By Júlia Tar ( October 20, 2026, 11:37 GMT | Insight) -- Ireland’s latest digital simplification package draft singles out industrial manufacturing know-how in Data Act trade secrets safeguards, and calls for a review of privacy obligations for small and medium-sized businesses and non-commercial organizations carrying out low-risk processing. The Oct. 19 text, seen by MLex, is due before national ambassadors on Wednesday, as Ireland seeks agreement on governments’ negotiating position.Ireland has proposed including industrial manufacturing know-how in trade secrets protections under the EU’s Data Act, as it seeks governments’ agreement on the bloc’s digital simplification package, according to an Oct. 19 draft seen by MLex....
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