Hot Topics in Not-for-Profit Law: Managing Data Privacy & Cyber Risks for Nonprofits

Monday, November 6, 2023 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Format: Webinar

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• In response to the pandemic, donors’ increasing engagement with technology, and the pressing need to engage with younger generations, among a host of other motivations, nonprofits are embracing technology even more as a critical tool in accomplishing their missions. While this shift allows nonprofits to realize new efficiencies, reach new stakeholders and beneficiaries, tap into remote talent, and more, it also brings along significant risks. Smart leadership will anticipate those risks, ensuring their nonprofits understand the applicable laws and best practices and are taking proactive steps to mitigate data privacy and cybersecurity risks effectively.

  This CLE program will explore how nonprofits can navigate the ever-changing landscape of data privacy and cybersecurity in order to maintain trust, protect stakeholders, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. The opening session will provide nonprofit leadership and practitioners with an overview of data privacy laws at the federal and state levels – as well as potentially applicable overseas frameworks –  and their applicability to nonprofits, current developments and trends with respect to data privacy legislation, and key best practices for nonprofits that collect data from donors, clients and other relevant parties.  The second panel will explore the flip side of the data privacy discussion, offering a step-by-step guide to preparing for and responding to seemingly ubiquitous data privacy breaches.  The program will conclude with a discussion on the rise of artificial intelligence and large language models, including how nonprofits can prepare to utilize these platforms to realize efficiencies, while also protecting their own intellectual property.

  This program will provide credit for the General Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection CLE requirement for NY attorneys.

  Three key skills you will learn:
  1) How to mitigate risk when conducting programming and other nonprofit activities online;
  2) How to prepare for and respond to a data privacy breach; and
  3) How to plan for AI in the nonprofit sector, including protecting against risks to your intellectual property.

  Program Fee:
  $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm Members: $99

• Alejandro H. Cruz
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Jon Dartley
  Perlman & Perlman LLP

  Rhona Golubock
  Associate General Counsel
  Save the Children

  John M. Griem, Jr.
  Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

  Darlene Irby
  Executive Director, Digital Innovations
  Pathfinder International

• 2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
  Introduction
  Tracy Boak, Tara Herman, Katherine Hughes

  2:10 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  A Proactive Approach:  Understanding the Key Legislation and Establishing Best Practices for Nonprofit Data Privacy 
  Jon Dartley, Rhona Golubock

  3:00 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
  Break

  3:05 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
  When Crisis Hits:  A Step-by-Step Response to Data Privacy Breaches for Nonprofits 
  Alejandro H. Cruz

  3:55 p.m. – 4:05 p.m
  Break

  4:05 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
  The Rise of AI in the Nonprofit Sector:  Planning Ahead and Mitigating Risk 
  John M. Griem, Jr., Darlene Irby

  4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  Concluding Remarks
  Tracy Boak, Tara Herman, Katherine Hughes

• New York: 2.0 Professional Practice, 1.0 Cyber – General
  New Jersey: 3.0 General
  California: 2.0 General, 1.0 Technology
  Pennsylvania: 2.5 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Non-Profit Organizations, Tracy Boak & Katherine Hughes, Co-Chairs

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org