Legal analysis: Lawyers' confidentiality obligation is bound by many norms, which is not only related to lawyers' professional ethics, but also a discipline and legal obligation in lawyers' practice. As a moral obligation, lawyers' duty of confidentiality is adjusted by lawyers' professional ethics, which mainly requires lawyers to weigh the pros and cons from the perspective of inner condemnation and social evaluation in order to abide by their obligations. Abiding by moral obligations is mainly the conscious behavior of lawyers. As a disciplinary obligation and legal obligation, the lawyer's duty of confidentiality is regulated by the professional discipline and legal norms of relevant lawyers. At this time, the lawyer's confidentiality obligation is mandatory, and if the lawyer violates this obligation, he will be subject to corresponding disciplinary action or legal punishment.
Legal basis: Article 38 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), lawyers should keep state secrets and business secrets they know in their practice activities, and may not disclose the privacy of their clients. Lawyers should keep confidential the information and materials that their clients and others are unwilling to disclose in their practice activities. However, criminal facts and information that endanger national security, public safety and other serious personal and property safety of others are not included.