Self-help templates
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Before you share ideas, prices, customers, code or designs with a partner, contractor or investor.
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How to use it
- When: before you share business ideas, customer lists, prices, code, designs or other confidential information with a partner, contractor, investor or future employee.
- Mutual or one-way: this template is mutual (both parties may disclose). For a one-way NDA, keep one party as "Disclosing" and the other as "Receiving" and delete Art. 4.
- Fill in everything in [square brackets].
- Tip: an NDA only protects what it describes. Be specific about what is confidential, and share only what is needed.
What is inside
- Art. 1. Purpose
- Art. 2. Confidential Information
- Art. 3. Obligations
- Art. 4. Mutuality
- Art. 5. Term
- Art. 6. Disclosure required by law
- Art. 7. Return and destruction
- Art. 8. Ownership
- Art. 9. Remedies
- Art. 10. Personal data
- Art. 11. Governing law and disputes
- Art. 12. Final provisions
- Notes on the clauses and a checklist of what to check under your country's law
What these templates are not
- They are self-help templates, not legal advice, and they do not replace a lawyer.
- Laws differ from country to country, and some rules cannot be changed by contract. Each template ends with a checklist of what to check where you live.
- For a high-value or unusual situation, ask a local lawyer or notary to look at the final text.
TheLawToKnow Tools. Self-help template. Not legal advice. Check the law currently in force. Written with the help of AI tools and reviewed by a lawyer-author.