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Business Definition for: Confidentiality Agreement

  • an agreement whereby an organization that has access to information about the affairs of another organization makes an undertaking to treat the information as private and confidential. A potential buyer of a company who requires further information in the process of due diligence may be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement stating that the information will only be used for the purpose of deciding whether to go ahead with the deal and will only be disclosed to employees involved in the negotiations. Such agreements are also used where information is shared in the context of a partnership or benchmarking program.

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Confidentiality Agreement - Sample
Knowledge the lifeblood of any company. The purpose of this confidentiality agreement is to preserve your investment in creating proprietary information. Because the laws on this subject vary from state to state, you should have any confidentiality agreement reviewed by an attorney. Start off with this one, but make sure...
Tags: Strategy, Investment, Agreement, Confidentiality Agreement, Finance, Management
Tools & templates 2003-05-23
Confidentiality Agreement Between Firms
This is a template for confidentiality agreement between firms. Confidentiality agreement is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential materials or knowledge the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict from generalized use. In other words, it is a...
Tags: FreeBusinessForms.com, Party, Agreement, Confidentiality Agreement
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Non-Disclosure And Confidentiality Agreement
Confidentiality of information is vital for all the organizations whether small, medium, or large. This is a template which can be used as non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement. A Non-Disclosure Agreement NDA is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential materials or knowledge the parties wish to...
Tags: Confidentiality, Agreement, Party, Home Business Online
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Employee Confidentiality - Non-Compete
Confidentiality of information is vital for all the organizations whether small, medium, or large. Every organization will expect their employees to maintain confidentiality of the organizations in which they work. This is a template which can be used as employee confidentiality and non-compete agreement. A non-compete clause, or Covenant Not...
Tags: Confidentiality, Home Business Online
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Meade Instruments Enters into Confidentiality Agreement with Its Largest Stockholder
IRVINE, Calif. -- Meade Instruments Corp. (Nasdaq:MEAD) announced that it has entered into a Confidentiality Agreement with Hummingbird Management, LLC or its affiliates ("Hummingbird"), pursuant to which Hummingbird will be provided certain observation rights concerning the business and operations of the company commencing in March 2006. All confidential information provided...
Tags: Confidentiality Agreement, Hummingbird Ltd.
Research articles 2006-03-29
The AllBusiness Guide to Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreements
There are numerous instances where you may want to share confidential information with another party. But the key to doing so safely is making sure that the other party has already been bound to respect the confidential information you provide them and not use the information to your detriment. One...
Tags: AllBusiness.com, Agreement
Download resources 2004-10-22
August Technology Awaits Signing of Confidentiality Agreement by Rudolph
MINNEAPOLIS -- August Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:AUGT) announced today that it continues to await signing of an acceptable confidentiality agreement by Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTEC) and therefore is not engaged in any discussions with Rudolph. Under the terms of August Technology's Merger Agreement with Nanometrics Incorporated, August Technology is prohibited from...
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Research articles 2005-02-07
Confidentiality Agreement
This Confidentiality Agreement ("Agreement") is made and effective the [Date] by and between [Owner] ("Owner") and [Recipient] ("Recipient").
Tags: Owner, Agreement, Recipient
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Public Storage and Shurgard Sign Confidentiality Agreement
GLENDALE, Calif. -- Public Storage, Inc. (NYSE:PSA) (PCX:PSA) announced today that it has entered a confidentiality agreement with Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. (NYSE:SHU). The agreement will allow Public Storage to participate in Shurgard's process of exploring its strategic alternatives, including a possible business combination with Public Storage. Pursuant to the...
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Research articles 2005-11-29
Ventana Enters into Confidentiality Agreement with Roche
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMSI), the global leader in tissue-based cancer diagnostics, today announced it has entered into a confidentiality agreement with Roche. The agreement will allow Roche to commence due diligence and have appropriate access to non-public information regarding Ventana to better understand the Company's...
Tags: Roche Holding AG, Ventana Medical Systems Inc.
Research articles 2007-11-13
Employee Confidentiality Agreement
This template is for Employee Confidentiality Agreement.
Tags: Agreement, Microsoft Corp.
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MANY SEEM TO BE KICKING AT&T'S TIRES.(proposed sale of AT&T Broadband)(Brief Article)
Comcast hasn't signed AT&T's confidentiality agreement yet, but possible rivals have. "Multiple parties" have signed confidentiality agreements to look at the internal financial information of AT&T Broadband, which Comcast has ... Comcast hasn't signed AT&T's confidentiality agreement yet, but possible rivals have. "Multiple...
Tags: AT&T Broadband, AT&T Corp., Comcast Corp., confidentiality agreement
Research articles 2001-08-06
Shurgard Signs Confidentiality Agreements with Several Interested Parties, Including Public Storage, Inc
SEATTLE -- Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. (NYSE:SHU), a leading self-storage real estate investment trust REIT in the United States and Europe, today announced that as part of its search for strategic alternatives, it has signed confidentiality agreements with several interested parties, including Public Storage, Inc., which previously made an unsolicited...
Tags: agreement, confidentiality agreement
Research articles 2005-11-29
Cost Plus, Inc. Executes Confidentiality and Standstill Agreement with Red Mountain Capital Partners
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPWM) today confirmed that it had executed a Confidentiality and Standstill Agreement with Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC, pursuant to which it would be providing current non-public information about the Company. Red Mountain is a 9.8% shareholder of Cost Plus and had previously expressed...
Tags: Company
Research articles 2007-04-18
Mossimo Inc. Signs Confidentiality Agreement with Cherokee, Inc
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Mossimo, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSS) announced that on April 21, 2006 it signed a mutual confidentiality agreement with Cherokee, Inc. to allow both parties access to non-public information in the interest of evaluating Cherokee's unsolicited April 17, 2006 proposal to acquire all the outstanding shares of Mossimo...
Research articles 2006-04-25
Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement
The Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement is an agreement whereby two parties agree to maintain the confidentiality of information that they share in the context of business discussions or negotiations.
Tags: Management, Entrepreneurship, Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement, Entrepreneur.com Inc.
Tools & templates 2005-07-18
Guide to Confidentiality Under the Federal Administrative Dispute Resolution Act
As the drafters of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (5 U.S.C. §§571-584) (see Appendix 2 for relevant sections of the Act) explicitly recognized, protecting sensitive Dispute Resolution DR communications is critical to successful agency use of alternative means of dispute resolution ADR. Confidentiality enhances participants' frank and open communications in,...
Tags: American Bar Association, Confidentiality, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
White papers 2005-03-01
Confidential Information Agreement
Are you concerned about confidentiality? Do you worry that an employee might share your trade secrets with other people or with your competition? If so, you might consider a confidential information agreement. Here is template given for confidential information agreement.
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Tools & templates 2007-12-01
HHS Proposes Patient Confidentiality Regulations.(Brief Article)
Following Congress' failure to enact patient confidentiality legislation by the August deadline, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has drafted proposed confidentiality regulations, as required under the Health Insurance Portability and Following Congress' failure to enact patient confidentiality legislation by the August deadline,...
Tags: patient, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 1999-12-01
Merck & Co., Inc.: Merck Determines Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services Improves Confidentiality of Clinical Trial Information
Merck & Co., Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets innovative products to improve human and animal health. Merck ships confidential documents regarding its late-stage clinical drug trials to physicians around the country during the trials' course. Merck relies on the physicians to protect the documents' confidentiality after delivery. Merck evaluated Microsoft...
Tags: Healthcare, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Merck Co., Clinical Trial, Merck & Co. Inc., Confidentiality, Security
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