Each employee is responsible for safeguarding confidential information obtained in connection with his/her employment. In the course of your work, you may have access to confidential information regarding the company, its clients or its employees. It is your responsibility to, in no way, reveal or divulge any such information unless it is necessary for you to do so in the performance of your duties. Access to confidential information should be on a need-to-know basis and must be authorized by your supervisor. Any breach of this policy will not be tolerated and will be dealt with as appropriate for the infraction.