confidential information

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“The employee accessed our marketing material using a tool available to all employees, but using such confidential information to place bets is a serious breach of our policies,” a Google spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

That confidential information is hers to share, if she chooses, not yours.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

It defines External link illegal insider trading as “misappropriation of confidential information in breach of a pre-existing duty of trust and confidence to the source of the information.”

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Lawyers for Pride in London have also previously accused Joell-Deshields of using confidential information obtained during his time as chief executive to launch a rival, commercial pride organisation.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

When confidential information leaks out of an organization, people suspect a spy, not a psychic.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos