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One-Way NDA Template: A Form That Protects Your Side Alone, Certified by a Licensed Saudi Lawyer
- Category
- Commercial contracts
- Language
- Arabic + English
- Format
- Editable DOCX
CERTIFICATION RECORD
This template was prepared and reviewed by a licensed Saudi lawyer and is kept current as the Kingdom's regulations change.
Where an Arabic and an English text exist, the Arabic text prevails
A one-directional confidentiality agreement binding the recipient alone, defining the purpose of disclosure and the limits on using the information, bilingual.
Not every relationship needs a mutual confidentiality obligation. When you are the only party disclosing anything, whether you are showing your financials to a potential investor, handing a client list to a supplier, or explaining your product idea to a freelancer before engaging them, the sensible instrument binds the recipient alone rather than having both sides sign a symmetrical obligation that means nothing in one direction. The one-way non-disclosure agreement is exactly that instrument: the discloser gives, the recipient is bound. Sighaty template C-09 is built on the same standard definitions used in the mutual template C-08, but it moves the entire weight of the obligation onto one side and ties the use of the information to a single stated purpose that you write yourself, in two parallel languages with the Arabic text prevailing on any difference.
Get the One-Way NDA TemplateC-09What this agreement is and when you need it
The difference between a one-way and a mutual NDA is not cosmetic. In the mutual form both sides are bound, so you gain protection but accept restrictions in return on whatever the other side sends you. The one-way form places the restriction on the recipient alone, which suits you when you do not expect to receive anything confidential in return. The practical rule is simple: look at the direction the information flows, and if it flows one way sign the one-way form, while if both sides will trade secrets the mutual form is the correct one. And the most important clause in the one-way form is not the definition of confidentiality but the statement of purpose, because that is what stops the recipient from using what they saw for something else entirely.
- Showing financials or a growth plan to a potential investor or buyer.
- Handing a client list or cost pricing to a supplier or distributor.
- Explaining a product idea or technical specification to a freelancer or consultant before engaging them.
- Opening operational data to a reviewing party during due diligence.
What the smart-fill asks and what you receive
The smart-fill on this template is deliberately short, because the body of the agreement is standard and needs no negotiation. It first asks for the discloser's details: the legal name in Arabic and English, the commercial registration number, then the signatory's name and capacity. It then moves to the recipient with the question that sets the rest of the path: is the recipient a company or an individual?
If the recipient is a company, its commercial registration number and its signatory's capacity are requested; if the recipient is an individual, the national ID or Iqama number is requested instead and the signatory capacity drops away, because it means nothing for a natural person. The signatory's ID number stays optional so you can complete it at the moment of signing rather than holding up the document. The substantive question is the last one: the purpose of the disclosure in Arabic and English, written so that it completes the agreement's own sentence, that is, solely for the purpose you define.
Within minutes you receive a formatted bilingual Word document, ready to sign, with unused options stripped out. Its definitions and obligations clauses refer to the standard definitions adopted in the mutual template C-08, so you get the same consistency across both confidentiality documents in your business regardless of which way the disclosure runs.
Why a lawyer-certified template beats a free download
The confidentiality agreement is among the documents most often copied off the internet unread, and the usual result is a page translated from a foreign form that lacks what would actually make it enforceable: a defined purpose instead of a vague phrase, realistic carve-outs for what is already public or required by law, and a clear governing text when the two languages diverge. Worse, many free forms are one-way in name and mutual in substance, so you sign an obligation on yourself you never intended. The Sighaty template is certified by a licensed Saudi lawyer, written for the local regulatory context, and updated as the regulations change, and you sign it knowing exactly who is bound and who is not.
Frequently asked questions
When do I choose the one-way form and when the mutual C-08?
The test is the direction of the information, not the size of the parties. If you alone are disclosing anything of value, the one-way form is more accurate and faster to sign, because the other side is not arguing over obligations that do not fall on them in return. If the other side is likely to disclose their own data too, even at a later stage of the negotiation, the mutual C-08 saves you from signing a second document two weeks later.
Does the agreement work if the recipient is an individual rather than a company?
Yes, and the template handles this case expressly. During fill-in you choose whether the recipient is a company or an individual, so in the first case it asks for the commercial registration number and the signatory's capacity, and in the second for the national ID or Iqama number with no capacity, because an individual signs for themselves and not on behalf of anyone. That makes the template equally usable for a freelancer, a consultant, or a job candidate.
Why does the template insist on writing the purpose of disclosure?
Because the purpose is the line that separates a legitimate use of the information from a violating one. An agreement that says the recipient will keep things confidential without saying why the information was handed over in the first place leaves them wide room to argue they disclosed nothing to anyone and merely used it themselves. When you state the purpose in specific words, every use outside it becomes a breach described in the agreement, and that is the practical difference between a text you can rely on and a text you can only gesture at.
The content is general guidance, not legal advice; consult a licensed lawyer for your specific case.