31.   Hong Kong officials declined to go into details of their negotiations with the entertainment giant, citing a confidentiality clause.

32.   Included in the agreement is a confidentiality clause that bars Spencer and the countess from revealing the financial terms or personal details about their life together.

33.   New Zealand church leaders also said they would halt a practice of using confidentiality clauses to gag victims who reached financial payout settlements with the church.

34.   Unlike many other settlements reached by the church in child-molestation cases, this one is not covered by a confidentiality clause.