Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement
This Agreement is made between {name} (Volunteer) and Aleph Institute, on {date}.
Volunteer will perform services for ALEPH INSTITUTE which may require ALEPH INSTITUTE to disclose confidential and proprietary information ("Confidential Information") to Volunteer. (Confidential Information is any information of any kind, nature, or description concerning any matters affecting or relating to Volunteer's services for ALEPH INSTITUTE, the business or operations of ALEPH INSTITUTE, and/or the products, drawings, plans, processes, or other data of ALEPH INSTITUTE). Accordingly, to protect the ALEPH INSTITUTE Confidential Information that will be disclosed to Volunteer, the Volunteer agrees as follows.
Volunteer will hold the Confidential Information received from ALEPH INSTITUTE in strict confidence and shall exercise a reasonable degree of care to prevent disclosure to others.
Volunteer will not disclose or divulge either directly or indirectly the Confidential Information to others unless first authorized to do so in writing by ALEPH INSTITUTE.
Volunteer will not reproduce the Confidential Information nor use this information commercially or for any purpose other than the performance of his/her duties for ALEPH INSTITUTE.
Volunteer will, upon the request or upon termination of his/her relationship with ALEPH INSTITUTE, deliver to ALEPH INSTITUTE any drawings, notes, documents, equipment, and materials received from ALEPH INSTITUTE or originating from its activities for ALEPH INSTITUTE.
ALEPH INSTITUTE shall have the sole right to determine the treatment of any information that is part or project specific received from Volunteer, including the right to keep the same as a trade secret, to use and disclose the same without prior patent applications, to file copyright registrations in its own name or to follow any other procedure as ALEPH INSTITUTE may deem appropriate.
ALEPH INSTITUTE reserves the right to take disciplinary action, up to and including termination for violations of this agreement.
Volunteer represents and warrants that it is not under any preexisting obligations inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY
Please read this form carefully. Note that by signing this waiver and release and participating in the volunteer activities described below, you will be expressly assuming the risk and legal liability and waiving and releasing all claims for injuries, damages, or loss which you might sustain as a result of any and all activities connected with and associated with the volunteer activities.
I, the undersigned Volunteer (hereafter referred to using “I”, “me”, or “my”), am 18 years of age or older, and am voluntarily performing service for The Aleph Institute (the “Institute”) of my own free will and without any promise or remuneration, compensation, or benefits, including insurance. I acknowledge that within the course and scope of the Institute’s volunteer activities and all related activities, including any activities incidental to such participation (the “Volunteer Activities”), as a volunteer, I may be exposed to hazards or risks that may result in my illness, personal injury, or death and I understand and appreciate the nature of such hazards and risks. To the best of my knowledge, I can fully participate in the Volunteer Activities. In consideration of being permitted to participate in the Volunteer Activities I hereby accept all risk to my health, including any injury or death, and property that may occur while I am acting within the course and scope of the Volunteer Activities as a volunteer or otherwise participating in the Volunteer Activities.
Also in consideration of being permitted to participate in the Volunteer Activities I hereby release and agree not to sue the Institute or its officers, directors, employees, sub-contractors, sponsors, agents and affiliates from all present and future claims that may be made by me, my family, estate, heirs, or assigns for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful death arising as a result of my participation in the Volunteer Activities wherever, whenever, or however the same may occur.
I understand and agree that the Institute is not responsible for any injury or property damage arising out of the Volunteer Activities, even if caused by their ordinary negligence or otherwise. I also agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Institute for all claims arising out of my participation in the Volunteer Activities.
I also acknowledge that the Institute is not an insurer of my personal safety or property. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INSTITUTE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MEDICAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY INJURY I MAY SUSTAIN. I also understand that I should and am urged by the Institute to obtain adequate health and accident insurance to cover any personal injury to myself which may be sustained during the Volunteer Activities or
the transportation to and from said Volunteer Activities.
I further agree to become familiar with the rules and regulations of the Institute and not to violate said rules or any directive or instruction made by the person or persons in charge of said Volunteer Activities and that I will further assume the complete risk of any activity done in
violation of any rule or directive or instruction.
I understand that this document is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the laws of the State of California and agree that if any portion of this Agreement is invalid, the remainder will continue in full legal force and effect.
I also understand that this document is a contract which grants certain rights to and eliminates the liability of the Institute.
I am of legal age and am freely signing this agreement. I have read this form and understand that by signing this form, I am giving up legal rights and remedies.
Signing below signifies that the Volunteer agrees to the terms and conditions of the agreement stated above.