Confidentiality Statement

1. Interpreters and translators shall not divulge any information learned in the performance of professional duties. This includes any documents or other written materials.

2. Confidentiality is to be maintained in all situations, except when legally mandated to disclose information in specific situations such as child abuse, elder abuse, a person’s threatening harm to him-or herself or others, or where the interpreter/translator determines to the best of their ability, that non-disclosure may result in harm.

3. Disclosure: Interpreters and translators shall not publicly discuss report, or offer an opinion concerning matters in which they are or have been engaged, even when the information is not privileged by law to be confidential.