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====What we ''can'' change====
====What we ''can'' change====
We accept it as is, only with a “[[but]]”. This [[but]] is the following:  
We accept it as is, only with a “[[but]]”. This [[but]] is the following:  
{{quote|As you can imagine, we review a lot of forms of [[confidentiality agreement]]s. To progress with business opportunities as efficiently as possible, we have taken a commercial decision to accept client forms without review, as long as our clients agree to the following overriding principles, which will prevail where they don’t match what is set out in the form of agreement:
{{quote|As you can imagine, we review a lot of forms of [[confidentiality agreement]]s. To progress with this business opportunities as quickly as possible, we have taken a commercial decision to accept your form as you have submitted it, as long as you agree to the following overriding principles, which will prevail where they don’t match what is set out in the form of agreement:
*We agree to keep confidential the non-public information you give us relating to the project. That is the scope of this agreement. It does not create any other legal obligations between us and it does not apply to any other information.
*We agree to keep [[confidential]] the non-public information you give us relating to the project. That is the scope of this agreement. It does not apply to any other information.
*We accept [[Contractual damages|legal]] and [[equitable remedies]] for ordinary [[breach of contract]]. We will not be otherwise liable to you: no indemnities, no guarantees.
*We are not seeking any exclusivity, asking you to restrict your activities with any other party, or asking you to assume any other legal obligations, and nor are we assuming any obligations to you other than those directly connected with the care of your confidential information.
*We accept [[Contractual damages|legal]] and [[equitable remedies]] for ordinary [[breach of contract]]. We will not be otherwise liable to you: no [[indemnities]], no [[guarantee]]s.
*At your request, we will (at our option) return, destroy or put beyond practicable use your confidential information.
*At your request, we will (at our option) return, destroy or put beyond practicable use your confidential information.
*We may only share [[confidential information]] you give us within our organisation on a need-to-know basis, but may share it with our professional advisers, on whom we will impose an equivalent duty of confidentiality.
*We may only share [[confidential information]] you give us within our organisation on a need-to-know basis, but may share it with our professional advisers, on whom we will impose an equivalent duty of confidentiality.
*We may disclose information to regulators where it is reasonable to do so, but we will disclose no more than that. We do not have to tell you where we make such a regulatory disclosure.}}
*We may disclose information to regulators where it is reasonable to do so, but we will disclose no more than that. We do not have to tell you where we make such a regulatory disclosure.
*[The agreement will [[Term - Confi Provision|term]]inate two years from the day we sign it, being today.<ref>Some people insist on a [[Term - Confi Provision|term]] for a confidentiality arrangement. I have never understood why.</ref>]}}


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