Q&A Ethics and Integrity Q.Justify the ethics of confidentiality in public life. We are living in an age where privacy is under threat from a variety of sources-technology, commerce, crime and so on. There is information that is given in a fiduciary way by many to so many entities and professionals. For example, HIV patients give information. If it is revealed, there will be social ostracisation. Similarly, names of rape survivors. The information that we give to social media agencies should be kept confidential. The data under Aadhaar equally requires confidentiality. The emails, bank details and so on should not be divulged by government and relevant agencies. Confidentiality is necessary for social security as there could be profiling. Confidentiality can be broken only for serious reasons involving cracking criminal cases and so on. Constitution protects privacy and Justice (Retd) AP Shah Committee recommended further safeguards.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:58:11 +0000
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