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How do you keep participant data safe with almost no budget?

layla_mansourContributor·16 September 2026·1 view

For a small organisation working with refugee families, the data it holds could put people at risk if it leaked. With no IT staff and no budget for a system, what can be done?

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tunde_bello

Contributor22 days ago

Start by collecting less. Many forms ask for things nobody uses. What you do not hold cannot leak, and that costs nothing.

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priya_r

Scout22 days ago

Agreed. After that: full disk encryption on every device, a password manager for the team, and no names in file names. Each of those can be done with free tools.

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layla_mansour

Contributor22 days ago

Collecting less had not occurred to me as a security measure. That changes how I think about the forms.

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