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Yes, depending on the type of commitment you take on, you have a duty of discretion and/or professional secrecy. Duty of discretion starts from the interests of the organization for which you are committed. This means that you do not pass on information to people outside the organization. This may concern information from clients/participants, but also sensitive information about the organization. You can share information with fellow volunteers or professionals if it is important for the provision of assistance or the functioning of the service or organization. If you violate the duty of discretion, the organization can impose a sanction. Professional secrecy goes a lot further than the duty of discretion. You do not share information that you have received from a client/participant through a relationship of trust, not even with the professionals or your fellow volunteers. If you violate professional secrecy, you may be prosecuted. Every organization under the CM flag has an

The personal data of volunteers is protected by European GDPR legislation. Every organization is obliged to closely follow this privacy legislation. Failure to comply may be sanctioned by the Data Protection Authority (formerly the Privacy Commission). You can read how CM (and all associated organizations) guarantees your privacy as a volunteer, candidate volunteer or former volunteer in the privacy statement for volunteers . We register the details of each volunteer in the Saam application. This way we guarantee the security of the data.

We speak of volunteer work as people: dedicate themselves to an organization that does not pursue profit; doing this without pay: volunteer work is never paid. Volunteers may receive an expense allowance, but according to strict rules; doing so voluntarily: no one can be forced to do volunteer work. Private or family activities, such as mowing the neighbor's lawn or shopping for your mother, are not volunteer work.