obligation of confidentiality

collocation in English

meaningsofobligationandconfidentiality

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obligation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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confidentiality
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.fɪ.den.ʃiˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌkɑːn.fə.den.ʃiˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of ...
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(Definition ofobligationandconfidentialityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So long as the information has not been derived from a source which is under anobligationofconfidentiality, anyone can reverse engineer the result without problem.
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Will members of the security services and others they are working with be under this lifelongobligationofconfidentiality?
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The difficulty with regard to the amendment is that it imposes the privilege of confidentiality but not theobligationofconfidentiality.
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It imposes a statutoryobligationofconfidentialityon the maintenance of trade union registers.
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Theobligationofconfidentialityis another important matter to which the committee has attached importance.
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It says quite simply that once documents enter the public domain the contents become public knowledge and that then theobligationofconfidentialityceases.
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It is taken from the existing common law of confidence which has long held that a person cannot be bound to respect anobligationofconfidentialityto conceal serious wrongdoing.
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Clause 64 allows the release to contractors of information restricted by statute orobligationofconfidentiality, so that contractors can carry out work involving the use of such information.
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There cannot be anyobligationofconfidentiality.
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If the breeder breaches theobligationofconfidentiality, the person who supplied the information will be able to bring an action for breach of a duty of confidentiality.
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None the less, we expressed to the general our doubts at the time as to the wisdom of him accepting or imposing on himself thisobligationofconfidentiality.
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I will do this while respecting the rights of the individual and the obligations of confidentiality in investigations and in relation to judicial proceedings.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Patient information is generally held by national health service trusts under legal and ethical obligations of confidentiality.
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It is right that people who work for our security services undertake certain obligations of confidentiality.
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In effect, cross-jurisdiction obligations of confidentiality would be breached without any legal defence.
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