NDA review, in plain English
Non-disclosure agreements are short, routine, and signed faster than almost any other contract — which is exactly why the unusual terms in them get missed.
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Why this one is worth reading twice
Most NDAs are two or three pages, arrive attached to a friendly email, and look like every other NDA you have signed. That familiarity is the risk: the structure is boilerplate, so a term that is genuinely one-sided reads as normal. The differences that matter are rarely dramatic — a definition of "confidential information" broad enough to cover things you already knew, an obligation that survives for a decade rather than two years, or a non-solicit clause tucked in under a heading about confidentiality.
What ContractClerk flags
How "confidential information" is defined
A definition that covers everything disclosed, in any form, without carve-outs for what you already knew or could learn publicly, can put you in breach for using knowledge you brought with you.
How long the obligation lasts
Two to five years is common. Perpetual confidentiality, or a term that starts running only when the relationship ends, commits you for far longer than the conversation you are having.
Whether it is mutual or one-way
A mutual NDA binds both sides. A one-way NDA binds only you — which may be perfectly appropriate, but is worth noticing rather than assuming.
Non-solicit and non-compete riders
Clauses restricting who you can hire or work for sometimes appear inside an NDA, where nobody expects to find them. These have real consequences and vary a great deal by state.
What happens to your materials afterwards
Return-or-destroy obligations can be impractical if the information is in email archives or backups. Look for language that accounts for how data actually lives in a business.
Questions
- Is an NDA review by AI good enough?
- It is good at what it is for: reading every clause, explaining what each one commits you to, and flagging terms that differ from what is typical. It is not legal advice and does not replace an attorney on a high-stakes agreement. For a routine NDA that would otherwise be signed unread, it is a substantial improvement.
- How long does it take?
- Usually under a minute. Paste the text or upload a PDF or Word file, including scanned documents.
- Do I need an account?
- Yes, a free one. It covers one contract review a month with no card required.
- What happens to my NDA after the review?
- It is stored in your account so you can read it, edit it, keep version history, and re-review it after changes. It is never sold, shared, or used to train AI models, and deleting the contract deletes the text.
Read it before you sign it
Paste the text or upload the file. You get a clause-by-clause read in plain English, usually in under a minute.
Start freeContractClerk gives AI-assisted contract review, not legal advice, and using it does not create an attorney–client relationship. For anything high-stakes, have a licensed attorney look at it.