Confidentiality

In genetics, the expectation that genetic material and the information gained from testing that material will not be available without the donor's consent.

Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.

1. Of classified or sensitive data, the degree to which the data have not been compromised; i.e., have not been made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, processes, or other entities. [After 2382-pt.8] 2. Assurance that information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons, processes, or devices. [INFOSEC-99] 3. A property by which information relating to an entity or party is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes. [T1.Rpt22-1993] 3. The prevention of the unauthorized disclosure of information [CESG]. 4. A security property of an object that prevents:- its existence being known and/or- its content being known. This property is relative to some subject population and to some agreed degree of security [ECMATR46]. 5. Assurance that information is not disclosed to inappropriate entities or processes [FC Ver 1.0 Dec 1992]. 6. The property that information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes [7498-2]. 7. The prevention of the unauthorized disclosure of information [ITSEC]. 8. The property that the existence of an object and/or its contents is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized subjects [POSIX.6].