Sentences with phrase «generally keep the information confidential»

Once the required forms or court order have been supplied, the landlord must generally keep the information confidential and is subject to strict rules about disclosure to other tenants, police, immigration authorities and child welfare agency representatives.

Not exact matches

In Upjohn Co. v. United States, 6 the United States Supreme Court held that a company's attorney — client privilege extends to company counsel's communications with employees in certain prescribed circumstances.7 Rather than providing a simple objective test, the Upjohn court instead established five factors to guide courts in determining whether the company's privilege should extend to counsel's communications with its employees: (1) whether the communications were made by employees at the direction of superior officers of the company for the purpose of obtaining legal advice; (2) whether the communications contained information necessary for counsel to render legal advice, which was not otherwise available from «control group» management; (3) whether the matters communicated were within the scope of the employee's corporate duties; (4) whether the employee knew that the communications were for the purpose of the company obtaining legal advice; and (5) whether the communications were ordered to be kept confidential by the employee's superiors, including that the communications were considered confidential at the time and kept confidential subsequent to the interview.8 When these elements are established, courts generally consider communications between company counsel and an employee to be within the scope of the company's attorney — client privilege.9

Canadian privacy law generally requires personal information to be kept confidential by those who hold it.

It is unlikely the insurer will allow you to see its flood maps, as this is generally sensitive commercial information that they want to keep confidential from their competitors.