{"id":510,"date":"2013-11-11T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2021-12-21T20:04:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:04:59","slug":"protecting-trade-secrets-and-confidential-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/protecting-trade-secrets-and-confidential-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/attorneys.html?Attorney=Graham\">Christopher Graham<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/attorneys.html?Attorney=Kelly\">Joseph Kelly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lock-computer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lock-computer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"lock-computer\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lock-computer-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lock-computer.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for some companies their trade secrets don&#8217;t stay secret. (Not sure if information is a trade secret? See our post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/whats-a-trade-secret\/\">&#8220;What&#8217;s a trade secret?&#8221;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Too often companies fail to take the necessary steps to protect that information.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the steps businesses can take to protect trade secrets and confidential information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stamp documents as confidential;<\/li>\n<li>Limit access to trade secrets and confidential information to employees on a need-to-know basis;<\/li>\n<li>Password-protect electronic files containing trade secrets or confidential information;<\/li>\n<li>Restrict physical access to documents containing trade secrets;<\/li>\n<li>Require employees and contractors to sign confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements.<\/li>\n<li>Establish a written confidentiality policy and enforce it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Companies that don&#8217;t take proactive protective measures run the risk of the losing their most valuable assets.<\/p>\n<p>Tags: Trade secrets, confidential information<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Christopher Graham and Joseph Kelly Unfortunately for some companies their trade secrets don&#8217;t stay secret. (Not sure if information is a trade secret? See our post &#8220;What&#8217;s a trade secret?&#8221;) Too often companies fail to take the necessary steps to protect that information. Here are some of the steps businesses can take to protect [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/3183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joneslemongraham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}