Privacy is the control over the extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing oneself (physically, behaviorally, or intellectually) with others. Privacy is the practice of keeping information confidential. Confidentiality pertains to the treatment of information that an individual has disclosed in a relationship of trust and with the expectation that it will not be divulged to others without permission in ways that are inconsistent with the understanding of the original disclosure. Confidentiality is about identifiable data, an extension of privacy, an agreement about maintenance and who has access to identifiable data, protects patients from inappropriate disclosures of protected health information (PHI). Health privacy is an issue in the realm of social media. The social media today despises and neglects privacy. Confidentiality is one of the core duties of health care professionals. It requires health care providers to keep a patient’s personal health information private unless consent to release the information is provided by the patient, or as stated by the law.