FI14973

Request

  1. Has the Council asked a member of staff to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?
  2. Has the Council asked a individual who is not a member of staff in the last three years to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?
  3. Please can you attach a copy of any NDA’s used.
  4. How many members of staff have signed NDAs?

Response

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. The Council does not have standard NDAs and the two prepared were specific and personal to the staff involved.  The Council considers the NDAs to be personal data and therefore exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.  Personal data is defined by Article 4(1) of GDPR and also Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the release of this data would contravene the data protection principles. 
  4. Two