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NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)

A contract that legally requires you to keep certain information confidential.

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is a promise, backed by law, not to share specified confidential information — product plans, code, customer data — with anyone outside the agreement. Candidates are often asked to sign one before seeing sensitive details, and employees before starting.

NDAs are routine and usually reasonable, but read them: note how long they last and how broadly "confidential" is defined. They frequently appear alongside a non-compete and IP-assignment terms in an employment contract.