So here’s the scenario. You get a call from your Aunt Betty. She tells you that her nephew heard from his friend that he found a picture of your house on the Internet. And a picture of the room she stays in every Thanksgiving. And an audio recording of some weird stuff made in that very room.
Funny, she doesn’t seem very happy about it.
When we are doing an investigation, it is important for us to know what the client’s expectations of privacy are. Quite often, the client does not want anyone to know that their home may be haunted, or that they are personally experiencing strange events. Of course, we’d love to put everything we find here on our website, but we know it isn’t always in everyone’s best interest to do so. Not everyone may share your enthusiasm about what unseen visitors you may have living in Aunt Betty’s bedroom.
Making confidentiality a priority is extremely important in this field, and especially to GHPS. So, in order to protect the client and ourselves, we insist on obtaining a confidentiality agreement:
Confidentiality Agreement: GHPS assumes the responsibility for the privacy of information obtained during the investigation.No information concerning this property, the investigations, witnesses, individuals interviewed in the course of the investigation, or owners/occupants will be released without the owner’s expressed written permission. Permission will be obtained via the GHPS Confidentiality Form. Information obtained from interviews may be protected under a separate confidentiality agreement. Portions of information or identities may not be divulged to the property owner/responsible party by the request of an individual or entity interviewed during the course of the investigation.The agreement made herein can only be altered or changed by written agreement between the property owner/responsible party and the investigative team.This agreement is binding and applies to all past, present, and future members of group members conducting the investigation.
We also like to know up front what kind of confidentiality you want, before we even check your house. Usually one of the three choices below covers it:
- We will not make any part of the investigation public.
- We may only release information pertaining to this investigation as long as the identity of clients, witnesses and locations are kept confidential, and may not release any documentation, photos and/or addresses that would identify the client’s location.
- We may release any or all information and evidence obtained during the investigation.
So, rest assured we will not divulge anything if you don’t want us to – we’ll keep it locked up. After all, Aunt Betty deserves a good night’s sleep. Now, if it’s your mother-in-law, well…
Thanks goes to Ghostscience.net for parts of the form.
