Abstrak
Counseling ethics are rules a counselor must follow, and clients' rights must be protected. A counselor must be responsible to his clients and himself. Confidentiality or (principle of secrecy) is the principle of guidance and counseling that requires the confidentiality of all data and information about students (counselees) who are the target of services, namely data or information that is not allowed and is not appropriate for other people to know, in this case, the supervising teacher is obliged to fully maintain and protect all data and information, so that its confidentiality is genuinely guaranteed. This research aimed to determine the implementation of confidentiality counseling ethics for guidance and counseling teachers at SMP Negeri 3 Tarakan for the 2022/2023 academic year. In this research, the researcher implemented qualitative descriptive research. The primary informants in this research were two guidance and counseling teachers and one student-data collection techniques through interviews and documentation methods The data analysis technique in this research applied data reduction techniques, data presentation, and conclusions. The results of this research involved the principle of confidentiality in implementing Confidentiality counseling ethics by guidance and counseling teachers at SMP Negeri 3 Tarakan. Keywords: Implementation of Confidentiality Counseling Ethics