Training means teaching people about the rules. From a privacy perspective, training means ensuring people are aware and understand their obligations under the policy.
Disclosed means making personal information available to another person or organization. Non-profits may only disclose personal information for the purpose it was collected or for a purpose reasonably related to the primary purpose. Non-profits must always consider the purpose prior to disclosing personal information.
Purpose means the reason(s) for collecting personal information and how it might be used. Non-profits may only use personal information for the reasons they collected it.
Collection means gathering personal details from different sources in a variety of ways. Methods of collection include phone, fax, mail, email, social media, online, and in-person.
Personal information is unique to an individual. Some examples include: name, address, email address, birth date, SIN, gender, medical information, educational history, employment status, IP address, family status, and income.
A privacy policy is a document that describes how your non-profit deals with personal information. Dealing with personal information includes its collection, use, disclosure, and retention (storage).
