Washington § 49.17.200 - Confidentiality — Trade secrets.

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§ 49.17.200. Confidentiality — Trade secrets.

All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the director, or his or her authorized representative, in connection with any inspection or proceeding under the authority of this chapter, which contains or which might reveal a trade secret shall be considered confidential, except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this chapter, or when relevant in any proceeding under this chapter. In any such proceeding the director, the board of industrial insurance appeals, or the court shall issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
[ 2010 c 8 s 12017; 1973 c 80 s 20.]

Notes

Uniform trade secrets act: Chapter 19.108 RCW.

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