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 19, 2019
GDPR One Year Later, Part 1
Digital Impact’s Heather Noelle Robinson and Chris Delatorre call on data experts to reflect on the first 12 months of the EU data regulation.
June 7, 2019
Using Consequence Scanning to Mitigate Harm
Samantha Brown of Doteveryone explains how data practitioners can design for the best possible outcome.
May 1, 2019
To Really Protect Our Privacy, Let’s Put Some Numbers on It
Tracy Ann Kosa, a former Non-Resident Fellow at the Digital Civil Society Lab, discusses how and why we need to measure data privacy.
April 23, 2019
Privacy, Ethics, and Data Access: A Case Study of the Fragile Families Challenge
“Researchers, companies, and governments holding data face a fundamental tension between risk to respondents and benefits to science.”
April 5, 2019
Bridging the Gap of Humanitarian Data
UNOCHA’s Stuart Campo explains how the challenges of managing data risk are breathing life into a new set of guidelines for the sector.
April 2, 2019
Introducing the Working Draft of the OCHA Data Responsibility Guidelines
A main objective of the Guidelines is to help staff better assess and manage the sensitivity of the data they handle in different crisis contexts.
March 12, 2019
WFP-Palantir and the Ethics of Humanitarian Data Sharing
The humanitarian community should assess wider implications, risks, and unintended negative consequences brought about by this and similar partnerships.
March 1, 2019
The Problem with Palantir
Zara Rahman of The Engine Room sheds light on a new partnership between WPF and Palantir Technologies, a US company with ties to intelligence communities.
January 30, 2019
Predict-a-palooza: Civil Society Forecast 2019
Podcast and Transcript: An expert panel and our virtual audience forecast the most important trends and challenges facing digital civil society in 2019.