9.1
Privacy
Medium risk
Confidentiality
How long your secrets stay secret after the contract ends.
What this clause does
Confidentiality terms decide how long each side must keep the other’s information private. Many vendor paper lets those duties end as soon as the contract does.
What Rubrel flags
Rubrel reads the survival period and the definition of confidential information. It flags survival periods shorter than your standard and definitions that only protect information marked “confidential”.
How the redline usually lands
Rubrel extends survival to five years, keeps trade secrets protected indefinitely, and widens the definition to cover information a reasonable person would treat as confidential.
Playbook positions
Standard position
Five years after termination, and trade secrets for as long as they remain secret.
Fallback
Three years, provided trade secrets are carved out.
Walk-away point