client confidentiality
Lawyer's sworn silence
Client confidentiality is the ethical and often legal obligation to keep information about clients private.
Professionals in law, medicine, therapy, and finance are bound by it: The attorney cited client confidentiality and refused to answer.
Breaching client confidentiality can result in professional sanctions, lawsuits, or criminal charges.
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
- GDPREU data protection law
- privacyFreedom from observation
- anonymizationRemoving identifying information
- audit trailsRecorded history of actions
whistleblower protections · off the record · keep it quiet · trust · legal ethics · integrity · encryption · secure communication · fiduciary duty · sealed records · lawsuits · informed consent · redaction · discretion · professionalism · access control · need to know · duty
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- legal ethicslegal ethics, professional conduct, privilege, code of ethics, pro bono
- legal professionlawyers, attorneys, solicitors, solicitor, barristers
- legal serviceslawyer, attorney, law firm, legal advice, criminal lawyer
- Private InvestigatorsPI, private detective, detective agency, gumshoe, shamus
client confidentialitypublic disclosure
Revealing information openly
breach of confidentiality · information leak · data breach · exposure · public record
client confidentialitybetrayal of trust
Breaking promised loyalty
breach of trust · confidentiality breach · professional misconduct · disloyalty · indiscretion
client confidentialityfull transparency
full disclosure · sunshine laws · public accountability · open government · right to know