Question

Knowing that a third party may use the information that Ray is providing, does Ray owe a duty of confidentiality to Onyx?

A. Yes, and it can never be breached without permission of Onyx.
B. Yes, although it may be breached in most states if there is a court order to do so.
C. No, but only if Ray knows that the reports will be used by a third party.
D. No, since it is reasonably foreseeable to Ray that the reports will be used by a third party.

Answer 1

B. Yes, although it may be breached in most states if there is a court order to do so.

Step-by-step explanation:

Duty of confidentiality is a provision that has been put in place in most states, to enable clients open up freely if they need help. This allows professionals to take whatever actions necessary to carry out full service delivery when helping the client. Some of these details include health status, a client-lawyer case story, a social media's access to users' personal details, etc. The law prohibits professionals from disclosing information made available to them by the client to a third party. This duty is held by many professional bodies like the medical body, legal body, among others. This duty can be broken by law in situations where the client sues the professional, or when there is a legal court order to do so.