Confidentiality

Confidentiality: The legally required process of keeping secret; the legally and ethically required principle and practice which compels adoption attorneys, social workers, employees of adoption agencies, court personnel and other professionals to not disclose identifying or other significant information about the parties to an adoption, without legal authority and the written consent of the involved parties to do so.

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The definition of this term has been taken from the "Adoption Glossary," which contains definitions of a wide variety of words that relate to adoption and infertility. The entire Adoption Glossary is located at http://glossary.adoption.com.

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