ABSTRACT
In the scope of psychological testing and in psychological practice in general, psychologists come in contact with a wealth of information about their clients/patients/test-takers, i.e., people they work with. This chapter discusses legal and ethical norms that deal with rights of test-takers in relation to psychological assessment/testing and also about the duties of psychologists in this procedure and also rules dealing with the treatment of the test-taker and data resulting from psychological testing. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. The psychologist is obliged to inform the test-taker about results of testing and to provide him/her access to reports or other assessments the psychologist has created about him/her. Both codes of ethics and laws require the psychologist to maintain the confidentiality of the information they receive from people they work with, test-takers in the case of psychological testing.
