Template Policy: Confidentiality and Privacy for Co-Located Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault Advocacy Programs and Partners
This technology and confidentiality model policy has sections addressing: common goals and understandings, information that gets collected during any collaboration intake process, assessing interest in services and safety planning, protecting confidentiality while collecting victim information, and, details around managing the confidentiality of information inflow and outflow.
Agencies and innovative partnerships are encouraged to use and adapt this model policy. You may change wording to match the language your agency or partnership prefers (e.g. client, victim, survivor, service participant). To adapt the template simply:
- add information relevant to your specific agency, partnership and funders;
- insert your [program/agency/partnership/collaboration names] and letterhead; and,
- remove generic template blue instruction notes and other notices.
Distribution Permissions: Published June 2008. May be reproduced or adapted for nonprofit or educational uses with acknowledgement of authors and/or publisher.
Request this Template: We do not post this template online, but you may request that we email it to you using our Request this Template Form.
This template is also available in Spanish. Please contact us here to request the Spanish version. (Select "Safety Net/Technology Safety" under Subject to ensure that it goes to the right team.)