rom the child, their parent or carer to share confidential information. If you are not sure if there is a concern for the child’s safety or welfare, you should exercise your professional curiosity to find out as much as possible about the child to determine risk, before deciding on the most appropriate approach. If you are not able to determine an accurate understanding of a possible risk without sharing concerns with others, you should share the relevant information with those who need to know. Practitioners should consider guidance from their professional regulator, agency or organisation as appropriate, or speak with their manager or supervisor, designated safeguarding children professional or information governance lead for detail on any specific confidentiality requirements. This is in addition to considering data protection requirements. Further information about the common law duty can be found in the NHS Transformation Directorate guidance ‘Use and share information with confidence.’18 How the Human Rights Act 1998 affects information sharing The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates certain rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law. Human rights concerns, especially in light of the right to respect for a person’s privacy and family life (Article 819 of the ECHR), can sometimes be seen as a barrier to sharing information. However, where sharing of personal information is necessary to protect a child from harm, is proportionate and complies with data protection legislation, the sharing of that information is also likely to comply with the Human Rights Act. 18 Use and share information with confidence - NHS Transformation Directorate (england.nhs.uk) 19 Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights se