Amanda Vega Public Relations Phoenix Arizona

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Social Media Policy and Regulation

Policy and Regulation

While many think of social media as simply having a presence on sites like MySpace, we see social media as the integration of a myriad of tools.

While most people think of social media in terms of the marketing value, there is also a challenging and sometimes ugly side of social media: risk. If not done properly, your social media consultant, marketing agency, or internal team can put your company at risk for things like lawsuits, SEC and FTC fines, and more. Aside from compliance issues that many entities have created and are working on (SEC, FTC, FDA, etc.) that you need to be mindful of, there are also things this space has created such as Twitter terrorism, cyber bullying, and corporate sabbotage. Amanda Vega Consulting has been working in the social media space for well over 10 years now, and along with that has always had a compliance officer in-house to help not only navigate these issues for clients to keep them out of trouble (through policy and management,) but to also ensure that our team is leading these regulations instead of following them.

Our team and partners have worked directly in social media compliance, policy, and risk in the following ways and are happy to help you navigate this ugly side of social media:

  • HIPAA training for 2 major hospital groups and physician practice groups FDA submission of proposed regulation – we drive the solution, not wait to be told how to handle
  • SEC – two of our team has held Series 7 and 63 licenses, and we worked with the SEC on compliance issues
  • FTC – we’ve been in compliance with these new regulations for years – trust us, the UK is MUCH tougher than US
  • Social media policy creation for multiple companies of all sizes: it’s not about shutting it down, it’s about making sensible decisions
  • Social media internal threat and risk assessment – tied into annual risk assessment and auditable units (ERM and Internal Audits)

Contact us today to see how a social media plan and implementation will best serve your company.