Comments on: Non-Disclosure Agreement – Ask Anne, The ProWriter

By: annew

annew — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:58:02 +0000

You’re welcome.

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:21:45 +0000

This was so helpful! Just today I had a client request such a thing and had no idea where to begin to draft one for him. Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Non-disclosure agreement (and no name dropping, either)

Non-disclosure agreement (and no name dropping, either) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:03:07 +0000

[...] a side note: Over at Anne Wayman’s AboutFreelanceWriting.com, she posted a sample non-disclosure agreement that she uses for her business. She suggests it’s a good way for a freelancer to [...]

By: annew

annew — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:36:24 +0000

I don’t generally require my copy editor to sign a non-disclosure agreement… I figure if I didn’t trust her I wouldn’t work with her. But it can’t hurt. If you’re paying I can run a job posting on this site… it’s free. Email me.

By: Don Hepler

Don Hepler — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:54:21 +0000

Can you direct me to a confident editor and proofreader. And shouldn’t they also have a non-discloser form that we both agree, and they work on my book?

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:37 +0000

Actually Hannah, corporations or people with products will often generate a more complicated nda – if I were hired to ghost a novel I’d use this… I send it to the person hiring me. What I’m trying to do is reassure them that their ideas are safe with me.

By: jorgekafkazar

jorgekafkazar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:13:59 +0000

As I said, Hannah, Anne's version will do for 95% of your assignments, except maybe as noted in (A) and (B), and including an expiration date. No, you would probably not use the longer form for a novel. Maybe for a biography, though, if the author had new material. .-= jorgekafkazar´s last blog ..Tenirax, Ch V =-.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:22:45 +0000

Would this be for something such as a technical manual or company policy manual? I can’t imagine needing it for a novel or something like that.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:57:53 +0000

Jorge, I’d love a full copy… email it to me or post here… but I’d probably like to post it as well as adopt it myself or parts of it… the one you see here was actually written by a client… but your point re clients with similar material is excellent. And of course, I’m not an attorney, nor do I want to be one, although years ago in high school one of the what-should-you-do-when-you-grow-up tests said I should either be an attorney or a salesperson… go figure

By: jorgekafkazar

jorgekafkazar — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:35:22 +0000

Nice, Anne. short and sweet, and probably adequate for 95% of what most hired pens do. I note two items: (A) Paragraph (ii) necessitates recording and retaining all the client-provided materials in your files, in bound form, for at least the length of the contract (which in this case is "perpetuity"), just in case you get sued. (B) Paragraphs (iii) thru (v) have a little hole in them. I like to limit that to just the documents, etc., worked on for the client during the course of the project. The problem is having multiple clients with similar subject matter. I'll share, for what it's worth, a portion of the agreement I use. (The whole thing is about 600 words, if you want a full copy.) "The secrecy and non-disclosure obligations of this Agreement do not apply to information that: a) at the time of the disclosure was generally available to the public or thereafter has become generally available to the public through no breach of the Agreement by the receiving Party. b) the receiving Party can show by written records was in its possession prior to the time of disclosure and had not been acquired, directly or indirectly, from the disclosing Party. c) [deleted] d) [deleted] e) is required to be disclosed by law, legal process, government agency, or court order. My agreement has an expiration date. (at which point, maybe you can also toss out all the compost-in-training the client has thrown at you during the project. Yee-hah!) I'm not an attorney. I don't represent these sections as being necessary or sufficient in themselves, nor am I advising anyone to use them without the advice of an attorney. . .-= jorgekafkazar´s last blog ..Tenirax, Ch V =-.