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EU companies get court's help to weigh GDPR data-access requests, trade secrets

By Matthew Newman ( March 3, 2025, 15:04 GMT | Comment) -- Dun & Bradstreet Austria’s automated decision-making and profiling case at the EU’s highest court has clarified how businesses should manage data-access requests under the EU’s data protection rules. The EU Court of Justice guides companies on balancing the GDPR's data-access requirements and their right to protect business and trade secrets that could be revealed if they were obliged to provide the algorithm used in the automated decision-making processes. The ruling is significant because it says that providing an algorithm isn’t required.Dun & Bradstreet Austria’s automated decision-making and profiling case at the EU’s highest court has clarified how businesses should manage data-access requests under the EU’s data protection rules....

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