Does the law allow a party to claim that information is confidential where the information is already known to the public?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pastor v. Chen, 2002 BCPC 169 (CanLII):

The case of General T.V v. Talbot (No.1 and No.2) (unreported) states that "the law does allow one to claim information is confidential where the information is comprised of elements already known to the public."

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