Bulletproof Your Marketplace: Strategies for Protecting Your Digital Platform by Jeremy H. Gottschalk is available today on Amazon. The book is published with Forbes Books, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes.

Online marketplace and digital platform leaders spend incalculable time and energy growing and scaling their businesses. However, as Jeremy Gottschalk has seen too often, many overlook a crucial factor for long-term success—mitigating the risks, liabilities, and legal exposures that could lead to failure.

The Internet has been in use by the general public for decades, and with it have come a wealth of benefits.

The Executive Director of the Marketplace Industry Association submitted a letter advocating for a federal data privacy law, modeled after the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, to replace the current patchwork of state regulations. Jeremy Gottschalk emphasized that the existing state-by-state approach stifles innovation and creates significant compliance burdens for businesses. The letter called for a national standard that balances consumer protection with the continued growth of the digital economy, while also aligning with international data privacy frameworks.

Jeremy Gottschalk, on behalf of the Marketplace Industry Association, has submitted a letter to the Department of Justice requesting a delayed implementation timeline for the recently finalized regulations on sensitive U.S. data access by Countries of Concern. The letter cites the significant operational and logistical challenges faced by its members. The association emphasizes the need for further clarification on key aspects of the regulations and proposes a revised timeline to ensure effective compliance.