Corruption watchdog blasts EU directive on trade secrets

Transparency International Ireland (TII) has described the government’s introduction of the new EU Trade Secrets Directive as the “single biggest setback against white collar crime in over a decade”.

John Devitt, the chief executive of TII said: “Whistleblowers using ‘trade secrets’ – something that could be interpreted to mean emails, phone records or financial data – will now have to prove that they were motivated to protect the ‘general public interest’ – a ...