Loose Lips Sink Ships
At the outset of most employment relationships, the employer will have an employee sign a litany of documents ranging from a IRS form W4 to a non-compete agreement. Buried within those documents is usually some form of a confidentiality agreement. Within the agreement the employee agrees not to share any of the employer’s confidential information while an employee and after they depart. Sometimes the agreement is referred to as a non-disclosure agreement or NDA. Here is an example of a clause from such an agreement:
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