corporate secrets
Guarded business intelligence
Corporate secrets are confidential business information that companies protect from competitors and the public—trade formulas, manufacturing processes, client lists, financial strategies, or unreleased product plans.
The term overlaps with trade secrets but sounds less legal and more colloquial: She signed an NDA to protect corporate secrets.
Leaking corporate secrets can end careers and trigger lawsuits.
- proprietaryLegally owned, restricted use
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- need to knowRestricted information access basis
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- non-disclosure agreementContract binding parties to secrecy
NDA · leak · loose lips · espionage · deep throat · insider · whistleblower · vault · under lock and key · encrypted · breach · disclosure · theft · mole · industrial · hush-hush · protected · sensitive
corporate secretspublic knowledge
Facts anyone can access
public information · open data · public records · press releases · common knowledge
corporate secretscorporate transparency
Companies disclosing operations publicly
full disclosure · open books · whistleblowing · public accountability · glasnost
corporate secretspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open source · commons · open standards · community resources · creative commons
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