Can I eSign West Virginia Employee confidentiality agreement

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a nondisclosure agreement NDA also known as a confidentiality agreement California confidential disclosure agreement de proprietary information agreement P ia or secrecy agreement sa is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material knowledge or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes but wish to restrict access to or by third parties it is a contract through which the parties agree not to disclose information covered by the agreement an NDA creates a confidential relationship between the parties to protect any type of confidential and proprietary information or trade secrets as such an NDA protects non-public business information these are commonly signed when two companies individuals or other entities such as partnerships societies etc are considering doing business and need to understand the processes used in each other's business for the purpose of evaluating the potential business relationship and as can be mutual meaning both parties are restricted in their use of the materials provided or they can restrict the use of material by a single party it is also possible for an employee to sign an NDA or NDA like agreement with an employer in fact some employment agreements will include the clause restricting employees use and dissemination of company owned confidential information a nondisclosure agreement NDA may be classified as unilateral bilateral or multilateral a unilateral NDA sometimes referred to as a one-way NDA involves two parties where only one party that is the disclosing party anticipates disclosing certain information to the other party is the receiving party and requires that the information be protected from further disclosure for some reason for example maintaining the secrecy necessary to satisfy patent laws or legal protection for trade secrets limiting disclosure of information prior to issuing a press release for a major announcement or simply ensuring that a receiving party does not use or disclose information without compensating the disclosing party a bilateral NDA sometimes referred to as a mutual NTA or a two-way NDA involves two parties where both parties anticipate disclosing information to one another that each intends to protect from further disclosure this type of NDA is common when businesses are considering some kind of joint venture or merger when presented with a unilateral NDA some parties may insist upon a bilateral and DEA even though they anticipate that only one of the parties will disclose information under the NDA this approach is intended to incentivize the drafter to make the provisions in the NDA more fair and balanced by introducing the possibilities that a receiving party could later become a disclosing party or vice-versa which is not an entirely uncommon occurrence a multilateral NDA involves three or more parties where at least one of the parties anticipates disclosing information to the other parties and requires that the information be protected from further disclosure this type of NDA eliminates the need for separate unilateral or bilateral does between only two parties for example a single multi-part the NDA entered into by three parties who reach intend to disclose information to the other two parties could be used in place of three separate bilateral dispersed and second parties second and third parties and third in first parties a multilateral NDA can be advantageous because the parties involved review execute and implement just one agreement however this advantage can be offset by more complex negotiations that may be required for the parties involved to unanimous consensus on the multilateral agreement a nondisclosure agreement