What does confidentiality mean?
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What does confidentiality mean? It means privacy a person has the right to ask that some personal information e.g. address, medical data, private meaning that nobody is allowed to access this data unless the owner of the information says so or unless a court says that it is vital to the case. What sorts of things would an administrator need to keep confidential? Personal information such as... telephone numbers, addresses, medical details. What kinds of information would it be OK to discuss? How can information be kept confidential? By enforcing guidelines when using office equipment that contains personal information. E.g. on a computer, filing cabinets. Another way to keep information confidential is to use passwords on computers. Also you could make sure only people who a What are the consequences of breaches of confidentiality? How do people feel when they have confidentiality breached? In which types of organisations is confidentiality particularly important? What...


