Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. The State shall exercise at least the same degree of care to safeguard any trade secrets or confidential information of Contractor as the State does its own property of a similar nature and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that neither the confidential information of Contractor nor any part of it will be disclosed for reasons other than its own business interests. Such prohibition on disclosures does not apply to disclosures by the State to its employees, agents or representatives, provided such disclosures are reasonably necessary to the State’s use of the Deliverable, and provided further that the State will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Deliverable is not disclosed by such parties in contravention of this Contract. The State’s performance of the requirements of this Section shall be subject to the State of Connecticut Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). All Records, Client Agency Data, and any Data owned by the State in any form, in the possession of the Contractor or Contractor Parties, whether uploaded, collected, stored, held, hosted, located or utilized by Contractor and Contractor Parties directly or indirectly, must remain within the continental United States.
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. “Confidential Information” shall mean any intellectual property, information, or trade secrets (whether or not specifically labeled or identified as “confidential” or “private”), in any form or medium, that is disclosed to, or developed or learned by, the Executive, and that relates to the business plan, underwriting, products, services, research, or development of or by the Company or its Subsidiaries, suppliers, distributors, customers, investors, partners, and/or other business associates, and that has not become publicly known. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. Executive acknowledges that, in the course of his employment with the Company, he has become and/or will become acquainted and trusted with (a) certain confidential information and trade secrets, which confidential information includes, but is not limited to, proprietary software, customer lists and information, information concerning the Company’s finances, business practices, long-term and strategic plans and similar matters, information concerning the Company’s formulas, designs, methods of business, trade secrets, technology, business operations, business records and files, and any other information that is not generally known to the public or within the industry or trade in which the Company competes and was not known to Executive prior to his employment with the Company, and (b) information of third parties that the Company is under a duty to maintain as confidential (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Except in furtherance of his duties hereunder, Executive agrees that he will not cause any Confidential Information to be disclosed to third parties without the prior written consent of the Company and that he will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, divulge or make any use of such Confidential Information, except as may be required by law and/or to fulfill his obligations hereunder. Upon the termination of Executive’s employment for whatever reason, or at any time the Company may request, Executive shall immediately deliver to the Company all of the Company’s property in Executive’s possession or under Executive’s control, including but not limited to all originals and copies of memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer files, disks and tapes, thumb drives, printouts, worksheets, source code, software, programming work, and all documents, forms, records or other information, in whatever form it may exist, regarding the Company’s business, clients, products or services. Confidential Information does not include information that: (i) becomes generally known to the public subsequent to disclosure to Executive through no wrongful act of Executive or any representative of Executive; (ii) was known to the public prior to its disclosure to Executive; or (iii) Executive is required to disclose by applicable law, regulation or legal process. Additionally, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the obligations of this Section 8 shall be in addition to and shall not diminish any obligations that Executive may have to Company ...
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. The Independent Contractor agrees not to disclose or communicate, in any manner, either during or after the term of this Agreement, any proprietary information about the Company, including but not limited to, the names of its customers, marketing strategies, operations, or any other information of any kind which would be deemed confidential, a trade secret, a customer list, or other form of proprietary information of the Company. The Independent Contractor understands that any breach of this provision, or that of any other Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, is a material breach of this Agreement. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Independent Contractor shall deliver all records, data, information, and other documents produced or acquired during the performance of this Agreement and all copies thereof to the Company. Such material shall remain the property of the Company.
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. (a) The Executive hereby agrees that, during the Service Period and thereafter, he will hold in strict confidence any proprietary or Confidential Information related to the Company, the Bank, or any of their affiliates. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. Each Party hereto acknowledges that by reason of its relationship with the other Party hereunder, it may have access to confidential information and materials concerning the other Party’s business, technology, and/or products that is confidential to the other Party (“Confidential Information”). Each Party’s Confidential Information is of substantial value to the Party, which value could be impaired if such information was disclosed to third parties or used in violation of this Agreement. Written or other tangible Confidential Information must at the time of disclosure be identified and labeled as Confidential Information belonging to the disclosing Party. When disclosed orally or visually, Confidential Information must be identified as confidential at the time of the disclosure, with subsequent confirmation in writing within fifteen (15) days after disclosure. Each Party agrees that it will not use in any way for its own account or the account of any third party, such Confidential Information, except as authorized under this Agreement, and will protect Confidential Information at least to the same extent as it protects its own Confidential Information and to the same extent that a reasonable person would protect such Confidential Information. Neither Party may use the other Party’s Confidential Information except to perform its duties or exercise its rights under this Agreement. The Confidential Information restrictions will not apply to Confidential Information that is (a) already known to the receiving Party at the time of access hereunder; (b) is or becomes publicly available through no wrongful act of the receiving Party, (c) independently developed by the receiving Party without benefit of the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; (d) has been rightfully received from a third party not under obligation of confidentiality; (e) disclosed in any legal proceeding arising from or in connection with this Agreement; or (f) required to be disclosed by law, provided the Party compelled to disclose the Confidential Information provides the Party owning the Confidential Information with prior written notice of disclosure (only if legally permissible) adequate for the owning Party to take reasonable action to prevent such disclosure. Unless otherwise agreed to by both Parties, upon termination of this Agreement or an applicable Addendum, each Party will return the other Party’s Confidential Information. In the event that the Parties hereto have previously ...
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. (a) For purposes of this Contract, “Confidential Information” means any information or compilation of information concerning the business of Seller that is provided, whether in oral or written form, to Buyer in connection with the purchase and sale of Goods hereunder, and includes, without limitation, pricing and payment terms, supplier contact and identifying information, customer contact(s) and identifying information, current and anticipated supply requirements, banking and other financial information, including account information. Confidential Information also includes “Personal Information” that identifies, relates to, describes is capable of being associated with or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household and includes, without limitation, identifiers such as real name, IP address, account name, postal address, and commercial information such as records of products purchased, internet or other electronic network activity information or professional or employment-related information. Confidential Information shall not include any information which: (i) was received in good faith by Xxxxx from any third party without breach of any obligations of confidentiality; (ii) was independently developed (without access to or use of any Confidential Information of Seller) by an employee or agent of Buyer; or (iii) is or becomes publicly available in a manner other than through an unauthorized disclosure. (b)
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. (a) For the purpose of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” is defined to include any information, designs, software, processes, practices, plans, proposals, markets, pricing, personnel or financial or business information relating to Employer, its affiliates (including the Subsidiary), and their respective businesses, customers, suppliers, products or services, whether in written, oral or other form. Confidential Information shall not include information, which at the time of disclosure is in the public domain by publication or otherwise through no fault of Employee, or information furnished by a third party which was not received directly from Employer or otherwise under an obligation of secrecy.
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. During the course of Executive’s employment, Executive will become exposed to a substantial amount of confidential and proprietary information, including, but not limited to, financial information, annual reports, audited and unaudited financial reports, operational budgets and strategies, methods of operation, customer lists, strategic plans, business plans, marketing plans and strategies, new business strategies, merger and acquisition strategies, management systems programs, computer systems, personnel and compensation information and payroll data, and other such reports, documents or information (collectively the “Confidential and Proprietary Information”). Due to Executive’s senior position with Rural/Metro, Executive acknowledges that Executive regularly receives Confidential and Proprietary Information with respect to Rural/Metro on a consolidated basis at the holding company level, and with respect to each and every one of Rural/Metro’s business units and operations (including business units and operations with respect to which Executive does not have direct operational or other responsibilities); for the avoidance of doubt, all such information is expressly included in the defined term “Confidential and Proprietary Information.” In the event Executive’s employment is terminated by either party for any reason, Executive promises that Executive will not, retain, take with Executive or make any copies of such Confidential and Proprietary Information in any form, format, or manner whatsoever (including computer print-outs, computer tapes, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, etc.) nor will Executive disclose the same in whole or in part to any person or entity, in any manner either directly or indirectly. Excluded from this Agreement is information that (i) is or becomes publicly known through no violation of this Agreement, (ii) is lawfully received by the Executive from any third party without restriction on disclosure or use, (iii) is required to be disclosed by law, or (iv) is expressly approved in writing by Rural/Metro for release or other use by the Executive. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure. (a) Except as provided in this Section 5(a), the Employee shall not disclose any confidential or proprietary information of the Company and the Employer or of their affiliates or subsidiaries to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity (other than the Company, the Employer, their subsidiaries, officers or Employees, attorneys, accountants, bank lenders, agents, advisors or representatives thereof) for any reason or purpose whatsoever (other than in the normal course of business on a need-to-know basis after the Company or the Employer has received assurances that the confidential or proprietary information shall be kept confidential), nor shall the Employee make use of any such confidential or proprietary information for his own purposes or for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity, except the Company and the Employer. As used in this Section 5(a), the term "confidential or proprietary information" means all information which is or becomes known to the Employee and relates to matters such as trade secrets, research and development activities, new or prospective lines of business (including analysis and market research relating to potential expansion of the business), books and records, financial data, customer lists, marketing techniques, financing, credit policies, vendor lists, suppliers, purchases, potential business combinations, services procedures, pricing information and private processes as they may exist from time to time; PROVIDED that the term "confidential or proprietary information" shall not include information that is or become generally available to the public (other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of this Agreement by the Employee or by a person who received such information from the Employee in violation of this Agreement).
