confidentiality agreement

noun

: nondisclosure agreement
The company required that candidates for high-level positions agree to sign a confidentiality agreement before being hired.
In Houston this month, Gibson screened the unfinished film for a group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders—all of whom signed a confidentiality agreement.Richard Corliss

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These companies must ensure that fractional hires follow confidentiality agreements and security protocols—but this can be harder to monitor than with full-time staff. Andres Zunino, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 For example, employees undergo background checks and sign a confidentiality agreement. PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024 As such steps that matter are ones like letting the public take rides, not requiring the riders to sign confidentiality agreements, and most of all, taking out the safety driver. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Ensure both parties sign it, and date it along with any necessary confidentiality agreements. Allbusiness, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for confidentiality agreement 

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of confidentiality agreement was in 1969

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“Confidentiality agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidentiality%20agreement. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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