In how many ways, law does protect confidential information

Question

In how many ways, law does protect confidential information?

Answer 1

Law does protect confidential information in four ways:-

1. Laws of licensing

2. Enforcement by the courts of protective covenants that stipulate that a buyer of the information will not divulge it to anyone else.

3. Enforcement by the courts of restrictive covenants that restrain an employee from making use of an employer's confidential information.

4. Imposition of fiduciary duties upon employees, directors, officers, and partners that prevent them from misusing or divulging confidential information acquired in the course of their relationship to the employers, corporations, or co-partners.