Common use of Vendors Treatment of Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Vendors Treatment of Confidential Information. Vendor and its employees, agents, approved contractors and subcontractors may have access to State of Iowa Confidential Information to the extent necessary to carry out its responsibilities under the Agreement. State of Iowa Confidential Information shall at all times remain the property of the State of Iowa, and the State of Iowa shall retain exclusive rights thereto and ownership thereof. Vendor shall hold any and all State of Iowa Confidential Information in strictest confidence and will use and permit use of State of Iowa Confidential Information solely for the purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, Vendor shall use at least the same degree of care, but no less than reasonable care, to avoid disclosure or use of State of Iowa Confidential Information as the State of Iowa employs with respect to its own confidential information and data of a like importance. Vendor may disclose or provide access to its responsible employees who have a need to know and may make copies of State of Iowa Confidential Information only to the extent reasonably necessary to carry out its obligations hereunder. Vendor will designate one individual who shall remain in charge of all State of Iowa Property collected, used, or disseminated by Vendor in connection with the performance of this Agreement. Vendor shall accept responsibility for providing adequate supervision and training to its agents, employees and any approved contractors and subcontractors to ensure compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Vendor and its employees, agents, and any approved contractors or subcontractors must execute confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements to obtain access to certain State of Iowa Confidential Information. Vendor and its employees, agents, approved contractors and subcontractors shall not disclose, publish, reproduce, disseminate or otherwise use any State of Iowa Confidential Information received, collected, maintained, or used in the course of performance of the Agreement except for the sole purpose of performing the Services hereunder, subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and all applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations applicable either during the term of this Agreement or thereafter. Vendor and its employees, agents, approved contractors and subcontractors shall not disclose, sell, assign, lease, or otherwise dispose of State of Iowa Confidential Information to third-parties or commercially or politically exploit or otherwise use such Information. Vendor shall not remove from the State of Iowa’s facilities or retain a copy of any of the State of Iowa’s Confidential Information obtained from, or as a result of access to, the State of Iowa’s systems unless that removal or retention is reasonably necessary to perform the Services or is otherwise approved in writing by the State of Iowa.