Duty of Confidentiality definition

Duty of Confidentiality means, for the purposes of this Code, a statutory or agreed obligation to prevent others from accessing or gaining knowledge of personal health data; see Section 21 of the Health Personnel Act, Section 17 of the Personal Health Data Filing System Act, Section 15 of the Patient Records Act, Section 12-1 of the Health and Care Services Act, Section 6-1 of the Specialist Health Service Act and Section 13 to 13(e) of the Public Administration Act, in addition to other information pertinent to information security. The duty of confidentiality includes both a passive obligation to remain silent and an obligation to actively prevent unauthorised persons from gaining knowledge of confidential data.
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Duty of Confidentiality. To protect [IDX/Stentor] Proprietary Information, Customer agrees that Customer will not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the XXXX System Software/Services to a human perceivable form or permit any other party to do so. Customer may not modify, adapt, translate, rent, lease, sell, sublicense, loan, resell for profit, distribute, time-share [except as either IDX or Stentor specifically allows customer to allow access to third parties] or create any derivative works based upon, the XXXX System Software/Services, and otherwise any and all information, regardless of form, that is confidential, proprietary and/or a trade secret of [IDX/Stentor] ("[IDX/Stentor] Proprietary Information") or any portion thereof or permit any other party to do so. Customer shall limit disclosure of [IDX/Stentor] Proprietary Information to its employees who have a need to know the information in connection with the receipt of the XXXX System Software/Services. Customer may permit members of its medical community to observe operation of the XXXX System Software/Services on a limited basis if they have a need to do so. In no event and under no circumstances shall Customer reproduce, in any form, XXXX System Software and Documentation. In addition, Customer shall not reproduce computer screen displays generated by the iSite(TM) client software. Customer shall not disclose [IDX/Stentor] Proprietary Information to other parties (except members of its medical community as described above) or use [IDX/Stentor] Proprietary Information for purposes other than use of the XXXX System Software/Services, except that it may disclose or use:
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Duty of Confidentiality means the requirements set out in Section 2 (Confidentiality) and the terms of the QPL RFI governing the QPL Participant's permitted use of Confidential Information.
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Examples of Duty of Confidentiality in a sentence

  • Your personal information will only be shared in accordance with your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018, the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality, the NHS Constitution, and in keeping with professional and NHS Codes of Practice.

  • This duty is subject to both the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality and the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

  • All employees of BHMS are subject to the Duty of Confidentiality of this Code.

  • Disclosures of information and in particular, personal data are bound to both common and statute law in particular, but not restricted to the following: • The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality • The Data Protection Act 1998 • The Human Rights Act 1998 Any disclosure of personal data must have regard to both common and statute law.

  • Disclosures of information and in particular, personal data are bound to both common and statute law in particular, but not restricted to the following: • The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality • The Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 • The Human Rights Act 1998 Any disclosure of personal data must have regard to both common and statute law.

  • The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality is met on the basis that identifiable data will only be accessed by staff for the provision care to individuals (as set out in DPIA03) or where approval under section 251 provided by the National Confidentiality Advisory Group (of the Health Research Authority) unless a National Data opt out is in place.

  • However, practitioners must maintain an awareness of the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality, that if the patient disclosed information in circumstances where it was expected that a duty of confidence applied, it should not normally be further disclosed without that Data Subject’s consent.

  • All employees of BHMS are subject to the Duty of Confidentiality, Item C of this Code.

  • Common Law of Duty of Confidentiality - is not written out in one document like the GDPR or an Act of Parliament.

  • The Board of Directors is charged with four (4) primary duties: Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, Duty of Obedience, and Duty of Confidentiality.


More Definitions of Duty of Confidentiality

Duty of Confidentiality means the duty to observe confidentiality which applies to all
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Duty of Confidentiality means the duty resulting from a relationship of trust where information between parties is to be held in confidence. This relationship may be explicit or implied and may arise from items such as employment, agreements, contract, ethical obligation, professional standards, legislation, or other means.
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Duty of Confidentiality means the duty of any individual who obtains information about the Band’s investments under this chapter to refrain from sharing that information with others, except with the express consent of the Committee.
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Duty of Confidentiality means the duty of physicians and other health professionals in a fiduciary relationship with patients to ensure that health information is kept secret and not disclosed or made accessible to others unless authorized by patient consent.
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Related to Duty of Confidentiality

  • Confidentiality means that only people who are authorised to use the data can access it.

  • Confidential Information Breach This shall mean, generally, an instance where an unauthorized person or entity accesses Confidential Information in any manner, including but not limited to the following occurrences: (1) any Confidential Information that is not encrypted or protected is misplaced, lost, stolen or in any way compromised; (2)one or more third parties have had access to or taken control or possession of any Confidential Information that is not encrypted or protected without prior written authorization from the State; (3) the unauthorized acquisition of encrypted or protected Confidential Information together with the confidential process or key that is capable of compromising the integrity of the Confidential Information; or (4) if there is a substantial risk of identity theft or fraud to the Client Agency, the Contractor, DAS or State.

  • Company Confidential Information means information (including any and all combinations of individual items of information) that the Company has or will develop, acquire, create, compile, discover or own, that has value in or to the Company’s business which is not generally known and which the Company wishes to maintain as confidential. Company Confidential Information includes both information disclosed by the Company to me, and information developed or learned by me during the course of my employment with the Company. Company Confidential Information also includes all information of which the unauthorized disclosure could be detrimental to the interests of the Company, whether or not such information is identified as Company Confidential Information. By example, and without limitation, Company Confidential Information includes any and all non-public information that relates to the actual or anticipated business and/or products, research or development of the Company, or to the Company’s technical data, trade secrets, or know-how, including, but not limited to, research, product plans, or other information regarding the Company’s products or services and markets therefor, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, customers of the Company on which I called or with which I may become acquainted during the term of my employment), software, developments, inventions, discoveries, ideas, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, marketing, finances, and other business information disclosed by the Company either directly or indirectly in writing, orally or by drawings or inspection of premises, parts, equipment, or other Company property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company Confidential Information shall not include any such information which I can establish (i) was publicly known or made generally available prior to the time of disclosure by the Company to me; (ii) becomes publicly known or made generally available after disclosure by the Company to me through no wrongful action or omission by me; or (iii) is in my rightful possession, without confidentiality obligations, at the time of disclosure by the Company as shown by my then-contemporaneous written records; provided that any combination of individual items of information shall not be deemed to be within any of the foregoing exceptions merely because one or more of the individual items are within such exception, unless the combination as a whole is within such exception. I understand that nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit employees’ rights to discuss the terms, wages, and working conditions of their employment, as protected by applicable law.

  • Citizens Confidential Information means all information, data, and documentation, whether marked as confidential or not, disclosed to Vendor in the course of this Agreement that is either: (a) Protected under any applicable state or federal law (including Chapter 119, Florida Statutes; Sections 501.171, and 627.351(6), Florida Statutes; Chapter 69O-128, Florida Administrative Code; and, 15 U.S.C. § 6801 et seq.); (b) private information concerning Citizens’ employees or policyholders (including social security numbers, personal health information, personal credit information, banking information, drivers’ license numbers, personal email addresses, personal phone numbers, and home addresses); or, (c) related to any Citizens’ manuals, lists, operating and other systems or programs, business practices or procedures, insurance policies, claimants or claims, or any business, governmental, and regulatory matters affecting Citizens. “Citizens Confidential Information” does not include any information, data or documentation that: (a) is publicly available through no fault of Vendor or Vendor Staff; or, (b) Vendor developed independently without relying in any way on Citizens Confidential Information.

  • State Confidential Information means any and all State Records not subject to disclosure under CORA. State Confidential Information shall include, but is not limited to, PII, PHI, PCI, Tax Information, CJI, and State personnel records not subject to disclosure under CORA. State Confidential Information shall not include information or data concerning individuals that is not deemed confidential but nevertheless belongs to the State, which has been communicated, furnished, or disclosed by the State to Contractor which (i) is subject to disclosure pursuant to CORA; (ii) is already known to Contractor without restrictions at the time of its disclosure to Contractor; (iii) is or subsequently becomes publicly available without breach of any obligation owed by Contractor to the State; (iv) is disclosed to Contractor, without confidentiality obligations, by a third party who has the right to disclose such information; or (v) was independently developed without reliance on any State Confidential Information.

  • Existing Confidentiality Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.

  • Authority's Confidential Information means all Personal Data and any information, however it is conveyed, that relates to the business, affairs, developments, trade secrets, know-how, personnel, and suppliers of the Authority, including all IPRs, together with all information derived from any of the above, and any other information clearly designated as being confidential (whether or not it is marked "confidential") or which ought reasonably be considered to be confidential;

  • Confidentiality Undertaking means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA or in any other form agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.

  • Business Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

  • Seller Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.3.

  • Fund Confidential Information means Confidential Information for which the Fund is the Disclosing Party.

  • Non-Disclosure Term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 25.3.4 of this Agreement.

  • Purchaser Confidential Information means all confidential or proprietary documents and information concerning the Purchaser or any of its Representatives; provided, however, that Purchaser Confidential Information shall not include any information which, (i) at the time of disclosure by the Company, the Seller Representative or any of their respective Representatives, is generally available publicly and was not disclosed in breach of this Agreement or (ii) at the time of the disclosure by the Purchaser or its Representatives to the Company, the Seller Representative or any of their respective Representatives, was previously known by such receiving party without violation of Law or any confidentiality obligation by the Person receiving such Purchaser Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Closing, Purchaser Confidential Information will include the confidential or proprietary information of the Target Companies.

  • Buyer Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8(a).

  • Proprietary and Confidential Information means trade secrets, confidential knowledge, data or any other proprietary or confidential information of the Company or any of its affiliates, or of any customers, members, employees or directors of any of such entities, but shall not include any information that (i) was publicly known and made generally available in the public domain prior to the time of disclosure to Executive by the Company or (ii) becomes publicly known and made generally available after disclosure to Executive by the Company other than as a result of a disclosure by Executive in violation of this Agreement. By way of illustration but not limitation, “Proprietary and Confidential Information” includes: (i) trade secrets, documents, memoranda, reports, files, correspondence, lists and other written and graphic records affecting or relating to any such entity’s business; (ii) confidential marketing information including without limitation marketing strategies, customer and client names and requirements, services, prices, margins and costs; (iii) confidential financial information; (iv) personnel information (including without limitation employee compensation); and (v) other confidential business information.

  • Confidential and Proprietary Information means any information that is classified as confidential in the Firm’s Global Policy on Confidential Information or that may have intrinsic value to the Firm, the Firm’s clients or other parties with which the Firm has a relationship, or that may provide the Firm with a competitive advantage, including, without limitation, any trade secrets; inventions (whether or not patentable); formulas; flow charts; computer programs; access codes or other systems information; algorithms; technology and business processes; business, product or marketing plans; sales and other forecasts; financial information; client lists or other intellectual property; information relating to compensation and benefits; and public information that becomes proprietary as a result of the Firm’s compilation of that information for use in its business, provided that such Confidential and Proprietary Information does not include any information which is available for use by the general public or is generally available for use within the relevant business or industry other than as a result of your action. Confidential and Proprietary Information may be in any medium or form, including, without limitation, physical documents, computer files or discs, electronic communications, videotapes, audiotapes, and oral communications.

  • Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement means a confidentiality agreement that contains terms that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the Company, than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement; provided, that such agreement and any related agreements shall not include any provision calling for any exclusive right to negotiate with such party or having the effect of prohibiting the Company from satisfying its obligations under this Agreement.

  • Confidentiality Period means, (A) with respect to Confidential Information (other than trade secrets), during the term of the Service Term and for a period of one (1) year after termination of the Service Term, and (B) with respect to trade secrets, during the term of the Service Term and for such period thereafter as the information in question falls within the definition of trade secrets under prevailing law.

  • Confidential Information means all information, facts, data and any other matters of which I acquire knowledge, either directly or indirectly, as a result of my EMA Activities.

  • Internal confidentiality agreement or statement means a confidentiality agreement or any other written statement that the contractor requires any of its employees or subcontractors to sign regarding nondisclosure of contractor information, except that it does not include confidentiality agreements arising out of civil litigation or confidentiality agreements that contractor employees or subcontractors sign at the behest of a Federal agency.

  • Customer Confidential Information means Confidential Information of the Customer provided to Computershare.

  • Confidentiality Agreements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.7 hereof.

  • Non-Disclosing Party has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7.

  • Information Disclosure Requirements means the requirements to disclose information under:

  • Customer's Confidential Information means all Personal Data and any information, however it is conveyed, that relates to the business, affairs, developments, trade secrets, know-how, personnel, and suppliers of the Customer, including all IPRs, together with all information derived from any of the above, and any other information clearly designated as being confidential (whether or not it is marked "confidential") or which ought reasonably be considered to be confidential;

  • Other Confidential Consumer Information The Contractor agrees to comply with the requirements of AHS Rule No. 08-048 concerning access to information. The Contractor agrees to comply with any applicable Vermont State Statute, including but not limited to 12 VSA §1612 and any applicable Board of Health confidentiality regulations. The Contractor shall ensure that all of its employees and subcontractors performing services under this agreement understand the sensitive nature of the information that they may have access to and sign an affirmation of understanding regarding the information’s confidential and non- public nature.