Dear col­le­ague,

We her­eby draw your atten­ti­on to the pro­vi­si­ons regar­ding con­fi­den­tia­li­ty and non-dis­clo­sure which you must com­ply with whilst working for us. The­se obli­ga­ti­ons shall con­ti­nue to app­ly even after your employ­ment with us has ended.

The obli­ga­ti­ons that app­ly to you are:

• Safe­guar­ding con­fi­den­tia­li­ty, inte­gri­ty and com­pli­ance with data pro­tec­tion requi­re­ments (Artic­le 5(1)(f), Artic­le 32(4) of the GDPR)
• The pro­tec­tion of trade secrets (Sec­tions 2(1), 4 and 23 of the Trade Secrets Act)

In par­ti­cu­lar, brea­ches of data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons may be punis­ha­ble by impri­son­ment or fines. At the same time, a breach of the­se obli­ga­ti­ons will, in most cases, con­sti­tu­te a breach of your duties under your employ­ment con­tract, which is why you must also expect disci­pli­na­ry action under employ­ment law, up to and inclu­ding sum­ma­ry dis­mis­sal (see also Data Pro­tec­tion Trai­ning).

We may be sub­ject to hea­vy fines for data pro­tec­tion brea­ches. If, in such a case, the breach is attri­bu­ta­ble to your negli­gence, this may also give rise to claims for com­pen­sa­ti­on against you.

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