9.8.1 SOS Children’s Villages
9.8.1.1 Safeguarding children’s privacy in your daily work
- Make supporting the child’s best interest your intention. Commit to working in the spirit of the UNCRC and the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, which put children’s rights, including the right to personal dignity and privacy, front and center. Strive to ‘do no harm’ and to always put the child’s best interests first.
- Get informed written (or equally properly documented) consent from the person who, under local law, is entitled to give consent for the collection and processing of the data. Ensure that those giving consent understand what they are agreeing to. We should not just be ticking legal boxes. Use child-friendly materials, including pictures or physical examples, like a newspaper or a website, to show the person(s) how their story, data and/or image may be used.
- The minimum global requirements are designed to ensure the protection of children and young people taking part in all SOS programs, especially with regard to communications and fundraising.
| Collecting materials for communications, fundraising, or publicity |
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| Collection of information and images of children and/or young people involved in SOS programs is organized in accordance with the national law of the country where the child and/or young person lives. |
| If a child is younger than 12 years old: We obtain an informed and specific consent from the legal guardian and/or other authority, as required by the national legislation. |
| If a child is 12-17 years old: We obtain parallel informed and specific consent from BOTH the child and their legal guardian (and/or other authority, as required by national law). |
| If a person is 18 years old or older: We obtain an informed and specific consent from that person only. |
| We use data and materials collected from an individual only for the purpose(s) described in the informed and specific consent. |
| As long as a consent is still valid (has not expired and has not been withdrawn), and the pertinent specific use(s) are included in the consent, a new consent is not required each time data or images are gathered. |
| We never offer a reward or payment to a child, young person, or family in exchange for information or images. |
| Storing information about children and young people |
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| Storage of personal data of children and young people involved in the SOS programs, in whichever database or system, must be organized in accordance with the national law of the country where the database or system is located. |
| Personal data of children and young people involved in SOS programs must to be carefully secured using appropriate protective measures. |
| Protecting children’s rights and dignity in communications, fundraising, and publicity |
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| We never oblige a child, young person or their family to personally thank a donor, or otherwise ingratiate themselves to a donor. |
| We never share more personal data than is necessary, safe and appropriate to communicate externally; we always strive to ‘do no harm’. |
| Protecting children’s rights and dignity in communications, fundraising, and publicity |
| We never encourage a child, young person, or their family to ask for a donation. |
| We never oblige a child, young person or their family to personally thank a donor, or otherwise ingratiate themselves to a donor. |
| We never share more personal data than is necessary, safe and appropriate to communicate externally; we always strive to ‘do no harm’. |
Please find below the draft declarations of consent for the use of pictures in the course of GoTeach activities, including young people supported by SOS Children's Villages (general and for minors).
| Chapter lead | Thomas Ng |
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9.8.2 Attachments
- SOS_CV_Decleration_of_Consent_Minors.docx -- User:Mschmid, 16 October 2020, 10:13
- SOS_CV_Decleration_of_Consent.docx -- User:Mschmid, 16 October 2020, 10:13
