Sensitive Defence Information
- Any information which requires a degree of protection and which should not be made generally available. This type of information includes, but is not limited to that information which must be safeguarded so as to: a) Prevent damage to national defence and which usually bears a security classification. b) Assure the individual privacy of U. S. citizens as provided by the Privacy Act of 1974. c) Maintain the confidentiality of FOUO information derived from the Inspector General, an audit, or other investigative activities such as medical or other jurisprudence or disciplinary information derived from records of doctor/patient or lawyer/client relationships. d) Protect funds, supplies, and material from theft, fraud, misappropriation, or misuse. This includes asset or resource accounting or systems or operations which are involved in the control and distribution of funds or the processing of information which offers the opportunity to divert economically valuable resources. e) Protect proprietary information which is the exclusive property of an individual or corporation. This proprietary information may be on loan, leased, or purchased by the Government or made available to the Government for its proper use, to include evaluating or adjudicating contracts. f) Protect Government developed privileged information involving the award of contracts. g) Protect information which the commander considers essential for mission accomplishment. (AR 380-380;)