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How in the world is it legal for someone to sign an NDA when working in a public capacity? The entire concept of being able to sign your fundamental human righ
by Causality1 5y ago
How in the world is it legal for someone to sign an NDA when working in a public capacity?
The entire concept of being able to sign your fundamental human rights away is a bit nuts to me. It's as if it were legal to sign up to get murdered.
- moralestapia 5y agoMost NDAs don't hold during trial. Also, you have to prove that it was broken, what was released, how, etc... none of that is easy. But people don't know/are scared anyway, so what the article describes does happen anyway.
- bluGill 5y agoAsk a lawyer about Freedom of Information Act. I'm reasonably sure it isn't legal, but by the time you finish all the court cases the information is public because the company is operating thus making it not worth fighting in court.
- kop316 5y agoI know at least for USA federal employees, because of the below law: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1905 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1905 They usually do not sign NDAs (and can get in trouble if they do, especially if it interferes with their offical duties).