June 21, 2019
GDPR One Year Later, Part 2
Philanthropy data experts connect current practices to challenges brought about by the EU data regulation.
Digital Impact was created by the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS and was managed until 2024. It is no longer being updated.
Civil society has a critical role to play in digital policy as analog shifts to digital and organizational ecosystems evolve.
Digital policy is the realm of laws and regulations that shape and are shaped by digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation. It includes local, national, and global rules about how digital data are managed—from intellectual property law to broadband access, net neutrality and free expression to data protection, privacy, and more.
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.
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 11, 2019
Democracy and the Digital Divide: Is Access Enough?
For most people in the world, getting online is too expensive, and for those who can afford it, service is often unreliable or non-existent. What could this mean for democracy?
April 4, 2019
When Nobody Knows You’re a Dog: Tech, Civil Society, and the Fight for Authenticity
Civil society organizations should guard against “authenticity theft,” a troubling trend that may yet reveal a silver lining.
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.