LinkNow Media - Small Business Website Design

At LinkNow Media, we’ve built our business around one simple idea: deliver real value to small business owners, and never take their trust for granted.

If you’ve been with us for a while, you know we’ve always done things differently. No surprise fees. No forced upgrades. No unnecessary add-ons. For more than 16 years, we’ve focused on keeping your services reliable, supported, and evolving alongside your business. But the digital landscape has changed. Security expectations are higher, privacy laws are stricter, and the standards for operating a professional business website have evolved significantly.

That’s why we’re making an important update to how services are delivered. We’re rolling out enhanced protections, compliance tools, and infrastructure improvements designed to meet today’s legal and technological requirements and to better protect your business moving forward.

No Action Needed to Keep Your Website Live

This update will take effect automatically on May 10, 2026, which is 60 days from this notice, to meet new security, compliance, and legal requirements. This ensures your services continue without interruption and your website remains protected.

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Why This Change Matters

The internet has evolved. Security standards are stricter, compliance requirements are broader, and online threats are more sophisticated than ever. Meanwhile, lawsuits tied to privacy violations and outdated practices are becoming more common — and more costly.

To keep our clients protected and competitive, we’ve quietly introduced major upgrades over the years — all without raising your price:

We did all of that while holding your rate steady.

Now, with legal compliance tools becoming mandatory and performance benchmarks rising, we're bundling these services into a modern hosting platform — and retiring legacy plans. This is about keeping your business protected, professional, and legally aligned.


Here’s What You Get With the Upgrade

Your SECURE hosting plan isn’t just an upgrade — it’s a transformation built to protect your business in today’s regulatory landscape. These are no longer “nice-to-haves” — they’re the baseline for operating a legally compliant, professional-grade website.

The Security & Compliance Bundle — Required by Modern Privacy Laws

Today’s websites are legally expected to provide clear privacy disclosures, secure data handling, and accessibility features. Your upgraded plan includes:

  • SSL Encryption (Already Live): Secures every visitor session and displays the trusted “lock” icon in browsers — a critical trust signal and a requirement for many compliance frameworks.
  • Cookie Consent Banner: Required under laws like CCPA, PIPEDA, and GDPR, this tool notifies users and lets them manage tracking preferences — no matter where your business is based.
  • Auto-Updating Legal Policies (via Termageddon): Your Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Cookie Policy are legally vetted and kept up to date automatically as laws change — removing the guesswork and risk of falling out of compliance.
  • ADA Accessibility Widget: Expected or required under accessibility standards in the U.S. and Canada, this tool improves usability for people with disabilities and helps protect your business from non-compliance. These standards apply based on who visits your site — not just where your business is located.

These protections are required or expected under digital privacy and accessibility laws in many jurisdictions — and help reduce the risk of fines, complaints, or legal disputes.

Libraesva Email Security — Enterprise-Level Defense Without the IT Department

Email is the #1 way businesses are targeted by phishing, ransomware, and fraud. That’s why your upgraded hosting includes Libraesva — an enterprise-grade email security suite used by major corporations. If we manage your email, you’ll get:

  • Smart-Trust Check: Our system watches every email sender and learns what’s normal. If it sees anything strange, like someone pretending to be your client, relative or a fake account, it stops it before it gets to you.
  • Safe Link Testing: Every link in an email is opened in a safe 'test box.' If the link is bad or dangerous, it’s blocked before you can click.
  • File Safety Check: Attachments (like PDFs, Word docs, or ZIP files) are opened and scanned before they arrive in your inbox. This blocks viruses and ransomware before they reach you.
  • Strong Spam & Virus Blocker: We use the latest tools and global security updates to block junk emails, scams, and phishing that try to fool people.

For Hosted Email accounts with external forwarding to a Gmail, Hotmail or other email account not in our servers:

  • Smart Trust Check: Our system watches every email sender and learns what’s normal. If it sees anything strange, like someone pretending to be your client, relative or a fake account, it stops it before it gets to you.
  • Strong Spam & Virus Blocker: We use the latest tools and global security updates to block junk emails, scams, and phishing that try to fool people, all before they arrive in your inbox.

You’re not just getting hosting. You’re getting a compliance-focused digital foundation that protects your business around the clock.

What Happens Next?

Your services will continue uninterrupted under the updated structure beginning May 10th. No action is required, and your website and email services will remain supported without interruption. To support these enhancements, a modest adjustment to your monthly rate will take effect. This change reflects added protections and infrastructure improvements and supports continued service reliability and compliance. The transition is automatic and requires no action on your part.

Have questions about pricing, compliance, or what this means for your business? We’re happy to walk you through it. Just give us a call or send us an email.

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