Business Confidentiality

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003849",
  "term": "Business Confidentiality",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Includes the concept of trade secrecy and other related legal concepts which give (or may give) a business the right to preserve the confidentiality of business information and to limit its use or disclosure by others in order that the business may obtain or retain business advantages it derives from its right in the information. The definition is meant to encompass any concept which authorizes a Federal agency to withhold business information under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), as well as any concept which requires EPA to withhold information from the public for the benefit of a business under 18 U.S.C. 1905.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 350.1 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/business-confidentiality/"
}