Business secrets refer to the technical secrets, business secrets and other secrets related to economic activities of enterprises, institutions and other organizations, which have confidentiality, practicality and economic value and are protected within the legal scope. Disclosure of company information belongs to the crime of infringing trade secrets, because it will lead to the disclosure of company's trade secrets, thus affecting the company's economic interests and commercial competitiveness.
If a person reveals the company's business secrets, it will be considered a crime to sell, provide or disclose the company's business secrets without authorization. If the circumstances are minor, a fine or detention may be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, he may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment. Therefore, enterprises should strengthen the protection of trade secrets, establish a perfect confidentiality system, strengthen the confidentiality education and management of employees, and prevent the disclosure of trade secrets.
Legal basis:
Article 219th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits one of the following acts of infringing business secrets, and if the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined:
(1) Obtaining the business secrets of the obligee by improper means such as theft, bribery, fraud, coercion or electronic intrusion;
(2) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets of the obligee obtained by means of the preceding paragraph;
(3) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets in their possession in violation of confidentiality obligations or the requirements of the obligee to keep business secrets.
In the acts listed in the preceding paragraph, anyone who knowingly obtains, discloses, uses or allows others to use the trade secret shall be regarded as infringing on the theory of trade secret.
The obligee mentioned in this article refers to the owner of the business secret and the user of the business secret with the permission of the owner.
Article 219-1 Whoever steals, spies on, buys or illegally provides business secrets for overseas institutions, organizations or personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined.