customer contracts may preclude you from publicizing contract activities.

English translation: terms of the contract may include a requirement that you not tell anyone about what you are doing

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English term or phrase:	customer contracts may preclude you from publicizing contract activities.
Selected answer:	terms of the contract may include a requirement that you not tell anyone about what you are doing
Entered by:	wonita (X)

12:10 Aug 6, 2010

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English term or phrase: customer contracts may preclude you from publicizing contract activities.

Protect Company and Customer Information
You have an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of all xxx business, technical and financial information.... Do not mention customers, business partners or suppliers without prior approval from xxx. Be aware that customer contracts may preclude you from publicizing contract activities.

I do not understand the reasoning behind this sentence. Can anybody help? Thanks.

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terms of the contract may include a requirement that you not tell anyone about what you are doing

Explanation:
The final sentence is repeating the point made in the other sentences you included. In three different ways, the reader is told that he can't make it known what he will be doing with the customer. (An example would be if Angela Merkel hired Barack Obama to write all her speeches. She would have him sign a contract in which he agreed to not tell anyone what he was doing for her).

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terms of the contract may include a requirement that you not tell anyone about what you are doing

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rule out in advance

Stephanie Ezrol

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terms of the contract may include a requirement that you not tell anyone about what you are doing

Joshua Wolfe
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of: English
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Reference: rule out in advance

Reference information:
preclude
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Latin praecludere, from prae- + claudere to close — more at close
Date: 1629
2 : to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preclude

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
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Native speaker of: English
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