Keeping mum [trade secrets]

Whatever country one lives in and works in as an employed engineer, there is almost certainly a law that relates to the way one should deal with confidential information that one has access to by reason of one\´s employment. The existing laws vary widely. In countries which apply a civil law procedure, there is probably a specific written law that applies. The title may include the words "unfair competition" or "unfair business practice" or be about "marketing practices". The wording of the law sets out what an employee can and cannot do.