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. Which of the following are requirements for information to be protected?

a) It must have been recorded in a material form correct incorrect

b) It must not have been previously made available to the public correct incorrect

c) It must be of the right type correct incorrect

d) It must be in the public interest correct incorrect

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. An aspect of the House of Lords' reasoning in Douglas v Hello that has caused controversy is that they held:

a) that an interloper could be under a duty of confidence correct incorrect

b) that photographs could contain confidential information correct incorrect

c) that damages can be recovered for a breach of confidence as well as an injunction correct incorrect

d) that if information held a commercial value, then it would be protected by law correct incorrect

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. Terry is attending a reception hosted at the offices of an employment agency. He wanders away from the area where the reception is being held and walks into an office (the door was open). He leafs through the pages of a file that was on the desk and finds out that his boss is negotiating to join one of his employer's main competitors. Which statement is correct?:

a) Terry is not under a duty because he was invited onto the premises and did not break into any room or filing cabinet correct incorrect

b) Terry is under a duty because the employment agency was under a duty of confidence to his boss correct incorrect

c) Terry is not under a duty because he gatecrashed the reception correct incorrect

d) Terry is under a duty because in all the circumstances of the case, he should have realised that the file contained confidential information correct incorrect

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. Professional advisers are likely to owe a duty of confidence to their clients:

a) only if the contract says they do correct incorrect

b) only if, and to the extent that, their professional rules say they do correct incorrect

c) because the adviser-client relationship would not work unless the adviser kept the client's information secret correct incorrect

d) only in respect of information that the client has to provide them with under the contract correct incorrect

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. The duty of confidence is breached by:

a) obtaining confidential information correct incorrect

b) making commercial use of confidential information where you are under a duty of confidence in relation to that information correct incorrect

c) obtaining confidential information, provided it was obtained unlawfully correct incorrect

d) failing to take reasonable care of someone else's confidential information, with the result that it is published correct incorrect

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. Why does the law of confidence appear so different where contracts of employment are concerned?

a) The nature of an employee's duties correct incorrect

b) Considerations of public policy correct incorrect

c) Contract law correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Whilst employed, employees must:

a) carry out their duties with care and skill correct incorrect

b) not start a competing business correct incorrect

c) not compete with their employer correct incorrect

d) disclose all information to the employer that might be helpful to it correct incorrect

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. An employee's duty of confidence once she leaves employment:

a) does not cover information that forms part of the employee's skill and knowledge and which the employee can take away in her head correct incorrect

b) does not cover information that will help the employee get another job correct incorrect

c) only covers information that the employer has told the employee is confidential correct incorrect

d) covers all information that is not in the public domain correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about the right to a private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights is not correct?

a) Everyone is under a duty not to publish private information about a person where to do so would be in breach of that person's Convention right correct incorrect

b) Other matters may have to be balanced against the Convention right correct incorrect

c) The right to a private and family life is enforced solely through the law of confidence correct incorrect

d) The law of confidence will prevent the publication of information that would infringe the right, even if that information is in the public domain correct incorrect

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. The springboard doctrine:

a) protects information after it has entered the public domain correct incorrect

b) is only relevant to information that can be generated from public domain information correct incorrect

c) applies only to ex-employees correct incorrect

d) only applies to technical information correct incorrect