Trade secret protection is governed by the Commercial Torts Law, 5759-1999. A trade secret is defined as “business information, of all kinds, which is not in the public domain and is not easily disclosed by others lawfully and the confidentiality of which affords its owners a business advantage over their competitors, provided that its owners take reasonable steps in protecting its confidentiality”. The law prohibits misappropriation of a trade secret which is defined as: (1) taking a trade secret without the owner’s consent by improper means, or the use of the secret by the acquirer; (2) use of a trade secret without the consent of its owner where the use is contrary to a contractual obligation or a duty of trust the user has to the trade secret owner; and (3) acquiring a trade secret or using it without the consent of its owners, where it is clear that the trade secret has been unlawfully obtained according to (1) or (2). It should be noted that disclosure of a trade secret through reverse engineering will not, in itself, be regarded as improper. Health data is a classic example of a trade secret.