Safeguard your company’s sensitive information and set clear expectations for interns with this Comprehensive Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreement for Internships. Whether you’re onboarding a summer intern, remote contributor, or project-based trainee, this agreement helps protect your intellectual assets while clarifying rights and responsibilities.
What’s Included
- A full Word (docx) template, ready for editing.
- Core clauses such as:
- Definition of confidential information
- Exclusions (what’s not confidential)
- Intern obligations (use, protection, non-disclosure)
- Ownership of work created during the internship
- Duration of confidentiality (both during and after the internship)
- Clauses about governing law, return/destruction of materials, and more
- Clear formatting and placeholders so you can insert names, dates, durations, and specific terms easily.
Why It Matters
- Interns often have access to proprietary processes, client or vendor details, trade secrets, business strategy, research, software or code. A written agreement protects both you and the intern.
- Helps avoid misunderstandings later about who owns what, how long confidentiality must be maintained, and what counts as “confidential.”
- Demonstrates professionalism and legal awareness, which can build trust.
Ideal For
- Companies onboarding interns in fields like tech, marketing, R&D, creative/design work, product development, or other roles dealing with proprietary info.
- Situations where interns do work directly contributing to IP, strategy, or confidential business functions.
- Businesses seeking standardization of intern contracts and risk mitigation.
How to Use
- Download the template in Word format.
- Fill in your details: Company name, Intern name, Address, start/end date, and specific items like what counts as confidential information (adapt to your business).
- Customize based on your jurisdiction (change governing law if needed).
- Share with your legal team (if applicable), then have both parties sign.
- Keep a signed copy in your intern’s file, and ensure any materials given to the intern clearly mark what’s confidential if needed.
Download now and protect your business’s confidentiality while giving interns a clear, fair, and transparent agreement they can easily understand and follow.
