Thursday's arrest, however, relates to the suspected release of confidential information but not alleged payment.
Opponents say such partnerships will lead to conflicts of interest and to leaks of confidential information.
The matter involves the alleged disclosure of confidential information in violation of various federal securities laws.
Companies do not want to have to limit the nature and amount of confidential information they collect.
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Should the recipient treat different types of confidential information, with different levels of sensitivity, differently, and if so, how?
Scotland Yard said the arrest related to the suspected release of confidential information.
Third parties may expect that their privacy will not be invaded by the receipt of confidential information from unsecured networks.
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Fife Council's chief executive has been asked to investigate alleged leaks of confidential information to the press, following a building firm's collapse.
Simple misunderstandings result in big, damaging losses of confidential information every day.
The arrest related to the suspected release of confidential information, it added.
The letter acknowledged the leaking of confidential information relating to the committee's investigation, but claimed Waters herself was partly responsible for the problem.
There is also a separate police investigation into alleged leaks of confidential information relating to "oldco" Rangers long running tax dispute with HMRC.
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Several lawyers have signed a stern letter to Steven Miller, Acting IRS Commissioner, to scold him about careless handling of confidential information.
The Met said the arrest followed the release of information by News Corporation's Management and Standards Committee and relates to the leaking of confidential information.
Can the same government that condemns Wikileaks for the disclosure of confidential information also accept information from that organization for the purpose of pursuing legal action?
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Last year a parliamentary panel echoed similar sentiments about access and misuse of personal information, surveillance, profiling and securing of confidential information by the government.
In the financial services industry, personal information is protected by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), which enacted stringent requirements for the protection of confidential information.
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"However, it appears that these processes have not been followed in this case and the investigation is focusing on data protection issues and the unlawful disclosure of confidential information, " she added.
The Vatican also said that the contents of a report prepared by a commission tasked with investigating the leaks of confidential information would remain secret and would be passed on to the new pope.
Studies, like a 2007 report prepared by Art Durnev and Amrita Nain of McGill University, have also shown a link between increased enforcement of insider trading laws and decreased exchanges of confidential information across a vast spectrum of countries.
Indeed, it was widely assumed that many companies did not report loss of confidential information or a disruption to their computer system caused by a cyber incident for fear of damaging their reputation with investors, customers, and their employees, and highlighting their vulnerabilities.
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Despite this, and prior to recently released guidelines from the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission, there were no guidelines as to when a corporation should publicly disclose the loss of confidential information or disruption to a system caused by a cyber incident even where the incident caused financial losses.
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The senior police officer arrested yesterday on suspicion of leaking confidential information is Ch Supt Andy Rowell, commander of the London borough of Ealing, the BBC understands.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) says increasing amounts of data are being published but there must be recognition that 'release of commercially confidential information could undermine investment in research and development of future medicines'.
Khan and Motey both pegged Whitman as a knowing recipient of confidential inside information on Google, Polycom and Marvell Technology.
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Over the summer, Rajat Gupta was found guilty of leaking confidential information about Goldman Sachs, where Gupta served as a director, to Rajaratnam.
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Examples of confidential budget information are an agency component's budget requests to the agency, the agency's budget requests to OMB, and OMB's passback to the agency.
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An ex-council leader has told a court he did not consider himself the buyer of a property he is accused of using confidential information to purchase.
John Swinney asked whether the comments by Scottish Opera Chief Executive Christopher Barron were true, and asked the first minister to hold an inquiry into the leaking of the confidential information.
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