CONFIDENTIALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confidentiality mean? 

• CONFIDENTIALITY (noun)
  The noun CONFIDENTIALITY has 2 senses:

1. the state of being secret

2. discretion in keeping secret information

  Familiarity information: CONFIDENTIALITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFIDENTIALITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being secret

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications

Hypernyms ("confidentiality" is a kind of...):

concealment; privacy; privateness; secrecy (the condition of being concealed or hidden)

Derivation:

confidential (the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Discretion in keeping secret information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("confidentiality" is a kind of...):

circumspection; discreetness; discretion; prudence (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress)

Derivation:

confidential ((of information) given in confidence or in secret)

 Context examples 

Identified data and samples coding offers privacy protection similar to general healthcare confidentiality in everyday medical practice.

(Identified Genomic Data and Samples, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical trial may use a patients initials rather than their full name to ensure confidentiality.

(Initials, NCI Thesaurus)

The use of the second code provides additional confidentiality and privacy protection for subjects over that of single coded.

(Double Coded Genomic Data and Samples, NCI Thesaurus)

Data that can not be released due to confidentiality issues or for other reasons.

(Data Not Releasable, NCI Thesaurus)

You may even have to sign confidentiality papers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The deletion of the coding key(s) linking the data and samples to the subjects identifiers provides additional confidentiality and privacy protection over coded data and samples, as it prevents subject re-identification through the use of the coding key(s) (ICH).

(Anonymised Genomic Data and Samples, NCI Thesaurus)

Or you may be working on a secret product launch that is so important you’ve had to sign confidentiality papers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)