Idea or Concept
confidentiality

con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty
Subclass of:
Principles of law and justice;
forensic psychiatry (field);
Patient Rights
Definitions related to confidentiality:
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A set of codes specifying the security classification of acts and roles in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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A specializable code and its leaf codes used in Confidentiality value sets to value the Act.Confidentiality and Role.Confidentiality attribute in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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Prevention of disclosure to other than authorized individuals of a sponsor's proprietary information or of a subject's identity.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Set of codes used to value Act.Confidentiality and Role.Confidentiality attribute in accordance with the definition for concept domain "Confidentiality".NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Treatment of information so that it is not divulged in ways that are inconsistent with the understanding of the original disclosure. Particularly, the ethical principle or legal right that a physician or other health professional will hold secret all information relating to a patient, unless the patient gives consent permitting disclosure.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Types of privacy metadata classifying an IT resource (data, information object, service, or system capability) according to its level of sensitivity, which is based on an analysis of applicable privacy policies and the risk of financial, reputational, or other harm to an individual or entity that could result if made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes. Usage Note:Confidentiality codes may be used in security labels and privacy markings to classify IT resources based on sensitivity to indicate the obligation of a custodian or receiver to ensure that the protected resource is not made available or disclosed to individuals, entities, or processes (security principals) unless authorized per applicable policies. Confidentiality codes may also be used in the clearances of initiators requesting access to protected resources.Map:Definition aligns with ISO 7498-2:1989 - Confidentiality is the property that information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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