Fair Debt Collection: 11.5.4.5 Protective Orders
The parties may agree to a confidentiality or protective order at the beginning of discovery to eliminate objections based on confidentiality.460 Some courts have a form confidentiality order available on their website and specific guidelines about filing such orders.461 A court may enter a protective order limiting the communication of the collector’s trade secrets and proprietary data,462 although there is a strong presumption of public access to