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What to Do When a Departing Employee Downloads Information

 

Learn what your options are when dealing with an employee that took company information.

Upon learning that an exited employee downloaded and transmitted company and client documents to his personal cloud storage account your first thought will likely be … what can I do about it? What are the legal options that apply in this situation? Under the CFAA it appears that your former employee clearly exceeded their authority when they downloaded documents on the way out the door. However, the U.S. Supreme Court begs to differ. This white paper reviews recent case law to provide insight on what your options are if you are faced with this situation.