8 Ways To Keep Your Smartphone Secure and Private

By: Naomi Hodges, cybersecurity advisor and a contributing writer at Surfshark. Photo by Tracy Le Blanc from Pexels Smartphones have undoubtedly become a central hub of many people’s daily lives. Beyond simply texting, calling or gaming, we’re now...

Privacy and Security Online: It's not being paranoid if they really are out to get you!

Do you ever wonder just how far you should stick your head in the sand when it comes to online privacy and security issues? If so, this talk is for you, and the answer might surprise you. (Spoiler: you don't have to stick your head in the sand at ...

COVID 19: How Nonprofits Can Foster Digital Resilience

TechSoup Canada has been tracking the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic, working hard to release hands-on articles to help the nonprofit sector navigate these unprecedented times. Keep an eye on our blog for emerging stories and more COVID-19 ...

What's Cloud Computing and How it's Different to a VPN

By: Harold Kilpatrick, Security Consultant and Blogger Nonprofit organizations have many of the same needs as for-profit businesses, from data storage to digital security. However, because so many nonprofits are strapped for resources, such basic...

Digital Rights 102: Highlighting the issues affecting Canadians

This post is second of two in our blog series about digital rights by guest authors at AccessNow. Read the first part, Digital 101. In our last blog post for TechSoup Canada, we talked about how technology affects human rights for all. It both exp...

Will NAFTA Talks Put Canadians' Privacy on the Chopping Block?

By: Meghan Sali, Communications Manager at OpenMedia  This week, as Canada heads into the first round of negotiations to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we should be looking out for what impacts a “modernized” agreement cou...

Why your nonprofit should consider Box for cloud storage

The Grameen Foundation used email attachments to distribute information among its key global partners, and they found their mission to eradicate economic and information poverty was being hindered by inadequate technology. As a nonprofit, they wan...

Canadian privacy law, cloud computing and how it applies to nonprofits

This blog post was originally published in November 2011 by Tierney Smith, Community Engagement Manager at TechSoup Canada. It has since been updated with more recent content in November 2014, and again in December 2015 to reflect the latest "Who ...