Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure The Executive hereby agrees at all times during the term of the Employment and after his termination, to hold in the strictest confidence, and not to use, except for the benefit of the Company, or to disclose to any person, corporation or other entity without prior written consent of the Company, any Confidential Information. The Executive understands that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary or confidential information of the Company, its affiliates, or their respective clients, customers or partners, including, without limitation, technical data, trade secrets, research and development information, product plans, services, customer lists and customers, supplier lists and suppliers, software developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, hardware configuration information, personnel information, marketing, finances, information about the suppliers, joint ventures, franchisees, distributors and other persons with whom the Company does business, information regarding the skills and compensation of other employees of the Company or other business information disclosed to the Executive by or obtained by the Executive from the Company, its affiliates, or their respective clients, customers or partners, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally or otherwise, if specifically indicated to be confidential or reasonably expected to be confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that is generally available and known to the public through no fault of the Executive.
Confidentiality and Nondisclosure (a) Each party (the "Receiving Party") hereby acknowledges that it may be exposed to Confidential Information (as defined herein) of the other party (the "Disclosing Party"). Except as provided herein, the parties further acknowledge that such Confidential Information shall not include the existence of this Agreement, but shall include the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Subject to the License granted to LICENSEE in Section 2(a) to use the Licensed Data (which for all other purposes shall be treated as LICENSOR'S Confidential Information), the Receiving Party agrees to protect the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information to the same extent as the Receiving Party protects its own Confidential Information, but in any event using not less than reasonable care.
(b) Each party when acting in the capacity of a Receiving Party hereby agrees, during the term of this Agreement and at all times thereafter, not to use, commercialize or disclose the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information to any person or entity, including customers or potential customers or subscribers of any party, without the express written consent of the Disclosing Party. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall return to the Disclosing Party all of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information in whatever form in the Receiving Party's possession or control, or at the option of the Disclosing Party, destroy the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information, and provide the Disclosing Party with a written certificate signed by an officer of the Receiving Party attesting to such destruction..
(c) The Receiving Party acknowledges that unauthorized use, misappropriation or disclosure of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information or other proprietary information, as described in this Section 9, would cause irreparable harm to the Disclosing Party. Remedies at law being inadequate, the provisions of this Section 9 may be enforced by temporary or permanent injunctive relief.
Confidentiality and Ownership The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information (as defined in Paragraph 5(A) below) is the property of the Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Accordingly, the Executive agrees as follows:
Confidentiality and Privacy The Training Provider must not, without the prior written approval of the Department, disclose (or permit the disclosure of) information regarding this VET Funding Contract (including details of the Funds being provided by the Department in respect of any individual) or any Confidential Information of the Department or the State, except: to the extent required under this VET Funding Contract; to the extent required by Law; to its solicitors, barristers and/or other professional advisors in order to obtain advice in relation to its rights under this VET Funding Contract, the Training Services or the Funds and provided such advisors are under a duty of confidentiality; to the extent necessary for the registration or recording of documents where required; and/or to the extent required in connection with legal proceedings, and then only to the extent strictly necessary for that purpose. The Training Provider acknowledges and agrees that: the Department may disclose or otherwise make available (whether to the public generally or to any particular person or group of persons) any and all information relating to the Training Provider and this VET Funding Contract (including Confidential Information of the Training Provider), including: course and qualification details; government subsidised fee information; details of the Funds paid; the contents of any surveys in which the Training Provider participates pursuant to Clause 4.5(j)(ii) or any employer surveys; any information that the Training Provider is required to publish on its website or otherwise make publicly available under this VET Funding Contract; details of any non-compliance by the Training Provider with this VET Funding Contract; any action taken by the Department under this VET Funding Contract; and findings and outcomes of any audits or reviews undertaken pursuant to this VET Funding Contract, as it considers reasonably appropriate to facilitate the proper operation of the Skills First Program, including as contemplated by Clause 12.3 of Schedule 1; the Department may disclose information referred to in paragraph (a), and any information regarding any suspected non-compliance by the Training Provider with this VET Funding Contract, for the purpose of satisfying its obligations under: the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic); the Ombudsman Act 1973 (Vic); or the Audit Act 1994 (Vic); or the requirements of Parliamentary accountability or a Minister's obligations to fulfil their duties of office; and the Department may disclose information referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) to the counterparty to any Other VET Funding Arrangement, any regulator who has responsibility for issuing or monitoring compliance with the applicable registration referred to in Clause 4.1(a), or other government entity in any jurisdiction that has an interest in the regulation and funding of the VET sector. The Training Provider must take all steps and make all efforts to assist the Department in complying with any of the obligations referred to in Clause 13.2(b). The Training Provider acknowledges that it will be bound by the Information Privacy Principles and any applicable Code of Practice with respect to any act done or practice engaged in by the Training Provider under or in connection with this VET Funding Contract in the same way and to the same extent as the Department would have been bound had it been directly done or engaged in by the Department. The Training Provider must include a standard privacy notice in all enrolment forms, in accordance with the Victorian VET Student Statistical Collection Guidelines, which advises Eligible Individuals how their data may be supplied to and used by the Department and Commonwealth VET Student Loan agencies. The Training Provider must, in collecting any Personal Information for the purposes of this VET Funding Contract, ensure that it has obtained all necessary consents for: the Training Provider to collect, use, hold and disclose that Personal Information, including by disclosing it to the Department as contemplated by this VET Funding Contract (including by way of the submission of reports under Clause 12 of Schedule 1, for the purposes of complying with Record disclosure obligations under Clause 10 and in the course of any audit, review or investigation under Clause 11); and the Department to collect, use, hold and disclose that Personal Information for the purposes of this VET Funding Contract and its operation and management of the Skills First Program, in accordance with all applicable Laws, including the PDP Act, the Health Records Act and (if applicable to the Training Provider) the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The Training Provider must cooperate with, and provide any assistance requested by, the Department in relation to: resolving any complaint made to the Department alleging a breach of the PDP Act or the Health Records Act in relation to any Personal Information collected, used, held or disclosed by the Department that was provided to it by the Training Provider in connection with this VET Funding Contract; and providing access to or amendment of any record of Personal Information collected, used, held or disclosed in connection with this VET Funding Contract following a request from an individual made to the Department.
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 AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 14.4.1 This Clause shall be without prejudice to the Confidentiality Agreement dated 10 November 2011, which shall continue notwithstanding this Agreement.
14.4.2 The existence, subject matter and contents of this Agreement are confidential, and subject to Clause 14.4.4, each Party is prohibited from disclosing all or any part of this Agreement, or even its existence, at any time (including after the Closing Date).
14.4.3 Subject to Clauses 14.4.4 and 14.4.5:
(i) each Party shall treat as strictly confidential and not disclose or use any information obtained in connection with the negotiations relating to the Transaction; and
(ii) the Purchaser shall treat as strictly confidential and not disclose or use any information relating to the business and financial affairs (including future plans and targets) of the Seller and the Seller’s Affiliated Companies.
14.4.4 Clauses 14.4.2 and 14.4.3 shall not prohibit disclosure or use of any information if and to the extent that:
(i) the disclosure or use is necessary in order to allow any Party to comply with any legal requirement to make any announcement or to provide information to any public authority or Stock Exchange;
(ii) the disclosure or use is required for the purposes of any judicial or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement;
(iii) the disclosure is made to professional advisers of any Party on condition that such professional advisers undertake to comply with the provisions of Clauses 14.4.2 and 14.4.3 in respect of such information as if they were a party to this Agreement;
(iv) the information is or becomes publicly available (other than as a result of any breach of the Confidentiality Agreement or this Agreement);
(v) the information becomes available to the Party bound by this Clause 14.4 from a source which is not bound by any obligation of confidentiality in relation to such information (as can be demonstrated by such Party’s written records and other reasonable evidence); or
(vi) the other Party has given prior written approval to the disclosure or use, it being understood, however, that any Party that intends to disclose information pursuant to this Clause 14.4.4 shall to the extent not prohibited by applicable laws [***] Certain information has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to omitted portions. or regulations, prior to making such disclosure, consult with the other Party on the form, content and timing of such disclosure.
14.4.5 On or shortly after the date of this Agreement, the Seller and the Purchaser shall be allowed to issue a press statement announcing the Transaction, substantially in the form as the drafts attached as Schedule 14.4.5.
14.4.6 Without prejudice to Clause 14.4.5, no announcement in connection with the existence or the subject matter of this Agreement (including any announcement to the Target Company’s employees, customers or suppliers) shall be made without the prior written consent of all Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and the Parties shall consult with each other concerning the means by which the Target Company’s employees, customers and suppliers, and others having dealings with the Target Company, shall be informed of this Agreement. The Purchaser shall have the right to be present when any such communication is made.
14.4.7 The Parties shall take all necessary actions to ensure that no accidental or unauthorised disclosure of the existence or contents of this Agreement occurs.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND LOYALTY The Executive acknowledges that heretofore or hereafter during the course of his employment he has produced and received, and may hereafter produce, receive and otherwise have access to various materials, records, data, trade secrets and information not generally available to the public (collectively, "Confidential Information") regarding the Employer and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Accordingly, during and subsequent to termination of this Agreement, the Executive shall hold in confidence and not directly or indirectly disclose, use, copy or make lists of any such Confidential Information, except to the extent that such information is or thereafter becomes lawfully available from public sources, or such disclosure is authorized in writing by the Employer, required by law or by any competent administrative agency or judicial authority, or otherwise as reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by the Executive of his duties hereunder. All records, files, documents, computer diskettes, computer programs and other computer-generated material, as well as all other materials or copies thereof relating to the Employer's business, which the Executive shall prepare or use, shall be and remain the sole property of the Employer, shall not be removed from the Employer's premises without its written consent, and shall be promptly returned to the Employer upon termination of the Executive's employment hereunder. The Executive agrees to abide by the Employer's reasonable policies, as in effect from time to time, respecting confidentiality and the avoidance of interests conflicting with those of the Employer.
Confidentiality Provisions 7.1 Pursuant to 42 USC 1396r-8(b)(3)(D), the parties agree that information disclosed by the Manufacturer under this Agreement in a form which discloses the identity of a specific Manufacturer or the prices charged for drugs by the Manufacturer is confidential and shall not be disclosed except as necessary to carry out the Agreement or as may be required by judicial order. Therefore, the Department agrees that confidential information provided to the Department under this Agreement, including the Agreement itself is exempted from disclosure by statute. To the extent that the Department utilizes the services of a third-party to develop and maintain the PDL or to administer any part of this Agreement, all provisions of this section shall apply to the third- party, and the Department shall have the third-party sign a written agreement ensuring the third- party will comply with all aspects of this section. In the event that the Department is required by law to disclose any provision of this Agreement or pricing information to any person other than as provided above, the Department shall provide advance written notice to the Manufacturer sufficiently in advance of the proposed disclosure to allow the Manufacturer to seek a protective order or other relief.
7.2 The parties agree that information revealing the identity of Medicaid recipients is confidential and shall not be disclosed except as necessary to carry out this Agreement or as may be required by judicial order. The foregoing shall not prevent the disclosure by the Manufacturer to the Department of information regarding the National Rebates for Covered Products.
7.3 The Manufacturer will hold the Utilization Information confidential. If the Manufacturer audits this information or receives further information on such data, that information shall also be held confidential. The Manufacturer shall have the right to disclose Utilization Information to auditors who agree to keep such information confidential.
7.4 The provisions of this section and any confidentiality agreement executed pursuant to this section shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Confidentiality/Nondisclosure 19.1 Neither Party will, without the prior written consent of the other Party (a) issue any public announcement regarding, or make any other disclosure of the terms of, this Agreement or use the name or marks of the other Party or its Affiliates; or (b) disclose or use (except as expressly permitted by, or required to achieve the purposes of, this Agreement) the Confidential Information of the other Party. Consent may only be given on behalf of a Party by its Legal Department. However, a Party may disclose Confidential Information if required to do so by a governmental agency, by operation of law, or if necessary in any proceeding to establish rights or obligations under this Agreement, provided that the disclosing Party gives the non-disclosing Party reasonable prior written notice and the receiving Party will cooperate with the disclosing Party to seek or take appropriate protective measures and will make such disclosure in a manner to best protect the Confidential Information from further disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if reporting or filing obligations or requirements are imposed upon Qwest by any third party or regulatory agency in connection with this Agreement, CLEC agrees to assist Qwest in complying with such obligations and requirements, as reasonably required by Qwest and to hold Qwest harmless for any failure by CLEC in this regard. Qwest’s compliance with any regulatory filing obligation will not constitute a violation of this section. Each Party will use reasonable efforts to protect the other’s Confidential Information, and will use at least the same efforts to protect such Confidential Information as the Party would use to protect its own.
19.2 All Confidential Information will remain the property of the disclosing Party. A Party who receives Confidential Information via an oral communication may request written confirmation that the material is Confidential Information. A Party who delivers Confidential Information via an oral communication may request written confirmation that the Party receiving the information understands that the material is Confidential Information. Each Party has the right to correct an inadvertent failure to identify information as Confidential Information by giving written notification within thirty (30) Days after the information is disclosed. The receiving Party will from that time forward, treat such information as Confidential Information.
19.3 Upon request by the disclosing Party, the receiving Party will return all tangible copies of Confidential Information, whether written, graphic or otherwise, except that the receiving Party may retain one copy for archival purposes.
19.4 Each Party will keep all of the other Party's Confidential Information confidential and will disclose it on a need to know basis only. Each Party will use the other Party's Confidential Information only in connection with this Agreement and in accordance with Applicable Law. Neither Party will use the other Party's Confidential Information for any other purpose except upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Parties in writing. If either Party loses, or makes an unauthorized disclosure of, the other Party's Confidential Information, it will notify such other Party immediately and use reasonable efforts to retrieve the information.
Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Executive agrees to read, sign and abide by Company’s Employee Innovations and Proprietary Rights Assignment Agreement, which is provided with this Agreement and incorporated herein by reference.
