Confidentiality

This duty applies to everyone except your closest colleagues in your department or contacts who have signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Therefore, DTU enters into a confidentiality agreement with you until the patent application has been filed. You can obtain a confidentiality agreement from the contract officer at your department.

Internal information sharing and discussions at DTU

According to Section 27 of the Danish Public Administration Act, public employees are obligated to keep confidential any information they obtain in the course of their duties if disclosure could cause harm to a third party, including financial harm. This rule is incorporated into employment contracts. This means that you are free to discuss your ideas with other employees at DTU.

Students, visitors, employees from other companies and institutions

Not everyone at the university is covered by Section 27 of the Public Administration Act, as the law is based on an employment relationship. Students and researchers from companies working at DTU, as well as visitors, etc., are therefore not obligated to keep information confidential. When working with confidential data or research that will later be patented, all non-employees must sign a non-disclosure agreement. Additionally, employees must be informed that the data they work with must be kept confidential.