Practice question
A lawyer posts confidential client information in a restricted group and claims privacy settings alone authorize disclosure. No law or CPRA permission applies. Is the claim correct?
- No, restricted access does not itself authorize revealing protected client information
- Yes, every private group is exempt
- Yes, confidentiality applies only to newspapers
- Yes, all group members become the client's lawyers
- Yes, deleting the post later supplies prior authority
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M. No. 22-09-01-SC, Canon II Sections 36–44, official issued text circularized by BIR, PDF pages 11–12: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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