Even with a 300% increase in attendance, NPDA realizes not every dealer could make it to Columbus. Rather than limiting critical information the association is adding a series of bonus sessions to the acclaimed EDGE webinars. First up: Accelerate2Compliance, both alphabetically and in terms of timeliness!
Powersports dealers store more sensitive data than ever, and the volume of security risk incidents increases by the day. Don’t risk the hassle, headaches and reputation damage that comes with losing your customers’ private data. Let A2C take those worries on so you can focus on making your customers happy.
I’m Matt Vatter. I am the Chief Compliance Officer with a company called Accelerate2Compliance. Our solution helps dealers to put the federal regulatory apparatus in place to protect private customer data. That’s what we do. That’s the foundation of our business.
But primarily what we do is help dealers to understand the threats as they relate to cyber risk, information security risks and privacy rights management risk. We help them to identify, address and put systems in place to take care of it. And these privacy concerns have become a real issue now.
It started with the General Data Privacy Rights Act in Europe. And then it was kind of codified in the United States by the California Consumer Privacy Service. Since then, many states have been adopting the CCPA & GDPR style of privacy rights.
As of today, we don’t have a federal privacy regulation, although it has floated through Congress a couple of times. The National Data Privacy Act is what they’re looking at calling it and hasn’t gained a ton of traction yet, but states are slowly putting things in place. We’re at 20 states right now that have an impact and I think we’re supposed to be at about 26 by the end of next year, with more and more states getting on board with it.
Do you have an updated listing of the states on your website?
Yeah, we can certainly provide that. You can go to our website and find information about the state, privacy rights that have been in place. We can also talk customized if you’re from a specific state that has something we can discuss with you, just always give us a call.
Your thoughts about DealerConnect. How’s the show been for you?
It’s great to talk with some of the folks that are already your clients. And then talk with the folks that we want to meet… It’s always great to be with folks in the industry. Talk to them about how their dealerships are doing, how sales are going. Is there anything that we can do to help?
Even if it’s just answer questions?
That’s the big part of it. Education, understanding and knowledge really is what helps dealers to navigate through changing environments. The more knowledge that we can help to give to dealerships so that their businesses can be successful, the better off we’re going to be.
Any special offers for DealerConnect attendees?
Certainly for show attendees but also dealers that sign up with A2C we’re offering free “Dark Web” scans for anybody that wants to come in. The Dark Web is where your private information is sold and transacted. So once it’s stolen from any place, it goes out there in a free marketplace for criminals to use. We’re doing a scan to let you know if things are there. And then we can give you some tips on how to protect yourself if your information is out on the Dark Web.
For anybody that signs up with us, just mention the fact that you heard through Dealernews and the DealerConnect show, and we’ll give you six months’ worth of free Dark Web monitoring with a subscription to the Accelerate to Compliance tool. To learn more about A2C, click here:
