Article 24 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act states that the head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant information that will reveal the trade secrets or commercial, financial or employment, scientific or technical information of a third party that was supplied, implicitly or explicitly, in confidence to the public body. The scope of trade secret protection applies to all entities in the Articles 21 (1) and (2) of the Freedom of Internet Act 2020. The articles state that the information officer of an entity shall refuse a request for access toinformation of the entity if the information contains—(a) trade secrets of a third party; or (b) financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that is proprietary to a third party,and the disclosure of which would be likely to cause harm to the commercial or financial interests of that third party; or (c) information supplied in confidence by a third party the disclosure of which could reasonablybe expected to put that third party at a disadvantage in contractual or other negotiations; or to prejudice that third party in commercial competition.