A curated collection of external tools and resources from around the world to help your organization use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively toward mission.
Capacity
Responsible Data Maturity Model for Development and Humanitarian Organizations
https://www.ictworks.org/responsible-data-maturity-model/#.YBh863dKhfWDeveloped by Linda Raftree for CARE USA
Digital Security Training Resources for Security Trainers
https://medium.com/cryptofriends/digital-security-training-resources-for-security-trainers-spring-2017-edition-e95d9e50065eA regularly updated resource hub to help digital security trainers answer “Where can I get up-to date security training links? What tools should I use and why?”
Principles for Digital Development
https://digitalprinciples.org/The Principles for Digital Development are nine living guidelines designed to help development practitioners to integrate best practices into technology-enabled programs and are intended to be updated and refined over time.
Exposing the Invisible – The Kit
https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/about.htmlExposing the Invisible – The Kit is a starting point for anybody seeking to question information that is false, find information when it’s scarce and filter information when it becomes overwhelming.
Better digital services: design principles
https://betterdigital.services/Ten design principles developed by CAST to help charities build better digital services.
Data Detox
https://datadetox.myshadow.org/en/homeThis toolkit from Mozilla and the Tachtical Technology Collaborative walks you through an 8-day data detox.
Tech Accelerate
https://www.nten.org/accelerate/Created by NTEN in partnership with The Forbes Funds, Tech Accelerate is a free tool that puts a decade of data and evaluation into a simple-to-use assessment, report, and benchmarking tool for the nonprofit sector.
FabToolkit
https://www.fabriders.net/category/fabtoolkit/A collection of tools for tech capacity building from Fabriders. This includes exercises for use in trainings and facilitation.
Data Maturity Framework – Center for Data Science and Public Policy at The University of Chicago
https://dsapp.uchicago.edu/home/resources/datamaturity/Want to know if your organization is ready to start a data-driven social impact project? See where you are in our data maturity framework and how to improve your organizational, tech, and data readiness.
Data Maturity Assessment and Benchmarking Tool
https://www.dataorchard.org.uk/data-maturity-assessment-toolA free tool to help you self-assess how data savvy your organization is and identify areas for improvement. It explores seven key themes of data maturity along a 5-stage journey. Includes sector benchmarking to compare how you’re doing with others and links to Data Orchard’s revised 2019 ‘Data Maturity Framework’ below.
Data Playbook (Beta)
https://www.preparecenter.org/toolkit/data-playbookThe Data Playbook Beta is a recipe book or exercise book developed by IFRC, with examples, best practices, how to’s, session plans, training materials, matrices, scenarios, and resources. The Playbook is designed to develop literacy around data, including responsible data use and data protection.
Digital Citizenship+ Resource Platform
https://cyber.harvard.edu/projects/digital-citizenship-resource-platformThe Digital Citizenship+ (Plus) Resource Platform (DCRP) is an evolving collection of tools around areas of youth life that can help users navigate connected learning environments and the digital world. Curated by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Data Maturity Framework Version 2.0 – Data Orchard
https://www.dataorchard.org.uk/resources/data-maturity-frameworkThis theoretical model and framework for describing the key themes and stages of development in the journey towards data maturity was specifically developed for organizations in the not-for-profit sector. Created in 2019 by Data Orchard as an updated version of the original framework published in 2017 with DataKind UK.
DataBasic.io
https://databasic.io/en/DataBasic is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners that introduce concepts of working with data.
Digital Tech
Automating NYC
https://automating.nyc/An interactive tutorial and action guide about automated decision systems in New York City.
Social Tech Guide
https://www.socialtech.org.uk/The Social Tech Guide, brought to you by Nominet Trust, is a comprehensive collection of examples of tech transforming lives and communities for the better.
ICT4D Guide
https://ict4dguide.org/The ICT4D Guide is a free and open guide to help anyone who wants to make a positive social impact with technology’s help
Privacy Preserving Techniques Handbook
https://marketplace.officialstatistics.org/privacy-preserving-techniques-handbookIn this handbook, the Big Data UN Global Working Group defines specific goals for privacy-preserving computation for public good in two salient use cases: giving national statistical offices (NSOs) access to new sources of (sensitive) Big Data; and enabling Big Data Collaborations Across Multiple NSOs.
Blockchain for Humanitarian Aid Decision Tree
https://blockchain.humanityx.nl/This decision tree acts as a guide to explore the potential and limitations of using blockchain for humanitarian aid.
The Blockchain Ethical Design Framework for Social Impact
https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/blockchain-ethical-design-framework-social-impact/The Beeck Center for Social Innovation + Impact at Georgetown University, as a learning partner with The Rockefeller Foundation, has developed the Blockchain Ethical Design Framework as a tool for practitioners to drive ethical intentionality into the design of blockchain technology for social impact.
Civic Tech Field Guide
https://civictech.guide/Since 2015, the Civic Tech Field Guide has offered a crowdsourced, global collection of civic tech tools and projects. Thousands of civic tech practitioners from over 80 countries around the world have contributed to this living resource. The guides catalogs not only the tools, but also the social side of the field: the conferences, funders, awards, design principles and playbooks. The guide includes govtech, civic tech, media tech, and high tech in its definition of “tech for the public good”. It’s a free, and Creative-Commons-licensed collection curated to help you in your work.
Giving and Funding
Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits
https://nptechforgood.com/2018/12/03/2019-cause-awareness-giving-day-calendar-for-nonprofits/2019 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits from Nonprofit Tech for Good.
990 Finder
http://foundationcenter.org/find-funding/990-finder990 Finder provides access to the most recent Forms 990 and 990-PF filed by nonprofit organizations with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
990 Decoder
https://990.charitynavigator.org/ETL toolkit for 2.5 million electronic nonprofit tax returns released by the IRS.
Governance
Restore Privacy Guide: Alternatives to Google Products
https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/The June 2019 update of a guide from Restore Privacy that aims to be the most exhaustive resource available for documenting alternatives to Google products.
PrivacySpy
https://privacyspy.org/PrivacySpy is an open project to grade and monitor privacy policies for convenience and accountability.
OCHA Data Responsibility Guidelines
https://centre.humdata.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OCHA-DR-Guidelines-working-draft-032019.pdfThe 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.
Digital Security Starter
https://dataforaction.civicus.org/course?courseid=digital-security-starterThe goal of the Digital Security Starter course is to give you a vocabulary to start a productive conversation about digital security inside your organization.
Consequence Scanning
https://doteveryone.org.uk/project/consequence-scanning/Consequence Scanning is a new Agile event developed by doteveryone that fits alongside other agile processes in an iterative development cycle. This is a way for organisations to consider the potential consequences of their product or service on people and society and provides an opportunity to mitigate or address potential harms or disasters before they happen. Consequence Scanning is for tech teams looking to ensure that the products or services they’re creating are aligned with their organisation’s values and culture.
Secure Accounts
https://netalert.me/secure-accounts.htmlSecure accounts is a set of resources to help communicate why securing your digital accounts is important, and easy tips for keeping your accounts safe. Net Alert is a collaborative project between Open Effect, the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and Professor Jedidiah Crandall at the University of New Mexico.
Digital Security and Grantcraft Guide: An Introductory Guide for Funders
https://www.macfound.org/media/files/Digital_Security__Grantcraft_Guide_v1.0_-_Final_2.23.17.pdfIn the digital age, grantmakers should be able to assess and, when appropriate, help address the digital security threats faced by grantees and grant applicants. This guide was developed through a NetGain Partnership by the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations and The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto.
The Field Guide to Security Training in the Newsroom
https://the-field-guide-to-security-training-in-the-newsroom.readthedocs.io/en/latest/BuzzFeed Open Lab and OpenNews teamed up to assemble a series of training modules and resource guides you can use to help colleagues step up their security literacy.
Searchable GDPR
https://gdpr.algolia.com/Official text of GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation – made searchable by Algolia. Easily search in chapters, articles and recitals to read faster and become GDPR compliant.
Risk Assessment Module
https://en.ftx.apc.org/books/risk-assessmentA module from the FTX: Safety Reboot training curriculum for trainers who work with women’s rights and sexual rights activists to use the internet safely, creatively and strategically.
FTX: Safety Reboot
https://ftxreboot.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_PageThe FTX: Safety Reboot is a training curriculum made up of several modules for trainers who work with women’s rights and sexual rights activists to use the internet safely, creatively and strategically.
Obscure Me: A Toolbox for Online Privacy
https://www.privacytoolbox.gppi.net/obscure-me/Privacy and security online matter. This toolbox from the Global Public Policy Institute provides a starting point to protect them.
Data Breaches: Love Your Data and Look After It
https://datadetoxkit.org/en/security/breachThis interactive guide from the Data Detox Kit walks users through best practices for data breaches.
A Visual Guide to Practical Data De-Identification
https://fpf.org/2016/04/25/a-visual-guide-to-practical-data-de-identification/While not foolproof, de-identification techniques unlock value by enabling important public and private research, allowing for the maintenance and use – and, in certain cases, sharing and publication – of valuable information, while mitigating privacy risk. This visual guide from the Future of Privacy Forum walks users through practical data de-identification.
Risk Analysis Information Identification and Classification Template
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L1FP-ePpPLcrkYKKQkuLdFHV6xj9Y-k6z4jaBQKxgKE/edit#gid=0RoundTable Technology’s risk assessment template helps organizations identify potential risks and safeguards for their data.
Security Education Companion
https://sec.eff.org/SEC is a free resource for people teaching digital security to their friends and neighbors, developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Risk Benchmarking App
https://www.nonprofitrisk.org/benchmark/The Risk Benchmarking App is provided by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center with the support of the First Nonprofit Foundation, to provide you with information about how you compare to other organizations.
Phishing Quiz
https://phishingquiz.withgoogle.com/Phishing is an attempt to trick you into giving up your personal information by pretending to be someone you know. Can you tell what’s fake?
Deon
http://deon.drivendata.org/deon is a command line tool from DrivenData that allows you to easily add an ethics checklist to your data science projects.
Digital Security Helpline
https://www.accessnow.org/help/Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline works with individuals and organizations around the world to keep them safe online. If you’re at risk, they can help you improve your digital security practices to keep out of harm’s way. If you’re already under attack, they provide rapid-response emergency assistance.
Responsible Data Training Pack
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/responsible-data-management-training-pack-620235A stimulating, adaptable training pack for humanitarian organizations on managing programme data, developed by Oxfam.
Responsible Data Resource List
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fa2QHusD5iJ8Woi8s7-SMFItAufKv4U5UR-PZ1szMNU/edit#heading=h.k5ayqcygtlmlThis list of resources (formerly known as the “Responsible Data Hackpad)” is curated and maintained by MERL Tech and The Engine Room.
Privacy Patterns
https://privacy-patterns.herokuapp.com/Privacy Patterns is a beta tool that aims to provide best practice guidance on how to manage data privacy issues in the absence of sector-specific regulation.
Data Ethics Framework
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-ethics-framework/data-ethics-frameworkThe Data Ethics Framework, developed by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom, guides the design of appropriate data use in government and the wider public sector. This guidance is aimed at anyone working directly or indirectly with data in the public sector, including data practitioners (statisticians, analysts and data scientists), policymakers, operational staff and those helping produce data-informed insight.
Data Sharing Code of Practice
https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1068/data_sharing_code_of_practice.pdfThe Data Sharing Code of Practice created by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office explains how the Data Protection Act 1998 applies to the sharing of personal data.
Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/enThe Electronic Frontier Foundation’s guide to defending yourself from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
Current Digital Security Resources
https://medium.com/@mshelton/current-digital-security-resources-5c88ba40ce5cMartin Shelton’s frequently-updated list of digital security resources, curated based on relevance, practical advice, accessible language, clear organization, and up-to-date information.
Privacy and Technology Guide
https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technologyThe ACLU works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation.
A First Look at Digital Security
https://www.accessnow.org/a-first-look-at-digital-security/This easy-to-read booklet helps users identify what their main concerns in the digital world should be. It outlines the types of information that journalists, activists, NGO workers, and students might want to protect and steps that each one could take to preserve privacy.
Inclusive: A Microsoft Design Toolkit
https://www.microsoft.com/design/inclusive/Use these materials from Microsoft to apply an inclusive lens to your creative process and the responsible use of data.
CASH Learning Partnership
http://www.cashlearning.org/news-and-events/news-and-events/post/269-new-calp-online-training-course--ae-transfers-and-operationalizing-beneficiary-data-protectionaCaLP partnered with the UNHCR to offer a course on “E–transfer and operationalizing beneficiary data protection”. This course helps humanitarian practitioners to take the necessary steps to operationalize the protection of beneficiary data in programmes using electronic transfers, or e-transfers.
"Who Has Your Back"
https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2018The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s “Who Has Your Back” rates web companies on their data protection practices.
Terms of Service Project
https://tosdr.org/The Terms of Service Project rates website data policies on a number of criteria.
Data Management Planning Guide
https://www.bu.edu/data/guides/Templates and guidelines from Boston University Data Services.
Data Management Planning Tool
https://dmptool.org/Create, review, and share data management plans that meet institutional and funder requirements.
Primer for Responsible Data
https://responsibledata.io/2014/10/28/primer-on-responsible-data-in-development/A primer on digital data and development from the Responsible Data Forum.
Responsible Data Forum
https://responsibledata.io/category/resources/The Responsible Data Forum provides a number of practical tools for using digital data safely in humanitarian, disaster, and human rights contexts.
Infrastructure
Global Open Data Index
https://index.okfn.org/The Global Open Data Index from Open Knowledge International provides the most comprehensive snapshot available of the state of open government data publication.
Alidade
https://alidade.tech/Use Alidade to create a plan for finding technology tools that suit your social change project. Built on in-depth research in Kenya and South Africa and designed for activists and social change organisations everywhere, Alidade was created by The Engine Room, the Network Society Lab and Mtaani Initiative based at Pawa254.
Schema.org
https://schema.org/Schema.org is a collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for structured data on the Internet, on web pages, in email messages, and beyond.
BRIDGE (Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities)
https://bridge-registry.org/BRIDGE is an identifier system for the global social sector, enabling streamlined information sharing to improve transparency and effectiveness.
Human Service Data API Protocols
https://openreferral.org/meet-the-human-service-data-api-protocols/Open Referral makes it easy to share, find, and use directory information about the health, human, and social services available to people in need. Open Referral’s Human Service Data API Protocols aim to develop a common vocabulary to describe those services, and formatting instructions for publishing such data in bulk.
Policy
Issue Background Sheets
https://www.eff.org/fight/libraryGet up to speed with EFF’s digital rights issues with handy one-pagers, perfect for handing out at events, circulating, and sharing with your networks.
Corporate Accountability Index
https://rankingdigitalrights.org/index2018/The Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index evaluates 22 of the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies on their disclosed commitments and policies affecting freedom of expression and privacy.