A sales director consulted DeepSeek and lost her job and 5 million rubles
Moscow's Babushkinsky District Court upheld the lawful dismissal of Ekaterina Remizova, sales director at GC Energroprof, for disclosing trade secrets. The court found she forwarded tender documents and colleagues' salary data to her personal email, and uploaded protected company reports—including PowerBI analytics on deals and finances—to the AI service DeepSeek. This act alone was deemed disclosure of confidential information.
Additional grounds for dismissal included revealing strategic plans, such as launching a new brand and direct generator imports from China, to a supplier. The company also cited her systematic failure to meet sales targets.
Following her dismissal in 2025, Remizova sued, seeking to have the firing deemed illegal, changed to "by mutual agreement," and to receive a 5-million-ruble "golden parachute." The court rejected the main claims, ruling her actions a gross violation of duties. The parachute payment was denied as it only applied to mutual agreement or layoff scenarios. The company was ordered to pay 10,000 rubles in moral damages for one unjustified disciplinary penalty. The ruling can still be appealed.
The case highlights broader data security risks: experts note that DeepSeek's "Share" function creates temporary links that can be indexed by search engines like Google, potentially exposing corporate data without malicious intent.
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