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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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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: What does the repeal of Arizona's solicitation law mean to my nonprofit?

ASU Lodestar Center

What about internet based fundraising? The Arizona legislature recently passed legislation that repeals Arizona’s solicitation registration laws and the requirement that nonprofit organizations file annual solicitation registration or renewal forms with the Secretary of State. What does this mean for my organization? Let’s hope.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

In the early 2000s, Google gained broader traction and then took off to become what it is today as it became accessible to people beyond government and businesses. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . Thankfully, they changed the name to Google. BackRubbing doesn’t work.

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Prizes to Promote Open Government

Forum One

We've written previously about the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive. Last week the White House issued a new memorandum titled " Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government " (PDF) — a further step towards citizen engagement. A closer look shows the realm isn't all that new.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

Use the Internet to spread your message. As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success. Use the Internet to spread your message. Rely on established relationships.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This concept has been pioneered by the Internet Archive with its Open Library can lend a digital copy of a book for a period of time as long as it (or a partner library) owns a physical copy of that book which it holds back from being lent to someone else. The second group of enablers of the brighter future are business model innovations.

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Web Accessibility Lessons Learned from a Total Beginner

Forum One

Using the internet can introduce many issues for people who experience a disability. While some people might have no problem at all using sites that are properly accessible, much of the internet is impossible to use for some people. It’s no secret that so much of 21st-century life revolves around the internet.