DataKind

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Join thousands of data do-gooders, mission-driven organizations and data lovers around the world eager to use data science in the service of humanity. If you’re an organization proposing a project, we’ll review your needs and let you know if we can help. If you’re signing up to volunteer, we’ll review your skills and keep in touch as projects come up that are a fit for your background. If you just think data is a force for good and want to stay in touch with others that feel exactly the same, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to the DataKind family!

Privacy Policy

Before starting the application form, please read the privacy policy below and select the checkbox "I have read and agreed to these terms".

       This Privacy Policy sets out how DataKind uses and protects any information that you give DataKind when you use this website and, subsequently, when you interact with DataKind through emails or events. In using our website, digital tools, working or volunteering with us, we might collect personal identifiable information about you. DataKind is committed to protect your data and your privacy. We only collect the data we need to offer the best possible service to our volunteers and partner organizations (users, from here on), and alway use it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

      The information you provide will be held in accordance with the applicable law, and may be used by DataKind and its agents to supply DataKind services. For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where applicable, the data controllers are DataKind and DataKind UK.

      DataKind is a non-profit registered as a 501(c)3 organization in the United States. DataKind UK</e> is a charity registered in England ∓ Wales (No. 1154213), and a company limited by guarantee registered in England ∓ Wales (No. 08462148). This Privacy Policy applies to all the above entities.

      WHAT WE COLLECT:
      DataKind may collect information about you at different stages and through various means. We try to collect as little data as necessary to provide our services. Some of it is optional, but allows us to continuously improve ourselves: we will only collect such data with your explicit consent. Specifically, we collect information in the following ways:</p>

        1. When you sign up on the website, we will ask for information such as name, occupation, address, etc.
        2. If you subscribe to any of the digital platforms we use (mailing lists, team collaboration tools etc.), we will collect information about your interaction with the services.
        3. If you apply to volunteer to work with us, we may interview you, and keep track of your professional profile, skills etc.
        4. In the course of your volunteering work with us, the output of your work may contain elements that describe you, e.g. pictures of you or notes that may refer to meetings and events you attended

      We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary to provide you with our services. Since knowledge of our past interaction with volunteers and partner organisations is essential to continuously improve our services, we may keep data you provide to us indefinitely.

      WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER:
      We collect information about our volunteers to ensure we can provide the best services to you and the organisations we support. In particular:

        1. we may keep internal records of our users and activities
        2. we may use the information to improve our products and services; for example, from time to time, we may perform some statistical analysis on the data we have collected or on the feedback you have provided us
        3. we may contact you by email using the email address which you have provided
        4. we may periodically send promotional emails about events or other information which we think you may find interesting (for subscribers only)
        5. we may sometimes use the address you provided to send you emails about events happening close to you
        6. we may use photos taken during our meetings and events for marketing purposes
        7. we may combine information collected from multiple sources under a unique profile
        8. we use anonymous aggregated data to describe our work with volunteers

      We will inform you of any other purpose other than those set out in this Privacy Policy.

      WHERE THE DATA IS STORED:
      The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff and volunteers operating outside the EEA. Such personnel may be engaged in statistical analysis of your data, and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

      The information that we have collected about you will be stored on DataKind-owned or third party servers, and, on occasions, on the local machines of staff and volunteers.

      Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

      SECURITY:
      We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we use suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information we hold. Where applicable, we periodically review our information collection, storage and processing practices.

      INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE:
      We do not share personal information about our users with companies, organisations, and individuals outside of DataKind, unless one of the following holds:

        1. we have the user’s explicit consent
        2. for sensitive personal information, we have the user’s explicit, opt-in, consent
        3. we are required by law to do so

      COOKIES AND THIRD PARTY TOOLS
      Our website uses cookies to help us provide a better service to our users. Cookies are small data files which are stored on the user’s computer or mobile device when visiting a website. They can be managed through the user’s internet browser.

      During your interaction with DataKind, we may ask, mandatorily or optionally, that you use a third party tool. We do our best to ensure that they are compliant with any applicable law. However, such tools are not covered by this Privacy Policy and we do not have any control over them. Therefore, we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst using such third party tools.

      Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, any personal information you provide while visiting those websites is not governed by this Privacy Policy.

      CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
      Our policy is written using the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a reference for all DataKind activities, including for individuals outside of the EU for which the law may not be applicable. You have the right to review, amend and delete the data we have about you. For this, you can contact us at the following email address: privacy@datakind.org. Learn about the GDPR in English and other languages at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2016.119.01.0001.01.ENG

      SUPERVISORY DATA AUTHORITIES:
      If DataKind suspects or has proof of any data breach happening, by us or any of our processors, DataKind will notify the relevant supervisory data authority and follow any applicable procedures as required by the law. Our systems and data management practices are designed to minimise any such occurrence. If you suspect any data breach by DataKind, or in case of any dispute regarding your personal information, you have the right to contact the relevant supervisory data authority, or you can let us know by contacting the following email address: privacy@datakind.org.

      CHANGES:
      Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice, such as an email notification of Privacy Policy changes.

      CONTACT US:
      If you have any questions, comments, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, you are welcome to contact us using the following email address privacy@datakind.org.

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What is your interest?

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An interested mission-driven organization who would like help with data Interested in volunteering for a data for good project (all skills welcome) Generally interested in upcoming events and news about DataKind

Basic Information

First name

Last name

Current Organization

Title

DataKind is headquartered in New York City, with Chapters located in Washington DC, San Francisco, Bangalore, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Each Chapter connects local data science volunteers and mission-driven organizations at events or on projects that are primarily completed in-person with local volunteers. If you are not located in a Chapter location, sign up for our newsletter to hear about occasional virtual volunteer opportunities through DataKind headquarters.

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You must be at least 18 years old or older to volunteer with DataKind.*

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Country of Residence

Zip code / Postal code*

Why do you want to volunteer with DataKind?

Other

Please include your LinkedIn, GitHub or personal website links below so we can assess your skills and make a more accurate assignment.

Github repository

Blog address

Twitter handle

Additional Information

Now, our favorite question: tell us about the great data-related work you've done!

Give an example of an interesting data science project you've recently worked on or managed.

Links to documentation or code more than welcome.

Describe any experience you've had working with nonprofits or charities.

Volunteered at a food pantry? Great! Crunched data at a humanitarian organization? Also great!

What's your educational background?

Yes, include those advanced degrees if you have an them and don't forget any relevant certificate programs!

Anything else?

What did we miss? Any hidden talents? Favorite color? Other things you'd like to share?

This application is for any mission-driven organization interested in working with DataKind, whether through our DataCorps, DataDive or Project Accelerator programs. Please tell us as much as you can about your needs so we can understand how to best work with you!

Organization Information

Organization Name

Primary focus

Number of People In Organization

What does the world look like when your organization has fulfilled its mission?

How will your organization achieve its mission? What are the core programs you undertake?

Project Information

What are some of the pain points or challenges your organization faces?

This could be at a high level, like wishing you understood your constituents' needs better, or low level, like struggling with filling out tedious daily reports.

What data science project do you think would help you address these issues or pain points?

If you have a project in mind already, describe it here. If not, we look forward to helping you scope out data science projects that will help you!

How would your organization know that this DataKind project was successful?

Include both short-term and long-term ideas of success.

Data

Every organization comes to DataKind with different amounts and types of data. Some organizations don't have any data yet and need our help acquiring it. Please fill out the questions below in as much detail as you can to help us understand your data. Also, the privacy of your data is incredibly important to DataKind. We take data privacy issues very seriously and we will work with you to ensure that we are all comfortable with the treatment of sensitive data. Please do not hesitate to e-mail us with any questions!

Describe the data you would like to use for this project.

What does the data represent? Do you have the data already? If so, did your organization collect the data? How was it collected? If the data comes from external data sources, what are they and do you already have them available?

If you have data, please provide us with a sample of it.

Either provide us with a URL above or e-mail us at datacorps@datakind.org. If you have any concerns or NDA requirements, please e-mail us. At this stage, please remove any personal identifiers from the data including last names and street addresses.

If you are not able to provide data at this point, please describe your data (or the data you want to collect) in as much detail as you can.

It is extremely helpful if you can answer any of the questions below:

what tables of data do you have? (e.g. a table for all the applications to our program)
what does each row of data represent (e.g. an individual, a state, a survey response)
what are the fields/columns in the table? (e.g. location, time, a paragraph on feedback)
what is the size of the data - for example, how many rows? how many months or years of data? how many countries?
format (e.g. Excel, PDF, csv)

Organizational Commitment

We see DataKind as a bridge between the non-profit and data communities. In addition to addressing your specific data needs, we want to share the importance of data with the broader non-profit community and create a commitment to thinking of data as a critical resource in everyone's mission. If there are other members of your organization or other organizations who could be part of this conversation, from field staff to CTOs, please list them below.