Product Donation Program Supports Domestic Violence Survivors
Norton, part of Gen, is launching a product donation program to support domestic violence survivors by providing 5,000 free product licenses of Norton 360 Deluxe and Norton Secure VPN. The initiative, distributed through the Safe Shelter Collaborative and TechSoup, aims to protect survivors from technological and financial abuse. Eligible organizations can request up to 100 licenses per product. The program partners with the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) and includes a $100,000 annual grant (2022-2024) to support NNEDV's Safety Net technology abuse response and Economic Justice programs.
Norton, parte di Gen, sta lanciando un programma di donazione di prodotti per supportare le sopravvissute alla violenza domestica, offrendo 5.000 licenze gratuite di Norton 360 Deluxe e Norton Secure VPN. L'iniziativa, distribuita attraverso il Safe Shelter Collaborative e TechSoup, mira a proteggere le sopravvissute da abusi tecnologici e finanziari. Le organizzazioni idonee possono richiedere fino a 100 licenze per prodotto. Il programma collabora con la National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) e include un contributo annuale di $100.000 (2022-2024) per supportare il programma di risposta agli abusi tecnologici e i programmi di Giustizia Economica di NNEDV.
Norton, parte de Gen, está lanzando un programa de donación de productos para apoyar a las sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica, proporcionando 5,000 licencias de productos gratuitas de Norton 360 Deluxe y Norton Secure VPN. La iniciativa, distribuida a través del Safe Shelter Collaborative y TechSoup, tiene como objetivo proteger a las sobrevivientes del abuso tecnológico y financiero. Las organizaciones elegibles pueden solicitar hasta 100 licencias por producto. El programa se asocia con la National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) e incluye una (2022-2024) para apoyar la respuesta al abuso tecnológico y los programas de Justicia Económica de NNEDV.
Norton은 Gen의 일환으로 폭력 피해자를 지원하기 위한 제품 기부 프로그램을 출시하며, 5,000개의 무료 제품 라이센스를 Norton 360 Deluxe와 Norton Secure VPN에 제공합니다. Safe Shelter Collaborative와 TechSoup을 통해 배포되는 이 이니셔티브는 TECHNOLOGICAL과 재정적 학대로부터 생존자들을 보호하는 것을 목표로 합니다. 자격이 있는 조직은 제품당 최대 100개의 라이센스를 요청할 수 있습니다. 이 프로그램은 National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)와 협력하며, NNEDV의 안전망 기술 학대 대응 및 경제 정의 프로그램을 지원하기 위해 연간 $100,000 기부금 (2022-2024)을 포함합니다.
Norton, membre de Gen, lance un programme de don de produits pour soutenir les survivantes de violence domestique en fournissant 5 000 licences de produits gratuites pour Norton 360 Deluxe et Norton Secure VPN. Cette initiative, distribuée par le biais de Safe Shelter Collaborative et TechSoup, vise à protéger les survivantes contre les abus technologiques et financiers. Les organisations éligibles peuvent demander jusqu'à 100 licences par produit. Le programme collabore avec le National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) et inclut une subvention annuelle de 100 000 $ (2022-2024) pour soutenir la réponse aux abus technologiques et les programmes de Justice Économique de NNEDV.
Norton, Teil von Gen, startet ein Produktspendenprogramm, um Opfer häuslicher Gewalt zu unterstützen, indem 5.000 kostenlose Produktlizenzen für Norton 360 Deluxe und Norton Secure VPN bereitgestellt werden. Die Initiative, die über das Safe Shelter Collaborative und TechSoup verteilt wird, zielt darauf ab, Überlebende vor technologischem und finanziellen Missbrauch zu schützen. Berechtigte Organisationen können bis zu 100 Lizenzen pro Produkt anfordern. Das Programm arbeitet mit der National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) zusammen und umfasst eine jährliche Fördermittel von 100.000 $ (2022-2024), um die Reaktion auf technologischen Missbrauch und die Programme für wirtschaftliche Gerechtigkeit von NNEDV zu unterstützen.
- Donation of 5,000 product licenses demonstrates corporate social responsibility and market presence
- Partnership with NNEDV and commitment of $100,000 annual grant (2022-2024) shows stable financial capacity
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2024 / Norton donates 5,000 licenses to help protect survivors of domestic abuse
Written by Erin Gallegos | Corporate Responsibility Manager
Technology abuse is an increasingly common part of domestic violence. Many abusers use technology like stalkerware to track their partners' device activity, location and movements, email and online messages, and browsing histories. Intimate partner violence often involves financial abuse, in which abusers steal their partner's identity, improperly access online accounts or ruin their credit scores. There is a critical need to ensure survivors and advocates understand tech-facilitated abuse, its impact and how to identify it. They also need digital tools that can help.
Providing Free Products to Domestic Violence Survivors
Our product donation initiative is dedicated to providing survivors with the information and tools to help them lead their online lives safely and confidently.
Through this unique program, Norton, a part of Gen, is donating up to 5,000 free product licenses to survivors of domestic violence to help them recover from financial or technological abuse. These licenses will be distributed by eligible organizations that are members of the Safe Shelter Collaborative and TechSoup will help facilitate the donations, for which organizations can apply online.
Norton 360 Deluxe, one of the products offered through the new donation program, can prevent activity or location tracking, information theft, installation of malicious programs and uninvited changes to devices. We are also offering Norton Secure VPN as a standalone product, which protects a person's online privacy by hiding the computer's address from websites visited from any device. Eligible organizations may request up to 100 licenses of each product, which then must be distributed to survivors of domestic abuse.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is another nonprofit partner of ours - which represents the 56 U.S. state and territorial domestic violence coalitions, who in turn represent more than 2,000 local programs and the millions of survivors they serve annually - also collaborated on the new pilot program.
Learning Good Cyber Hygiene
According to Armin Waiscek, Senior Research Manager at Gen, good cyber hygiene is diligence, care and human judgment, and it's an important part of an online safety plan. "Security software is extremely important, as is education on Cyber Safety awareness. This involves day-to-day vigilance and learning how to spot the signs that someone has access to, or is trying to access your online accounts, devices or location."
Waiscek offered tips on how important cyber hygiene is to domestic violence survivors. "Through our work with NNEDV, we have learned survivors often need help to secure their digital assets, remove or stop using shared accounts, and create accounts on clean devices that haven't been accessed by their abusers," he said.
Here are a few suggestions to improve cyber hygiene:
Create a list of all platforms, systems and devices that are in use.
Change passwords to all accounts or create new accounts.
Update any online accounts that are accessible through Facebook, Google, Twitter, or Apple ID log-ins.
Use unique passwords that exclude personally identifiable information (i.e., birthdays, names, pet names, etc.).
Utilize a (new) password manager to track passwords and to create strong, unique passwords
Maximizing Our Social Impact
This pilot program exemplifies our continued large-scale effort to align our volunteering, giving and product donation programs for maximum impact. In addition to this program, we have provided training and technical assistance to NNEDV for years. We also announced a
To learn more, visit the new donation program landing page.
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