Everything we do is in strict confidence (see below)
and we use what we think is a simple and strong form of protection
for inventors.
You don’t have to ask us to observe confidence. You don’t
have to draft your own non-disclosure agreement (NDA)*. Instead,
we promise confidentiality automatically to every inventor who uses
our services. This is built into our Terms and Conditions (preview
them here), which you must accept before
we can do any work for you. Thus, you get five years of
confidentiality with a single mouse click. (Or a single
signature if you opt for a Standard Assessment by mail.)
* We’ll additionally sign your own NDA if we find its terms
acceptable, but we honestly don’t think this would give
you any stronger protection.
Our five-year confidentiality and security promise:
- All information you send us about your invention - other than
anything already in the public domain, such as published patents
- is treated as strictly confidential. It’s seen by very
few people – typically no more than two or three - and is
inaccessible to anyone else.
- Payment and personal details are also treated as confidential
- abettermousetrap.co.uk is registered with the Data Protection
Agency.
- All information is stored securely. Digital information is
password and firewall protected and as appropriate transferred
to off-site storage.
- All abettermousetrap.co.uk personnel are bound by non-disclosure
agreements (NDAs) covering all their casework.
- For security reasons we don’t accept requests by phone
to discuss any of our casework. In the case of requests by email
or mail, exceptions may be made at our discretion but only if
we can first establish by appropriate security checks that the
person making the request is entitled to information.
- No information about you or your invention will be included
in any work done for anyone else, or in any abettermousetrap.co.uk
marketing material, or used for any other commercial or transactional
purpose.
- Confidentiality will last for five years. In practice it’s
likely to last much longer, but formal confidentiality can be
renewed on request near to the time of expiry.
Finally, please also consider these points about confidentiality
and the way we work:
- The purpose of formal confidentiality is to reduce the need
for secrecy. It’s your decision how much to tell us about
your idea, but the more we know, the better we can help or advise
you.
- Confidentiality means that we have to accept at face value
all information that can’t be checked without risking disclosure,
so it’s important that any such information you send us
is accurate.
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