(August 24, 2020) In late July, scores of Canadian charities received notification of a global Blackbaud data breach involving its Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity products. The stolen data could have included donor information charities routinely keep on their databases, such as a donor’s name, age, address, phone number, spouse’s identity, employer, estimated wealth … [Read more...] about Blackbaud Data Breach: The impact on Canadian charities and what we still don’t know
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Blackbaud Data Breach: U.S. Donor Sues, could the same happen in Canada?
(September 9, 2020) A U.S. donor is suing software giant Blackbaud after receiving notices from two of the charities affected by a recent Blackbaud data breach where it had to pay cyber attackers a ransom to regain control of their NetCommunity and RaisersEdge platforms, The NonProfit Times is reporting in Blackbaud Faces Class Action Lawsuit After Data Breach. “The … [Read more...] about Blackbaud Data Breach: U.S. Donor Sues, could the same happen in Canada?
Ransomware attacks against charities and social structures
(October 30, 2020) Several U.S. hospitals from northern New York state to California have become part of a growing number of ransomware attacks against charities and other social systems. The attackers have demanded a USD $1 million to unlock the system, which some hospitals have paid, reported the Washington Post. Patient care and noncritical surgeries … [Read more...] about Ransomware attacks against charities and social structures
Canada’s Wealthiest Families: New data begs the question ‘do we need a wealth tax?’
(June 18, 2020) One of the reasons we don’t use as much Canadian data as we’d like at The Charity Report is the absence of … well… Canada data. But the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provided some water to the Canadian data desert when it released some new estimates of the “top tail” of high net worth of Canada's wealthiest families. The report was created as a result of … [Read more...] about Canada’s Wealthiest Families: New data begs the question ‘do we need a wealth tax?’
The Power Gap is the Gender Gap and the Racial Gap
(February 3, 2021) “Men still dramatically outnumber, outrank and out earn women.” These are the ultimate findings of the new Power Gap series, undertaken by Robyn Doolittle and Chen Wang for the Globe and Mail, which premiered on January 21. Legislation requiring that men and women doing the same job receive equal pay has been the law of the land in Canada since 1951. Every … [Read more...] about The Power Gap is the Gender Gap and the Racial Gap