confidentiality
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5.4
- noun
- /ˌkɒnfɪˌdɛnʃiˈælɪti/
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confidencialidad
- Anything you tell me will of course be protected under the rules of confidentiality and privileged infonnation of the attorney-client relationship.
- breach confidentiality
- break confidentiality
- privacy and confidentiality
Understandably, I can't mention the product or the bank in question for the sake of confidentiality.
- Understandably, I can't mention the product or the bank in question for the sake of confidentiality.
- All the identifying details, of course, have been changed, sure, for purposes of confidentiality.
- Lawyers have since turned to laws on privacy, confidentiality and data protection to keep negative news about their clients out of the press.
- So what about the whole like, therapist confidentiality thing?
- But the problem is we obviously we pride ourselves on, on confidentiality with our with our customers.
Examples
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A sealable envelope was attached to each survey instrument to ensure confidentiality of individual responses.
Academic text (1999) -
Well, he's bound by a confidentiality agreement.
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Can you talk more about how to achieve confidentiality in this process?
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How should the law treat the breach of that confidentiality promise?
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Lawyers have since turned to laws on privacy, confidentiality and data protection to keep negative news about their clients out of the press.
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Names and locations have been changed to protect the confidentiality of research participants.
Academic text (2008) -
I mean, there's actual confidentiality laws.
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You know, I'm pretty sure this violated patient confidentiality laws.
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In some cases, details have been modified to protect informants' confidentiality and safety.
Academic text (2008) -
The company has strict policies to ensure the confidentiality of customer information.
Synonyms
756
3.7
Freedom from being seen or watched by other people
165
4.4
Keeping information hidden from other people
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5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
1
7.8
A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand
A private situation where only the involved people know the details
Being secret so other people do not know about it
The state of being secret to avoid being noticed
Antonyms
How Confidential
Surface Forms
Morphology
confidentiality = confidential (transparent) = confidential + ity
The noun is a straightforward formation from the adjective 'confidential' with the productive suffix '-ity' denoting a state or quality.
Etymology
Confidentiality comes from Latin parts con- and fid, where fid means 'trust' and appears in words like confide and fidelity. So, confidentiality is about keeping information secret because someone trusted you with it.