Before sharing material, consider whether it may expose you or others to privacy, safety, identification, retaliation, or community-level risk.
Some records contain names, faces, precise locations, contact details, internal communications, or community information that should not be shared casually. A useful record should not create unnecessary harm.
Names, faces, phone numbers, email addresses, workplace details, and internal contacts can make a record far more risky than it first appears.
If identification is not necessary for understanding the issue, it is usually better to omit it.
Precise villages, homes, offices, classrooms, internal meeting spaces, or highly specific site references may expose individuals or communities when paired with names, time, or images.
In some cases, approximate location is safer than exact location.
A file may affect more than the person submitting it. It may also expose relatives, classmates, coworkers, neighbors, intermediaries, or local contacts who did not choose public visibility.
Always consider who else may be placed at risk.
Some material may still be valuable for documentation even when it is unsuitable for open display. The Center may therefore retain certain records internally or restrict access to them.
Public visibility is only one possible documentary outcome.
Consider removing names, contact details, and unnecessary visual identifiers when they do not add essential documentary value.
If you are unsure about a person, place, date, or sequence, say so clearly rather than using risky assumptions.
If a file may create avoidable risk, pause and simplify first. Care is more important than speed.
