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Incidents of employee defection where an employee takes confidential trade secrets can very quickly escalate into aggressive cease and desist demands ...
Incidents of employee defection where an employee takes
confidential trade secrets can very quickly escalate into
aggressive cease and desist demands, a run up the courthouse steps,
and intense litigation. But one thing that employers must keep in
mind is whether some of the files the employee improperly acquired
contains private information the employee is not authorized to
possess. In his article for Risk and Compliance, Usama
Kahf outlines steps employers should take, depending on the
applicable state or federal law, to determine whether or not the
missing information constitutes a data breach.
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