GBVIMS: Gender-Based Violence Information Management System

  • About the GBVIMS
    • GBVIMS and Primero/GBVIMS+ Monitoring and Evaluations
    • GBVIMS Background
    • Purpose
    • Learn About the GBVIMS
    • Where is the GBVIMS?
    • Who is the GBVIMS Global Team?
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • GBVIMS Donors and Supporters
  • GBVIMS Basic Tools
    • GBV Classification Tool
    • Intake and Consent Forms
    • Incident Recorder
    • GBV Information Sharing Protocol Template
    • User Guide
  • Primero/GBVIMS+
    • Introducing Primero
  • Implementation
    • GBV Case Management
    • Rollout Guidelines
    • Facilitator’s Guide
    • Data Analysis
    • Data Analysis E-Learning Tool
    • Technical Support
    • Data Protection
  • Learn More
    • Access the GBVIMS
    • GBVIMS Incident Data: Analysis and Advocacy
    • Guidance Notes
    • Linking Data Analysis to Programming
    • Video Shorts
    • Podcast
    • Additional Resources
  • Resources
  • COVID-19
    • Guidance and Guidelines for GBVIMS, GBVIMS+ and Case Management during COVID-19
    • Podcast and Video Series: Remote GBV Case Management

Data Protection

What is data protection?

Data protection is the act of protecting personal or sensitive information in how it is collected, stored, used, and shared.

 

Why is data protection important?

A significant amount of information is captured about survivors and beneficiaries through the course of our work. Policies, protocols and practices on data protection are essential to our work because unprotected data or the unauthorized access, use or sharing can endanger survivors, staff and the sustainability of programming.  Beyond threat of harm, it is our responsibility to collect only what is safe, ethical, and actionable but also what we can realistically protect to ensure survivor or beneficiary information is not abused.

Protecting the data of the survivors and beneficiaries we work with can be a challenge. Especially so when there is a lack of policies or guidance on data protection, when programs are working in highly insecure environments, and when resources are limited. All data collected needs to be protected, not just GBVIMS data.

 

When is data protected?

Data can be considered protected when:

  • there is a clear purpose for collection
  • there are limits to what is being collected (safe, ethical, actionable, consented)
  • the information is secure (reasonable safeguards are in place to protect from unauthorized access, use or sharing, destruction, or loss)
  • survivors/beneficiaries are informed about their rights, and their rights are respected
  • policies, protocols and/or practices are implemented and effective in regulating the collection and use of information

 

Below are resources for data protection:

  • Data Protection Checklist
  • Data Protection Protocol (ISP Annex)
  • Staff Data Protection Agreement
  • Data Protection Glossary

COVID-19 Guidance on Remote GBV Services Focusing on Phone-based Case Management and Hotlines OUT NOW!!!

The COVID-19 Guidance on Remote GBV Services Focusing on Phone-based Case Management and Hotlines is OUT NOW!!! Through the GBV Area of Responsibility Helpdesk, GBV responder organisations and agencies International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Trócaire, Norwegian Church Aid, Plan International, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNHCR came together to develop this Guidance to assist GBV responders […]

GBV Case Management Capacity Building Initiative Announcement: Strategy and Toolkit Now Out!

Following the 2017 publication of the Interagency GBV Case Management Guidelines, the GBVIMS Global Team invested in a capacity-building initiative to operationalize the guidelines: the GBV Case Management Capacity Building Initiative (GBV CM CBI). In 2017-2018, pilot projects were implemented in Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria and Somalia to finalize and test the approach of the GBV […]

GBVIMS and COVID-19 Announcement: Remote GBV Case Management series in the COVID-19 response

NOW IN AVAILABLE IN FRENCH The GBVIMS Steering Committee has put together a series of video shorts and podcasts on remote GBV case management in the context of the COVID-19 response. The series is aimed at supporting GBV caseworkers and supervisors to adapt their service provision in the context of governmental policies imposed in response […]

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  • About the GBVIMS
    • GBVIMS and Primero/GBVIMS+ Monitoring and Evaluations
    • GBVIMS Background
    • Purpose
    • Learn About the GBVIMS
    • Where is the GBVIMS?
    • Who is the GBVIMS Global Team?
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • GBVIMS Donors and Supporters
  • GBVIMS Basic Tools
    • GBV Classification Tool
    • Intake and Consent Forms
    • Incident Recorder
    • GBV Information Sharing Protocol Template
    • User Guide
  • Primero/GBVIMS+
    • Introducing Primero
  • Implementation
    • GBV Case Management
    • Rollout Guidelines
    • Facilitator’s Guide
    • Data Analysis
    • Data Analysis E-Learning Tool
    • Technical Support
    • Data Protection
  • Learn More
    • Access the GBVIMS
    • GBVIMS Incident Data: Analysis and Advocacy
    • Guidance Notes
    • Linking Data Analysis to Programming
    • Video Shorts
    • Podcast
    • Additional Resources
  • Resources
  • COVID-19
    • Guidance and Guidelines for GBVIMS, GBVIMS+ and Case Management during COVID-19
    • Podcast and Video Series: Remote GBV Case Management