Confidentiality

In my professional activities, I get to know a variety of information about my clients and their business partners (clients, suppliers, etc.), from personal data to production processes, commercial to financial information, and so on.
It goes without saying that my confidentiality is maximum and in fact, I always sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement for each assignment.
As a professional or in the name of my company, Sienda Ltd, acting alone or with some collaborators, any information remains absolutely secret and will never be disclosed.
I never publicise the companies for which I’ve worked. I’ve published some Customer Success Stories on Google because those firms are owned by people with whom I’ve had a twenty-year or more friendly relationship.
There is little chance of misunderstandings when you have such solid and amicable interactions.
I keep all other clients’ identities fully private in order to avoid improper enquiries and misunderstandings.
Indeed, I was asked inappropriate questions about the activities of this or that business sometimes. As a result, I resolved the underlying issue.

Below is an example of an NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement) along the lines of the types displayed on www.gov.uk

One-way Non-Disclosure Agreement

Date: 202[ ]

Parties:

[NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING INFORMATION] of [address of individual]

Sienda ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 08194971 whose registered office is at Third Floor, 207 Regent Street, London W1B3HH, United Kingdom (the Recipient)

And

[NAME OF INDIVIDUAL DISCLOSING INFORMATION] of [address of individual]

[NAME OF COMPANY DISCLOSING INFORMATION], a company registered in [England] under company number [number on Register of Companies] whose registered office is at [address of office on the Register of Companies] (the Discloser)

1. The Discloser intends to disclose information (the Confidential Information) to the Recipient for the purpose of discussing the possibility of the Recipient and the Discloser entering into a job relationship in which the Discloser entrusts the Recipient with a consulting assignment as an external professional and/or in the name of the Recipient’s company for IT & Business Engineering services, with the clarification that this is not an employee employment relationship (the Purpose).

2. The Recipient undertakes not to use the Confidential Information for any purpose except the Purpose, without first obtaining the written agreement of the Discloser.

3. The Recipient undertakes to keep the Confidential Information secure and not to disclose it to any third party [except to its employees [and professional advisers] who need to know the same for the Purpose, who know they owe a duty of confidence to the Discloser and who are bound by obligations equivalent to those in clause 2 above and this clause 3.

4. The undertakings in clauses 2 and 3 above apply to all of the information disclosed by the Discloser to the Recipient, regardless of the way or form in which it is disclosed or recorded but they do not apply to:

a) any information which is or in future comes into the public domain (unless as a result of the breach of this Agreement); or

b) any information which is already known to the Recipient and which was not subject to any obligation of confidence before it was disclosed to the Recipient by the Discloser.

5. Nothing in this Agreement will prevent the Recipient from making any disclosure of the Confidential Information required by law or by any competent authority.

6. The Recipient will, on request from the Discloser, return all copies and records of the Confidential Information to the Discloser and will not retain any copies or records of the Confidential Information.

7. Neither this Agreement nor the supply of any information grants the Recipient any licence, interest or right in respect of any intellectual property rights of the Discloser except the right to copy the Confidential Information solely for the Purpose.

8. The undertakings in clauses 2 and 3 will continue in force indefinitely.

9. The Recipient agrees to comply with personal data protection laws (GDPR and/or other relevant act), copyrights, and the terms and conditions of the service agreement.

10. This Agreement is governed by, and is to be construed in accordance with, English law. The English Courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of, or in connection with, this Agreement.

If the Recipient is an individual

Signed and Delivered as a Deed by:

[name of Recipient] in the presence of:

_____________________________

Signature

_____________________________

Signature of witness

_____________________________

Name of witness

_____________________________

Address of witness

If the Recipient is a company

Executed and Delivered as a Deed by

[name of Recipient] acting by

[name of director], a director,

in the presence of:

_____________________________

Signature of Director

_____________________________

Signature of witness

_____________________________

Name of witness

_____________________________

Address of witness