Trust

In a relationship, there is generally a strong level of trust between two people. This extends sometimes beyond that of a normal friendship to the extent that in many cases, if someone wishes to share a secret with a person in a relationship, that person may usually say, "be warned, my partner will probably get to know this as well". This is quite an understandable thing and in many respects, works quite well.

However, just because that person's partner is privy to certain information, it does not mean they have the right to pass it on at their discretion. The covenant here is that while the partner is privy to the information, they are a terminating party in the exchange of information, as should be the person to whom the information was revealed. This means that they do not have the right to pass this information on. This helps keep the information private.

A good model of this is that while you may supply your private details to a company for the exchange of goods and/or services, they may need to put that information through a second company at some point (whether in accounting, stock ordering or for any reason). This second company is bound by the same privacy contract that the first company is and any breaches of this carry severe repercussions.

At least, that is what I have seen is fair and have understood to be the rules.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady