Respect Privacy and Confidentiality

Respect Privacy and Confidentiality - a video covering key issues so everyone at work learns to observe, protect and respect privacy and confidentiality. There is a great deal at stake when privacy or confidentiality are breached, namely loss of trust, committing an offence or destroying reputations.

Respect Privacy and Confidentiality is a video in which behavioral expert Peter Quarry explains how to respect privacy and confidentiality. The message is straightforward: respect yours and others right to protecting sensitive, personal or proprietary information.

Learning Objective

• Recognize that privacy is your right to control who has what information about you while confidentiality refers to how people use the information you've entrusted to them
• Always be clear and upfront about privacy and respecting confidentiality; If sharing information, describe how it will be shared
• Be very careful with social media posts and photos
• Clear away sensitive information from your desktop
• Don't discuss your companys proprietary information in public places
• When asked to keep a secret, keep it and if in doubt, get expert advice