Confidentiality
* addresses the release of potentially sensitive information.
* also allows lawyers receiving assistance to retain their pride and self-respect.
* applies to both information storage and transmission
  - communications and medical records
* basis of developing group trust.
* concerns the prevention of unauthorized disclosure of information.
* consideration when intellectual property is the subject of the dispute.
* critical concern for victims of sexual assault
  - of residential programs for victims of domestic violence
  - issue for both employers and job seekers
* extends to information about either individuals or organizations.
* facilitates an air of trust between client and counselor.
* ground rule in nearly all mediations.
* group rule that can put all group members at ease.
* has much to do with the rights to privacy and autonomy.
* helps restrict sensitive information from disclosure.
* includes keeping the fact that an individual is seeking private counseling.
* increases the flow of communication between parties.
* is access to and use of confidential information and proprietary property.
* is also a key concern for businesses
  - important for health care providers
  - among a lawyer's duties to a client
* is an essential part of the doctor-patient relationship
  - important element in relationships with every client
  - inherent conflict in business plan writing
  - issue when everyone knows each other
* is based on encrypted communications
  - whether a waiver has been signed
  - breached only in rare circumstances, such as ongoing cases of child abuse
* is central to a trusting relationship between an adolescent and provider
  - the clinical relationship of trust
  - critical to making teams work on behalf of abused children
  - crucial to the practise of law
  - discretion
  - essential to sharing about adopted children
  - fundamental to all aspects of cases dealing with sexual assault
  - important for both parties to any private transaction
  - maintained according to professional codes of ethics
* is maintained in a safe and comfortable environment
  - accordance with laws governing the privacy of medical information
  - with respect to institutions, individuals, and enterprises
* is mandated by federal law
* is of critical importance in the management of all medical records
  - paramount importance in cancer risk assessment
  - particular concern in education research
* is often a concern for teens
  - an important factor in selling land or property
  - one cornerstone of quality health care
  - particularly critical for the effective treatment of mental illness
  - privacies
  - protected by law, except in limited circumstances
  - roughly equivalent to privacy
  - secrecy
* is the actual protection such information receives from the provider organizations
  - cardinal principal in the exchange of credit information
  - cement of human relationships
  - corner-stone of any counseling or therapy relationship
* is the fundamental principle of the financial services business
  - tool that allows the free flow of credit information
  - main purpose of secure group communication
  - practice of keeping private what occurs and is discussed during a meeting
  - rule in working with both applicants and clients alike
  - service that protects data from being revealed to unauthorized third parties
  - used as a shield to protect the system's failure as well as protect the client
* key component of group work.
* major issue in today s workplace environment.
* matter of both contractual agreement and public duty
  - respecting our patients' right to privacy
* means maintaining the absolute privacy of the therapy situation
  - of providing the client with safety and privacy
* myth created to insure that women surrender babies.
* paramount concept of self-help groups.
* permeates the child-care system.
* permits open and honest communication and early treatment prior to public harm.
* primary concern for students with disabilities.
* protects the contents of a document
  - interests of biological parents, adopting parents, and adopted minors
* refers to data and to limiting the access to private data about a person
  - limits on who can get what kind of information
* refers to the nondisclosure of information received from or concerning patients
  - privacy of personal or corporate information
* relates to the full and open disclosure necessary for the mediation process.
* requirement for respect for relationships.
* significant issue to persons with hidden disabilities.
* tool for protecting privacy.
* trust agreement that exists for the protection of all parties involved.