90% of UAE employees share sensitive company data: Survey Waheed Abbas/Dubai Photo: Reuters Less than a third employees haven’t shared sensitive information, data shows Nearly 90 per cent of employees in the UAE have owned up to sharing sensitive and business-critical company data through instant messaging applications (apps) and business collaboration tools, reveals a new report that was released on Tuesday. Don't miss: The study, which was conducted by Veritas Technologies, found that employees are sharing confidential data and exposing companies and businesses to the risk of exorbitant penalties that are likely to be imposed by regulators. Around 62 per cent are saving their own copies of the information they share over instant messaging apps, while 47 per cent delete them.