Confidential and Proprietary Information. 12.1 Contractor acknowledges that it and its employees or agents may, in the course of performing their responsibilities under this Agreement, be exposed to or acquire information that is confidential to County. Any and all information of any form obtained by Contractor or its employees or agents from County in the performance of this Agreement shall be deemed to be confidential information of County ("Confidential Information"). Any reports or other documents or items (including software) that result from the use of the Confidential Information by Contractor shall be treated with respect to confidentiality in the same manner as the Confidential Information. Confidential Information shall be deemed not to include information that (a) is or becomes (other than by disclosure by Contractor) publicly known or is contained in a publicly available document; (b) is rightfully in Contractor's possession without the obligation of nondisclosure prior to the time of its disclosure under this Agreement; or (c) is independently developed by employees or agents of Contractor who can be shown to have had no access to the Confidential Information.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. ALPS agrees that it will, on behalf of itself and its officers and employees, treat all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all records and information relative to the Fund and its current and former shareholders and other information germane thereto, as confidential and as proprietary information of the Fund and not to use, sell, transfer, or divulge such information or records to any person for any purpose other than performance of its duties hereunder, except after prior notification to and approval in writing from the Fund, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Approval may not be withheld where ALPS may be exposed to civil, regulatory, or criminal proceedings for failure to comply, when requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, or when requested by the Fund. When requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, ALPS shall use reasonable commercial efforts to request confidential treatment of such information. ALPS shall have in place and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of, and to prevent unauthorized access to or use of records and information relating to the Fund and its current and former shareholders.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee agrees that the Grantee will not, at any time make use of or divulge to any other person, firm or corporation any confidential or proprietary information concerning the business or policies of the Company (which includes, for the avoidance of doubt, any and all of its divisions, Affiliates or Subsidiaries). For purposes of this Agreement, any confidential information shall constitute any information designated as confidential or proprietary by the Company or otherwise known by the Grantee to be confidential or proprietary information including, without limitation, customer information. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that for purposes of this Agreement, “customer information” includes without limitation, customer lists, all lists of professional personnel, names, addresses, phone numbers, contact persons, preferences, pricing arrangements, requirements and practices. The Grantee’s obligation under this Section 9(c) shall not apply to any information that (i) is known publicly; (ii) is in the public domain or hereafter enters the public domain without the fault of the Grantee; or (iii) is hereafter disclosed to the Grantee by a third party not under an obligation of confidence to the Company. The Grantee agrees not to remove from the premises of the Company, except as an employee of the Company in pursuit of the business of the Company or except as specifically permitted in writing by the Company, any document or other object containing or reflecting any such confidential or proprietary information. The Grantee recognizes that all such information, whether developed by the Grantee or by someone else, will be the sole exclusive property of the Company. Upon termination of employment, the Grantee shall forthwith deliver to the Company all such confidential or proprietary information, including without limitation all lists of customers, pricing methods, financial structures, correspondence, accounts, records and any other documents, computer disks, computer programs, software, laptops, modems or property made or held by the Grantee or under the Grantee’s control in relation to the business or affairs of the Company, and no copy of any such confidential or proprietary information shall be retained by the Grantee.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. In accordance with Regulation S-P and other relevant rules and regulations, ALPS agrees that it will, on behalf of itself and its officers and employees, treat all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all records and information relative to the Trust and the Funds’ current and former shareholders and other information germane thereto, as confidential and as proprietary information of the Trust and not to use, sell, transfer or divulge such information or records to any person for any purpose other than performance of its duties hereunder, except after prior notification to and approval in writing from the Trust, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Approval may not be withheld where ALPS may be exposed to civil, regulatory or criminal proceedings for failure to comply, when requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, or when requested by the Trust. When requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, ALPS shall use reasonable commercial efforts to request confidential treatment of such information. ALPS shall have in place and maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of, and to prevent unauthorized access to or use of records and information relating to the Trust and the Funds’ current and former shareholders.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. ALPS agrees that it will, on behalf of itself and its officers and employees, treat all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all records and information relative to the Fund and its current and former shareholders and other information germane thereto, as confidential and as proprietary information of the Fund. ALPS further agrees that it will not use, sell, transfer or divulge such information or records to any person for any purpose other than performance of its duties hereunder, except after prior notification to and approval in writing from the Fund, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Approval may not be withheld where ALPS may be exposed to civil, regulatory, or criminal proceedings for failure to comply, when requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, or when requested by the Fund. When requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, ALPS shall use reasonable commercial efforts to request confidential treatment of such information. ALPS shall have in place and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of, and to prevent unauthorized access to or use of records and information relating to the Fund and its current and former shareholders.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. During and after the term of Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive covenants and agrees that he will not disclose to anyone without the Company’s prior written consent, any confidential materials, documents, records or other non-public information of any type whatsoever concerning or relating to the business and affairs of the Company which Executive may have acquired in the course of his employment hereunder, including but not limited to: (a) trade secrets of the Company; (b) lists of and/or information concerning current, former, and/or prospective customers or clients of the Company; and (c) information relating to methods of doing business (including information concerning operations, technology and systems) in use or contemplated use by the Company and not generally known among the Company’s competitors (the “Confidential Information”), except that Executive may use and disclose such Confidential Information (i) in the course of Executive’s employment with, and for the benefit of, the Company, (ii) to enforce any rights or defend any claims hereunder or under any other agreement to which Executive is a party with the Company, provided that such disclosure is relevant to the enforcement of such rights or defense of such claims and is only disclosed in the formal proceedings related thereto, (iii) when required to do so by a court of law, by any governmental agency having supervisory authority over the business of the Company or by any administrative or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order him to divulge, disclose or make accessible such Confidential Information; provided that Executive shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment, (iv) as to such Confidential Information that is or becomes generally known to the public or trade without Executive’s violation of this Section 6.2, or (v) to Executive’s spouse, attorney and/or his personal tax and financial advisors as reasonably necessary or appropriate to advance Executive’s tax, financial and other personal planning (each an “Exempt Person”), provided, however, that any disclosure or use of Confidential Information by an Exempt Person shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 6.2
Confidential and Proprietary Information. Licensee acknowledges that the Software is confidential and proprietary to Accenture or its Third Party Licensors ("Third Party Licensors") and includes trade secrets and may include inventions for which a patent has been or may be applied for or issued. All right, title and interest in any copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and any other intellectual property rights related to the Software, and related to all copies, partial copies, adaptations, additions, collective works, compilations, derivative works, enhancements, modifications, and translations of the Software, regardless of when, or by whom created, shall remain in or are assigned to Accenture or its Third Party Licensors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to convey any title or ownership rights to Licensee. Licensee agrees to hold the Software in strict confidence and to safeguard the Software from disclosure to third parties and from reproduction and use. Licensee shall not: (i) disclose, encumber, assign, sublicense, sell, give, furnish, distribute or otherwise make the Software available, in any form, to any other person, firm or corporation; (ii) copy, install, translate, port, decompile, reverse engineer, or create derivative works of the Software; (iii) use the Software in any manner except as specifically set forth herein; (iv) use the Software; or permit use of the Software in a live or production environment without Accenture’s prior written consent; (v) remove or alter any copyright, proprietary notices and legends; Each party will comply with applicable export control and sanctions laws with respect to the export or re-export of goods, software and technical data, or the direct product of the same, which includes abiding by all such regulations in respect of all information supplied by or on behalf of the other party.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. Executive acknowledges that certain information, observations and data obtained by him/her during the course of or related to his/her employment with the Company and its Related Entities (including, without limitation, projection programs, business plans, business matrix programs (i.e., measurement of business), strategic financial projections, certain financial information, shareholder information, technology and product design information, marketing plans or proposals, personnel information, customer lists and other customer information) are the sole property of the Company and its Related Entities and constitute Proprietary Information as defined in Section 6 of the Employment Agreement. Executive represents and warrants that he/she has returned all files, customer lists, financial information and other property of the Company and its Related Entities that were in Executive’s possession or control without retaining copies thereof (other than a copy of the Employee Handbook and personnel records relating to Executive’s employment). Executive further represents and warrants that he/she does not have in his/her possession or control any files, customer lists, financial information or other property of the Company and its Related Entities. In addition to his/her promises in Section 6 of the Employment Agreement, Executive agrees that he/she will not disclose to any person or use any such information, observations or data without the written consent of the Board. If Executive is served with a deposition subpoena or other legal process calling for the disclosure of such information, or if he/she is contacted by any third person requesting such information, he/she will notify the Board as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving notice and will reasonably cooperate with the Company and its Related Entities in minimizing the disclosure thereof; provided, that nothing in this Agreement will (i) affect Executive’s obligations to testify truthfully in response to any subpoena or other legally required discovery proceeding or (ii) in any way limit or prohibit Executive from engaging in Protected Activity.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. 6.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, confidential information means confidential or proprietary technical, customer, end user, or network information given by one Party (the "Discloser") to the other (the "Recipient"), which is disclosed by one Party to the other in connection with this Agreement, during negotiations and the term of this Agreement (“Confidential Information”). Such Confidential Information shall automatically be deemed proprietary to the Discloser and subject to this § 6.0, unless otherwise confirmed in writing by the Discloser. All other information, which is indicated and marked, as Confidential Information at the time of disclosure shall also be treated as Confidential Information under § 6.0 of this Agreement. The Recipient agrees (i) to use Confidential Information only for the purpose of performing under this Agreement, (ii) to hold it in confidence and disclose it to no one other than its employees having a need to know for the purpose of performing under this Agreement, and (iii) to safeguard it from unauthorized use or disclosure using at least the same degree of care with which the Recipient safeguards its own Confidential Information. If the Recipient wishes to disclose the Discloser's Confidential Information to a third-party agent or consultant, such disclosure must be agreed to in writing by the Discloser, and the agent or consultant must have executed a written agreement of nondisclosure and nonuse comparable to the terms of this Section.
Confidential and Proprietary Information. Executive agrees that he will not, either directly or indirectly, and Executive will not permit any Covered Entity which is Controlled by Executive to, either directly or indirectly, divulge to any person or entity or use any of the Confidential and Proprietary Information, except (i) as required in connection with the performance of such Executive’s duties to the Company, (ii) as required to be included in any report, statement or testimony requested by any municipal, state or national regulatory body having jurisdiction over Executive or any Covered Entity which is Controlled by Executive, (iii) as required in response to any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, (iv) to the extent necessary in order to comply with any law, order, regulation, ruling or governmental request applicable to Executive or any Covered Entity which is Controlled by Executive, (v) as required in connection with an audit by any taxing authority, or (vi) is made with the express written consent of the Board of Directors. In the event that Executive or any such Covered Entity which is Controlled by Executive is required to disclose Confidential and Proprietary Information pursuant to the foregoing exceptions, Executive shall promptly notify the Company of such pending disclosure and assist the Company (at the Company’s expense) in seeking a protective order or in objecting to such request, summons or subpoena with regard to the Confidential and Proprietary Information. If the Company does not obtain such relief after a period that is reasonable under the circumstances, Executive (or such Covered Entity) may disclose that portion of the Confidential and Proprietary Information that such party is advised by counsel that it is legally compelled to disclose or else stand liable for contempt or suffer censure or penalty. In such cases, Executive shall promptly provide the Company with a copy of the Confidential and Proprietary Information so disclosed. Executive further agrees to execute the Company’s standard proprietary information and inventions assignment agreement or similar agreement.
