Data Privacy

When students enroll in a program like citizenship or English class certain data is collected. A person's name, phone number, address, the services they receive, the classes they take, and the scores on a person's test are all data that gets collected. How many hours student have attended classes, whether or not the person gets money from the government to help pay for shopping for food, whether a person is married or not married (has a husband, wife, and kids) and other information like if the person has a job is all data about the person. 

A lot of this data is private. For example, a single mother, or a mother with kids who does not have a husband, may get support from the government to help with the costs of food for the kids. Many people would not like other people to know that about the person. A person may feel bad about getting money for food or about not having a job. 

A person who is not working or does not have a job, a way to get money to pay for food, a place to live, and basic needs may be unemployed. This is private data that only the person should know and understand. This information should not be shared with others because it is private. 

In PCA/CFSS many people have diseases or conditions that make it hard/difficult to shower, get food at the store, brush their teeth, get dressed, and other tasks people have to do every day. The services a person gets are private data and the conditions or disabilities a person has are also private data. This information is about the person and is private data. It should not be shared with anyone.