# Need-to-know principle (also referred to in German as “Need-to-Know Principle”; less commonly referred to as “Segregation Rule”)

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## Definition

Separation of personnel in areas of confidentiality within a bank as prescribed and monitored by the supervisory authorities. According to this principle, individual employees may not be provided with confidential information about other areas of the company. - See segregation, Chinese Wall, compliance, insider, employee guidelines, nominee, org loans, profiling, restricted lists, System Securities Watch Application (SWAP), code of conduct, wall crossing. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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