Confidentiality and privilege review - the Hannity and Trump edition

Over at Faughnan on Ethics, Brian Faughnan has published a short but very accurate review of the basics regarding confidentiality and privilege.  You should read it here.

The only thing I would add to what he says is that one way to remember the distinction between confidentiality and privilege is to understand that privilege is a right (of the holder of the privilege) while confidentiality is a duty (of the lawyer.)  Privilege gives the right to prevent disclosure of information; confidentiality imposes an obligation to keep the information secret.