Airiodion Group Consulting (AGC) Default NDA & Confidentiality Commitment
Last Updated Date: 4/11/2026
Our Default NDA Commitment
Airiodion Group Consulting (“AGC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) recognizes that meaningful consulting conversations often require organizations to share sensitive, proprietary, strategic, or otherwise confidential information before a formal engagement begins or a separate non-disclosure agreement is signed.
By default, AGC treats Confidential Information shared with us as confidential, whether or not a separate NDA has been requested, negotiated, or signed.
This Default Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) & Confidentiality Commitment (“Default NDA”) establishes AGC’s standing commitment regarding the protection, use, and disclosure of Confidential Information entrusted to us by prospective clients, clients, and other organizations or individuals exploring or maintaining a business relationship with AGC.
Our confidentiality commitment begins when Confidential Information is shared with AGC. A prospect or client does not need to execute a separate NDA for AGC to apply the confidentiality standards described below.
1. Scope
This Default NDA applies to Confidential Information disclosed to AGC in connection with:
- Preliminary or exploratory conversations
- Requests for information, proposals, estimates, or statements of work
- Discovery meetings and consultations
- Vendor evaluation, procurement, and due diligence
- Consulting engagement discussions and negotiations
- Current or previous consulting engagements
- Meetings, workshops, interviews, demonstrations, assessments, and presentations
- Email, telephone, video conference, messaging, document exchange, or other communications with AGC
This commitment applies regardless of whether a consulting engagement ultimately results from the discussions.
2. Confidential Information
For purposes of this Default NDA, “Confidential Information” means non-public information disclosed or made available to AGC that is identified as confidential or that a reasonable person would understand to be confidential, proprietary, sensitive, or commercially valuable based on the nature of the information or circumstances of its disclosure.
Confidential Information may include, without limitation:
- Business strategies, plans, priorities, opportunities, and initiatives
- Transformation programs and organizational changes
- Organizational structures, operating models, processes, and procedures
- Financial information, budgets, forecasts, pricing, and commercial information
- Technology environments, systems, architecture, data, and implementation plans
- Change management strategies, plans, assessments, and communications
- Workforce, employee, leadership, stakeholder, customer, supplier, or partner information
- Internal challenges, risks, issues, decisions, and business concerns
- Procurement information, requirements, proposals, and evaluation materials
- Intellectual property, trade secrets, proprietary methodologies, and know-how
- Reports, presentations, analyses, documents, files, datasets, recordings, and working materials
- Information communicated verbally, visually, electronically, or in writing
- The existence, nature, substance, or status of confidential discussions with AGC when such information is itself reasonably understood to be confidential
Information does not need to contain a “Confidential” designation, watermark, or other marking to receive protection under this Default NDA.
3. AGC’s Confidentiality Obligations
AGC will:
Protect Confidential Information. AGC will exercise reasonable care in safeguarding Confidential Information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or distribution.
Limit use. AGC will use Confidential Information only for legitimate purposes connected with evaluating, discussing, proposing, planning, delivering, administering, or supporting a potential or actual business relationship or consulting engagement with the disclosing party.
Limit disclosure. AGC will not intentionally disclose Confidential Information to an unauthorized third party except with authorization from the disclosing party, as reasonably necessary to support the applicable relationship or engagement subject to appropriate confidentiality protections, or as required by law.
Limit internal access. AGC will limit access to Confidential Information to personnel, contractors, professional advisors, and service providers who reasonably require access for an authorized purpose and who are subject to confidentiality obligations or professional duties appropriate to their access.
Maintain confidentiality beyond preliminary discussions. AGC’s confidentiality commitment does not cease merely because a prospect decides not to engage AGC or discussions do not result in a consulting engagement.
4. Information Not Considered Confidential
The obligations described in this Default NDA do not apply to information that AGC can reasonably demonstrate:
- Is or becomes publicly available through no violation of a confidentiality obligation by AGC
- Was lawfully known to AGC before disclosure without an applicable confidentiality restriction
- Is lawfully received by AGC from a third party that is not under an obligation prohibiting its disclosure
- Is independently developed by AGC without use of or reliance upon the Confidential Information
- Is authorized for disclosure by the party that disclosed or controls the information
The fact that individual elements of Confidential Information may be publicly known does not necessarily make a confidential compilation, analysis, strategy, or combination of those elements public.
5. Required Disclosures
AGC may disclose Confidential Information when required by applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, governmental authority, or other legally binding process.
To the extent legally permitted and reasonably practicable, AGC will provide notice to the affected party before disclosure so that the party may seek appropriate protection.
AGC will limit any required disclosure to the information reasonably necessary to comply with the applicable legal requirement.
6. Separate NDAs and Contractual Agreements
AGC understands that organizations may require their own NDA, mutual NDA, confidentiality agreement, master services agreement, statement of work, procurement agreement, or other contractual protections.
AGC’s Default NDA is not intended to prevent or replace a separately negotiated NDA when one is desired or required.
Where AGC and another party execute a separate written agreement containing confidentiality provisions applicable to particular information, the executed agreement will govern those matters to the extent its terms conflict with this Default NDA.
Until such an agreement is executed, AGC will apply the confidentiality standards described in this Default NDA to qualifying Confidential Information shared with us.
7. Ownership and Intellectual Property
Confidential Information remains the property of its respective owner or lawful rights holder.
Disclosure of Confidential Information to AGC does not, by itself, transfer ownership of that information or grant AGC any ownership interest, license, or other intellectual property right except for the limited right to use the information for the purpose for which it was disclosed or as otherwise authorized or agreed in writing.
Nothing in this Default NDA transfers ownership of AGC’s pre-existing intellectual property, methodologies, frameworks, tools, templates, processes, knowledge, or other proprietary materials.
8. Security and Responsible Handling
AGC will use reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures appropriate to the nature and sensitivity of the information to protect Confidential Information under its control.
No electronic communication, transmission, system, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, this Default NDA establishes AGC’s confidentiality obligations and standards of care but does not constitute a guarantee that unauthorized access, cyber incidents, or circumstances outside AGC’s reasonable control can never occur.
9. Publicity, Client Names, and Discussions
AGC will not publicly identify an organization as a prospective client solely because the organization contacted AGC, participated in confidential discussions, or requested information regarding AGC’s services.
AGC will not publicly disclose Confidential Information regarding prospective discussions or consulting engagements except as authorized by the applicable organization or otherwise permitted under this Default NDA.
Any public use of client names, trademarks, logos, testimonials, case studies, or identifiable engagement details will be subject to applicable permissions, agreements, or other lawful authorization.
10. Duration
AGC’s obligations under this Default NDA begin when qualifying Confidential Information is disclosed to AGC and continue for as long as that information remains confidential in nature and AGC has an applicable obligation to protect it.
Trade secrets will be treated as confidential for as long as they retain protection as trade secrets under applicable law.
Where a separately executed agreement establishes a different confidentiality period, that agreement will control with respect to the information it governs.
11. No Requirement to Proceed
The exchange of Confidential Information does not obligate AGC or the disclosing party to enter into a consulting engagement, transaction, partnership, or other business relationship.
Either party may discontinue preliminary discussions subject to any obligations that otherwise apply to Confidential Information already disclosed.
12. Nature of This Default NDA
This Default NDA reflects AGC’s standing confidentiality undertaking regarding qualifying Confidential Information voluntarily shared with AGC in connection with prospective or actual business discussions.
It is intended to establish AGC’s obligations concerning information entrusted to AGC. It does not, merely by publication on AGC’s website, impose reciprocal confidentiality obligations on a prospect, client, website visitor, or other third party that has not agreed to such obligations.
Where mutual or additional confidentiality protections are required, the parties may execute a separate written NDA.
13. Our Standard
At AGC, confidentiality is not something that begins only after paperwork is signed.
Prospects and clients may need to discuss sensitive organizational challenges, transformation initiatives, leadership priorities, internal risks, technology programs, workforce matters, and other confidential subjects before determining whether AGC is the right consulting partner.
Our default is confidentiality.
Whether you are having an initial conversation with AGC, requesting a proposal, evaluating our firm, or working with us on an active engagement, we treat qualifying Confidential Information entrusted to us with discretion, care, and respect.
Airiodion Group Consulting (AGC)
Default NDA: Confidentiality from the first conversation.