Have you ever signed a Confidentiality Agreement?

Bretrick

Bretrick

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Most work places have them now. My previous place of employment had one that stated the usual, plus this clause, “Anything the employee invents while employed by us, becomes our property”
Meaning, if I was to come up with a marketable product, outside of work hours, they would claim the rights.
People wonder why big business are looked down on.
Also, many businesses have gag orders placed on employees once they leave their employ.
Louis Armstrong sang the tune, “What a Wonderful World”
 

Bretrick said:
Most work places have them now. My previous place of employment had one that stated the usual, plus this clause, “Anything the employee invents while employed by us, becomes our property”
Meaning, if I was to come up with a marketable product, outside of work hours, they would claim the rights.
People wonder why big business are looked down on.
Also, many businesses have gag orders placed on employees once they leave their employ.
Louis Armstrong sang the tune, “What a Wonderful World”
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Yes. Many times.

Some of them were in negotiating large technology purchases though. "Next model year products" or "Internal structure details" or "software source code" reveals.
 
Bretrick said:
Most work places have them now. My previous place of employment had one that stated the usual, plus this clause, “Anything the employee invents while employed by us, becomes our property”
Meaning, if I was to come up with a marketable product, outside of work hours, they would claim the rights.
People wonder why big business are looked down on.
Also, many businesses have gag orders placed on employees once they leave their employ.
Louis Armstrong sang the tune, “What a Wonderful World”
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Well, when I had my own web design/development business, we had a potential client who wanted me to sign something that would give them the rights to anything I had ever or would ever develop. When I pointed that out, he said that wasn't what they intended and that I should just ignore it and sign anyway. Needless to say, we passed on him.
 

Devi said:
Well, when I had my own web design/development business, we had a potential client who wanted me to sign something that would give them the rights to anything I had ever or would ever develop. When I pointed that out, he said that wasn't what they intended and that I should just ignore it and sign anyway. Needless to say, we passed on him.
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He thought he could get away with that? Taking the public as fools.
 
I'll own up ... no one has ever tried to filch anything I might invent or devise. Just aswell as they'd die of old age waiting.

When I first left school and applied for a job at a small munitions factory it was pointed out that you were not supposed to disclose to anyone where you worked or what they did there ... strange, considering it was common knowledge in the locality and had been a small arms factory since WW2.
 
In my work I dealt with HIPAA a lot..pretty much the same thing
The HIPAA Privacy RuleThe Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without an individual's authorization

I guess most workplaces have something similar in place
 
Devi said:
Well, when I had my own web design/development business, we had a potential client who wanted me to sign something that would give them the rights to anything I had ever or would ever develop. When I pointed that out, he said that wasn't what they intended and that I should just ignore it and sign anyway. Needless to say, we passed on him.
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What nerve.
 
I should add that, when we had our own company, part of what I offered (and still stand by, years after I retired) is client confidentiality.
 
I signed a non disclosure/non compete agreement but it wasn't as broadly restrictive as "any and all" designs or products, my restrictions had to be related to our field of business.

Turned out OK since I eventually became part owner of the business and got to reap some reward for my input.
 
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