confidential information
Definition
Privileged communication shared with only a few people for furthering certain purposes, such as with an attorney for a legal matter, or with a doctor for treatment of a disease. Receiver of confidential information is generally prohibited from using it to take advantage of the giver. Also called privileged information. See also proprietary information.
confidential information is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
confidential information appears in the definitions of the following terms: doctor-patient privilege, duties of employees, privileged information, breach of confidence, trade secret and accountant client privilege
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