You must not, whether during your contract with the Company or after the end of it, unless expressly authorised in writing by your nominated Manager, disclose to any unauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs or trade secrets of the Company. This includes any detail about the Company's products, technical data, any matter relating to the company or its business, customers and employees, actual potential or past and all details relating to information on the Company's database.

During the course of your contract with the Company you may have access to, gain knowledge of or be entrusted with information of a confidential nature. This shall include, but is not limited to:

The identity, address or

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This document incorporates relevant UK laws and HR standards, including those listed below:

When an NDA should not be used by an employer

An NDA cannot prevent:

Whistleblowing.
Reporting a crime to the police.

An NDA should not be used:

To prevent someone from reporting discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment.
To conceal inappropriate or improper behaviour, especially if there is a risk of it happening again.
To avoid dealing with workplace disputes or problems.

Legal compliance for confidentiality agreement template

To prevent an employee or worker from sharing information, you could use a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

It's a written agreement that could be found:

In a job contract.
In a settlement agreement.
In a separate, standalone document.

This could be when a job begins or ends, or at another point.

An NDA may be signed by an employer and an employee or worker for a variety of reasons, including:

To protect proprietary information when starting a new job.
To keep details private after a disagreement.

Confidentiality agreement template

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