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Level 5: Equal for every child

CRPD Articles 22 and 31

Disability information is private

You can ask who may see disability, health and family information, and challenge identifying publication.

How you can use it

  1. 1Ask why information is collected and who will see it.
  2. 2Say: “Use it only for this purpose and let me check it.”
  3. 3If it is misused, contact the privacy officer or an advocate.

What a violation looks like

A service shares disability information without consent, or publishes identifying data.

Words you can use

“Please explain why this information is collected and keep it private.”

If speaking is hard, write it, draw it, send a message, or ask a trusted adult to say it with you.

Spot it

Is this right being used, or broken?

Spot it · 1 of 1

An agency publishes a child’s identifiable disability information online.

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