Data confidentiality and consent
Participation in this activity is voluntary. If you do not provide the personal information requested, the only consequence will be less complete and/or accurate information for performance measurement, policy analysis, research and evaluation activities related to the Social Finance Fund.
By sending your completed version of the template to your funder or investor, you are consenting to share this data with them, their wholesaler(s), and the Government of Canada. The data you provide is managed in accordance with the Privacy Act and other applicable privacy legislation. You retain control over what you include. If there is data you prefer not to share, simply leave those fields blank. At any point, you may ask your funder (Social Finance Intermediary or Wholesaler) to remove any data you do not want shared further.
When you provide your demographic information (i.e., whether members of your management team or board identify as belonging to one or more equity-deserving groups), you are providing personal information. This information is collected and reported at the organizational level—it will be tied only to the name of your organization, not to any individual person. The information you provide is protected and managed in accordance with the Privacy Act and the Department of Employment and Social Development Act, Part 4.
Demographic information aggregated at the program level (i.e., for the entire Social Finance Fund) will be made publicly available alongside other aggregate program information to support public understanding of Canada’s social finance market (e.g., representation of equity-deserving groups on the management teams and boards of directors of market actors).
Your personal information will be retained for the duration of the Social Finance Fund program, which is set to end on March 31, 2039, and for three years after to give time for completion of program evaluation activities. After completion of program evaluation activities, and by March 31, 2042 at the latest, your demographic information will be disposed of according to departmental protocols.
Role of Common Approach
Common Approach never has access to the data you enter in the template. When you complete and send the template, your data flows only to your funder or investor, their wholesaler(s), and the Government of Canada. Common Approach provides the reporting template and the data converter tool to help you prepare your file in a format aligned to the Common Impact Data Standard. However, Common Approach does not receive, retain, or store any of the information you provide. For more details on the converter specifically, please see the Data Converter Privacy Statement.
Contact us
If you are not satisfied with our handling of your personal information, you may wish to contact or file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) at social_innovation_sociale@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.