Confidential Information Policy

Principles

We keep everyone's Confidential Information secure, never misuse information we have access to or use information we should not have.
When creating business documents we apply the appropriate business markings to ensure confidentiality and protection from misuse.

protect everyone's Confidential Information and do not use or share it other than as authorised;
do not seek or accept any Confidential Information if we are unsure whether we can receive it. If we receive Confidential Information we should not have we take steps to mitigate the risks (with support from the Ethics and Compliance team);
follow applicable laws and regulations relevant to Confidential Information;
apply the appropriate business markings to documents in accordance with the guidance below, as further detailed in our Business Classifications Guidance document; and
read the introduction to our Code and Group Policies to understand to whom they apply and the consequences for breaching them.

Our general expectations of leaders in relation to Our Code and Group Policies are set out in the introduction.

Our Code

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Additional Guidance

Some of these are internal links and only available if accessing from a Rolls-Royce GAD network asset.

Contacts

Some of these are internal links and only available if accessing from a Rolls-Royce GAD network asset.

Your business Ethics and Compliance team (for general Confidential Information queries)
Group Security and Resilience team
Intellectual Property team
Cyber Security team
Chief Counsel – Competition and Legal Counsel – Competition

Take a look back at our Code principles related to this policy:

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