<P> On 26 June 2012 a judge of Oslo District Court apologized for the court's hearing of testimony (on 14 June, regarding contact with Child Welfare Services (Norway)) that was covered by confidentiality (that had not been waived at that point of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik). </P> <P> Some legal jurisdictions recognise a category of commercial confidentiality whereby a business may withhold information on the basis of perceived harm to "commercial interests". For example: Soft drink giant Coca - Cola's main syrup formula remains a trade - secret . </P> <P> Confidentiality agreements that "seal" litigation settlements are not uncommon, but this can leave regulators and society ignorant of public hazards . In the U.S. state of Washington, for example, journalists discovered that about two dozen medical malpractice cases had been improperly sealed by judges, leading to improperly weak discipline by the state Department of Health . In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Catholic sexual abuse scandal involved a number of confidentiality agreements with victims . Some states have passed laws that limit confidentiality . For example, in 1990 Florida passed a' Sunshine in Litigation' law that limits confidentiality from concealing public hazards . Washington state, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana have laws limiting confidentiality as well, although judicial interpretation has weakened the application of these types of laws . In the U.S. Congress, a similar federal Sunshine in Litigation Act has been proposed but not passed in 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015 . </P>

When is it legally allowed to breach confidentiality