Customer rules and data for The Best CRM for Small Business

Tessaly CRM (fictional example) → Small business CRM → Short setup for a small team → Data you can take with you

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The email, phone and privacy rules that matter, and how to keep customer data safe.

Content reviewed 8 November 2026. How this is assessed.

Marketing email and sales calls: the basic rules: If your CRM sends marketing email, the FTC says to include your postal address, honor opt-outs within 10 business days and not mislead in your headers.
Looking after customer data in a small business: Keep only what you need, give staff access only to what their job requires, train them on it, and check whether California's privacy law reaches your business.
Backups and getting your data back out: Export your contacts and deal history on a regular schedule, test that the file is usable, and make sure you could move to another system without starting over.

Sources for this entry

SBA: 3 biggest problems implementing a CRM system: Published July 21, 2016. Defining needs and the effort involved.
SBA: Manage your finances: Customer data access, training and backups.
FTC: CAN-SPAM Act compliance guide: Requirements for commercial email.
FTC: Complying with the Telemarketing Sales Rule: Scope of the rule and the business call exemption.
FTC: Protecting Personal Information: Keeping less data and least privilege.
California Attorney General: CCPA: Thresholds and consumer rights.
NIST Privacy Framework: Voluntary privacy risk management tool.

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The Best CRM for Small Business. "Customer rules and data for The Best CRM for Small Business." Content reviewed 8 November 2026. https://thebestcrmforsmallbusiness.com/topics/customers/

Featured exampleTessaly CRM

Reference subjectSmall business CRM software

StatusFictional editorial example

Source statusPublic references cited