I recently found myself once more poking around the entrails of confidentiality agreements. The issue related to one of the core obligations, namely the obligation not to disclose confidential information. (The other is the obligation not to use confidential information except as specified.)
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Chesterton distinguished between telling the truth and not lying, making the point that ‘not lying’ is far narrower than ‘telling’ (ie revealing) the truth.
‘Keeping data confidential’ is different to ‘not disclosing data’ as ‘keeping the crown jewels safe’ is different to ‘not stealing the crown jewels’.