CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2009).
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...to protect confidential business information. You have not provided this office with information regarding the pilot project nor have you identified the type of confidential business information in question. You refer, however, to the provisions of section 581.199 , Florida Statutes, relating to trade secrets....
...t the inspection and copying of records made or received by the agency in connection with the transaction of its official business. 2 The Legislature, however, has adopted a number of exemptions relating to trade secrets. Relevant to the division is section 581.199 , Florida Statutes, which states: "It is unlawful for any authorized representative who in an official capacity obtains under the provisions of this chapter any information entitled to protection as a trade secret, as defined in s....
...ets as defined in section
812.081 (1)(c), Florida Statutes, whether or not they are stored on or transmitted by computers. As noted above, section
812.081 (1)(c), Florida Statutes (which definition is applicable to exemption afforded the division in section
581.199 , Florida Statutes), requires the trade secret owner to take measures to prevent it from becoming available to persons other than those selected by the owner to have access thereto for limited purposes....
