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United Kingdom confidential informationdatabase rightsduty of fidelity

Ltd v Ornstien

[2007] EWHC 1570 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
Year2007
StatusPersuasive authority

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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