Which practice is a breach of confidentiality?

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Maintaining confidentiality means protecting sensitive information and sharing it only with people who have a legitimate need and permission to see it. In this scenario, sharing lease terms with a landlord who’s authorized to receive them is appropriate because the landlord needs this information to manage the lease. Sharing internal performance metrics with fellow staff who need them to do their jobs is also appropriate for similar reasons—the data are shared with people who require access to perform duties. Disclosing confidential information to authorized personnel as required by law is allowed because legal obligations can mandate disclosure under certain circumstances. Publicly posting vendor contracts on social media, however, puts confidential information into the public domain and can violate privacy, contractual terms, and internal policies. That makes it a breach of confidentiality.