What it is
An NDA is a non-disclosure agreement. It fixes one simple thing: what you tell us about your project stays between us. We don't retell it to friends, don't show it in a portfolio, and don't carry it into someone else's project.
An idea is rarely a secret in itself. The secret is the economics, the numbers, the deals with partners, and what you have already tried that didn't work. That is what an NDA actually protects.
We sign before the conversation, not after
The agreement can go out for review before the first call, so you never have to choose between telling us everything and telling us half. We send our template within one business day if you write to [email protected]. If you have your own form, we work from yours — that's normal and needs no discussion.
What it covers
- The idea, business model, project economics and go-to-market plan.
- Specifications, documentation, diagrams, architecture.
- Source code — both yours and the code we write for you.
- Your users' and customers' data.
- Prices, estimates, terms of contracts with third parties.
- The correspondence itself, call recordings, and anything discussed verbally.
What it doesn't cover
Every honest NDA has exceptions, and it's better to know them upfront:
- Information that was already public, or became public through no fault of ours.
- Anything you published or said publicly yourself.
- Anything we knew before working with you and can evidence.
- Anything we are required to disclose by a court or state authority. In that case we warn you in advance, unless the law forbids warning you.
Rights to the result
Source code, design files and documentation transfer to you in full after the final payment. We keep no share in the project and no licence to reuse your code.
On open-source libraries: they stay under their own licences — they aren't ours to give and can't become yours. We hand over the list of what the project uses along with the code, so an audit brings no surprises.
Portfolio
We want to show our work — half of our new clients come from it. But the decision is yours. If the NDA forbids it, the project appears nowhere: not in the case studies, not in presentations, not in conversations with other clients.
The middle ground often works: the company name stays private, while the problem, the solution and the numbers can be shown. Worth agreeing at the start rather than a year after delivery.
How long it lasts
For the whole project and three years after delivery. Trade secrets sometimes need longer — if you need more than three years, it goes in as a separate clause and we won't argue.
Who on the team sees the project
The company signs the NDA, but named people do the work. Every employee and contractor has their own non-disclosure agreement with us — the obligation doesn't dissolve somewhere at the legal-entity level.
Access to repositories, servers and data is granted per task and revoked when the task is done. On request we'll name everyone who has access to your project.
If the agreement is broken
A breach is grounds for damages and for a penalty, where the contract sets one. We don't put frightening numbers in the template: a working agreement is one both sides are willing to sign, not one that looks scarier.
How to get it
Write to [email protected] and we'll send our template within one business day. Or send us yours — we'll review it and sign.
Contact us
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +996 553 04 02 07
PROlab LLC, TIN 01305202210073, 80 Yunusaliev Ave, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic.