EU court rules research can be trade secret in lie detector biometrics project

An EU panel of judges has rejected an appeal to overturn a court judgment preventing the release of details about government efforts to build video lie detectors.

The three appellate judges dismissed claims by a German member of the European Parliament that the public has a right to known about taxpayer-funded research into possible systems designed to read emotions and spot deception.

They sided with a previous judge who, in 2021, said commercial interests in the case outweigh the public's …

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