SAMPLE POLICY 1:
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
The protection of confidential information and trade secrets is vital to the interests and the success of this organization. Confidential information means information disclosed to or known by you as a consequence of your employment with this organization that is not generally known to people outside this organization about its business, marketing, and sales strategies and plans, finances, operations, employees, methods, processes, compositions, machines, computer software or programs, research projects, customers, customer accounts, customer information, customer reports and customer finances, product information and reports, suppliers, accounts, billing methods, pricing data, sources of supply, business methods, production or merchandising systems or plans, information entrusted to this organization in confidence by third parties, and information defined as “trade secrets” under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
Employees must maintain the confidentiality of this organization’s confidential information and use such confidential information only in the interests of this organization. An employee who improperly uses or discloses confidential information will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment and legal action, even if the employee does not actually benefit from the disclosed or improperly used information.
Any questions regarding the confidential nature of information should be directed to your supervisor. If in doubt, you should err on the side of caution and avoid disclosure or improper use until you have spoken with your supervisor.
Guidelines
Confidential information may be contained in written manuals, verbal communications, the unwritten knowledge of employees, and/or any other tangible methods of expression, including hard disk and soft disk drive mechanisms.
Examples of confidential information include, but are not limited to, the following: financial information, marketing development information, pending projects and proposals, customer lists, research and development strategies, technological data and prototypes, sales meeting information, and pricing information.
SAMPLE POLICY 2:
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
The protection of confidential information and trade secrets is vital to the interests and the success of this organization. Confidential information means information disclosed to or known by you as a consequence of your employment with this organization that is not generally known to people outside this organization, information entrusted to this organization in confidence by third parties, and information defined as “trade secrets” under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
Employees must maintain the confidentiality of this organization’s confidential information and use such confidential information only in the interests of this organization. An employee who improperly uses or discloses confidential information will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment and legal action, even if the employee does not actually benefit from the disclosed information. Any questions regarding the confidential nature of information should be directed to your supervisor.
If in doubt, you should err on the side of caution and avoid disclosure or improper use until you have spoken with your supervisor.
Guidelines
Confidential information may be contained in written manuals, verbal communications, the unwritten knowledge of employees, and/or any other tangible methods of expression, including hard disk and soft disk drive mechanisms.
Examples of confidential information include, but are not limited to, the following: financial information, student lists, counseling records, technological data and prototypes, and employment information.
