Confidentiality Relationship
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A Confidentiality Relationship is a social relationship that involves a mutual understanding and agreement between parties to restrict access to, and prevent the disclosure of, shared confidential information.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Informal Confidentiality Relationship (based on mutual trust) to being a Formal Confidentiality Relationship (that involves a confidentiality agreement).
- It can (typically) require one or both parties to take reasonable steps to protect confidential information from unauthorized disclosure.
- It can (often) include exceptions where disclosure is necessary due to legal requirements or to prevent harm.
- It can (often) be underpinned by social, ethical, or professional norms that guide the expectations of confidentiality.
- Example(s):
- Medical Confidentiality, where healthcare providers are required to keep patient health information private.
- Legal Confidentiality, where lawyers must not disclose information shared by their clients.
- Bank-Client Confidentiality, where financial institutions are obligated to protect customer financial information.
- Doctor-Patient Confidentiality, a specific form of medical confidentiality focusing on the relationship between doctors and their patients.
- Commercial Confidentiality, where businesses protect trade secrets and other proprietary information.
- Romantic Partner Confidentiality, an informal understanding that personal information shared between partners will not be disclosed to others.
- Friendship Confidentiality, where friends share personal or sensitive information with the expectation that it will not be shared outside the friendship.
- Family Confidentiality, where family members share information with each other that is not to be disclosed to outsiders.
- Peer Support Confidentiality, in group support settings where individuals agree to keep shared experiences and disclosures within the group.
- Spiritual Confessor-Confidant Relationship, where individuals confess or share personal spiritual or moral issues with a spiritual leader or advisor under the assumption of confidentiality.
- Counter-Example(s):
- An Unhindered Information Sharing Relationship, where information flows freely without restrictions.
- A Gossiping Relationship, where the sharing of information does not respect the privacy or confidentiality of the subjects involved.
- See: Public Domain Information, Confidentiality Agreement, Privacy, Trust, Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA), Data Protection, Ethics, Open Source Software.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality Retrieved:2021-12-4.
- Confidentiality involves a set of rules or a promise usually executed through confidentiality agreements that limits access or places restrictions on certain types of information.