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SendHere are a few questions and reflections to help the organisation draft its free time policy. It is important, as with any other security item, to explore them as far as possible even if this exploration might breach privacy ( security incidents can breach privacy too...).
We begin with two important reflexions:
- If someone wishes to attack an organisation, they will probably not attack the best protected people or those who follow safety rules, but rather will target those with weak spots, particularly during their free time (at night and weekends, etc...)
- If an organisation has 10 members, of whom one or two do not abide by safety rules during their free time, it is the whole organisation, not just the one or two, who are at risk because the whole organisation would be affected by an attack against those two..
The underlying question is always: “is there a security risk attached to...” If the answer is “no”, then it is fine. If it is “yes”, then it needs to be explored and decided whether there are ways to satisfy a personal need in a protected envi- ronment or decide whether the need needs to be postponed for safer times or simply dropped as incompatible with the security of a human rights defender.
