Good morning/afternoon to all of us hums bonifacio, classmates and maam kizzarne.

So today you will all have us

present to you our research and findings on about the confidentiality in the workplace on which we will discuss it
in three parts which is the importance, maintaining, and unsuring.

Importance: Confidentiality, or not disclosing certain information, is important in a wide range

of jobs. Confidentiality matters for legal and reputational reasons, and it also matters because
your future employment may depend on it. Some information is protected by law in several
countries, including personally identifiable information and also 'trade secrets'. In the wrong
hands, confidential information can be misused to commit illegal activity (e.g., fraud or
discrimination), which can in turn result in costly lawsuits for the employer. Many states have
laws protecting the confidentiality of certain information in the workplace. The disclosure of
sensitive employee and management information can lead to a loss of employee trust,
confidence and loyalty. This will almost always result in a loss of productivity.

Maintaining: Confidentiality in the workplace has always been important, but modern offices
have complicated the status quo. With every technology upgrade, the workforce is forced to
adjust to new procedures and expectations. New workplace laws come out to set the standards
for businesses and threaten serious penalties in the face of violations. As much work as it is
though, confidentiality needs to take priority. The loss of information can mean anything from
legal hassles to a complete shutdown of a business. The most important component of
confidentiality is awareness. When employees stop paying attention, this is when problems
start to occur. It's why large and small companies alike will have training sessions, sometimes
less to teach new skills and more to remind people of the importance of confidentiality. It's also
led to more restrictions in terms of overall access. If employees are on a need-to-know basis,
there's less chance of information slipping through the cracks.

Ensuring: You should be clear about precisely what kind of information is confidential and what
your employees can and cannot discuss outside the workplace. Secondly, your employment
agreements should include detailed confidentiality clauses which set out your employees’
obligations. These clauses should indicate that the confidentiality obligations operate even after
the employee leaves the business. Although employees automatically owe common law
confidentiality obligations (which you do not need to write into any agreement), it is much
easier to enforce a breach of confidentiality clause than to rely on these common law
obligations.

Additionally, you should set up a clear and legally compliant surveillance policy to monitor
potential wrongdoing. For example, your policy may allow you to monitor an employee’s work
email or keep track of what they are printing. Additionally, you can check if the employee
emails anything to their personal email or downloads client files without permission.

Key points: Passwords and Permission