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1. © Legal Zebra 2014 | Form 5987 | legalzebra.com.au
SUMMARY
The parties agree to keep each
other’s confidential information
secret.
CONTENTS
Parties & Signatures 1
Agreement Details 2
Agreement Terms 3
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CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENT
MUTUAL
DISCLOSURE
SAM
PLE

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Parties & Signatures
1 First Party Also referred to as we, our or us
PARTY DETAILS
Fill in this party’s details. If the
party is a company or has a
business or registration number
then insert it to property identify
the party.
The First Party is also referred to
in this document as we, our or
us.
NAME AND BUSINESS NUMBER OF FIRST PARTY
STREET ADDRESS OF FIRST PARTY
EMAIL ADDRESS OF FIRST PARTY
Signed for or by the First Party SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS
The First Party or a person
authorised to sign for the it (such
as a company director) should
sign here and print the date of
signing as well as their name and
(if they are signing for a company
or as an authorised person) their
title.
$ $
FIRST PARTY SIGNS HERE PRINT DATE OF SIGNING
$ $
PRINT NAME OF SIGNATORY PRINT TITLE OF SIGNATORY
2 Second Party Also referred to as you or your
PARTY DETAILS
Fill in this party’s details. If the
party is a company or has a
business or registration number
then insert it to property identify
the party.
The Second Party is also
referred to in this document as
you or your.
NAME AND BUSINESS NUMBER OF SECOND PARTY
STREET ADDRESS OF RECIPIENT SECOND PARTY
EMAIL ADDRESS OF RECIPIENT SECOND PARTY
Signed for or by the Second Party SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS
The Second Party or a person
authorised to sign for it (such as
a company director) should sign
here and print the date of signing
as well as their name and (if they
are signing for a company or as
an authorised person) their title.
$ $
SECOND PARTY SIGNS HERE PRINT DATE OF SIGNING
$ $
PRINT NAME OF SIGNATORY PRINT TITLE OF SIGNATORY

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Agreement Details
1 Our Specified Information OUR INFORMATION
Describe the specific information
that the First Party wants to keep
confidential. For example, this
might be a customer list,
business plan, financial
information, recipe, drawing, etc.
This section is optional.
However, by describing the
information, rather than relying
on the general requirement to
keep information confidential, the
party can clearly state the nature
of the information that it is
seeking to protect.
DETAILS OF OUR SPECIFIC CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
2 Your Specified Information YOUR INFORMATION
Describe the specific information
that the Second Party wants to
keep confidential. For example,
this might be a customer list,
business plan, financial
information, recipe, drawing, etc.
This section is optional.
However, by describing the
information, rather than relying
on the general requirement to
keep information confidential,
the party can clearly state the
nature of the information that it is
seeking to protect.
DETAILS OF YOUR SPECIFIC CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
3 Additional Terms ADDITIONAL TERMS
This section can be used to add
to or vary the Agreement Terms.
For example, you could state that
a particular clause of the
Agreement Terms will not apply
or add in an extra clause.
ADDITIONAL TERMS OR VARIATIONS TO THE AGREEMENT TERMS

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11. Invalid provisions
If any provision of this document is held to be
invalid or unenforceable by a court for any
reason, the parties will treat it as removed and
it will not affect the rest of this document.
12. Jurisdiction
This document is governed by the laws of the
state or territory in which we are based and
you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of that place (and its appellate courts).
13. Successors in title
This document continues for the benefit of,
and binds, a successor in title of a party,
including a person to whom a party’s rights
and obligations are assigned in accordance
with this document.
14. Signing of separate copies
This document will be treated as properly
signed if each party signs it or if the parties
sign separate but identical documents in which
case this document will take effect when the
separately signed documents are exchanged
between the parties.
15. Contact details for notices
The parties official contact details for notices
under this document are set out in the Parties
& Signatures section of this document but can
be changed at any time by a party giving
written notice of the change.
16. When notices take effect
If a notice is sent to a party’s official contact
details using any of the following mediums it
will be treated as validly served for legal
purposes at the following time:
• emailed – when the party confirms receipt
by email or otherwise.
• faxed – when the sender’s fax machine
reports it is sent correctly; or
• hand delivered – when it is left at the
address;
• posted by mail – 3 business days later or 5
if sent by international post (from outside
the recipient’s country).
Dictionary
(b) Excluded Information means information that:
• is public knowledge or becomes generally
available to the public (other than due to
your breach of this Agreement);
• you developed independently of us;
• you received before we disclosed it to you
(unless you obtained it under an existing
obligation of confidence between the
parties); or
• you received from a third party (and we
were not the direct or indirect source).
(a) Our Confidential Information means:
• Our Specified Information;
• any information that we specifically
designate as confidential when we give it to
you; and
• any other information about our business,
operations or strategies, intellectual or other
property and actual or prospective
customers, suppliers or competitors and any
transactions in which we are involved,
except for the Excluded Information.
(b) Our Specified Information is identified in the
Agreement Details section of this document.
(c) Your Specified Information is identified in the
Agreement Details section of this document.
(d) Your Confidential Information means:
• Your Specified Information;
• any information that we specifically
designate as confidential when we give it to
you; and
• any other information about our business,
operations or strategies, intellectual or other
property and actual or prospective
customers, suppliers or competitors and any
transactions in which we are involved,
except for the Excluded Information.
END OF AGREEMENT TERMS