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An alliance of CSOs and activists made recommendations to governments in response to "serious concerns about the state of civic space."

Project Data for Action: Bringing Responsible and Secure Data Practices to Community Surveys Team [ess_grid alias=”civicus”] Project Overview CIVICUS-DataShift utilizes best practices in e-learning to develop an organizational shift from using data for reporting to using data for action. This project seeks to improve our secure and responsible data lifecycle...

Project Research and Decision-Making Framework for Philanthropic Organizations Sharing Grants Data for Human Rights and Social Change Projects Team [ess_grid alias=”ariadne”] Project Overview The project explores the decision-making process for philanthropic institutions as they collect and share open, comparable grants data, including current approaches, risks and emerging best practice. An...

Privacy Patterns is a simple, user-friendly tool designed to help non-profit organizations identify and prioritize actionable steps toward enhancing data privacy for their beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and donors. How it works: Enter a limited amount of information about your organization (none of this data is retained) Explore actionable steps that...

When business ethics and governance expert Lucy P. Marcus calls data breaches “an artifact of modern indifference,” she’s alluding to how “companies, regardless of size or sector, need to recognize their responsibility … to be vigilant and proactive about securing their data and systems.” Marcus admits that while the threat...

Alix Dunn of The Engine Room defines three concepts of transformation in the social sector and explains how they're connected.

The financial sector has benefited from tech innovation in the form of  ‘robo-advisors,’ which help individual investors manage their money.  Popularized as an innovative way to democratize investing, these services provide automated, algorithm-based portfolio management advice (in some case supplemented with human advisors). In particular, wealth management tools which augment...

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Mozilla Foundation's Mark Surman discusses the NetGain Partnership and its work to make the Internet open, secure, and accessible for all.

  Philanthropoids, donors and nonprofit leaders want (and use) data for different reasons. Philanthropoids and donors hope to compare options and allocate investments while nonprofit leaders hope to learn and prove impact using data. But in all cases, the data they seek needs to tell a story and have a...