Confidentiality Policy
A Confidentiality Policy is an important HR document used to outline the procedures an employee needs to follow when dealing with confidential information.
4.6 (12 reviews)
Last updated October 16, 2024
under 3 minutes
Suitable for Australia
Written by
Edwin Montoya Zorrilla
Reviewed by
Damin Murdock
Document Overview
This Confidentiality Policy is a document that forms part of a business’s HR and employment policies. It sets out the responsibilities and obligations that an employee must follow when dealing with a business's confidential information.
The Legal Risk Score of a Confidentiality Policy Template
Our legal team have marked this document as low risk considering:
- The policy has some specific and some general requirements.
- Although there may be some important compliance requirements in regards to confidentiality and privacy, this template is inflexible in that regard.
- The policy can be modified at any time.
Confidentiality Policy Checklist
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Keep the document readily available and accessible
The organisation should ensure that this policy is available and accessible to its employees at any time.
Use this Confidentiality Policy if:
- employees have access to sensitive business information that you need to protect
- your business would like to clearly inform employees about their responsibilities and duties when dealing with confidential information
Why do I need a Confidentiality Policy?
An employee will have access to much of your business’s confidential information, to stop your employee abusing this privilege you need to clearly set out the employee's responsibility when dealing with confidential information and intellectual property.
What does this Confidentiality Policy cover?
- confidential information
- intellectual property
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