FundRaising Success Beth Givens

Keeping Privacy Top of Mind Nov. 8, 2005 By Abny Santicola, FundRaising Success Beth Givens, founder and director of San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit consumer information and advocacy organization, says nonprofits should be very privacy conscious. Some things nonprofits should have in place to ensure donor privacy include: Background checks. Any individuals in the organization who have access to personal and financial data should have background checks done on them. Training. "I think staff members should receive training in privacy and security protection, and they should also sign a confidentiality clause," Givens says. "Something in which they promise that they will safeguard