An Alabama non-disclosure agreement is a legal agreement between two parties that establishes an obligation to keep shared proprietary information (trade secrets) from being discussed with others. Such information includes, but is not limited to, designs, financial data, business plans, and software. For the contract to be enforceable, the trade secrets must be valuable and unknown to the general public.

NDAs can be used in situations where both parties will share information with each other (bilateral) or in the more standard use-case in which one party discloses info and the other receives it (unilateral). By signing the form, the recipient(s) agree to keep all discussed trade secrets private and acknowledge the repercussions that follow for unlawfully disclosing said trade secrets.