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Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

Saleforce Nonprofit

Established in 1997 as a victim-centered organization that protects children from violence and abuse, our purpose at International Justice Mission (IJM) is to work collaboratively with our partners and local authorities to strengthen justice systems and build communities where all people can be safe and protected.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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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 also multiple bills moving through legislature in no less than 25 other states and the federal government ( COPRA ) that could become law in 2020.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

sgEngage

Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change. This includes considering factors such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other intersecting identities that can influence access to resources and opportunities.

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Guest Post: Murphy’s Law — sometimes simpler is better in technology for volunteer management

Twenty Hats

Thus came my introduction to the wonderful world of Google Sheets for scheduling and the nightmare of sending scheduling emails before we had scheduling apps and volunteer management systems to simplify this laborious task. We had a list of maybe 100 volunteers and it was my job to email them all to ask about days and times for volunteering.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.