This template is a unilateral confidentiality agreement, in short form, for use in connection with a commercial transaction where only one of the parties will be disclosing confidential information. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. This one-way confidentiality agreement protects the information of the disclosing party. This template contains only basic provisions regarding the disclosure of confidential information and has been drafted with terms that favor the disclosing party. When it is anticipated that all or most of the confidential information will be provided solely by one of the parties to a transaction, a unilateral confidentiality agreement usually makes the most sense. In this template, the disclosing party is defined broadly and includes a general description of the purpose, which provides for more information being covered under the agreement. For a more detailed template see Unilateral Confidentiality Agreement ...