http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news Latest Articles http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6246/ctt_offers_solution_to_payment_card_regulation_compliance http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6246/ctt_offers_solution_to_payment_card_regulation_compliance Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:19:00 GMT The Charity Technology Trust has partnered with BT to offer charities the first automated system for collecting credit or debit card details via telephone that is certified as tier-one compliant with the card payment industry's data security standards. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6250/new_polio_website_takes_historical_approach http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6250/new_polio_website_takes_historical_approach Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:55:00 GMT The British Polio Fellowship has created a new website aimed at documenting the history of polio to help raise awareness of the disease. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6244/world_vision_chooses_remote_working_solution_from_signify http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6244/world_vision_chooses_remote_working_solution_from_signify Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:00 GMT World Vision has opted for a hosted two-factor authentication (2FA) service from Signify to give mobile and field staff secure access to its networks. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6243/bhf_installs_point_of_sale_system_in_its_600_charity_shops http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6243/bhf_installs_point_of_sale_system_in_its_600_charity_shops Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:00 GMT British Heart Foundation, owner of the UK’s second largest charity shop chain, has chosen to install Toshiba Tec’s ST-A10 TouchPOS system in its 600 stores. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6238/advertisers_asks_asa_to_extend_its_remit_to_social_networks http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6238/advertisers_asks_asa_to_extend_its_remit_to_social_networks Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:00 GMT The Advertising Standards Authority looks set to extend its remit to include communications on websites, and other non-paid-for space online, such as social networks. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6137/vodafone_joins_o2_in_cutting_charges_on_text_donations http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6137/vodafone_joins_o2_in_cutting_charges_on_text_donations Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:13:00 GMT Vodafone has followed O2 in reducing the cut it takes from text donations to charity so that the beneficiary charity will receive 90 per cent. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6136/oxfam_enters_online_price_comparison_market http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6136/oxfam_enters_online_price_comparison_market Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:25:00 GMT Oxfam is set to benefit from the creation of the first online price comparison website dedicated to raising money for charity. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6134/apple_iphone_app_rule-change_sparks_further_outrage http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6134/apple_iphone_app_rule-change_sparks_further_outrage Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:49:00 GMT Bullying UK chief executive John Carnell has renewed his criticism of Apple, as the firm further tightens its criteria for accepting iPhone apps. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6063/horticultural_society_saves_money_with_cutting_edge_storage_solution http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6063/horticultural_society_saves_money_with_cutting_edge_storage_solution Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:01:00 GMT The Royal Horticultural Society claims it has made significant cost savings by using automated tiered storage technology as the platform for its 200,000-strong library of high-resolution images. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6042/scope_takes_its_expenses_management_online http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6042/scope_takes_its_expenses_management_online Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:27:00 GMT Scope has chosen an automated online system from GlobalExpense to manage its employee expenses. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6034/alzheimers_society_lost_personal_details_of_1000_staff http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6034/alzheimers_society_lost_personal_details_of_1000_staff Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:42:00 GMT The Alzheimer’s Society has been publicly reprimanded after it admitted to three separate breaches of the Data Protection Act in 2009. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6003/charity_it_alliance_announces_steering_group http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6003/charity_it_alliance_announces_steering_group Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT The Charity IT Resource Alliance (CITRA) is to rebrand as Socitm Third Sector and has announced the membership of a nine-person steering group. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6012/charities_looking_to_extend_it_collaboration http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6012/charities_looking_to_extend_it_collaboration Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT Several household-name charities are talking about sharing IT functions and even staff as part of a new membership benefit offered by the Charities Consortium IT Directors Group. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6013/charity_ceo_launches_campaign_against_apple_donation_policy http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/6013/charity_ceo_launches_campaign_against_apple_donation_policy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:54:00 GMT An anti-bullying charity is leading an online campaign to try to force Apple to allow charities to include donate buttons in iPhone applications. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5987/charity_scheme_reduces_hospices_telephone_charges_by_four-fifths http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5987/charity_scheme_reduces_hospices_telephone_charges_by_four-fifths Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:05:00 GMT St Luke’s Hospice in Basildon has seen an 80 per cent saving in its phone bill by working with Support Telecom, a partner programme set up by a local entrepreneur to reduce charities’ phone bills. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5970/two_weeks_left_to_be_a_civil_society_blogger http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5970/two_weeks_left_to_be_a_civil_society_blogger Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT Civil Society’s search for a blogger competition will be drawing to a close in two weeks. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5944/sport_relief_organisers_reveal_it_plans http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5944/sport_relief_organisers_reveal_it_plans Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:04:00 GMT Comic Relief has announced the technology partners for its forthcoming fundraising campaign Sport Relief. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5936/web_tool_helps_boost_haiti_relief_efforts http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5936/web_tool_helps_boost_haiti_relief_efforts Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:41:00 GMT A new web tool used by earthquake experts worldwide is pooling knowledge together to help boost relief efforts in Haiti. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5921/social_media_upstages_traditional_debate_at_ncvo_conference http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5921/social_media_upstages_traditional_debate_at_ncvo_conference Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:16:00 GMT Adam Sampson may have been arguing that the rise of social media is in some ways a threat to campaigning charities, but little did he know that Twitter was upstaging him as he spoke. http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5912/mobile_technology_growing_in_importance_say_experts http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/it/news/content/5912/mobile_technology_growing_in_importance_say_experts Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 GMT Mobile technology will leap in significance to charities over the coming year, according to a panel of experts attending the annual ‘Technology Trends Lunch’ hosted by IRIS NFP Solutions.