Information is among our most important assets. We all have the responsibility to protect the confidentiality of Westinghouse Company information.
Proprietary information includes technical and commercial information, including but not limited to technological knowledge, data, documents, designs, trade secrets, accounting and financial information, business and strategic development plans, customer and supplier information, and information about upcoming mergers and acquisitions, or any other items that are the property of Westinghouse. Proprietary information and artifacts (such as documents, computer files, and drawings) may or may not be treated as secret and confidential (e.g., may be Westinghouse Proprietary Class 1, Westinghouse Proprietary Class 2, or Westinghouse Non-Proprietary Class 3), but they need to be protected in order to preserve our competitive advantage and operational security.
Intellectual property is any know-how, knowledge, or knowledge artifact that promotes the competitiveness of Westinghouse. Intellectual Property includes Proprietary Information as defined above, and also includes information that although available to the public, is protected by law or statute, such as patents trademarks and copyrights.
How to protect confidential business information:
When traveling outside your home country, contact the Westinghouse Enterprise Service Desk or Global Trade Compliance about any laptop restrictions or if you need a loaner laptop.
It depends on the language of the agreement under which Westinghouse obtained the supplier proprietary information. You should consult with your Global Supply Chain Solutions representative to see if you are contractually permitted to transfer supplier proprietary information to the utility customer.
No. This would be in breach of your obligations to your previous employer, possibly the law, and also our Code of Ethics. You have the obligation to protect your prior employer’s confidential or proprietary information as you have an obligation to protect Westinghouse’s confidential or proprietary information. General knowledge and skills obtained during your prior position can be used, but protected or confidential information may not be shared. If you are unsure, consult Legal for further guidance.
The answer can be complicated and so you are always right to seek guidance. You may seek guidance from our Proprietary Information Coordinator or through the Help Chain.
Any and all rights in and arising out of patents and patent applications, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, brands, logos, trade and business names, copyrights, works of authorship, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, improvements, technology, business and technical information, databases, data compilations, methods, processes and techniques, and all other intellectual or industrial property, and proprietary or other legally enforceable rights, whether registered or not, and any registration of such rights.
Information, data, software, drawings, designs, specifications, hardware, matter, or things of a secret, proprietary, or private nature relating to the business of the Company, including matters of a technical nature (such as know-how, processes, data, and techniques), matters of a business nature (such as information about schedules, costs, profits, markets, sales, and customers), matters of a proprietary nature (such as information about patents, patent applications, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks), or other information of a similar nature that gives the Company a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
A trade secret is information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, or know-how, that has economic value because it is not known to the public.
