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confidential informationdatabase rightsduty of fidelity
Ltd v Ornstien
[2007] EWHC 1570 (QB)
Key Principle
A database of business and personal contacts compiled and held on an employer's computer system belongs to the employer, and an employee who copies or removes such contact lists and confidential information to set up a competing business acts in breach of contract and of the duty of confidence.
Area of Law
General
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