I understand that AMF collects a lot of data about net distributions to ensure transparency. How do you protect the privacy of households that receive nets? How concerned are you about potential misuse of personal data on recipients?
I’m thinking about this in the context of concerns that some humanitarian organizations are over-surveilling their aid recipients, especially those who are already vulnerable to political violence.
How do you protect the privacy of households that receive nets?
Before we collect any data from a household, the householder is made aware of the information to be collected and its use and the householder’s permission is sought to collect it. No medical information is gathered as this is not required to determine the number of nets needed by the household to achieve universal coverage. The data collected are held securely in a database with password access provided to a limited number of authorised people with, in most cases, viewing (and not downloading) rights only.
How concerned are you about potential misuse of personal data on recipients?
We do not think the likely misuse of the data we collect is high. This is because 1. we are not collecting sensitive personal information; 2. access, and the type of access, to the data is appropriately restricted.
I understand that AMF collects a lot of data about net distributions to ensure transparency. How do you protect the privacy of households that receive nets? How concerned are you about potential misuse of personal data on recipients?
I’m thinking about this in the context of concerns that some humanitarian organizations are over-surveilling their aid recipients, especially those who are already vulnerable to political violence.
How do you protect the privacy of households that receive nets?
Before we collect any data from a household, the householder is made aware of the information to be collected and its use and the householder’s permission is sought to collect it. No medical information is gathered as this is not required to determine the number of nets needed by the household to achieve universal coverage. The data collected are held securely in a database with password access provided to a limited number of authorised people with, in most cases, viewing (and not downloading) rights only.
How concerned are you about potential misuse of personal data on recipients?
We do not think the likely misuse of the data we collect is high. This is because 1. we are not collecting sensitive personal information; 2. access, and the type of access, to the data is appropriately restricted.