Confidentiality Policy Template

About Customer and Client Confidentiality

Why We Have a Confidentiality Policy

At [Company Name], we are committed to protecting the confidentiality of our employees and the sensitive information they may have access to in the course of their job duties. We understand the importance of maintaining the trust and confidence of our employees, customers, and other stakeholders, and we are committed to safeguarding the confidentiality of our employees and the information they handle.

Our Confidentiality Policy

Our employee confidentiality policy outlines our expectations for employees with regard to maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information and the steps we will take to protect this information.

1. Employees are expected to maintain the confidentiality of all sensitive information they have access to in the course of their job duties, including personal information about employees, customers, and other stakeholders, and proprietary and confidential business information.
2. Employees are prohibited from sharing or disclosing sensitive information to unauthorized individuals or for unauthorized purposes.
3. Employees are required to protect the confidentiality of sensitive information by using appropriate safeguards, such as password protection and secure storage of documents and data.
4. Employees who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

We are committed to protecting the confidentiality of our employees and the sensitive information they handle, and we believe that our employee confidentiality policy is an important part of that commitment.

You, "the Employee," acknowledge that, in any position the Employee may hold, in and as a result of the Employee's employment by the Employer, the Employee will, or may be making use of, acquiring or adding to information which is confidential to the Employer (the "Confidential Information") and the Confidential Information is the exclusive property of the Employer.

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What Confidential Information Is

The confidential information will include all data and information relating to the business and management of the Employer, including but not limited to, proprietary and trade secret technology and accounting records to which access is obtained by the Employee, including work product, computer software, other proprietary data, business operations, marketing and development operations, and customer information.

The confidential information will also include any information that has been disclosed by a third party to the Employer and is governed by a non-disclosure agreement entered into between that third party and the Employer.

What Confidential Information Is NOT

The Confidential Information will not include information that:

1. Is generally known in the industry of the Employer;
2. Is now or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no wrongful act of the Employee;
3. Was rightfully in the possession of the Employee prior to the disclosure to the Employee by the Employer;
4. Is independently created by the Employee without direct or indirect use of the Confidential Information; or
5. The Employee rightfully obtains from a third party who has the right to transfer or disclose it.

The Confidential Information will also not include anything developed or produced by the Employee during the Employee's term of employment with the Employer, including but not limited to, any intellectual property, process, design, development, creation, research, invention, know-how, trade name, trade-mark or copyright that:

• Was developed without the use of equipment, supplies, facility or Confidential Information of the Employer;
• Was developed entirely on the Employee's own time;
• Does not result from any work performed by the Employee for the Employer; and
• Does not relate to any actual or reasonably anticipated business opportunity of the Employer.

By e-signing, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to follow all of the guidelines outlined in this policy.