Breach of confidence

Thetortofbreach of confidenceis, inUnited States law,acommon-lawtort that protects private information conveyedin confidence.^[1]A claim for breach of confidence typically requires the information to be of a confidential nature, which was communicated in confidence and was disclosed to the detriment of the claimant.

Establishing a breach of confidentiality depends on proving the existence and breach of a duty of confidentiality. Courts in the United States look at the nature of the relationship between the parties. Most commonly, breach ofconfidentialityapplies to thepatient-physician relationship,^[2]but it can also apply to relationships involving banks, hospitals, insurance companies, and many others.^[3]

There is no tort of breach of confidence in other common-law jurisdictions such as theUnited KingdomorAustralia;however, there is anequitable doctrineofbreach of confidence.^{[citation needed]}

References

^"Breach of confidence".
^Networks, Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Regional Health Data; Donaldson, Molla S.; Lohr, Kathleen N. (1994).Confidentiality and Privacy of Personal Data.National Academies Press (US).
^Solove, Daniel J.; Richards, Neil M. (2007)."Privacy's Other Path: Recovering the Law of Confidentiality".GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works.96:123–182.

External links

Breach of confidence in the UK
Breach of confidence in Canada
Privacy's Other Path: Recovering The Law Of Confidentiality,Neil M Richards, Washington University School of Law;Daniel J. Solove,George Washington University Law School

[1] "Breach of confidence".

[2] Networks, Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Regional Health Data; Donaldson, Molla S.; Lohr, Kathleen N. (1994).Confidentiality and Privacy of Personal Data.National Academies Press (US).

[3] Solove, Daniel J.; Richards, Neil M. (2007)."Privacy's Other Path: Recovering the Law of Confidentiality".GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works.96:123–182.

[1]

[2]

[3]

See also

References

External links