Breach of confidence

Breach of confidence

The tort of breach of confidence, is a common law tort that protects private information that is conveyed in confidence. 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 breach of confidentiality depends on proving the existence and breach of a duty of confidentiality. Courts in the US look at the nature of the relationship between the parties. Most commonly, breach of confidentiality applies to the patient-physician relationship but it can also apply to relationships involving banks, hospitals, and insurance companies and many others.

External links

* [http://www.yourrights.org.uk/your-rights/chapters/the-right-of-free-expression/copyright-and-allied-property-rights/the_law_of_breach_of_confidenc.shtml Breach of confidence in the UK]
* [http://www.libelandprivacy.com/areasofpractice_breachconfidence.html Breach of confidence in Canada]
* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=969495 Privacy's Other Path: Recovering The Law Of Confidentiality, Neil M Richards, Washington University School of Law; Daniel Solove, George Washington University Law School]


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