Can anyone explain the law about breach of confidence?
Breach of Confidence is also known as Misuse of Private Information. The Law of Breach of Confidence prevents the publication of secret information given to or obtained by a person in confidence, at the instigation of the person to whom the confidence is owed. The law can also be used to restrain a third party who comes into possession of the information. For instance, where A tells B something in confidence and C repeats it to a newspaper, A can restrain the newspaper from disclosing the information. Many different types of information can be protected by the law e.g. trade secrets, official secrets, medical records and details of sexual relationships. In all cases, the information must be genuinely confidential. I also suggest you to read this: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=63WOT… And in Wikipedia: http://e
