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Information “theft”

05 September 2013
Issue: 7574 / Categories: Legal News , Data protection
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Ex-employees taking contact lists and other information from company databases with them when they go is becoming a major source of legal disputes.

The High Court heard a record 167 disputes over confidential business information “theft” last year, the majority being civil claims brought by businesses against former employees. The figure marks a 58% rise on 2011, when there were 106 such cases. There were just 45 in 2010.

Mark Finn, Principal at EMW law firm, which sourced the figures, said: “The boom in cloud computing and the widespread use of services like Dropbox have made copying a large database something that can be accomplished by virtually anyone in seconds.”

Issue: 7574 / Categories: Legal News , Data protection
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