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The penalty for violating a confidentiality agreement varies depending upon the terms of the agreement. The violating party may be required to pay a fixed amount of money (as stated in the agreement); or the agreement may require the violating party to forfeit any funds received in a lawsuit settlement.

Confidentiality clauses are not legally binding if they try to stop you talking to the police or a regulator about issues between you and your employer or someone at work. An agreement may not be legally binding if you're not given reasonable time to think about it and/or get independent legal advice before signing it.

Most agreements that I see (if they have a term) have a time limit of two to five years. But your NDA also needs to say that, even if the term is ended, the disclosing party isn't giving up any other rights that it may have under copyright, patent, or other intellectual property laws.

A non-disclosure agreement is a legally binding contract that establishes a confidential relationship. The party or parties signing the agreement agree that sensitive information they may obtain will not be made available to any others. An NDA may also be referred to as a confidentiality agreement.

Some confidential information may not need secrecy to extend beyond the end of the business relationship but others will require secrecy to continue to apply even after the termination of the business relationship. There's no one standard term but common confidentiality terms can range between 2, 3 and 5 years.

Since NDAs are civil contracts, breaking one isn't technically a crime.Violating an NDA leaves you open to lawsuits from your employer, and you could be required to pay financial damages and possibly associated legal costs. It's illegal to reveal trade secrets or sensitive company information to a competitor.

As with any contract, a nondisclosure agreement can be legally broken or ended. For example, the agreement might not be legally enforceable, in which case you can break it because you'll win a lawsuit. Alternately, you might negotiate with the other party to end the agreement early.