Confidentiality agreements

Our confidentiality agreements help protect your sensitive information whenever you need to disclose it. They can be put in place fast. Also called non-disclosure agreements, these templates are easy to edit, comprehensive in the coverage of law, and between them cover almost every circumstance. Use for any employee, new contractor, supplier,customer or sales agent. Use when selling your company, your book or your software. Use to bind both sides or just one side. They are tough on the parties, easy to edit and firm in law.

Confidentiality agreement

This confidentiality agreement (non-disclosure agreement or NDA) enables a business or individual to explore the possibilities for a deal before signing an agreement that covers the terms. This confidentiality agreement is a good way of protecting your secrets from being used by the other side if the deal doesn't go ahead. Examples of use might be: a proposed franchise; a business acquisition; the appointment of an agent or distributor; demonstration of plans, ideas or a prototype.

Confidentiality agreement: protect created work

This confidentiality agreement (non-disclosure agreement or NDA) should be used by a creator of a piece of work (whether a work of art, a book, film, idea, software code or other intellectual property) to prevent another party from using ideas within the work without the creator's permission. It will allow the creator to explore development, manufacture, use or sale of the piece of work together with the other party.

Confidentiality agreement: supplier; contractor or consultant

This confidentiality agreement (non-disclosure agreement or NDA) is for use where a supplier may find out sensitive information in the course of providing goods or services. The information may be necessary for the task, or you may just be concerned that private information might be disclosed inadvertently. Using this agreement is also an excellent way to remind suppliers of their responsibilities to maintain client confidentiality.

Mutual confidentiality agreement

This mutual confidentiality agreement (sometimes called a non-disclosure agreement or NDA) enables parties to explore the possibilities for a deal before signing an agreement that covers the terms. Being a mutual agreement, both sides agree to the same terms of disclosure, but not necessarily the disclosure of the same information. This confidentiality agreement is a good way of protecting your secrets from being used by the other side if the deal doesn't go ahead. Examples of use might be: sub-contract manufacture; business acquisition; joint product development.

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