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Old 10th Dec 2014, 15:01
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Shed-on-a-Pole
 
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Just an appeal to all contributors relating to a regular thorny topic which arose on here again today. Commercial confidentiality.

We are all familiar with situations where our employers require us not to divulge commercially-sensitive information. In such cases, the correct response is (quite rightly) to divulge nothing. We don't want anybody to get into trouble or to place their jobs at risk.

However, if asked a direct question on a commercially-sensitive topic, can we please reply to the effect of: "Sorry. I cannot comment. My employment T&C's prohibit discussion of commercially confidential information." Everyone will understand this. But *please* do not instead intentionally post information which you know to be the opposite of the truth. That is disrespectful to other contributors here and it is wholly unnecessary. 'No comment' is the correct way to go. Deliberately posting misinformation is another matter, and it will undermine a poster's credibility going forward. Thanks for that.
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