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Theft of Proprietary Information - technical definition
(legal term)
Stealing protected information
within businesses known only to a limited number of persons working there.
Typically, information that competitors would very much want to have to gain a
market advantage falls into this category of proprietary information. Research
and development (R&D) records, legal records, and customer and supplier
lists also place in this category.
See Also: Theft.
Brenner, S. Article V: Fraud and Theft Crimes. [Online, 1999.] University of
Dayton School of Law Website. http://cybercrimes.net/99MSCCC/MSCCC/Article5/
5.02.1.html.