The Not-So-Powerful Non-Disclosure Agreement
Although a signed non-disclosure agreement will certainly make someone think twice before disclosing private information, the limitations of the NDA have become far too apparent to be ignored, warns Marwa Elzankaly in a blog post for McManis Faulkner.
“[T]he NDA does not keep someone from disclosing private information. It simply creates consequences if a person does,” she explains. “Once confidential information is disclosed, it is hard to undo the damage that has been done. Oftentimes, no amount of monetary recovery can really compensate for having had private information spread to the public.”
In the article, she discusses some other methods of protecting one’s business or personal information.
