CHSCM 3.0 - Unit 1 - SCM in the Humanitarian World

DISBURSEMENT
ENCASHMENT
CONVERSION
The release of a payment, generally electronically. A smart card, for
example, may be pre-programmed with multiple disbursements, which
can be activated code.
The process of cashing a check, money order, note, or other financial
instrument.
The process of converting one thing into something else: used often
with paper vouchers, tokens, scratch cards, etc. Example: for a cash
voucher, it would the point at which the voucher is converted into cash.
Data protection is the systematic application of a set of institutional, technical, and
physical safeguards that preserve the right to privacy with respect to the collection,
storage, use, disclosure, and disposal of personal data. Personal data includes all
information that can be used to identify data subjects, which in the case of a
humanitarian cash-based intervention, means program beneficiaries.
Leaks of personal data have potential to result in individuals being targeted for
violence or harassment, due to ethnicity, religion, medical history, or just because they
have received aid or worked with international organizations. This is a major concern for
aid agencies, whose mandate is to uphold the humanitarian principle of ‘do no harm’.
Risks to the protection of beneficiary data are faced at every stage.
Source: CaLP Website, ‘Data Protection’
http://www.cashlearning.org/thematic-area/operationalizing-beneficiary-data-protection-1
Humanitarian agencies collect a wealth of personal data from individuals; cash transfer
programming is no exception. Plus, the use of e-transfer and digital technology is becoming an
increasingly popular mechanism for delivery of CTP. It is important to understand the associated
privacy risks that may occur during the collection, use, storage, sharing, and disposal of beneficiary
data.
With the ever more sophisticated methods of beneficiary registration procedures (e.g. the
introduction of biometric IDs), collection of very detailed, highly personal information is common. As
a large amount of this sensitive data is stored digitally, a single data breach can potentially expose
tens of thousands of beneficiaries to unintended use of their personal data. This raises a number of
risk factors and associated risks throughout the data lifecycle, for example:
Basic understanding of the concerns and risks associated with Beneficiary Data Protection is
important for Supply Chain specifically during the procurement process because appropriate
questions and clauses must be included in tendering documents and/or contracts.