LEGISLATION
At Can't Buy My Silence one of our core goals is legislation to stop the misuse of NDAs beyond their original intended purpose of protecting intellectual property, trade secrets and client confidentiality. We are fortunate enough to be working with countries and organisations throughout the world to reach our goal. Find out more about our work and legislative advances in the countries below by clicking the flag.
TOP 10 CLAUSES
If you’re wondering what change could look like, we’ve now got a handy guide of our top 10 legislative advances which has come into effect globally over the last few years. This guide stands to show that this change is possible- indeed it’s already in action!
MODEL BILL
In 2021, CBMS collaborated on drafting a "model bill" introduced in Ireland by Senator Lynn Ruane. This bill prohibits the use of NDAs in instances of abuse, harassment and discrimination in the workplace and puts the power into the hands of the victims who now have the choice about how and where confidentiality is used but it draws the line under confidentiality about any harmful behaviour.
This Bill has been used as a model for the Canadian provincial Bills. Prince Edward Island is the first province to have passed the legislation.