which is not known to the general public

English translation: statement of fact, not cause

08:48 Oct 18, 2013

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)

English term or phrase: which is not known to the general public

Service Provider may acquire or may have already acquired knowledge of, or access to information which relates to the business, operations, products or plans of COMPANY X (or its clients) which is not known to the general public (hereinafter “Confidential Information”).

My question: the info is not known to the public because it is kept in secrete or it is not leaked out?

If an info has not publicised by the company x but leaked out by any reason to only one or a few people (not on the newspaper) then, is it considered as not known to the general public?

If an info has not publicised by the company x but leaked out by any reason to the newspaper or on the interet then, is it considered as not known to the general public?

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Selected answer:statement of fact, not cause

Explanation:
The phrase 'which is not known to the general public' is a statement of fact that does not give or imply any cause why the information is not known to the general public. A hint that it is not known to them because it is not disclosed to the general public or any person who may disclose it to them is given by the subsequent phrase 'hereinafter “Confidential Information”'.

Incidentally, "information" is a collective noun and so cannot take the indefinite article.

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It would be a translation error for you to insert a cause that is not there in the source text. Legal documents are often carefully drafted to avoid their terms being limited to particular types of case and you would be inserting just that sort of limitation by saying why the information is not known to the general public.

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B D Finch
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