Relationship Non-Disclosure Agreement

Mutual personal relationship NDA is intended for couples and adults who want to protect their privacy. The template lets you cover dating, romantic communication, sexual relationship, divorce and other sensitive matters you share with each other.

• Sets clear rules about what stays private
• Defines cases of exceptions like safety concerns, abuse, or court orders.
• Includes notice requirements and consequences for ending or breaking the agreement.
• Covers in-relationships and after-a-breakup period.
• Can be used by anyone who is of the legal age (18+)

You can easily customize this Relationship Non-Disclosure Agreement template with your start date, notice periods, and what counts as confidential, and then sign online using e-Signature to make it valid. The document is available for free in Word and PDF formats.

Who it's for

This relationship NDA sample helps two adults legally back their trust and reputations. It’s common practice for public personas, yet it makes sense for anyone who wants to make sure intimate or sensitive information doesn’t get shared. Examples:

• Couples in dating, committed, or live-in relationships
• Arranged marriages
• Public figures, content creators
• Partners who've dealt with broken trust before and want clear boundaries

Anyone entering a relationship where sensitive history or health information might come up If personal relationship overlaps with professional collaboration, you may pair this template with a Business Non-Disclosure Agreement. Use the Relationship NDA template for intimate, non-commercial information, and the business NDA to protect trade secrets, client data, and work matters.

When to use this template

Use this relationship NDA template when you want to prevent personal and intimate details from being disclosed without your consent, i.e:

• Before sharing sensitive personal history, health issues, or family matters
• When one or both of you have public profiles or professional reputations to protect
• Define relationship privacy and what happens if your partner violates them
• When discussing things that need ongoing discretion (money, therapy, addiction recovery)
• When you want relationship confidentiality to stay in effect after a breakup

What's in the Relationship NDA sample

I. The Parties: Names, start date, and addresses

II. Confidential Information: The relationship NDA sample provides a broad definition that covers intimate details, arguments (excluding abuse), family matters, finances, and other aspects of private life across texts, emails, calls, and social media. However, you may customize this clause to specify what confidentiality means for you and your partner.

III. Non-Disclosure Rules: Strict confidentiality, no defamation, no profiting from disclosures, no revealing what is or isn't confidential, and a duty to keep things secure.

IV. Exceptions: Public information, things you already knew, things you learned independently, government/legal requirements, consented disclosures, emergencies, illegal activity, and abuse or neglect.

V. How You Can Use Confidential Information: Limited to the relationship, with allowed disclosure to professionals bound by confidentiality like therapists or psychologists.

VI. Notice Requirements: When and how you need to give advance notice of disclosure.

VII. How Long It Lasts: This relationship NDA sample states it as forever; however, you may set a cooling period (e.g., 10 or 20 years) and specify which information is allowed for sharing. This makes sense for memoirs, books, documentaries, or podcasts.

VIII. Returning Private Information: Return or destroy physical items with confidential information after separation.

IX. Why This Matters: Protecting reputations and acknowledgment that you've had legal review.

X. Enforcement: Injunctions, damages, severability, and continued enforceability

XI. Changes and Authority: Can't be transferred; changes require both people's written consent.

XII. Signatures: Sign and date

What you should know before entering a Relationship NDA

• Relationship NDAs are legally binding contracts and should be taken seriously.
• Articulate the reasons why you need an NDA (business, public image, finances, or just fear?).
• Define exactly what's confidential and what's not.
• Check how long that lasts, forever may not be reasonable
• Look at penalties: fines, damages, legal costs.
• Check if there is a non-disparagement clause (limits what you can say publicly).
• Don't make it just about one person, relationships are a mutual matter.
• You are still allowed to talk to a lawyer or therapist, or report illegal activity.
• Seek independent legal advice if there is money, fame or IP.

Suggesting your partner sign a relationship NDA is a delicate matter, so make sure to put it in a calm way. Even though it applies only to adults who have reached the legal age and have the legal capacity to sign contracts, you needn’t sign anything under pressure or early in dating when trust is untested.