Privacy Policy / Nondisclosure Agreement
All people who see see private project submissions originally submitted to builtonideas.com are have signed this agreement.
This Nondisclosure Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between users who submits “Confidential Information” at builtonideas.com (“Disclosing Party”) and _______________, located at _______________ (“Receiving Party”) for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information as defined below. The parties agree to enter into a confidential relationship with respect to the disclosure of certain proprietary and confidential information (“Confidential Information”).
1. Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall include all information or material that has or could have commercial value or other utility in the business in which Disclosing Party is engaged. If Confidential Information is in written form, the Disclosing Party shall label or stamp the materials with the word “Confidential” or some similar warning. If Confidential Information is transmitted orally, the Disclosing Party shall promptly provide a writing indicating that such oral communication constituted Confidential Information.
2. Exclusions from Confidential Information. Receiving Party’s obligations under this Agreement do not extend to information that is: (a) publicly known at the time of disclosure or subsequently becomes publicly known through no fault of the Receiving Party; (b) discovered or created by the Receiving Party before disclosure by Disclosing Party; (c) learned by the Receiving Party through legitimate means other than from the Disclosing Party or Disclosing Party’s representatives; or (d) is disclosed by Receiving Party with Disclosing Party’s prior written approval.
3. Obligations of Receiving Party. Receiving Party shall hold and maintain the Confidential Information in strictest confidence for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Disclosing Party. Receiving Party shall carefully restrict access to Confidential Information to employees, contractors, and third parties as is reasonably required and shall require those persons to sign nondisclosure restrictions at least as protective as those in this Agreement. Receiving Party shall not, without prior written approval of Disclosing Party, use for Receiving Party’s own benefit, publish, copy, or otherwise disclose to others, or permit the use by others for their benefit or to the detriment of Disclosing Party, any Confidential Information. Receiving Party shall return to Disclosing Party any and all records, notes, and other written, printed, or tangible materials in its possession pertaining to Confidential Information immediately if Disclosing Party requests it in writing.
4. Liability. Receiving Party will not be held liable for inadvertent or accidental disclosure provided that they: (a) takes proper, and uses all reasonable, measures to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information and not disclose such Confidential Information to any other Party; (b) applies the same standard of care to the protection of the Confidential Information received as they use in the protection of their own Confidential Information, which shall be at least a reasonable standard of care; (c) uses such Confidential Information only for the Purpose; (d) permits access to such Confidential Information on a need to know basis only to such of its directors, employees, consultants and agents (or in the case of an unincorporated entity, its principals) as is necessary for the Purpose provided that such individuals are bound by an existing obligation of confidentiality in terms no less onerous than these and are informed of the need to protect against disclosure of Confidential Information; (e) refrains from making copies of Confidential Information unless necessary for the Purpose or with the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, in either case limiting the number of copies to the absolute minimum; (f) upon discovering the loss or unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information received under this AGREEMENT, they notifies Disclosing Party and Built on Ideas thereof (by email with receipt/confirmation, registered post, or by phone conversation) and takes all reasonable steps to retrieve, and prevent further unauthorized disclosure of, such Confidential Information.
5. Time Periods. The nondisclosure provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Receiving Party’s duty to hold Confidential Information in confidence shall remain in effect until the Confidential Information no longer qualifies as a trade secret or until Disclosing Party sends Receiving Party written notice releasing Receiving Party from this Agreement, whichever occurs first.
6. Relationships. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute either party a partner, joint venturer or employee of the other party for any purpose.
7. Severability. If a court finds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall be interpreted so as best to effect the intent of the parties.
8. Integration. This Agreement expresses the complete understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter and supersedes all prior proposals, agreements, representations, and understandings. This Agreement may not be amended except in a writing signed by both parties.
9. Waiver. The failure to exercise any right provided in this Agreement shall not be a waiver of prior or subsequent rights.
This Agreement and each party’s obligations shall be binding on the representatives, assigns, and successors of such party. Each party has signed this Agreement through its authorized representative.
Receiving Party
Printed Name: __________
Title: __________________
Dated: _________________