Introduction
This section summarises the Company’s rules and policies with regard to the protection of the Company’s confidential information and business. Your Contract of Employment already covers the obligations that you have towards the Company in relation to both the confidential information of both the Company and its customers. This policy reiterates some of those obligations as well as sets out requirements for all employees, agency workers, contractors or suppliers.
Much of the Company’s work is of a strictly confidential nature. The Company’s business depends on ensuring information relating to the Company’s business and systems and those of its clients are protected. Further the Company has a reputation for conducting its business in a responsible and ethical manner. All employees are expected to protect such confidential information and in their actions demonstrate their respect for the Company’s corporate values.
You are therefore requested to read the section in your contract on protecting the Company’s business very carefully, to ensure that you understand its significance and you do nothing that will undermine the Company’s business.
If there is any doubt in your mind about security matters you should immediately seek the advice of your line manager.
By way of clarity, the duty of confidentiality includes the duty not to disclose confidential information both during the course of your employment and after the termination of your employment for any reason.
Copyright and other Intellectual Property
The employee assigns to the Company by way of future assignment all copyright, design, design right and other property rights (if any) in respect to any literary work, computer program, invention, design, patent, copyright, trademark, improvement or idea developed by the employee in the course of employment.
Data Protection Act and the Computer Misuse Act
Employees are required at all times during their employment to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and with any policies introduced by the organisation to comply with these Acts.
General Data Protection Regulation 2016 / Data Protection Act 2018
You are required to observe all Data Protection rules as are from time to time contained in the relevant Company's policies and to report any practice or breaches of these rules.
Failure to comply may result in
disciplinary action and, in serious cases, dismissal and may also comprise a criminal offence. If you are in doubt as to whether a breach may, or has been committed, you should immediately seek advice from the Company's Data Protection Officer and/or Chief Technical Officer.
