confidential information

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It defines External link illegal insider trading as “misappropriation of confidential information in breach of a pre-existing duty of trust and confidence to the source of the information.”

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The whistleblower said the bank violated rules meant to protect confidential information about clients and transactions from being mishandled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The new rules explicitly prohibit trading on stolen confidential information, trading on illegal tips, and trading when the Polymarket user has the ability to influence the outcome of the event.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

S Group's Ahtoniemi declines to give any details of the company's plans in the event of war, explaining that this is "confidential information".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

When confidential information leaks out of an organization, people suspect a spy, not a psychic.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos