[13] 17 - Corporate Espionage
Spying on or stealing from a business to benefit a rival.
Offence
Secretly gathering, copying, stealing or passing on confidential business information, plans, records or secrets for the benefit of a rival business, a foreign party, or for personal gain.
Examples
- Placing someone inside a company to collect secrets.
- Bugging an office or intercepting private business communications.
- Paying an employee to leak confidential information.
Notes
The business does not have to suffer a loss for the offence to be complete.