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A confidentiality agreement is a legally binding contract that states two parties will not share or profit from confidential information. A business usually gives a confidentiality agreement to an employee or contractor to make sure its trade secrets or proprietary information remains private.

Employers must be prepared to terminate any employee who refuses to sign the agreement. If an employer allows even one employee to refuse and remain employed, the agreements signed by the other employees will not be legally binding.

In every contract type, the consequences of a breach of contract should be reasonable. If an NDA lists extreme punishments for breaking the confidentiality agreement, you shouldn't sign it. A common consequence for breach of contract under an NDA is termination of employment.

There are two types of NDAs: a mutual NDA, used when both parties are sharing confidential information, and a unilateral NDA, used when only one party is doing the sharing.

For an electronic signature to be legally binding, it must meet the following requirements:(i) Intent to sign & opt-out clause.(ii) Consent to do business electronically.(iii) Clear signature attribution.(iv) Association of signature with the record.(v) Record retention.

Confidentiality agreements and NDAs offer the most surefire ways to protect trade secrets and other confidential information meant to be kept under wraps.In most cases, there's nothing wrong with signing an NDA, as long as you understand the terms and rules.

Attorneys may use an electronic signature in place of a scanned document with their written signature on it. Signing documents in this manner helps save time as it avoids the need to print out a document, sign it, and then scan it again to e-File.