APPENDIX B
[See
Condition 25.3]
CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
(To be signed by persons employed in providing
the services before being given access to Government information).
This Confidentiality Undertaking is made as a Deed
by me, [insert full name] to the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs (the "FCO") in connection with
a contract between [ ] and the FCO for the
provision of Security Guarding Services for Iraq.
I am employed by I have been informed that I may
be required to work for my employer in providing services to the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
I understand that information in the possession of
the FCO or obtained from the FCO must be treated as confidential.
I hereby give a formal undertaking, as a solemn promise
to my employer and to the FCO, that:
1. I will not communicate any of that information,
or any other knowledge I acquire about the FCO in the course of
my work, to anyone who is not authorised to receive it in connection
with that work; and
2. I will not make use of any of that information
or knowledge for any purpose apart from that work.
I acknowledge that this applies to all information
that is not already a matter of public knowledge and that it applies
to both written and oral information.
I also acknowledge that this undertaking will continue
to apply at all times in the future, even when the work has finished
and when I have left my employment.
I have also been informed that I will be bound by
the provisions of the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989. I am
aware that under those provisions it is a criminal offence to
disclose information that has been given to me or my employer
by the FCO. I am aware that serious consequences (including criminal
sanctions) may follow any breach of those provisions.
EXECUTED AS A DEED by:
Surname:
Forenames:
Date of Signature:
In the presence of (a) (witness)
(b) (witness)
Contractor's Name:
Contract Reference No:
J FCO
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