The Clerical Assistant may have access to information about a family member or a close friend, which the CA may feel the individual should be made aware of. The resolution is that the information is confidentiality and that confidentiality cannot be breached even for what may be perceived as a valid reason. The Clerical Assistant must remain mindful of his or her responsibility to his or her employer, and assure that the information is not passed to any outside individual or organisation for any reason.
The Clerical Assistant may have access to information that direclty affects a work colleague and the Clerical Assistant may be in a position to influence a situation as a result of access to that information. The Clerical Assistant must remember that access to information does not entitle him or her to take action involving that information, and must therefore ensure that no interference, direct or indirect, is allowed to take place as a result of exposure to that information.
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