Common use of Employee Promise Not to Disclose Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Employee Promise Not to Disclose Confidential Information. Employee acknowledges that this Confidential Information is confidential, proprietary, not known outside of the Company Group’s business, valuable, special and/or a unique asset of the Company Group, which belongs to the Company Group and gives the Company Group a competitive advantage. If this Confidential Information were disclosed without authority to third parties or accessed or used by third parties and/or Employee for the benefit of anyone other than the Company Group, such disclosure, access, or use would seriously and irreparably damage the Company Group and cause the loss of certain competitive advantages. Employee promises he/she has not and will not disclose, provide access, or use for Employee’s own benefit or for the benefit of anyone besides the Company Group, the Confidential Information described above and learned or obtained by Employee as part of his/her employment with the Company. Employee acknowledges that this promise of non-disclosure, non-access, and non-use continues indefinitely and specifically does not expire at the end of Employee’s employment with the Company. This Section does not apply to, or in any way restrict or impede Employee from, any communications with government agencies as stated below, or complying with any applicable law or court order, or exercising whistleblower or other protected non-waivable legal rights.