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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

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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. It’s primarily intended to prevent spam email ads from commercial entities, but nonprofits are not exempt.

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Paradise Lost: Mac Users Targeted with New Malware

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Last week, for the first time ever I stepped into an Apple store and sought the help from its Genius Bar for a hardware issue for a MacBook Pro (it was a known issue that affected models of a certain age and a particular graphics chip). As always, be vigilant when using the Internet and use caution when unexpected messages or windows arise.

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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

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Amazon Fire Phone and the Internet of Things. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. The Fire Phone is a perfect representation of "The Internet of Things," a concept my colleague Jim Lynch has written about. Sounds a bit creepy, right? Or helpful?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why you need social media marketing.

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Because we believe that increasingly we will be seeing engagement move to these social networking models and away from email. “The spam war is a continuous battle between spammers and security vendors,&# said Barracuda chief executive Dean Drako. Because email… what’s the technical term?… … sucks.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

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I tried to give them a framework in which to think about this kind of change and we discussed different models to explore and teach this subject. In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. It’s fantastic.

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A Conversation with Michael Gilbert on Nonprofit Blogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think of the origin of Nonprofit Online News as one of those sweet Internet accidents, something that always reminds me that networks are infrastructures of natural abundance. During 1995 and 1996 I found myself in the position of being the person best informed about the Internet in my professional nonprofit circles.

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

Museum 2.0

Let’s say you wanted to find a model museum using Web 2.0 Spam, obscenity--they just aren't an issue at all. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. You have to have a really good computer and internet connection. to support programs and exhibits.

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