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HOW TO: Upgrade Your Nonprofit’s Pinterest Profile to a Business Account

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The new business accounts do not change the design or functionality of your nonprofit’s Pinterest profile, but it will give you access to new tools and case studies for brands as they become available. It also allows you to stop having to use a personal profile as a brand (i.e., first name Amnesty , last name International ).

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DNA analysis service GEDmatch suffers breach exposing 1.3 million DNA profiles

TechSpot

After a preliminary investigation, it was revealed that a treasure trove of DNA profiles had been made available for law enforcement searches (and by extension, all other users of the service). On July 19, a major security breach prompted the owners of DNA analysis service GEDmatch to take the website offline.

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How to emotionally recover after being scammed

Mashable Tech

Fraud victims seek help from law enforcement or adult protective services, or support from a loved one, clergy member, or therapist, but because of the stigma and blame associated with the crime may be treated as foolish or incompetent instead. Pratkanis has conducted extensive research on scammers and victims.

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Privacy Laws Are Changing: Make Sure Your Nonprofit Is Ready

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Your legal counsel can help you understand how the changing laws apply to your organization’s data collection, usage, and storage. NOTE: The following information does not constitute legal advice and is not a comprehensive review of data privacy laws. Please consult your legal team to address your specific situation.

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Flixxaid: A New Mobile App for Social Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Create and sign into one more profile? We also abide by GDPR (EU) and California state privacy laws that came into effect in 2020. With video storytelling being their preferred medium, what better way to help nonprofits than raise awareness and engagement with a young audience? Will they download one more app?

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‘Why I turned down Silicon Valley for Washington, DC’

The Next Web

She heard her mother-in-law, the president of a small college in Pennsylvania, discuss how hard it is for. Entrepreneur United States Profiles and Interviews' This dilemma is a catch-22; only the well-off can attend college debt-free, yet the gap between college and high school grads is growing. This story continues at The Next Web.

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Clearview AI fined for violating the European GDPR privacy law

TechSpot

Clearview AI received yet another fine for its biometric profiling activities in Europe, this time for illegally collecting and using data belonging to French citizens without their knowledge.

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