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Podcast: Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast
Episode: 285: (news) Don’t GoFundMe in Canada & Crisis at Textline Around Data Sharing
Description: Weekly nonprofit news summary from hundreds of sources.
Crisis Text Line Ends Data-Sharing Relationship With For-Profit Entity
As reported by Politico and other outlets, Crisis Text Line has ended its data sharing relationship with for-profit spin-off organization Loris.ai, which uses data to inform customer service software. Crisis Text Line, which uses a text-based approach to provide crisis support to those contemplating self-harm or suicide, stated that while “the data is handled securely, anonymized and scrubbed of personally identifiable information,” “we have ended our data-sharing relationship with Loris.” The change came amid criticism from privacy experts and...