APHON Confidentiality Agreement

The APHON Confidentiality Agreement ensures the protection of sensitive information, such as member details and proprietary knowledge, preventing unauthorized disclosure or misuse. By maintaining confidentiality, APHON fosters trust among its members and stakeholders, ensuring that sensitive data is handled with integrity. Additionally, the agreement helps APHON comply with legal and ethical standards, safeguarding the organization from potential breaches and legal issues. It also underscores the professionalism expected from APHON members, reinforcing the importance of confidentiality in their roles.

APHON’s Privacy Policy

APHON Leader Confidentiality Agreement

The undersigned shall not disclose any confidential information with respect to APHON acquired through becoming an affected individual. Moreover, the undersigned shall not use any confidential information acquired through or from APHON for personal profit or advantage or for a related party’s personal profit or advantage.

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Your Leadership Role(Required)

Executive Committee or Board Member

Committee Chair

Committee Vice Chair

Committee Past Chair

Committee Member

Local Chapter Leadership (Chapter President, Secretary, Treasurer, etc)

Click here to read APHON’s Privacy Policy

Confidentiality Agreement Terms(Required)

1. I acknowledge that as an APHON Leader, I may obtain access to confidential information including but not limited to specialized and proprietary knowledge, information, customer lists, and other data (“Confidential Information”), and that development of the Confidential Information reflects a considerable effort on the part of skilled professionals and the investment of considerable time and money, and that disclosure of any of such Confidential Information would substantially injure APHON.

2. I acknowledge I have read APHON’s Privacy Policy and will bring forth any questions or concerns to APHON staff.

3. In consideration of APHON’s disclosing Confidential Information to me, I agree to maintain in confidence any such Confidential Information. I acknowledge that private membership information (names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, etc.) may not be shared with others or placed on public drives such as Google or Dropbox. When maintaining APHON confidential files, I will ensure that proper security is applied and if there is a data breach on my personal system where APHON data is stored, I will notify APHON staff.

4. I agree to take such precautions as may be necessary to maintain such Confidential Information confidential and secret, and not to use it, or authorize use of it, for my own or a third party’s purposes or to disclose or authorize disclosure of such Confidential Information to any third party without APHON’s prior written permission.

5. I understand that information that (a) is in my possession before receipt of any Confidential Information, (b) lawfully becomes part of the public knowledge or literature, or (c) otherwise lawfully becomes available to me from sources other than APHON, is not subject to this agreement.

6. I agree that the Confidential Information is the exclusive property of APHON, its successors and assigns, and I agree to shred or delete, at the end of my Term, all documents and materials which have been furnished to me by APHON and contain Confidential Information.

I hereby agree with the terms and conditions set forth in this confidentiality agreement

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