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Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.
Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value.
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important.
I was an assistant once. I worked for Rob Reiner and his family. I did sign a confidentiality agreement, though.
In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock.
If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.
However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.
The fact that doctors tend to treat people as individuals, guided by the need to ensure patient confidentiality, can reinforce this pattern of seeing the changes and challenges aging brings on through our heads and our bodies, rather than as a shared experience.
I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns. There is no reason for this measure, and this last-minute act violates all principles of judgment and common sense.
Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets laws. There are good reasons for these: people need information, and national security deserves secrecy.