Confidentiality

Don't give away your ideas for nothing.

OUT-LAW Guides (UK law)

• Confidential information
  Secrets can be the most valuable assets in a business. However, unlike more tangible assets, the law may not automatically prevent others from taking or using valuable information.

OUT-LAW's free contracts

You can download, amend and use these confidentiality letters free of charge. They are available in a choice of laws (indicated in brackets) and are either one-way (where the obligation of confidentiality is only on one party) or two-way (where both parties must keep the secrets). All links open Word documents in new windows.

• One-way confidentiality letter (England and Wales)
• One-way confidentiality letter (Scotland)
• One-way confidentiality letter (Hong Kong)
• Two-way confidentiality letter (England and Wales)
• Two-way confidentiality letter (Scotland)
• Two-way confidentiality letter (Hong Kong)

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