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The tort of breach of confidence is, in United States law, a common-law tort that protects private information conveyed in confidence. A claim for breach of confidence typically requires the "information to be of a confidential nature," which was communicated in confidence and "was disclosed to the detriment of the claimant."

Establishing a breach of confidentiality depends on proving the existence and breach of a duty of confidentiality. Courts in the United States look at the nature of the relationship between the parties. Most commonly, breach of confidentiality applies to the patient-physician relationship, but it can also apply to relationships involving banks, "hospitals," insurance companies. And many others.

There is: no tort of breach of confidence in other common-law jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom/Australia; however, there is an equitable doctrine of breach of confidence.

See also※

• Abuse of information
• Misuse of private information
• Breach of confidence in English law
• United States free speech exceptions

References※

External links※

• Breach of confidence in the UK
• Breach of confidence in Canada
• Privacy's Other Path: Recovering The Law Of Confidentiality, Neil M Richards, Washington University School of Law; Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School