Technology
Decolonize Data
The social sector too often extracts and siloes data from the communities it supposedly serves.
Tag: Privacy
Philanthropy & Funding
The Looming Fight Over How We Give Our Data
We face a choice between two models for donating data: one governed by corporations and one determined by grassroots civic action. The winner will decide how much control we have over our digital information.
Technology
A Peaceful Cyberspace
Geneva-based CyberPeace Institute offers a beacon of hope for cybersecurity in an increasingly unsecured and dangerous cyberspace. A What's Next article from the Spring 2020 issue.
Technology
Fail-Safe Keeping of Personal Records
The MyPass Austin project aims to help people experiencing homelessness by using blockchain technology to secure their personal documents. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Invention of Digital Civil Society
For nearly three decades, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has led the fight to protect people’s digital rights, incubating allied organizations and offering free security tools to nonprofits. Can it continue to uphold its mission? From the Summer 2019 issue.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Creating a Higher Standard of Data Use and Protection
How the social sector can lead the way to ethical and responsible data use.
Technology
Fintech for the Financially Excluded?
Financial technology has the potential to help lift millions out of poverty. But are we adequately assessing its risks?
Health
The Emerging World of Online Health Communities
Platforms that provide a way for patients, caregivers, and health care staff to share stories and develop solutions across the health system are disrupting traditional hierarchies in medicine.
Health
International Development Doesn’t Care About Patient Privacy
Global health has brushed aside human dignity—it’s time to place patients at the core.
Podcast
Technology
Data Privacy and Security: From Mandate to Mission
Stanford's Lucy Bernholz moderates a discussion on how social sector organizations can utilize the power of data while integrating critical concerns of security, transparency, and responsible governance into their culture.