Businesses may exchange proprietary and sensitive information for many
different reasons. It will often be the case that the party which has
developed and owns that information will seek to keep it secret, allowing
the recipient to use that information for limited purposes and prohibiting
further disclosure.
This Non-Disclosure Agreement (also known as an NDA or a Confidentiality
Agreement) is designed for use in situations where both parties will be
disclosing confidential information to one another for certain stated
purposes. An alternative Non-Disclosure Agreement template is available for
situations in which only one party is disclosing confidential information.
This document has been updated for Brexit. Optional references to data protection legislation have been updated with reference to the UK GDPR.
The provisions of this NDA carefully regulate the parties’ use of the
confidential information and further ensure that each party obtains similar
undertakings of confidentiality and non-disclosure from all relevant
employees and third parties prior to the information being disclosed to it.
The confidential information and the purposes for which it may be used
should be described in the two schedules provided so as to ensure that both
parties to the agreement know exactly what information is confidential and
how that information may (and may not) be used.
Optional phrases / clauses are enclosed in square brackets. These should be
read carefully and selected so as to be compatible with one another. Unused
options should be removed from the document.
This Non-Disclosure Agreement Template contains the following clauses:
1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. Confidential Information
3. Receiving Parties’ Confidentiality Obligations
4. Storage of Confidential Information
5. Permitted Disclosure
6. Mandatory Disclosure
7. [Disclosure of Personal Data – Personal Data Sharing]
8. [Disclosure of Personal Data – Personal Data Processing]
9. Proprietary Rights
10. Exceptions to Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality
11. Term
12. Enforcement and Indemnity
13. No Further Obligation
14. No Partnership or Agency
15. Non-Assignment of Agreement
16. Entire Agreement
17. Variation
18. No Waiver
19. Severance
20. Communication
21. Third Party Rights
22. Law and Jurisdiction
And the following Schedules:
1. The Confidential Information
2. The Stated Purposes
3. [Personal Data [Sharing] OR [Processing]]
This NDA is in open format. Either enter the requisite details in the
highlighted fields or adjust the wording to suit your purposes.
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