Net Gain: Playing It Safe

This especially is true for events with numerous volunteers playing various roles, from registration to selling tickets to securing sponsorships. If attendees or donors want to use their credit cards, ask volunteers to direct the donors to the authorized personnel on hand.

Create, enforce and make available an information-security policy.
A documented information-security policy is only the first step to protecting donors’ sensitive data. Your organization also needs to have a champion of the policy to ensure it is enforced, as well as to help educate all staff, volunteers and donors on the measures your organization has taken to safeguard donor information.