confidentiality agreement
noun
: nondisclosure agreement
The company required that candidates for high-level positions agree to sign a confidentiality agreement before being hired.
In Houston this month, Gibson screened the unfinished film for a group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders—all of whom signed a confidentiality agreement.—
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The agreement also mandates a legally enforceable whistleblower protection policy, a comprehensive Survivor Bill of Rights, anonymous online reporting, and a prohibition on confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The archdiocese must also release all survivors from existing mandatory confidentiality agreements and ensure no future settlements can include mandatory NDAs.
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Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The archdiocese will also be banned from imposing confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
Neither Stanford nor Mevion Medical Systems, a Massachusetts medical technology company that developed the new device, would disclose its cost, citing confidentiality agreements.
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Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The archdiocese must also release all survivors from existing mandatory confidentiality agreements and ensure no future settlements can include mandatory NDAs.
—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The archdiocese will also be banned from imposing confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.
—
ABC News,
29 June 2026
Neither Stanford nor Mevion Medical Systems, a Massachusetts medical technology company that developed the new device, would disclose its cost, citing confidentiality agreements.
—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for confidentiality agreement
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“Confidentiality agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidentiality%20agreement. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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