If you run a SaaS company that handles customer data, you need a Data Processing Agreement. Not eventually. Not when you start selling to enterprise clients. Now. A DPA defines what you can and cannot do with the data your customers entrust to you, and it determines who is liable…

The Federal Trade Commission is not slowing down. In 2026, FTC enforcement actions have accelerated across every sector that touches consumer data, subscription billing, and online advertising. If your business operates a website, app, or SaaS product, your terms of service and privacy policy are under more scrutiny than ever….

You found the perfect SaaS platform for your operations. The demo looked great. The sales rep sent over the contract. Now you need to sign and get started, right? Not so fast. According to the Zylo 2026 SaaS Management Index, 79% of IT leaders encountered price increases at renewal in…

If your business charges customers on a recurring basis, your subscription terms are under more legal pressure right now than at any point in the last decade. The regulatory ground shifted dramatically in 2025, and it has not settled yet. The FTC’s “click-to-cancel” rule was vacated by the Eighth Circuit…

If your SaaS product uses AI and you have customers in the European Union, a compliance deadline is approaching that most US companies are not prepared for. The EU AI Act’s Article 50 transparency requirements apply starting August 2, 2026, and they reach beyond the EU’s borders. Like GDPR, the…

If your business collects personal data from users in the United States, your compliance obligations changed on January 1, 2026. Three more states enacted comprehensive privacy laws, bringing the total to twenty. Several existing laws added new restrictions on minors’ data, biometric information, and automated decision-making. And enforcement agencies in…

Your terms of service are only worth something if a court will enforce them. The legal protections you drafted, the liability limits you negotiated, the arbitration clause you included to avoid class actions: none of it matters if a judge rules that your users never actually agreed to your terms….

Every SaaS company rolling out AI-powered features faces a legal question that did not exist five years ago: do your terms of service actually cover what your AI does? Standard terms of service agreements were written for a world where software behaved predictably. Users input data, the software processed it…

Online platforms and marketplaces grow in layers. At first, the focus stays on product and traction. New users arrive. Sellers join. Payments start flowing. Compliance usually comes later, often after a problem appears. That delay creates risk. Platforms manage users, transactions, content, and data at the same time. Each of…