Volunteer

Confidentiality Agreement

It is the policy of Harford Community Action Agency, Inc. to safeguard private information provided by persons who apply for or participate in assistance programs administered by this agency. Private information is any information obtained about a person that might identify him/her as an applicant for assistance or a program participant.
Private information to which the employee/volunteer of this agency has access to shall not be used, published or disclosed in any form, to any person, corporation, agency (government or otherwise) except as required in fulfilling obligations in administering a program.
The employee/volunteer agrees to maintain the strict privacy of information and to follow the agency’s employees/volunteers who require it to conduct their job activities.
If the employee/volunteer is subpoenaed or otherwise believes that he/she may be called upon to make a disclosure of private information to any court or governmental agency, he/she shall immediately notify the agency’s director. At the director’s request, the employee/volunteer shall cooperate in all lawful efforts to protect private information.
The failure of the employee/volunteer to comply with the above confidentiality requirements is grounds for dismissal.
The restriction of the Agreement regarding use and disclosure of private information shall continue to apply after termination of the employee/volunteer.
The employee/volunteer has read and understands the above statement and agrees to comply with it in every respect.