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Privacy - Fact sheetsRetention of Personal Information
Most non-profits retain (keep) records of some kind. Typically, these records are in paper and/or digital/electronic form. Paper records include all records in a physical (non- electronic) form such as printed documents and emails and hand-written no
Privacy - Fact sheetsPrivacy Policy
Privacy laws protect individuals’ personal information. To comply with privacy law, non- profits that collect personal information such as names, addresses, and birth dates, should take steps to protect this information.A best practice for legal comp
Privacy - Fact sheetsPrivacy Officer
A privacy officer is a person designated by a non-profit to answer questions about how it collects, uses, keeps, and discloses personal information. Best practice is to include this person’s contact information in the non-profit’s privacy policy i.e.
Privacy - Fact sheetsDisclosure of Personal Information
This Fact Sheet provides information about the legal rules non-profits should follow for disclosing (sharing) personal information.Privacy law requires a non-profit to follow certain rules about the disclosure of any personal information that it coll
Privacy - Fact sheetsCollection of Personal Information
This Fact Sheet provides information about the legal rules non-profits should follow for collecting personal information.Privacy law requires a non-profit to follow certain rules about the collection of personal information. Personal information is t
Recordkeeping - Fact sheetsKeeping Official Records
The Societies Act requires all Yukon non-profits keep what are called “official records” and to make some or all these records available to directors, members of the society, and members of the public. Official records a non-profit must keep, either
Recordkeeping - Fact sheetsMember Records
Non-profits must keep and store certain official records about their members. Section 22 of the Societies Act requires a non-profit to keep a Register of Members in its official records folder. This document is different from the Register of Director
Recordkeeping - Fact sheetsMember Meeting Records
Non-profits must keep and store certain official records about their general member meetings. Section 22 of the Societies Act requires non-profits to keep records of member meeting minutes and written resolutions of members.Non-profits make important