Data privacy concept with lock Ifemployees are being permitted to perform work from personalcomputers or firewalls have been disabled to permit remote work,employers should consider prohibiting sending or storing of companyconfidential information.

Legal protection of trade secrets under both the Uniform TradeSecrets Act (UTSA) and the federal Defense of Trade Secrets Act(DTSA) depends on whether a company takes "reasonable measures" tosafeguard the secrecy of the information. Many companies satisfythis obligation by implementing policies, controlled access towhere such information is used and stored and IT securitymeasures.

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