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Online Fundraising Platforms To Face Stricter Regulations in California

NonProfit PRO

California’s Department of Justice already oversees charities and regulates fundraising on behalf of all charitable purposes in the state, but with the surge in online fundraising platforms, the state’s law, as written, wasn’t sufficient to reach online fundraising.

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

Achieve

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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Nonprofit Guide to US Digital Privacy Laws: CCPA, SHIELD

Whole Whale

This article is for the overworked techie in charge of all of the digital things who just panicked that it is 2020 and there are new privacy laws. There are two new major online privacy policy changes coming in 2020, the CCPA in California and SHIELD act in New York. What is weird is that these acts begin to treat U.S.

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5 Key Software Compliance Questions to Strengthen Your Approach

sgEngage

Every organization, no matter your mission, function, or size, is subject to a variety of laws and standards intended to protect the individuals you engage with. Software compliance is critical guide to ensuring that you are following these laws and standards in a digitally driven world.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

In May of 2018, the European Union law called that Genera l Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. It is important here to say that you would be incorrect if you think your nonprofit is not affected by Europe’s law. So, always, always protect the information you have in your database in response to far-reaching laws.

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Privacy-First Marketing for Nonprofits

Media Cause

There are a few essential tools when auditing a website’s user privacy settings: #1 VPN Clients: You can visit the website from various countries to see if the cookie consent banner is updated to reflect the law of the land. Expect this type of tracking to become more widely available as a feature in marketing software.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NPR interviewed ethics expert Mason Marks, a medical doctor and research fellow at Yale and NYU law schools, and recently wrote about Facebook’s system, to discuss the ethical and privacy concerns. Some recent examples include: Amazon’s AI recruiting software that learned to penalize résumés that included the word “women.”

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