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Hi again Andreana,
Information that is classified means that it isn't necessarily available or open to the general public. It is an overall name for information that has a certain classification which can be for example: restricted/secret/top secret depending on its content. It therefore follows that confidential is a type of classification.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Feb 26, 2006 13:36 pm Classified information vs. confidential information |
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| Hi, what is the difference between classified information and confidential information? |
I'd say that classified information is a type of confidential information. If you hear that some information is confidential, that just means that someone doesn't want you to tell it to anybody. That someone could be a company, a doctor or even an ordinary individual. If you hear that something is classified information, that means that some official organization -- almost always the government -- has ordered people to keep it a secret. Classified information almost always involves national security, and if you tell people that information, you might go to prison. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Feb 26, 2006 13:51 pm Classified/confidential |
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Hi Jamie (K),
You say
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| I'd say that classified information is a type of confidential information |
I said
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| It therefore follows that confidential is a type of classification |
Are we both saying the same thing?
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Feb 26, 2006 14:08 pm Classified/confidential |
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| Alan wrote: |
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| It therefore follows that confidential is a type of classification |
Are we both saying the same thing? |
Yup! I'm just explaining it differently. I'm a detail freak. |
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Feb 26, 2006 14:19 pm Detail freak |
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Hi Jamie (K),
Well, that's one way of putting it! I'm reminded more and more of that musical Annie Get your Gun and the hit song - Anything you can do, I can do better. Naturally it's an American musical.
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Feb 26, 2006 20:02 pm Detail freak |
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| Alan wrote: |
| Well, that's one way of putting it! I'm reminded more and more of that musical Annie Get your Gun and the hit song - Anything you can do, I can do better. Naturally it's an American musical. |
:-) :-) :-)
That's not now (how?) I think, but it probably comes off that way. What I really imagine I'm doing in these situations is adding to your explanation, not debating you or trying to show you up. I think I'm helping you help, and just discussing. |
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