Two leading nonprofit groups, the Center for Digital Democracy and Common Sense Media, today released the results of a new survey on public attitudes about children's online privacy. The study - conducted over a two-week period in November by Princeton Research Associates International (PSRAI) - polled more than 2,000 adults and found overwhelming support for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the law that requires parental consent before websites can collect personal information from children under the age of 13.  Read more...

The number of fraudulent "cramming" fees charged to Illinois cellphone callers has nearly doubled over the last year-surpassing the national trend for a scam that could cost consumers up to $59 million a year in the United States, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and the prominent wireless industry research firm Validas.  Read more...

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 2,984 US-based nonprofit organizations representing $7.8 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving decreased 3.8% for the three months ending October 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 1,961 nonprofits representing $371 million in yearly online giving, reported that online giving rose 1.1% for the three months ending October 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

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