Trade Secrets Directive 2016/943, Article 2(1): what counts as a trade secret (Directive (EU) 2016/943, Art 2(1))
Private tickets, code and call logs can be trade secrets if they are kept secret, have value because of it and are protected by reasonable steps. A licence that is open to the public or has no confidentiality terms can weaken that status.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“'trade secret' means information which meets all of the following requirements: (a) it is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question; (b) it has commercial value because it is secret; (c) it has been subject to reasonable steps under the circumstances, by the person lawfully in control of the information, to keep it secret;”
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