The biggest data breach fines of 2019 and what they mean for charities
2019 saw some eye-watering fines levied for failure to comply with data protection regulations. Is your charity at risk of a data breach?
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2019 saw some eye-watering fines levied for failure to comply with data protection regulations. Is your charity at risk of a data breach?
In this week's Charity Digital webinar, our speakers from Superhighways offer some advice about choosing the best CRM for your charity. The webinar will explain, among other things, the basics of CRMs, the types of data managed by CRMs, and how to optimise your CRM
In this week's Charity Digital webinar, our speakers from Superhighways offer some advice about choosing the best CRM for your charity. The webinar will explain, among other things, the basics of CRMs, the types of data managed by CRMs, and how to optimise your CRM
In this week's Charity Digital webinar, our speakers from Superhighways offer some advice about choosing the best CRM for your charity. The webinar will explain, among other things, the basics of CRMs, the types of data managed by CRMs, and how to optimise your CRM
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The world of gaming sometimes gets a bad reputation. However, time and time again gaming is proving itself otherwise and has become a highly lucrative fundraising market for charities. Gaming makes up a huge part of the entertainment industry and in recent years gaming for good has been picking up speed thanks to platforms such as Twitch and Tiltify.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
We highlight some of the biggest social media fundraising campaigns helping support charities through the pandemic
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
Is your charity getting the most out of mobile giving? Here are a few key ways to optimise you donors' user journey on any device.
15th October 2020 - 09:00 - 13:00 This year's free virtual event will help charities navigate an exciting era of digital fundraising. The event will consist of 10 sessions across 2 streams and will allow charities to hear how other organisations are adapting to the new fundraising environment - with specific information on the tools and tricks they're using and the hardships that they're facing along the way.
Virtual events that feel authentic to your charity's aims and brand really hit home for supporters, encourage engagement and make for memorable experiences
eBook for Charity Digital sponsored by Salesforce.org
The AI revolution could be the key to a greener, cleaner planet, as these incredible smart solutions are proving.
The problem with diversity and ethnicity in the charity sector isn't going away - we spoke to three people involved in the issue to have a frank conversation on how we can collectively improve the way we hire and promote talent from diverse backgrounds.
From powerful VR/AR experiences to inspiring crowdfunded storytelling projects and educational apps, we celebrate the most innovative and impactful charity digital campaigns out there. Some are from UK charities you may have heard of, others you haven't, but all of them showcase the imaginative use of digital technology to inform, raise funds and bring awareness to great causes.
We spoke to 2019 Tech4Good award winners Jangala about how their Big Box technology is bringing cheap, reliable connectivity for people in crisis and in remote situations around the world.
There's a huge amount of buzz in the non-profit sector right now around how the intelligent use of data can help charities. Charities have always collected and used data as part of what they do, but it's only now that the tools and computing resources are becoming available for them to really engage with larger sets of data in a meaningful way.
These tips give charities a good starting point in understanding the sometimes confusing world of SEO, so they can get their website to the top of Google's pages.
VR can help people empathise with those on the autistic spectrum in new and immersive ways, raising awareness and gaining support.
The 'fifth generation' of mobile connectivity is about to transform industries everywhere - and charities are no exception.
Artificial intelligence could soon be doing the tasks that humans find repetitive and boring, opening up more opportunity to focus on innovating and growing their missions.
With better reporting comes better visibility into what's working and what isn't with charity culture - a crucial first step for a charity sector looking to identify and tackle inclusion issues in the workforce.
A Twitter storm is raging over the hashtag #CharitySoWhite, with charity sector workers sharing sobering stories of racial discrimination they have faced in the sector.
First virtual reality, then augmented reality, and now mixed reality is all the hype - but what's it all about, and what could it have to do with charities?
At the Iof Fundraising Convention, we heard from Greenpeace about how they're using innovative online methods to educate and inspire people around their cause.
As digital platforms become part of the fabric of life, charities have a responsibility to be the guardians of children and vulnerable adults online.
Want to explore what an end-to-end brand management system can do for your charity? Brand iQ is the leading brand management solution especially catered to the charity sector. You can read more about why charities use digital brand management in our explainer article.
We explore why charity donations by SMS on the rise, who's giving this way and how charities can enable their supporters to give quickly and conveniently by text.
We list some of the best cheap and free online fundraising platforms for charities.
Are you in danger of hitting a brick wall with your charity data strategy? We take a look at some of the possible reasons why, as well as some solutions
New year's resolutions are an opportunity to reflect on what has worked and what hasn't for charities and stride into 2020 with fresh new ideas.
Transparency and Trust: Digital can let supporters be part of the donation journey for charities working in a climate of eroding trust
We take a look back at the charities who have won at digital Christmas fundraising, and show how being adventurous with digital can pay off
Our latest infographic shows how much admin time and money charities can save from automating their HR processes with software.
Virtual reality (VR) has been a hyped technology since the 1980s, but it's only really in the last few years that it has been brought down to earth to become an accessible and affordable tool. Now, VR 2.0 is infiltrating the real world.
While it's still early days for most in the charity sector, artificial intelligence is now far from being just a buzzword. Charities are using technology such as machine learning, chatbots and algorithmic decision making to do everything from serving information and telling stories online, to taking voice-based donations, driving innovative research and serving beneficiaries.
The idea of an artificial mind that can think by itself has always loomed large in the human imagination - the ancient Greeks told myths of mechanical men. As an academic discipline, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been studied since the 1950s, after computer scientist Alan Turing first asked, " can machines do what we, as thinking entities, do?
When Naomi Marek's son Max was diagnosed with autism and a life-threatening form of epilepsy at the age of six, she suddenly found herself having to navigate a maze of hospital appointments, school rejections, financial worries and many unknowns about what support was available where.
This post is sponsored by Workplace by Facebook - a free tool for non-profits and staff of educational institutions to help teams connect, collaborate and drive transformational change in their organisations and community.
Salesforce.org's new report explains how the majority of European charities are not going at full speed when it comes to the potential of their digital marketing, and offers advice on what they can do to step it up a gear in 2019.
This article is sponsored by Workplace by Facebook - a secure platform for organisations to connect, learn and collaborate. Want to give your charity a digital makeover in 2019, skill up your staff or start a new digital-based project?
This article was sponsored by Donr, a text giving platform for charities. Last November charity text donation service JustTextGiving, run by JustGiving and Vodafone, announced that it will be shutting down from the 31st March, having raised £42.5m for more than 25,000 charities over its eight-year life.
Charity Digital News' inagural Charity Digital Tech Conference in February delivered a jam-packed day of learning and discussion to charities of all shapes, sizes and digital skill levels. We welcomed expert speakers from charity, tech and the wider tech for good community to explore how charity leaders can set about bringing digital to life, wherever they're at in their journey.
March was leadership month at Charity Digital News, and we were proud to host three exclusive free webinars from three quite different leaders of digital change in the charity sector: Zoe Amar, Penny Power and Carolyn Nutkins. Each webinar explored a different aspect of being a successful charity digital leader and concluded with a live Q and A.
This article is sponsored by Breathe. Breathe provides cloud-based HR software for businesses and charities with up to 250 employees. The challenges of volunteer management in a non-profit organisation might seem a world away from those of managing paid employees.
A new graphic reveals how Tech Trust has evolved from its humble beginnings to collaborating with leading tech partners and helping over 38k charities in the UK to save money on tech.
Christian Aid Week will allow hundreds of churches across the UK to accept cashless and mobile donations for the first time, as part of a large-scale pilot.
Text donation is helping animal welfare charity Wild at Heart Foundation transform the lives of stray dogs worldwide.
The NCVO charity digital maturity benchmarking tool has undergone a major overhaul to increase the focus on user-centred approaches, leadership and strategy.
Kate White, Manager of Superhighways, talks through how charities can easily migrate their data, work and people to the cloud in Office 365.
Digital fundraising trends are evolving and changing all the time. But while the word 'trend' implies something that is merely a flash in the pan, it's worth bearing in mind that the Internet was once thought of as 'just a trend'.
The rise of ever more sophisticated malware, ransomware, bots and other threats have dominated cybersecurity firms' predictions for 2018. But as soon as the words 'cybersecurity' are spoken, they can create a disconnect between the technologies and jargon involved, and the reality of organisations working with people's data every day.
Data growing out of control? Putting your charity's data into a CRM (Customer/Constituent Relationship Management) system can be a real lifesaver when it comes keeping track of supporters, donors, volunteers and beneficiaries. But before you go ahead it's important to know a bit about the different types of CRM systems on the market that charities and non-profit organisations can choose from.
Still working out what to prioritise for GDPR compliance? Our last minute GDPR checklist for charities has you covered, outlining the key steps to take and the main ICO resources to refer to.
The technology innovation team at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is dedicated to looking at how future technology trends could help drive engagement with the public and further the charity's goal of saving lives through research. We sat down with Rob Leyland, Innovation Manager, to talk about some of the charity's exciting trials and experiments with emerging technology.
Choosing a CRM or donor management system? We've put together this handy PDF guide to some of the main CRM systems for charities and what to look for.
The many thousands of small charities around the UK are being celebrated as part of The FSI (Foundation for Social Improvement)'s Small Charity Week - join the party at across social media. While the total income of the voluntary sector is dominated by larger charities, small charities constitute 97% of all charities in the UK ( as a newly released infographic from NCVO shows).
Far from being passive consumers of the Web, today's social media-centred digital users are active participants, and they're creating and sharing far more than ever before. 'User generated content' is starting to be recognised as a powerful marketing tool, with today's users craving deeper, more authentic connections with the brands and organisations they meet online - as these survey results show.
More charities are taking advantage of Microsoft Office 365's discounted non-profit pricing. But most get started with Microsoft Office 365 in order to be able to access the classic Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneDrive from the cloud - and never really take time to explore beyond the basics.
If you're a digitally skilled person considering working in a charity, non-profit organisation or social enterprise, you're in luck - as we highlight in our recent infographic, the sector needs your expertise. One of these six up and coming charity digital roles could be your perfect fit.
As one of the leading CRM systems on the market, Microsoft Dynamics 365 is used by organisations of all kinds to help collect, organise and manage their data on their customers, supporters and other key individuals.
Our latest infographic shows how much admin time and money charities can save from automating their HR processes with software.
Trillium's new guide for charities helps them to get the most from their data to grow their donor base and enrich supporter relationships.
Nimble's research found that storage-related bottlenecks account for about 45% of bad app performance. IA: You joined Nimble Storage as CEO in 2011, having been on its board of directors since the early days in 2009, coming from a senior executive position at rival NetApp. What was it about Nimble that lured you in?
Goldman Sachs recently announced an ambition to containerise 90% of its workloads Since launching in 2013, open source cloud containerisation engine Docker has seen explosive growth. The concept of containerisation is not new - it's been around for many years as a solution to the problem of how to get software to run reliably when moved from one computing environment to another.
Is our tech industry still leaving half the population behind? If you've been to Google's landing page today, you may have noticed the Google Doodle, which features women of all ages from across the world sharing their diverse aspirations for the future, including Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafza, who talked about her vision of a world where every girl can go to school.
European Parliament passed the final vote yesterday for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ending four years of discussion and a complete overhaul of the EU's data protection rules dating back to when the internet was in its infancy.
A shocking two laptops are lost on the London Underground every single day, according to new figures from Transport for London (TfL). The figures, obtained by memory and storage firm Crucial, show that 3,533 laptops have been reported lost in the last five years on the TfL rail network.
When customers use the messaging app this week, they will receive a notification in the chat box informing them that all their interactions would now be secured with encryption. End-to-end is a system of communication where only the people communicating can read the messages.
Microsoft has been on a militant campaign to conscript everyone to its latest OS, but now it's reached a new level of obnoxious by forcing the install on people's computers, whether they want it or not.
An Indian white hat hacker has been rewarded a bounty of $15,000 by Facebook for showing how any he could easily hack any Facebook account. Thanks to the vulnerability, a malicious hacker could potentially reset a user's password and then access all parts of their account on the social messaging platform, including messages, photos, and credit and debt card information under the payments section.
'With a predictable pattern for how attacks evolve, we fully expect 2016 will see rapidly increasing maturity in attack vectors involving social media.' - Ben Harknett, RiskIQ 2014 was heralded as the 'year of the data breach' - but we'd seen nothing yet.
Thanks to a loophole, up until now search results removed under the 'right to be forgotten' were only omitted from European versions of Google. Back in July 2015 the French data protection authority, CNIL, had threatened the company with a fine if it did not remove the data from global sites - such as google.com, and Google refused.
Researchers have found a way to link real and virtual worlds through a simple piece of paper Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that has been around for more than fifty years.
Information Age talks to Gartner analyst Brian Burke about his vision of a post-app network for consumers and employees Right now, we are all aware that each of us sits at the centre of an expanding fabric of devices, data, services and other people that are digitally connected.
35% of tech companies have no action plan in place in the event of a 'Brexit' while more than half (57%) said there had been no dicussion at board level about the potential impact.
The story of magnetic tape is one that goes back to before the era of modern computing. It came on the scene way back in 1928, when it was developed for audio storage and widely adapted for the recording industry. In 1956, IBM invented the hard disk drive, replacing magnetic drums with magnetic-core memory for a computer's working memory (RAM).
Over 117 million LinkedIn users have had their details sold over the Darknet, it has emerged. A hacker by the name of 'Peace' told Motherboard that they had gained access to the site and posted 5.6 million users' passwords on a Russian hacker forum back in 2012.
The total cost to the UK's communities and businesses as a result of winter 2015/16 flooding is estimated to be £5-5.8bn What do two burst pipes, three fires, three major storms, one power cut and a bridge failure have in common? They've all threatened UK business in the last year with severe disruption.
Wendy's fast food chain has discovered malware at hundreds of its stores. US fast food chain Wendy's has become the latest brand to fall foul of cyber criminals. It has now emerged that a malware infection it reported last year is far more serious than first thought.
40 million Brits now subscribe to services like Netflix. A new study from UK government market research company YouGov has revealed that 40 million Brits (78% of the adult population) are now subscribers to at least one product or service, spending 12% of their monthly income on subscriptions like Netflix, Spotify or Graze.
Feature writing for Quality Edge- the magazine for the English tourist board's 'Visit England' scheme that goes out to thousands of attractions and accommodation providers across the country.
Loco2.com's mission is to make European train travel easy and to inspire people to discover the adventure of travelling by train.
Blog post for A Hedonist's Guide To... inspired and irreverent luxury city guides.
Blog post for A Hedonist's Guide To... inspired and irreverent luxury city guides.
Blog post for A Hedonist's Guide To... inspired and irreverent luxury city guides.
Project and event news for the online journal of the Landscape Institute, the Royal Chartered body for landscape architects.
One of a series of articles for HSBC's website. The 'life stages' series offers in-depth advice for every step of a customer's financial journey, from home ownership and marriage to retirement and legacy planning.
One of a series of articles for HSBC's website. The 'life stages' series offers in-depth advice for every step of a customer's financial journey, from home ownership and marriage to retirement and legacy planning.
One of a series of articles for HSBC's website. The 'life stages' series offers in-depth advice for every step of a customer's financial journey, from home ownership and marriage to retirement and legacy planning
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
News and features for the official website of Grosvenor, the historic property group owning the London estates of Mayfair and Belgravia.
Project and event news for the online journal of the Landscape Institute, the Royal Chartered body for landscape architects.
Project and event news for the online journal of the Landscape Institute, the Royal Chartered body for landscape architects.
One of a series of articles for HSBC's website. The 'life stages' series offers in-depth advice for every step of a customer's financial journey, from home ownership and marriage to retirement and legacy planning.
Reviews and features for Spa Secrets magazine, glossy travel, beauty and lifestyle title created exclusively for spa consumers. Available in Selfridges, Borders and Harrods as well as fitness clubs and salons.
Magazine for Gemalto, the leader in digital security, that has consistently won 'Best B2B title' at the APA International Customer Publishing Awards.
News and features for Research-live.com, the web presence for Research, magazine for the UK market research industry.
News and features for Research-live.com, the web presence for Research, magazine for the UK market research industry.
News and features for the online arm of Arts London News, the University of the Arts London's official student paper.
News and features for the online arm of Arts London News, the University of the Arts London's official student paper.
News and features for the online arm of Arts London News, the University of the Arts London's official student paper.