Duty to maintain confidentiality
16 Duty to maintain confidentiality
A registered professional engineer must not disclose confidential information acquired in the course of being a professional engineer except—
with the consent of the person to whom the duty of confidentiality is owed, or
where the disclosure is otherwise authorised or required by law.
A registered professional engineer must not use confidential information acquired in the course of being a registered professional engineer to secure an improper benefit for—
the professional engineer, or
a relative or close associate of the professional engineer.
A registered professional engineer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that confidential information acquired in the course of being a registered professional engineer is held securely by the professional engineer, including in relation to a client of the professional engineer.
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