confidentiality breach
Privacy violation incident
A confidentiality breach is the unauthorized disclosure of private or protected information.
The term appears in legal, medical, and business contexts where sensitive data—patient records, trade secrets, personal details—is shared with parties who shouldn't have access: The hospital faced lawsuits after a confidentiality breach exposed thousands of patient files.
Also called a breach of confidentiality.
- privacy invasionUnauthorized access to personal matters
- loose lipsHabit of revealing secrets
- leakEscape through a breach
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- tell allReveal all secrets
negligence · unauthorized access · need to know · security clearance · identity theft · reputational damage · hacking · data dump · whistleblower · cover up · hush money · paper trail · insider threat · consent violation · privacy policy · legal penalties · emotional distress · financial loss
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- breachesrupture, violation, intrusion, break, infringement
- misconductmisconduct, bullying, stealing, vandalism, cheating
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- breach of confidenceleaked secrets, betrayal, disclosure, blabbing, leaking
- information breachesdata leak, information leak, leak, classified leak, document leak
confidentiality breachdata protection
Securing sensitive information
confidentiality · information security · privacy protection · data security · secrecy
confidentiality breachcontrolled release
Gradual substance dispensing mechanism
confidentiality breachdiscretion
Careful judgment in speech
professional integrity · secret keeping · trustworthiness · loyalty · faithfulness