Tag: privacy
Webinar: Confidentiality Basics for OVW-Funded Attorneys Representing Survivors of Sexual Assault
During this interactive webinar, VRLC will cover confidentiality and privilege basics for OVW-funded attorneys representing survivors of sexual assault. We will help them explain attorney-client confidentiality and privilege to survivor-clients and will explore the intersections of VAWA and other federal privacy laws that impact their practice. We will share resources on jurisdiction-specific confidentiality laws, mandatory […]
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Mandatory Reporting for OVW-Funded Victim Service Providers
We have heard your questions about when OVW-funded victim service providers must report abuse or neglect and when they can’t. Am I a mandatory reporter? What discretion do I have with making a report, if any? What information will allow us to answer those sorts of questions? We’ll focus on child abuse mandatory reporting, but […]
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Protecting the Confidentiality of Survivors with Cognitive and Intellectual Disability
This foundational and interactive webinar will help OVW-funded victim service providers to better protect the confidentiality of survivors with cognitive and intellectual disability. We will explain cognitive disability, intellectual disability, guardianship, legal capacity, and confidentiality. We will explore VAWA confidentiality, jurisdiction-specific confidentiality and privilege, and mandatory reporting law. VRLC is thrilled to co-facilitate this webinar […]
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Confidentiality and Coronavirus Contact Tracing
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a lot of questions about protecting survivors’ personal information. One of those questions is how to protect program participants’ confidentiality if a health department doing contact tracing related to COVID-19 asks for program participants’ personally identifying information. This webinar will help you think through how to answer questions about this […]
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