Confidentiality at UpWork vs. Freelancer vs. Guru

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What you need to know about confidentiality agreements and obligations when working with a freelancer on UpWork, Freelancer.com or Guru platforms.

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• Publié par: everynda
• Publié le: 20 décembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• Licence : Tous droits réservés
• Langue: English

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Confidentiality at

Freelancervs.Upworkvs.Guru

The 3 most popular freelancer platforms are:

Freelancer Upwork Guru

Let's compare their confidentiality clauses

Freelancer.com

Freelancer.com's User Agreement(1) covers basic conduct such as not to use content that infringes upon an existing copyright, patent, intellectual property right, proprietary right or right of privacy.

(1) Link to https://www.freelancer.com/about/terms

In addition, there's also aFreelancer Code of Conduct(2) which includes expectations from the contractors, such as the requirement to keep confidentiality of the projects.

(2) Link to https://www.freelancer.com/info/codeofconduct.php

Upwork

Every employer and contractor that uses Upwork to create or fulfil a contract is required to agree to itsUser Agreement(3).

Clause 15 of theUser Agreement(3) specifically refers to confidentiality.

(3) Link to https://www.upwork.com/legal/

Clause 15.1 requires mutual confidentiality from both the freelancer and employer, depending on whoever is receiving confidential information.

These clauses are genericand might be adequate for information where confidentiality is not of particular importance.

But it does not provide the full coverage of a standard non-disclosure agreement.