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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. The most significant data breach , so far, affected 3 billion users around the world and happened in 2013 and 2014.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

Tech Soup

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. The New York Times Outs Google+.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. Rescue workers on the ground then knew exactly where to go. In the U.S.,

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2015 Jim Lynch Award Winner — Kyle Wiens of iFixit

Tech Soup

If we open up most of our devices, we are usually violating the warranty and (in some cases) federal law. One of Kyle's first victories in the right to repair was in 2013, when he successfully advocated for legalizing the unlocking of mobile devices so they aren't locked to a single carrier like AT&T or Verizon.

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Why Apple isn't the Nonprofit App Grinch | Nonprofit Trends with.

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Her thoughts on Apple’s ban on donations in iPhone apps recently appeared in The New York Times. This isn’t a new issue for her and she blogged back in June on this topic. The Right International Options Supporting donations in the United States is one thing. It's importance can't be debated.

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