This article is the final piece in a three part series of blogs
focussed on how organisations can most effectively protect
themselves against employees stealing confidential information.
Following on from our
second blog in the series, which focussed on how to effectively
protect your company's confidential information from an
employee during their notice period up until their
termination, this blog looks at common mistakes employers make
when exiting an employee, and what to do in the event that a former
employee has been found to have stolen company data, or is working
in breach of a restraint of trade.
Making a clean break and preserving data
Firstly, it is important to always conduct an exit interview
with the departing employee, and in turn, to have the employee sign
a declaration stating that they have returned all company property
that was in their possession. Be sure to make an official internal
note of the interview in case there is ever a discrepancy in
