{"id":44626,"date":"2024-06-20T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-process-the-confidentiality-agreement\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:02:27","password":"","slug":"how-to-process-the-confidentiality-agreement","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/general-data-security-privacy\/how-to-process-the-confidentiality-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"How to process the confidentiality agreement?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you store personal data or other sensitive data of your congregation in ChurchTools and users of your ChurchTools have access to this data, it may make sense for these users to accept a confidentiality agreement before they can use ChurchTools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make it easier for you to use a confidentiality agreement, we have provided a sample agreement in ChurchTools that you can customize for your congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out how to edit the confidentiality agreement stored in ChurchTools here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Call up Data security \/ Data privacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To edit the privacy policy, go to the <em>Data security \/ Data privacy<\/em> section (3) in the <em>System settings<\/em> (2) and navigate to <em>General<\/em> (4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General-1024x392.png\" alt=\"System settings - Data security privacy - General\" class=\"wp-image-44875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General-1536x588.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General-360x138.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General.png 1958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Edit confidentiality agreement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you click on <em>Edit text<\/em> (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1-1024x295.png\" alt=\"System-settings - Data-security-privacy General - Edit-Confidentiality-agreement\" class=\"wp-image-44880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1-1024x295.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1-768x221.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1-360x104.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-security-privacy_General_Edit-Confidentiality-agreement-1.png 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">The confidentiality agreement is only used when you activate the <em>slider<\/em> (2).<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>The confidentiality agreement stored in ChurchTools opens in a new browser tab.<br>To edit it, click on the <em>context menu<\/em> (1) and select <em>Edit page<\/em> (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page-1024x598.png\" alt=\"System settings - Data securioty privacy - General - Edit Consent page\" class=\"wp-image-44883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page-1536x897.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page-360x210.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Edit-Consent-page.png 1720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the <em>Save button<\/em> in the top right-hand corner to save your changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page-1024x263.png\" alt=\"System settings - Data securioty privacy - General - Save Consent page\" class=\"wp-image-44888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page-1024x263.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page-768x197.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page-1536x395.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page-360x92.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/System-settings_Data-securioty-privacy_General_Save-Consent-page.png 1666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-74648fa9a9506de5179716347194bc98 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#e7c000;border-left-width:0.5rem;color:#3f3400;background-color:#ffe5644d;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">ChurchTools cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or applicability of this template to your congregational situation. If in doubt, you should have your customized confidentiality agreement checked by a data protection officer before using it. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/system-einstellungen\/datenschutz\/35-wie-bearbeite-ich-die-einwilligungserklarung\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7655\">How to process the declaration of consent?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/system-einstellungen\/datenschutz\/35-wie-bearbeite-ich-die-datenschutzerklarung\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7654\">How tio edit the privacy policy?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/system-einstellungen\/datenschutz-sicherheit\/35-wie-hilft-dir-churchtools-beim-datenschutz\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7659\">How to ChurchTools help you with data protection?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you store personal data or other sensitive data of your congregation in ChurchTools and users of your ChurchTools have access to this data, it may make sense for these users to accept a confidentiality agreement before they can use ChurchTools. 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