Safeguarding Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, and Confidential Information

Our intellectual property is one of our organization’s most valuable assets and includes patents, trademarks and service marks, trade secrets, and other kinds of confidential information. To safeguard intellectual property, you should: Confidential Information
Confidential information includes customer and employee data, private, personally identifiable information like names and addresses, information about current or future products or services, trade secrets, business plans, earnings, and other financial data and any other type of information that’s considered sensitive and is not available in the public domain.

Trade secrets are a special class of confidential information that gives an organization a competitive advantage over others.

The loss, theft, or misuse of confidential information could seriously harm our organization, and could lead to civil and criminal penalties for our organization and individuals. You are responsible for protecting all confidential information under your control and following all procedures for protecting it, including the following guidelines:

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