by the name of Brendan, who's going to- Well, he's our first guest. He's gonna talk some legal matters with us, which is important.

Quick bio of Brendan. He's an Irishman become Australian. He can talk about that if he needs to. He came to Australia and is presently on year nine of a one-year plan. Sounds like the convict stories, but anyway, that's another thing. He started Celtic Legal almost two years ago. He's in Brisbane. He's in Brisbane just like myself, and he was previously at a Brisbane city law firm for six years. Welcome Brendan.

Brendan: Good afternoon, good day gents. How are we?

Edmund: Not too bad.

Darryl: Very, very good. Thank you.[crosstalk 00:00:58] it's great to have you. Keeping it Legal. What we want to talk about today is the things that people often don't do, and I could say it's from laziness, but I think in a lot of cases, they just don't know where to start, or they don't realize it's a problem. People go online. They go to apps. They go to websites. They do things. They're online. They do stuff on social media. All of these things have an implication for their business. Even if they're a sole operator, doing stuff, don't realize there's an implication for them. So we thought it would be a great time to get an expert in to share some of the insights, and while Brendan is practicing in Australia, a lot of these things cover any country in the world. There are laws relating to these matters. Obviously, get your local business legal advice when you follow up on these. These are pointers and tips you need to understand or think about to do your online business better.

So, with no more intro, Brendan, what sorts of things, in general, the businesses just need to cover off, think about, when online? What are they doing? A start, privacy policy and things like that, but what are all the basics they need to cover?

Brendan: Well, the biggest thing, Darryl, that you always look at for anyone that... Everyone is an expert in their own field, and when something comes in that's not in their field, you know, in a legal matter, one of two things normally happens. It's either panic, or avoid. Panic means something's come in. It's a deadline that you think is unrealistic. You don't know what to do. You're running around like a headless chuck, and you end up probably trying to do it yourself somehow, and then realizing that what you thought was a big hole is actually a small hole, but you just dug a big hole. You're in big trouble then, because of what you sent back.

The second one is, obviously, the avoid. Something's come in. You don't like it, so you just avoid it and hope that it goes away quietly. Unfortunately, that's not how things happen. From that point of view- I mean, everyone speaks to their needing, and that's what they do when something outside of their little spot. That's a natural reaction. The ideal scenario will be that, any small, medium or large business, but particularly a small, medium will have a good core of trusted people. I would say that a lot of them are small directors, operators,