September 30, 2020
Can a Machine Learn Inclusivity? That Depends on the Teacher
The 4Q4 podcast returns with an introspective look at machine learning with a researcher who is helping to counteract bias.
July 22, 2020
Have We Forgotten the Human Aspect of Technology?
The pandemic has nonprofits accelerating their use of tech, overwhelming many whose operations aren’t designed for digital.
June 6, 2020
Civic Freedom and the Pandemic
An alliance of CSOs and activists made recommendations to governments in response to "serious concerns about the state of civic space."
April 15, 2020
GDPR Compliance and Closing Civic Space
A new report looks at how the GDPR can be used against social sector organizations and what they should do to prepare.
February 11, 2020
Location Privacy: How Protected Are We?
Public Lab is developing a set of tools based on "location blurring," a new system that would mitigate the abuse of big tech surveillance.
February 4, 2020
Public Laboratory for Open Technology (Public Lab)
Project Community Data Privacy Toolkit (CDPT) Team [ess_grid alias=”publiclab”] Project Overview The Community Data Privacy Toolkit (CDPT) is a set of web-based data management tools for privacy-first, user-friendly data input, archiving, and sharing among social sector organizations. It includes tools to produce and manage semi-anonymous personal data and geodata and...
September 6, 2019
Data Incidents: Design With Responsibility in Mind
Stuart Campo and Jos Berens of UNOCHA explain how organizations can manage effectively when data goes wrong.
June 21, 2019
GDPR One Year Later, Part 2
Philanthropy data experts connect current practices to challenges brought about by the EU data regulation.
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June 7, 2019
OCHA Data Responsibility Guidelines
The OCHA Data Responsibility Guidelines offer a set of principles, processes and tools that support the safe, ethical and effective management of data in humanitarian response.
May 30, 2019
CIVICUS
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...