"The two sides agreed that neither country's government would conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the intent of providing competitive advantages," a portion of the deal stated.According to the Globe and Mail, which first reported the deal, the accord solely covers economic espionage, declining to mention online espionage, surveillance and hacking to spy on state activity. more
Other business espionage items the accord does not cover...
- Electronic eavesdropping.
- Telephone wiretapping.
- Physical penetration of the workplace.
- Social Engineering.
- Infiltration of the workforce.
- Subversion of employees. (blackmail, payoffs, etc.)
- Optical surveillance.
