Are Mediation Proceedings kept Confidential?

Yes they are. The mediator will take notes during the session in order to facilitate the discussion and to refer to in writing the contract the parties will sign at the end, but these notes will be destroyed after the session is over. The disputants are welcome to take notes as well, but we ask that they be turned over to the mediator at the end of the session to be destroyed as well. Thus, the notes and other records of the proceedings are immune to subpoena.

The only document remaining after the end of the session is the contract the disputants have developed and agreed to during the mediation process. The disputants have the option of allowing a copy of the contract to remain in The Ancap Agency's records, however, unless explicitly requested to do so by at least one of the parties to the dispute, the mediator will destroy all copies remaining after the disputants have received their copies.

The Ancap Agency intentionally keeps very little in the way of permanent records, in order to maintain the confidentiality of all clients, even in the face of subpoenas and other government activity (such as seizure with or without warrant).