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Encryption for social workers — case notes off the clipboard
Social workers carry sensitive detail in the seams between systems — home-visit notes, supervision reflections, drafts you haven't yet uploaded. Elba is a sealed folder for that middle space.
The private working copy
Rough notes, plans, and personal reflections live in an Elba vault on your machine. Finalised case records go into your agency's system, as policy requires.
On a personal device
If you draft anything about work on a personal laptop, the sealed vault is the minimum discipline. It stops a stolen device becoming a data breach.
Questions people actually ask
- Is this compliant with local safeguarding rules?
- Encryption at rest with AES-256-GCM meets or exceeds most safeguarding standards. Retention and disposal rules still apply.
- Can two workers share a vault for joint cases?
- Yes — share the sealed folder and the password out of band. Elba does not manage users.
Take the island
Elba is one HTML file. It runs locally in a Chromium browser, seals a folder with AES-256-GCM, never phones home, and becomes open source on 1 January 2030.
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