The laptop is open in the kitchen, the neighbor overhears phone calls: If you work in the home office with confidential information, something like this shouldn't happen to you. At home - just like in the office or on a business trip - business secrets must not be accessible to third parties. And that includes partners and neighbors as well as employees of the competing company. Employees should take different precautions depending on the level of confidentiality of the information. WELT explains how you can proceed.