Common use of Employer and Employee Clause in Contracts

Employer and Employee. agree that Employer has a legitimate business interest in protecting its valuable Confidential Information. Employee agrees that he will not disclose to or allow the use by any third party, without the prior written consent of an executive officer of Employer, any information relating to the business of Employer or its customers, if such information could reasonably be construed as confidential unless and until such Confidential Information has become public knowledge without fault by the Employee. By way of illustration, but not limitation, Confidential Information may include concepts, themes, business processes or ideas, inventions, products, processes, methods, techniques, formulas, projects, developments, plans, insurance data, research data, market data, financial data, personnel data, computer programs, HTML code and Internet-related information (including related graphics, links, scripts, or audio-visual files), customer and supplier lists, and contacts at or knowledge of customers or prospective customers of Employer.