Implementation Guide: Good Practices For Ensuring Data Protection And Privacy In Social Protection Systems

For Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Partner: GIZ and SPIAC-B

This guide addresses the unique challenges social protection practitioners face in low- and middle-income countries regarding data protection and privacy. Developed by the SPIAC-B workstream on Data Protection, it offers practical, context-specific guidance for ensuring data protection in social protection systems.

Key Features:

  • Tailored for low- and middle-income country contexts
  • Adaptable to specific social protection systems and programs
  • Based on international data protection standards

Target Audience:

  • Social protection practitioners
  • Government partners and policymakers
  • Program managers and social workers
  • Development and humanitarian agencies
  • Civil society organizations and donors

The guide covers:

  1. Fundamentals of data protection and privacy
  2. Importance in social protection programs
  3. International good practices
  4. Step-by-step implementation guidance

This resource aims to support compliance with data protection standards while addressing country-specific challenges, especially when using digital technologies in social protection schemes.

Keywords: Data Protection, Social Protection, Digital Technologies, Low and Middle-Income Countries, Good Practices, Minimum Standards.

Year: 2022 (1st version) and 2024 (updated version).

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