Advice For CPM Use

While there are many real-world problems that can arise due to breaking the Communication Privacy Management theory boundaries, but there are also ways to prevent these problems from arising. First and foremost: set up clear boundaries with co-owners on private information to avoid turbulence:

·         Setting up exactly who cannot know information, and ways to avoid disclosing information, (in layman terms: spilling the beans) will be beneficial to everyone involved.

·         Another way is to be careful of who you deliberately disclose information to, and make sure they would like to be a deliberate confidant. The more understanding both owners of the information are, the more likely the private information will stay private, and the relationship will stay maintained.

·         As a confidant, being sure that you can handle the keeping a secret is important. If you know you aren’t equipped to follow the privacy boundaries, then if you can, try to assess by the tone, atmosphere, etc. and the person disclosing, and decide if it’s a good idea to be a deliberate confidant (if you can).

·         As a confidant, it’s also important to know when it’s necessary to break privacy boundaries. If the other co-owner is in danger, or someone else is in danger, if you don’t disclose the information, tell a trusted family member, friend, authority, etc.