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<h1>The Guestbook NDA</h1>
<p class="edition">Version 1.0.0</p>
<h2 id="one-way-nondisclosure">One-Way Nondisclosure</h2>
<p><dfn>Disclosing Party</dfn> may disclose <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> to <dfn>Receiving Party</dfn>. This agreement does not cover information disclosed by <span class="term">Receiving Party</span>.</p>
<h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2>
<p>The parties anticipate that <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> will disclose <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> to <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> for the stated purpose (the <dfn>Purpose</dfn>).</p>
<h2 id="confidential-information">Confidential Information</h2>
<h3 id="categories-of-confidential-information">Categories of Confidential Information</h3>
<p>Subject to <a href="#exclusions-from-confidential-information">Exclusions from Confidential Information</a>, <dfn>Confidential Information</dfn> means:</p><ol><li><p>information disclosed by <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> during the term of this agreement that is related to the business of <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span>;</p></li><li><p>the fact that the parties are pursuing the <span class="term">Purpose</span>;</p></li><li><p>the terms of this agreement;</p></li><li><p>the fact that the parties have entered into this agreement; and</p></li><li><p>other information derived from these kinds of information.</p></li></ol>
<h3 id="exclusions-from-confidential-information">Exclusions from Confidential Information</h3>
<h4 id="public-information">Public Information</h4>
<p>Information that is now public is not <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>. <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> that becomes public, other than as a result of breach of this agreement, ceases to be <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>.</p>
<h4 id="otherwise-acquired-information">Otherwise Acquired Information</h4>
<p>Information that <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> receives other than from <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> is not <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>, unless the disclosure breached a confidentiality obligation to <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> that <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> made known to <span class="term">Receiving Party</span>.</p>
<h4 id="independently-developed-information">Independently Developed Information</h4>
<p>Information <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> develops independently is not, or ceases to be, <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> of <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span>. <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall bear the burden of proving independent development using contemporaneous documentary evidence.</p>
<h2 id="confidentiality-obligations">Confidentiality Obligations</h2>
<h3 id="nondisclosure">Nondisclosure</h3>
<p>Except as described in <a href="#permitted-disclosure">Permitted Disclosure</a> or as required by law, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall not disclose <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> to anyone.</p>
<h3 id="permitted-disclosure">Permitted Disclosure</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> may disclose <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> to the following personnel:</p><ol><li><p>if <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> is a legal entity, employees, independent contractors, officers, directors, and agents of <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> (<dfn>Personnel</dfn>) who:</p><ol><li><p>have a need to know the <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> to advance the <span class="term">Purpose</span>; and</p></li><li><p>have entered written confidentiality agreements with <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> that impose confidentiality obligations affording as much or more protection as those of this agreement that apply to the <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>; and</p></li></ol></li><li><p>legal and financial advisers providing services to <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> under confidentiality obligations imposed by law or professional rules (<dfn>Advisers</dfn>).</p></li></ol>
<h3 id="limited-use">Limited Use</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall use <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> only to advance the <span class="term">Purpose</span>.</p>
<h3 id="security-measures">Security Measures</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall take measures to secure materials embodying <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> at least as protective as those <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> employs to secure its own <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>, but in any event no less than reasonable measures.</p>
<h3 id="preserve-proprietary-notices">Preserve Proprietary Notices</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall not remove any proprietary notices attached to materials embodying <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>.</p>
<h3 id="no-illegal-dealing-in-securities">No Illegal Dealing in Securities</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall not break securities laws by purchasing, selling, or otherwise dealing in securities of <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> on the basis of <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> that is material, nonpublic information. <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall instruct anyone to whom it discloses <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> that may be material, nonpublic information not to break securities laws by dealing in securities of <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span>.</p>
<h3 id="no-reverse-engineering">No Reverse Engineering</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall not reverse engineer any material embodying <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>.</p>
<h3 id="mitigate-legally-required-disclosure">Mitigate Legally Required Disclosure</h3>
<p>The following obligations apply when the law requires disclosure of <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> and when <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> reasonably expects that the law may require disclosure of <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>:</p>
<h4 id="give-notice-of-required-disclosure">Give Notice of Required Disclosure</h4>
<p>If legally permitted, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall promptly notify <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> of the nature of the requirement and the <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> affected. If practical, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall give notice quickly enough to afford <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> a practical chance to start a proceeding to protect the confidentiality of the <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>. On <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> request, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall cooperate with <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> in any such proceeding by providing reasonable assistance.</p>
<h4 id="reimburse-expenses-of-cooperation">Reimburse Expenses of Cooperation</h4>
<p><span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> shall reimburse <span class="term">Receiving Party</span>’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of cooperating in any proceeding described in <a href="#give-notice-of-required-disclosure">Give Notice of Required Disclosure</a>.</p>
<h3 id="give-notice-of-leaks">Give Notice of Leaks</h3>
<p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall give <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> notice when <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> becomes aware, suspects, or anticipates that <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> has been or will be disclosed or used in breach of this agreement.</p>
<h3 id="return-and-destruction">Return and Destruction</h3>
<p>Subject to <a href="#records-policy">Records Policy</a>, when this agreement terminates, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall promptly:</p><ol><li><p>return all materials embodying <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> that <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> provided with request to return; and</p></li><li><p>destroy all parts of other materials that embody <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>.</p></li></ol>
<h3 id="records-policy">Records Policy</h3>
<p>When this agreement terminates, if <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> has a written records retention policy for the creation and scheduled destruction of archival or backup records, and only specialized personnel can routinely access those records, then <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> may retain materials embodying <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> until destroyed under that policy.</p>
<h3 id="comply-with-export-controls">Comply with Export Controls</h3>
<p>Both parties shall comply with export and reexport laws with respect to <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>.</p>
<h3 id="compliance-and-oversight">Compliance and Oversight</h3>
<ol><li><p><span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall ensure that its <span class="term">Advisers</span> abide by the confidentiality obligations of <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> under this agreement.</p></li><li><p>If <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> is a legal entity, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall also ensure that its <span class="term">Personnel</span> abide by the confidentiality obligations of <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> under this agreement.</p></li><li><p>If <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> is a legal entity, <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> shall provide <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> copies of confidentiality agreements with <span class="term">Personnel</span> who receive <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> on <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> request.</p></li><li><p>Breach of <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> obligations by <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> <span class="term">Personnel</span> or <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> <span class="term">Advisers</span> will be deemed breach of this agreement by <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> itself.</p></li></ol>
<h2 id="clarifications">Clarifications</h2>
<h3 id="no-obligation-to-disclose">No Obligation to Disclose</h3>
<p>No terms of this agreement obligate <span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> to disclose any <span class="term">Confidential Information</span>.</p>
<h3 id="no-obligation-to-do-business">No Obligation to Do Business</h3>
<p>No terms of this agreement obligate either party to enter any business relationship or agreement, related to the <span class="term">Purpose</span> or otherwise.</p>
<h3 id="no-license">No License</h3>
<p>No terms of this agreement grant any license for any patent, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property.</p>
<h3 id="no-warranty">No Warranty</h3>
<p><span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> makes no warranty that <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> will be complete or accurate.</p>
<h2 id="defend-trade-secrets-act-notice">Defend Trade Secrets Act Notice</h2>
<p>If this agreement is governed by United States law:</p><ol><li><p>An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that:</p><ol><li><p>is made:</p><ol><li><p>in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and</p></li><li><p>solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or</p></li></ol></li><li><p>is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.</p></li></ol></li><li><p>An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual:</p><ol><li><p>files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and</p></li><li><p>does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.</p></li></ol></li></ol>
<h2 id="term">Term</h2>
<h3 id="expiration">Expiration</h3>
<p>This agreement will terminate automatically after the stated term, or if none is stated, after one year.</p>
<h3 id="termination-by-notice">Termination by Notice</h3>
<p>Either party may terminate this agreement early by thirty calendar days’ prior written notice to the other party.</p>
<h3 id="survival">Survival</h3>
<p>Obligations under <a href="#confidentiality-obligations">Confidentiality Obligations</a> for <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> disclosed during the term survive the term of this agreement as follows:</p><ol><li><p>Obligations for <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> that <span class="term">Receiving Party</span> knew or reasonably should have known constituted a trade secret survive as long as the <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> remains a trade secret.</p></li><li><p>Obligations for other <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> survive for five calendar years from the date of termination.</p></li></ol>
<h2 id="general-contract-terms">General Contract Terms</h2>
<h3 id="assignment-and-delegation">Assignment and Delegation</h3>
<p><span class="term">Disclosing Party</span> may assign this agreement in connection with a corporate reorganization, merger, acquisition of its capital stock, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Otherwise, neither party may assign any right or delegate any obligation under this agreement, voluntarily or by operation of law, without the prior, signed, written consent of the other party. Any attempt to assign or delegate against the terms of this agreement will have no legal effect.</p>
<h3 id="dispute-resolution">Dispute Resolution</h3>
<p>The stated governing law will govern all aspects of this agreement. The parties shall bring legal proceedings related to this agreement only in the national and any national-subdivision courts located in the stated forum for disputes, or if none is stated, within the jurisdiction whose law governs this agreement. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection that legal proceedings brought there are brought in an inconvenient forum. The parties may enforce judgments of those courts in any appropriate forum.</p>
<h3 id="legal-relationship">Legal Relationship</h3>
<p>The parties to this agreement remain independent contractors. This agreement does not create any partnership, joint venture, agency, or similar relationship between the parties.</p>
<h3 id="written-amendments-and-waivers">Written Amendments and Waivers</h3>
<p>The parties will amend this agreement only by cosigned, written agreement. The parties will waive parts of this agreement, if at all, only by written waiver describing the specific terms waived and in what particular instance, signed by the party waiving.</p>
<h3 id="notices">Notices</h3>
<p>The parties shall send every notice, demand, consent, request, or other communication required or allowed by this agreement:</p><ol><li><p>by e-mail to the address the other party provided with their signature; or</p></li><li><p>by overnight courier, with signature required for delivery, to the address the other party provided with their signature.</p></li></ol>
<h3 id="change-of-address">Change of Address</h3>
<p>Either party may change its e-mail or postal address for later communications by giving notice of a new address.</p>
<h3 id="severability">Severability</h3>
<p>If a court decides that any part of this agreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason but enforcing the rest of the agreement would serve the purpose of protecting <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> to advance the <span class="term">Purpose</span>, then the rest of this agreement will remain in force.</p>
<h3 id="no-third-party-enforcement">No Third-Party Enforcement</h3>
<p>Only the parties may enforce rights under this agreement.</p>
<h3 id="entire-agreement">Entire Agreement</h3>
<p>The parties intend the terms of this agreement as the final, complete, and only expression of their agreement about protection of <span class="term">Confidential Information</span> exchanged to advance the <span class="term">Purpose</span>.</p>
<h3 id="signature">Signature</h3>
<p>A written or electronically signed copy of this agreement delivered by e-mail or other electronic means has the same legal effect as delivering a printed and signed original.</p>
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