It is known as "Attorney-Client Privilege." An attorney can not be compelled, and need not disclose, ANY communication between themselves and a client, under ANY circumstance.
The clients are not confidential. Their discussions with their lawyers are.
Privileged information refers to communications between certain individuals, like lawyers and clients, that are protected from disclosure in court. Confidential information, on the other hand, is any information that is kept private and not shared with others.
Generally and ethically it isn't OK. It may even be illegal. Some profession are prohibited from revealing confidential matters without a court order. Lawyers and doctors for instance.
How do you keep information on families and children confidential
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Under normal circumstances you would not share confidential information, but exceptions can be made if human life is at stake (for example, if you have received confidential information that someone intends to commit a murder) or if ordered by a judge to divulge the information.
Confidential by its nature means only a few people are privy to the information, or certain people aren't authorized to gain access to specific information. Confidential information is handled by sharing it with need to know people/personnel only. Providing confidential information to other than those that need to know could cause harm or worse. In other words, confidential information is sensitive, and should be handled with lots of silence stirred-in.
Personal payroll, medical, and operational information are all types of sensitive information.
Confidential information refers to sensitive data that should be kept private, while privileged information is a legal protection that allows certain communications to be kept confidential in court.
Keep the information to myself
Confidential refers to information that is extremely private and personal. Some examples of confidential information includes health records, financial information, or extremely sensitive information within a company.
He was told that the information was confidential so he did not mention it to anyone else.