What’s inside the One-way NDA.
4 pages with real content in place. Rewrite them, reorder them, or add your own.
- 1Page 1Who discloses to whom (a Discloser card, an arrow and a Recipient card), the effective date, disclosure period, duty period and governing law, a six-point plain summary, and clauses 1–3: the Purpose, what counts as Confidential Information and the five exclusions, with the first two of the Recipient’s duties in clause 4.
- 2Page 2Clauses 4 (continued) to 11: the rest of the Recipient's duties ( no reverse engineering, encrypted storage, no uploads to public AI tools, 48-hour breach notice), who else may see it and compelled disclosure, a 2-year Disclosure Period with 3-year duties and trade secrets kept while secret, return or deletion within 10 days, no licence or warranty, remedies, protected rights with the Defend Trade Secrets Act notice, and general terms (free to work for others, California law, Alameda County courts).
- 3Page 3Schedule A: six categories of information with how each is shared and its handling rule, the key dates drawn to scale, contacts, approved recipients and how documents are marked.
- 4Page 4Signature blocks for the company Discloser and the individual Recipient with name, title or capacity and date, a receipt for the two hardware samples, and Annex 1, the certificate of return and deletion the Recipient signs at the end.
When to use it.
One-way NDA is a 4-page non-disclosure agreement for when only your side shares confidential information, such as a start-up showing a contractor its code, designs or test data before an engagement. Page 1 shows who discloses to whom, the key terms and a six-point plain summary. Eleven numbered clauses cover the Purpose, the five standard exclusions, the Recipient's duties, how long they last, return or deletion, remedies and protected rights with the Defend Trade Secrets Act notice. Schedule A lists what will be shared and how, and the last page has signatures, a hardware receipt and a certificate of return.
Made for
- Agencies signing new clients
- Freelancers and contractors
- Consultants and advisers
- Founders and small businesses
Make it yours in four steps.
Open it in Proposals and work through it, or let Docsiv AI do the first pass with your details.
- Step 1
Replace both parties, the effective date and the Purpose in clause 1.1 with your own.
- Step 2
List what you will really share in Schedule A, with how it is shared and its handling rule.
- Step 3
Set the Disclosure Period, the duty period and the governing law, and keep the key dates chart in step.
- Step 4
Have a lawyer review it, then send it for e-signature so both parties sign on page 4.
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What can I export it as?
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Can my client sign it?
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