Re: Illegal in the UK and EU
The UK was in the EU on the 9th of February 2019 when the BBC published
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47179344
about the actions of Sir Philip Green. The Daily Telegraph published a story claiming that 5 former employees of Green had been victims of bullying, sexual harrassment and racial harrassment (see story for the details). They had then received compensation, but had to sign gagging orders (non-disclosure agreements) as a condition of receiving the money. Green had also successfully obtained an injuction preventing the Telegraph from reporting the story - it was published only after the paper had got the injunction overturned. How much it cost the Telegraph to fight the case wasn't made public.
NDAs are part of civil law in the UK. Fighting them is impossible for most people, particularly if the other party is a large company or multimillionaire. They have been used by the NHS, councils, universities, housebuilders and many other businesses to silence victims of many kinds.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
