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Questions tagged [confidentiality]

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Receiving a certified letter and the contents is not address to you

I am in the United States and I have recently received a certified letter that was addressed to me (name and address). It's about 80 pages actually. The cover sheet has a confidentiality notice, and the notice is the standard "you shall not read…
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What is the value in adding an email confidentiality notice?

The company I work for adds a disclaimer on the bottom of each email. I was wondering if it had any value. I'll list part of it below: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipients. ... may be…
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Defamation due to breach of confidentiality

Hypothetical: I say negative stuff about John Doe to my psychologist, stuff which isn't defamation per se. My psychologist doesn't directly act on my statements, but does share my statements with third parties. Due to those statements those third…
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Why do solicitor advice procedure regulations require collection of landlord details at client intake when solicitors advise on tenancy issues?

I've been informed by a law firm that they are required by national regulations of the solicitors' authority to collect a landlord's name and address (not the address of the property in question, but the landlord's own operating address) before they…
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Is a person free to say anything before signing an NDA?

Lots of settlement agreements contain non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and non-disparagement agreements. In theory, could the creditor say/post anything they like about the debtor with no repercussions before agreeing to the settlement? If the…
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Is releasing this company's documents illegal?

I run a website where I sell materials for students interested in finance, law and consulting. My website contains case studies from actual previous interviews. Recently, one of the firms' HR reached out regarding one of my case studies and asked me…
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Have email disclaimers been tested in court?

Every company these days has the standard confidentiality disclaimer at the bottom of their email signature. However, researching this online reveals that their effectiveness is somewhat dubious. My question is: Has the legality and power of email…
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Can one be liable to pay an agreed sum if they break a promise?

Bob wants Alice to share a computer file with him. This could be a photo, a video/audio recording etc. — anything that only Alice has and that Bob craves a copy of. The copyright ownership shouldn't necessarily be a factor (other than it is not…
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In 2013, many news sites reported that a US programmer (Bob) outsourced his work to a company in China. Isn't that illegal?

If you don't know, I'm talking about this: https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/business/us-outsource-job-china/index.html NPR and BBC also reported on this. From what I've read, Bob only got fired by his employer. He did not get prosecuted or charged, or…
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Sharing pricing information as a customer

I am getting pricing quotes from two companies, A and B. The sales representative of company A asked me to send them the quote from company B, so that they can talk their management into offering me a better price. However, the quote from company B…
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Security clearance of police officers

My question is inspired by this one, but it’s not the same. It is my understanding that the federal law-enforcement officers who seized the boxes of documents held by “45” expected to find some papers that were confidential, secret, or top secret,…
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Contract says all information must be kept confidential. Does this mean I cannot outsource?

Let's say there's something like this in the contract: "Without the prior written consent of the other party, no party shall disclose any Confidential Information to any third party" Does this mean I cannot outsource to a ghostworker? I know that…
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Is there a minimum elapsed time required before a classified document can become declassified in the U.S.?

Is there a minimum elapsed time required before a classified document can become declassified in the U.S.? I am wondering if any classified document can become unclassified at any time or not. I am thinking there's a minimum elapsed time, but I…
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Is it legal to use leaked documents for open source development?

Lets say a specific data structure is only documented in a confidential document, which can not be found over the official websites. If a developer can find a copy of this document via Google (on an indexed server), is it legally allowed to…
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What happens to confidentiality agreements after company dissolves?

I worked as a consultant for a company that dissolved. I signed a confidentiality agreement that ended with "This Section shall survive termination of this Agreement." Out of curiosity am I still bound by it? I guess the contract was between me and…
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