Non-disclosure agreement (NDA)

Last updated: April 20, 2023

By doing business with Metal Potato, you agree to the following:

In short; neither of us will share any confidential information about each-other, by any means, with anyone else.

What’s confidential information?

It’s anything we write or say to each-other in a phone call, chat window, email or by any other method including smoke signals and telepathy. It might relate to a project, be about our businesses or something technical like a password. Nothing’s excluded. If we share it, it’s covered.

We’ll both keep shared information to ourselves and we won’t use it except for the reason it was shared. We’ll take every step possible to ensure that your confidential information remains safe. This includes keeping files, access to online systems and any user names and passwords in such a way that they can’t fall into the wrong hands.

If we think that there’s even a possibility that any confidential information might have been compromised, we agree to tell each-other right away so we can take all necessary steps to protect ourselves. We also agree to help each-other to resolve any problems that might arise if confidential information is compromised.

When this agreement ends, we’ll return any materials, physical or digital and delete any copies that we may have.

We won’t forget to empty the trash can too.

So what can we say?

This agreement doesn’t apply to any information that’s already in the public domain or might become public by any other means. Although we hope that it will never happen, it also does not cover a situation where the police come knocking at Potato HQ and we’re required by law to disclose it.

How long does this agreement last?

Unless we’ve agreed otherwise — for example within a separate contract — this agreement lasts for one year from the date of your last payment to Metal Potato. On or before termination, either of us can specify items of confidential information that must never be disclosed. These might include a password or information about a project or our business.

But, where’s all the small print?

Just like a parking ticket, neither of us can transfer this contract to anyone else without the other’s permission.

If, for some reason, one part of this contract becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of it remain in place. Although the language is simple, the intentions are serious and this contract is a legal document under exclusive jurisdiction of English and Welsh courts.

Oh and don’t forget those men with big dogs.