Confidentiality Obligations To the extent Service Provider requires Thornton to provide Service Provider with its reports and other data (“Confidential Information”) as may be available to Thornton and reasonably required for Service Provider to perform the Services, Service Provider will keep Xxxxxxxx’x Confidential Information secret and will not disclose it to any third party, take or misuse any of the Xxxxxxxx’x Confidential Information, or any other information Service Provider acquires or has access to because of its provision of Services. At all times this Agreement is in effect, Service Provider will not use or seek to use any of Xxxxxxxx'x Confidential Information for the Contractor's own benefit or for the benefit of any other person or business or in any way adverse to Xxxxxxxx'x interests. Xxxxxxxx'x Confidential Information is Xxxxxxxx'x exclusive property, therefore, on Xxxxxxxx'x request or the termination of this Agreement, Service Provider will promptly return Xxxxxxxx’x Confidential Information including all documents, disks or other computer media or other materials in the Service Provider’s possession or control containing any of Xxxxxxxx’x Confidential Information. After this Agreement terminates, the Service Provider will preserve and not disclose directly or indirectly to any third party Xxxxxxxx'x Confidential Information and will promptly advise Thornton of any unauthorized disclosure or use of its Confidential Information by any person or entity. Service Provider is authorized by Thornton to retain copies of its documents at Service Provider expense. In regards to any electronic devices with data storage capability, including but not limited to, computers and copiers used by the Service Provider in connection with the performance of Services pursuant to this Agreement, Service Provider represents the following: All devices, such as copiers or fax machines that are not intended to be a data storage devise for purposes of performing the Services shall be routinely scrubbed, either manually or automatically, to delete any Confidential Information related to the Services. When any electronic device with data storage capacity is taken out of service, all such devises will be securely scrubbed of all data related to Xxxxxxxx’x Project and all data storage drives will be physically destroyed before disposing of the device to insure no Confidential Information belonging to Thornton could ever be retrieved from such device.
Indemnification Related to Confidentiality of Materials The Contractor will protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Department for claims, costs, fines, and attorney’s fees arising from or relating to its designation of materials as trade secret or otherwise confidential.