Technology & Confidentiality Toolkit

Introduction:

Who Can Use This Toolkit?

This Technology and Confidentiality Toolkit was created to assist non-profit victim service organizations and programs, co-located partnerships of victims service programs, coordinated community response teams, and/or innovative partnerships of victim service providers working to address domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Click here to read more on who can use this toolkit and why focus on confidentiality, collaborations, and the use of technology.

This section provides an overview on questions that commonly come up concerning confidentiality releases, U.S. Federal Laws on confidentiality, record retention and deletion, mandatory reporting, the use of surveillance cameras, answering subpoenas and much more. For ease, this section is set up in an easy-to-read question and answer format.

Non-profit victim service agencies, advocates, and partnerships that provide services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking may adapt these forms, policies and agreements for immediate use.

Quick safety and confidentiality tips, checklists and charts highlight considerations about technology use by agencies and collaborations serving victims.

Browse key supplementary resources referenced in the Toolkit.