Schools: Learn to Outwit Cyber Criminals
Scammers use many schemes when attempting to steal school data, but your teachers and staff can outsmart them by understanding their five common tricks.
Churches and ministries are really not much different from other organizations when it comes to the need for proper recordkeeping. You may not have to retain every record that crosses your desk, but before you decide to toss anything, determine what you need to keep and why.
Scammers use many schemes when attempting to steal school data, but your teachers and staff can outsmart them by understanding their five common tricks.
A streamlined onboarding process for teachers and staff helps to eliminate stress and ensure that you've completed all the necessary paperwork on time. Read these 10 tips to help develop a clear onboarding process.
When considering church discipline matters, courts tend to balance the participant's implied consent to the church's authority with the participant's right to withdraw that consent and leave the church.
Scammers use many schemes when attempting to steal your data, but you can outsmart them by understanding their five common tricks.
Scammers use many schemes when attempting to steal your data, but you can outsmart them by understanding their five common tricks.
Pastors have been publishing their sermons for centuries. Talented worship leaders often record and share their music. You might think that the person who creates a work owns all rights to it. But copyright law isn’t that simple. Learn how your ministry can avoid costly misunderstandings over intellectual property rights.
Phishing schemes and data breaches can have serious consequences. A breach could result in identity theft, legal issues, and a tarnished reputation.
These sample provisions for insurance coverage and indemnification of ministry leaders, employees, and volunteers are available for your ministry to share with your attorney as a starting point for consideration.
Malware can swiftly encrypt multiple computer networks, especially those relying on older software (like many nonprofits). Take steps to reduce your vulnerability, so your ministry can operate without interruption.
To avoid data loss, ministries should consider performing backups to their computer systems. There are more diverse and affordable options than ever, including physical backup devices and cloud-based systems.
Strengthen your school's bylaws by including indemnification, a legal tool that protects school board members, as well as employees, from the financial consequences of a lawsuit. This article includes sample wording.
Ministry leaders must understand and follow copyright laws to avoid costly fines and ensure that artists are justly compensated.
When making agreements, put them in writing to ensure that everyone has the same understanding.
Educate yourself about medical bills and health insurance as it relates to your church, and injuries that may occur on ministry property.
Charitable immunity laws are typically intended to protect only volunteer workers from lawsuits.
Ministry staff may be wondering how they can use tools like ChatGPT at work. Developing an organizational policy can equip employees with knowledge and practices to harness the potential and minimize the risks.
Make sure that your church's by-laws include indemnification provisions to take care of out-of-pocket expenses for employees who are sued in connection with their work on behalf of the organization.
Use this helpful checklist as a guide to creating good policies, programs and procedures to help protect your ministry.
The NFL has specific guidelines for churches to follow if they want to host a super bowl party.
If your ministry has a website, include a privacy policy that tells visitors how you manage their personal information. Let users know what information you collect, how it will be used, and who will be able to access it.
Privacy laws complicate requests for prayer for a church member's health.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT are becoming increasingly popular for content creation. But are these seemingly helpful tools too good to be true? If you experiment with ChatGPT, it is important to be aware of its risks and weaknesses.
Be aware that most, if not all, of the images online are protected by copyright law.
No ministry is immune from cyber theft. Browse our free cyber safety library and find resources to help you protect your valuable digital data.
Prevent thieves from using your credit card swipe equipment against you.
Church leaders may not realize that most newer copy machines feature onboard hard drives that can store images of every document the machine prints. This can present a data security threat, but there’s plenty you can do to protect your ministry’s sensitive information.
Keep your church members' personal information secure to reduce the likelihood of crippling data loss, embarrassing public disclosures, and lawsuits.
This article discusses which paper and electronic documents you should consider maintaining for specific periods of time and which you can discard. The article makes specific suggestions based on legal requirements for retaining documents.
Can the IRS tax your Sunday morning coffeehouse? Answer these three questions to find out.
Incorporating your church clarifies your ministry's purpose and protects members.
Protect your ministry from legal hassle and liability by getting signed agreements before using photos and video footage of people from your congregation or elsewhere on your website, in publications, or directory.
Make sure that your church's bylaws are up to date, especially when incorporating churches.
In order to safely provide free Wi-Fi, churches should protect their administrative computers, put passwords in place, and prevent illegal Internet usage on their network.
Church leaders are responsible for maintaining church documents. Learn which church documents are critical to your organization.
Review contracts before you sign them and negotiate changes to make an agreement better represent your ministry's interests.
Having an online privacy policy on your organization's website can enhance trust and provide certain legal protections. This article provides sample policy language that lets online visitors/website users know what information you collect, how it will be used, who will be able to access it, and how you protect it.
Protecting data on a college campus requires teamwork and coordination. Make sure your IT staff is supported by learning the tricks cyber criminals use and knowing the right questions to ask.
Protecting stored data is every bit as important as protecting computer access or online accounts. Use data encryption to protect sensitive ministry information.
Reduce the risk of copyright infringement in your classroom by relying on resources clearly licensed for common use and by understanding the limits of “fair use.”
Charters, bylaws, member lists, and more—the list of legal documents and records is seemingly endless.
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