Definitions for "Proprietary Information"
sensitive business data that would cause substantial harm to the submitter if disclosed publicly. This includes trade secrets concerning production process, costs, terms of sale, prices, and names of customers and suppliers.
Information associated with a company's products, business or activities, including such items as financial data; trade secrets; product research and development; product designs; marketing plans or techniques; computer programs; processes; and know-how that has been clearly identified and communicated by the company as proprietary, a trade secret or confidential.
Proprietary information is any information or material (including, but not restricted to, ideas, concepts, proposals, inventions, instruments, chemical samples, cost estimates, data, and computer programs) that is owned by a private individual or corporation, usually under a trademark or patent. This information should not be shared/discussed with the general public, this information is often legally protected, insuring it will not be shared outside a select group or company.