A telecom buyer holds a supplier price list marked proprietary and licensed for that buyer's staff only. A partner asks for a copy to use in its own bids. What is the right handling?
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Short Explanation
Treat the proprietary price list like a licensed resource, not something you can pass along just because you have it. Keep it within the supplier’s access limits for your staff; removing the banner or posting it publicly does not make sharing it with the partner acceptable.
Full Explanation
A price list marked proprietary and licensed for the buyer’s staff only must remain within that license and the supplier’s stated access limits. The partner’s request to use it in its own bids is a use by people the license does not cover, so you should not send the list. Forwarding the full price list because it has already been downloaded confuses possession with permission to redistribute; the download does not expand the authorized audience. Removing the proprietary banner changes the marking, not the access limit, so sending the prices that way still shares licensed information beyond the buyer’s staff. Uploading the list to a public bid site would expose the supplier’s figures to every bidder and breach the same limit. Exam caveat: neither a completed download nor removing the proprietary marking grants permission to share the list. Practical check: compare the license’s permitted audience with the partner’s request, and verify that the list has not been forwarded, sent without its banner, or uploaded to a public bid site.