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I find NDAs rather problematic. The main purpose they seem to serve is to hide corporate malfeasance. It would be nice to have a public register for NDAs, such
by Gatsky 7y ago
I find NDAs rather problematic. The main purpose they seem to serve is to hide corporate malfeasance. It would be nice to have a public register for NDAs, such that one could determine how many are being issued by a particular entity (obviously without knowing the content of the NDA). If I was a student, and I found that the bootcamp I was thinking about signing up for was issuing a lot of NDAs, it would be useful information.
- tlb 7y agoThe primary purpose of NDAs is to keep confidential information confidential. Every business has information about their operations and plans they want to keep confidential, in order for their competitors and suppliers not to have an advantage. Essentially every knowledge work employee signs a nondisclosure agreement during their employment. Most who leave reaffirm the agreement in return for severance. So statistics of NDAs would just tell you how many employees an outfit has. An employee who knows of actual lawbreaking can report it to authorities and be protected as a whistleblower. There's no protection for telling journalists that the company had execution problems.
- Gatsky 7y agoI see, thanks, my original comment was not very well informed.