Common use of CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA Clause in Contracts

CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA. a) All Customer Data made available to the Contractor in order to carry out this Contract, or which become available to the Contractor in carrying out this Contract, shall be protected by the Contractor from unauthorized use and disclosure by use of the same or more effective confidentiality requirements as are applicable to the State. The identification of all such confidential data and information as well as the State's confidentiality requirements for protection of such data and information from unauthorized use and disclosure shall be provided by the State in writing to the Contractor. If the methods and procedures employed by the Contractor for the protection of the Contractor's data and information are deemed by the State to be adequate for the protection of the State's confidential information, such methods and procedures may be used, with the written consent of the State, to carry out the intent of this paragraph. Any additional requirements to ensure confidentiality of data shall be set forth in the SOW. The Contractor shall not be required under the provisions of this paragraph to keep confidential any data or information which is or becomes publicly available, is already rightfully in the Contractor's possession without obligation of confidentiality, is independently developed by the Contractor outside the scope of this Contract, or is rightfully obtained from third parties. Contractor shall sign a security and confidentiality statement. Contractor is responsible for all Contractor personnel assigned to this Contract and will have appropriate agreements in place to enable Contractor to meet its obligations hereunder.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA. a) All Customer Data made available to the Contractor in order to carry out this Contract, or which become available to the Contractor in carrying out this Contract, shall be protected by the Contractor from unauthorized use and disclosure by use of the same or more effective confidentiality requirements as are applicable to the State. The identification of all such confidential data and information as well as the State's confidentiality requirements for protection of such data and information from unauthorized use and disclosure shall be provided by the State in writing to the Contractor. If the methods and procedures employed by the Contractor for the protection of the Contractor's data and information are deemed by the State to be adequate for the protection of the State's confidential information, such methods and procedures may be used, with the written consent of the State, to carry out the intent of this paragraph. Any additional requirements to ensure confidentiality of data shall be set forth in the SOW. The Contractor shall not be required under the provisions of this paragraph to keep confidential any data or information which is or becomes publicly available, is already rightfully in the Contractor's possession without obligation of confidentiality, is independently developed by the Contractor outside the scope of this Contract, or is rightfully obtained from third parties. Contractor shall sign a security and confidentiality statement. Contractor is responsible for all Contractor personnel assigned to this Contract and will have appropriate agreements in place to enable Contractor to meet its obligations hereunder.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA. a) All Customer Data financial, statistical, personal, technical and other data and information relating to the State's operation which are designated confidential by the State and made available to the Contractor in order to carry out this ContractAgreement, or which become available to the Contractor in carrying out this ContractAgreement, shall be protected by the Contractor from unauthorized use and disclosure by use through the observance of the same or more effective confidentiality procedural requirements as are applicable to the State. The identification of all such confidential data and information as well as the State's confidentiality procedural requirements for protection of such data and information from unauthorized use and disclosure shall be provided by the State in writing to the Contractor. If the methods and procedures employed by the Contractor for the protection of the Contractor's data and information are deemed by the State to be adequate for the protection of the State's confidential information, such methods and procedures may be used, with the written consent of the State, to carry out the intent of this paragraph. Any additional requirements to ensure confidentiality of data shall be set forth in the SOW. The Contractor shall not be required under the provisions of this paragraph to keep confidential any data or information which is or becomes publicly available, is already rightfully in the Contractor's possession without obligation of confidentialitypossession, is independently developed by the Contractor outside the scope of this ContractAgreement, or is rightfully obtained from third parties. The Internal Revenue Service shall have the right to send its officers and employees into the offices and plants of the Contractor shall sign a security for inspection of the facilities and confidentiality statementoperations provided for the performance of any work under this Agreement for the purposes of auditing the Contractor’s compliance with this paragraph 16. On the basis of such inspection, specific measures may be required in cases where the Contractor is responsible for all Contractor personnel assigned found to this Contract and will have appropriate agreements in place to enable Contractor to meet its obligations hereunderbe noncompliant with contract safeguards.