Rights of access to corporate documentations and the trade secrets defence
summary
Panel dissects how GDPR access rights meet repeated trade‑secret claims: regulators can inspect withheld files and the Ombudsman wins disclosure (face‑mask procurement) but companies regularly hand over redacted privacy notices or claim every log and algorithm is proprietary, forcing years of litigation. NGOs report almost 900 cases using strategic litigation; courts sometimes order full production and review sealed material; credit‑scoring and event log files are focal disputes, with credit‑scoring algorithm revealed and log‑file access ordered emerging as concrete remedies.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Panel on corporate documentation access
- 3:53Panelists' introductions
- 14:13Trade secrets and data protection
- 27:21Defining trade secrets
- 37:13Transparency versus confidentiality
- 47:36Regulators and public access
- 57:16Q&A on shadow IT and access
- 1:00:06Digital omnibus proposal concerns
- 1:03:17Researcher access under DSA
- 1:05:24Court review of trade secrets
- 1:09:00Public interest audits
- 1:12:32Closing remarks
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