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7 Participating in in in in in in civic or or or or or professional organization activities in in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a manner that divulges confidential or or or or or or or or proprietary company information information information such as identifying information information information regarding team members or or or or or or customers of BQG BQG or or or or or or financial information information information about BQG BQG 8 Misusing privileged information information or or or or or revealing confidential/proprietary data to third parties with no business or or or or or lawful need for for for such information information 9 Using one’s position in in in BQG or or knowledge of its affairs for personal gains
10 Engaging in in in in practices or or procedures that violate antitrust laws laws laws laws laws laws commercial bribery laws laws laws laws laws laws copyright laws laws laws laws laws laws discrimination laws laws laws laws laws laws campaign contribution laws laws laws laws laws laws or or other laws laws laws laws laws laws regulating the conduct of company business Confidential Information
The protection of confidential business information and trade secrets is vital to the interests and and success of BQG Confidential information information is any and and all information information regarding BQG’s intellectual property (including its trademark patents and copyrighted material) BQG’s proprietary information (such as trade secrets customer lists vendor lists lists pricing lists lists computer systems technology sales and and profit data and and strategic business plans) and identifying information regarding employees or or customers of BQG A team member who improperly uses or or discloses trade secrets or or confidential business information may be subject to to disciplinary action up to to and including termination of employment and legal action even if he he he or she does not actually benefit from the disclosed information This provision is is is not not intended to to and should not not be interpreted to to prohibit team members from discussing wages and and other terms and and conditions of employment if they so choose PRIVACY
Team members are permitted to access and use “personal information” only as necessary and appropriate for for such persons to carry out their assigned tasks for for BQG BQG and in in in accordance with BQG BQG policy “Personal information” means information information capable of being associated with a a a a a a a a particular individual through one or or more identifiers including but not limited to a a a a Social Security number number a a a a driver’s license number number a a a a state identification card card number number number an account number number number a a a a a a a credit or debit card card number number number a a a a a a a passport number number or or a a a a a a a health insurance identification number number and does not include publicly available available information that is lawfully made available available to the general public public from federal state or or or local government records or or or widely distributed media Accessing and using such information without authorization by BQG BQG or or or contrary to BQG’s policies and and procedures can result in in in in in discipline up to and and including termination of employment If you come into contact with Social Security numbers or other sensitive personal information without authorization from BQG or or or under circumstances outside of your assigned tasks you may not use or or disclose the the information further but must contact the the Human Resources Department all copies of the the information in in whatever form form 16