By Júlia Tar ( November 4, 2026, 11:20 GMT | Insight) -- Companies seeking to withhold data on the grounds of trade secrets would face stricter conditions, under amendments endorsed by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee on Wednesday to the digital simplification package. The opinion also backs preserving platform-to-business protections and rejecting a broad exemption from cloud-switching duties. The internal market committee is expected to vote on its opinion on Nov. 10, while the industry and civil liberties committees, jointly leading the parliament’s work, are expected to vote in February, MLex understands.Companies seeking to refuse access to data on trade-secrets grounds would face stricter conditions, under amendments to the EU’s digital simplification package adopted by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee on Wednesday....
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