# Online fundraising and personal privacy

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/03/30/online-fundraising-and-personal-privacy/
- Published: 2000-03-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Data protection issues are high on many UK fundraisers’ list of concerns, particularly
with the new Data Protection Act’s implementation, but privacy issues with regard
to online fundraising have not yet registered with many as a key concern. This is
certainly not the case in the USA where online donors’ privacy concerns are already
affecting legislation.

Read Donors Raise a Red Flag Over Privacy: Information-age fears threaten charities’
ability to solicit funds by Holly Hall at the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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