Your Privacy during the Complaint and Proceedings

As a victim, you have a right to keep your complaint and the things that happen after it private. The law guarantees that the following information is private¹:

• Your identity and address
• The identity and address of the person you accused, as well as the witnesses
• Information about the conciliation (see what this means in the Glossary) or inquiry being made by the committee
• Recommendations of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee
• Action taken by the employer or District Officer

All of the above information cannot be published, communicated, or made known to the public, press, or media in any way^{(( Section 16, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.))} . If any person who is entrusted to handle the complaint, inquiry or recommendations, makes the aforementioned information public, he will be punished in accordance with the service rules of the organization. ^{(( Section 17, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.))}