Clause wording: I, the undersigned, hereby agree that I will at all times, whether or not in the employ of this Employer and except where such information is in the public domain:

• maintain the strictest secrecy with regard to the business affairs of the Employer and its customers, products and product lists, except to the extent that I may be authorised to disclose them by the Board of Directors of this Employer, a Court of Law or any authorised or enforcement agency such as the police, a Regulatory Body given powers under the Financial Services Act, HM Revenue & Customs, etc;
• refrain from revealing or using confidential information regarding systems and programme design and data for personal gain;
• refrain from using computer equipment and accessing the Internet except when authorised to do so and for official employer business as unauthorised usage could result in damage to the equipment and loss of stored data.

I undertake to familiarise myself with the data protection procedures set down by the Employer as a result of the Data Protection Act 1998 and understand that the Employer is obliged as a consequence to view any breach of these procedures as a serious matter of discipline.