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Facebook has pledged its commitment to transparency and accountability throughout its GDPR preparation process, but it's unclear whether it plans to make good on its promise.

Nonprofits using Google Apps to run their operations or shared applications like Google Docs or Sheets to manage their workflows are encouraged to learn more about Google compliance, including how the data giant prepares for applicable data protection laws. In March, CIO Dive reported on Google’s recent user consent policy...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires consent from contacts that is freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous. Organizations are also expected to clearly explain how they plan to use their contacts’ personal data. MailChimp’s guide on collecting consent with GDPR forms explains how signup forms can help its users...

A new guide released by Constant Contact covers what its users need to know about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), what they need to be aware of going forward, and how the new law affects them. The guide isn’t a full analysis of how the regulation may apply to...

Project Overview To support civil society’s access to responsible data (RD) resources, the Good Data Collaborative completed a responsible data literature review, consultations with stakeholders (summarized in a consultation report), UX testing and redesign of ResponsibleData.io, and an initial assessment of the landscape of responsible data guidance for nonprofits. Team...

The following is a paraphrased excerpt of an article published by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) on April 4, 2018. In February, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published a new temporary model for WHOIS that substantially modifies the philosophy of the service. WHOIS lists...

View the full lists of submitted projects from previous cycles and meet our grantees here. Digital Impact is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). We work to improve the digital infrastructure for civil society and help social sector practitioners and policymakers...

In the last few days, there has been a lot of hand wringing after Strava, a run tracking app, published a global heat map of its users’ exercise paths. As it turns out, in many of the world’s most dangerous locations, the only people using social exercise tracking apps are...

Listed below are the applicants to the Digital Impact Grants 2017 cycle who agreed to share details about their proposed projects with the Digital Impact community and public at large. Digital Impact will also share an interactive data visualization of these projects. Click here to view the list of applicants...