Confidential Information and Marking

Have you ever seen that provision in a Nondisclosure Agreement that says all Confidential Information must be marked or reduced to writing to be considered “confidential”?  This creates an interesting potential problem for your information. 

First, it is always good to mark everything with the confidential label.  For instance, the footer on that PowerPoint presentation or in that Word document should say “Company Confidential”.  It should also be labeled on EVERY page, just in case the document comes apart.

Second, get in the habit of sending an email after a meeting/presentation to third parties that says:

“The information we discussed relating to _____________ on ___________ is Confidential Information of Company."

Those two steps are important in protecting your information properly.