Danish trade secrets bill must protect whistleblowers
By Emil Weber
The Danish Union of Journalists (DJ) has criticised a draft law on trade secrets for failing to protect journalists’ sources and whistleblowers. And the European Federation of Journalists is supporting the DJ.
ECPMF media lawyer Flutura Kusari: Photo: Andreas Lamm
The law was initiated to comply with a 2016 European Union directive on “the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure”.
But the DJ claims the new bill deviates from the “faithful implementation of the text of the EU directive” by omitting several original exemptions.
“The bill in its present form does…
