Trade Secret

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028460",
  "term": "Trade Secret",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any confidential formula, pattern, process, device, information, or set of data that is used in a business to give the owner a competitive advantage. Such information may be excluded from public review.\n\n2. Any confidential formula, pattern, process, device, information or compilation of information that is used in a submitter's business, and that gives the submitter an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors who do not know or use it. EPA intends to be guided by the Restatement of Torts, Section 757, Comment b.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "40 CFR 350.1 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/trade-secret/"
}