According to the UTSA and California Civil Code, a trade secret may be a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use.
Further, to qualify as a “trade secret” the information in question must be “the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”