DIGITAL WAYS TO DONATE-TO JAPAN DISASTER RELIEFTeam 6

Bhargav (BISS) Mariana (WAB)

1. Using social networking sites.

2. Raising fund by launching a campaign.

3. Asking for donations.

WHAT IS THE IT CONCEPT

HOW MANY PEOPLE USE INTERNET?

Economic

AREA OF IMPACT

Health

AREA OF IMPACT

ADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

ETHICAL/ SOCIAL ISSUES

Authenticity Research about the organization, before donateWhy? Scammer's set up bogus sites that mimic real

charities' sitesHow to prevent this? Sometime there are some misspellings of the

organization's name in the URL People can steal money from the bank accounts The organizations lose reliability

PRIVACY AND ANONYMITY •To make a donation people need to enter their credit card number. •If the page is fake, scammer can get trough your bank account and steal money from it•Making donations trough social networking sites, scammers can hack peoples accounts• get personal information such

as address, telephone number, etc.

How to prevent this?• Authenticate the organization

info.

RELIABILITY

Checking the reliability of a website, especially for doing donation is necessary.

One way to ascertain the reliability of a website is to search for duplicate information.

Look at the main web page of the organization there you can get reliable information

People have the right to be informed of all the details of the donation (where is going, how it will be use, etc.)

ADVANTAGES

People know what they are donating for.

The organization is always trademarked, and copyrighted.

Organizations can always provide the correct information.

Many people have a Facebook or Twitter account

By using social networking sites is easier to to be aware of the news and projects of the Red Cross

DISADVANTAGES

People need to know the organization before donate

There are a lot of people who pretend to be a organization and ask donations, later public find out they were money predators.

WAYS TO PREVENT TO BE VICTIMS OF FAKE ORGANIZATIONS

Don't respond emails from people claiming to be victims of the disaster

• Make sure they charity's website is legitimate

• Don't give personal information by phone or internet before you check the organization is real

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