Criminal Code Warning: this is not an official translation. Under all circumstances the original text in Dutch language of the Criminal Code (Wetboek van Strafrecht) prevails

Part XVII. Violation of Secrets 
Section 272 
1.  Any person who intentionally violates any secret which he knows or has reasonable cause to 
suspect he is obliged to keep by reason of his office, profession or a statutory requirement, or his 
former office or profession, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or a 
fine of the fourth category. 
2.   If this serious offence is committed against a particular person, it shall be prosecuted only on 
complaint of that person. 
Section 273 
1.   Any person who intentionally 
1°.  discloses specific information related to a commercial, industrial or service enterprise in which 
he is or has been employed, which he was obliged to keep secret or  

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2°.  discloses or, in pursuit of profit, uses data that has been obtained by means of a criminal 
offence from a computerised device or system of a commercial, industrial or service enterprise 
and that is related to such enterprise, if the data, at the time of disclosure or use, was not in the 
public domain and if any loss or disadvantage may follow from such disclosure or use. 
 
shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine of the fourth category. 
 
2.   Any person who could have believed in good faith that disclosure was in the public interest shall 
not be criminally liable.