Safeguarding and Permitted Disclosure. Each Party’s Confidential Information will remain the property of that Party and shall not be disclosed, made available, sold or transferred to any other Person in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever. Each of the Parties shall use at least the same degree of care to safeguard and to prevent disclosing to third parties the Confidential Information of the other as it employs to avoid unauthorized disclosure or publication of its own information (or information of its customers) of a similar nature, and in any event, no less than reasonable care.
Safeguarding and Permitted Disclosure. Each Party’s Confidential Information will remain the property of that Party and shall not be disclosed, made available, sold, or transferred to any other Person in any manner except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement. Each of the Parties shall use at least the same degree of care to safeguard and to prevent disclosing to third parties the Confidential Information of the other Parties as it employs to avoid unauthorized disclosure or publication of its own information (or information of its customers) of a similar nature, and in any event, no less than reasonable care. Each Party may disclose relevant aspects of the other Parties’ Confidential Information to: (i) its employees, Affiliates, subcontractors, professional advisors and agents to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary for the performance of its obligations, or the enforcement of its rights, under this Agreement; and (ii) its stockholders or owners (including the Government of British Columbia as owner of BCH) to the extent necessary in connection with routine informational disclosures to such stockholders or owners; provided, however, that in each such case such Party uses reasonable efforts to ensure that such employees, Affiliates, subcontractors, professional advisors, agents, stockholders or owners comply with the confidentiality provisions of this Article 15. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, BCH may disclose Confidential Information to representatives of the Government of British Columbia, as owner of BCH, who have a need to have knowledge of such Confidential Information and who have been informed by BCH of the need, duty and requirement to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Each Party will be responsible for any disclosure of Confidential Information by such Party’s employees, Affiliates, subcontractors, professional advisors, agents, stockholders or owners in breach or violation of this Article 15.
