Confidentiality

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• What is confidentiality?

1. What is confidentiality?
   1. English common law has protected an individual's right to expect that personal information about him or her will be kept confidential. Information will be protected if it has "the necessary quality of confidence about it" and has been imparted in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence.
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3. The general Policies
   1. Data protection Act 1998
      1. The Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act") regulates the processing and disclosure of information and provides individuals with rights of access to such information. The Act repeals the Data Protection Act 1984 and is now fully in force except for some transitional provisions (see later). There are a number of important definitions and principles which are set out below.