What should you do if an employee takes company data?
An employee leaving your business may have access to customer lists, contact details, pricing information, employee records and other commercially sensitive information. If they copy or retain that information without permission, particularly to use it in a new role or competing business, you may need to act quickly. Where the information includes personal data, the incident may also amount to a personal data breach under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, potentially
