Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. During the Employment Period and thereafter, except in the good faith performance of your duties hereunder or where required by law, statute, regulation or rule of any governmental body or agency, or pursuant to a subpoena or court order, you shall not, directly or indirectly, for your own account or for the account of any other person, firm or entity, use or disclose any Confidential Information or proprietary Trade Secrets of the Company to any third person unless such Confidential Information or Trade Secret has been previously disclosed to the public or is in the public domain (other than by reason of your breach of this paragraph).
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. (i) During the course of Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive will acquire and have access to Confidential Information and Trade Secrets belonging to the Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions and joint ventures (collectively referred to as the “Company” throughout and for purposes of this Section 9). Such Confidential Information and Trade Secrets include, without limitation, business and technical information, whatever its nature and form and whether obtained orally, by observation, from written materials or otherwise, as for example: (A) financial and business information, such as information with respect to costs, commissions, fees, profits, profit margins, sales, markets, mailing lists, accounts receivables and accounts payables, pricing strategies, strategies and plans for future business, new business, product or other development, potential acquisitions or divestitures, and new marketing ideas; (B) marketing information, such as information on markets, end users and applications, the identity of the Company’s customers, vendors, suppliers, and distributors, their names and addresses, the names of representatives of the Company’s customers, vendors, distributors or suppliers responsible for entering into contracts with the Company, the Company’s financial arrangements with its distributors and suppliers, the amounts paid by such customers to the Company, specific customer needs and requirements, leads and referrals to prospective customers; and (C) personnel information, such as the identity and number of the Company’s employees, personal information such as social security numbers, skills, qualifications, and abilities. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information and Trade Secrets are not generally known or available to the general public, but have been developed, complied or acquired by the Company at its great effort and expense and for commercial advantage and, therefore, takes every reasonable precaution to prevent the use or disclosure of any part of it by or to unauthorized persons. Confidential Information and Trade Secrets can be in any form or media, whether oral, written or machine readable, including electronic files.
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. Employee recognizes the interest of Employer in maintaining the confidential nature of its Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. Accordingly, Employee covenants and agrees that Employee will not, at any time, other than in the performance of Employee’s duties for the Employer, both during and after Employee’s employment with the Employer, communicate or disclose to any person or entity, or use for Employee’s benefit, or for the benefit of any other person or entity, including any Competing Business, either directly or indirectly, any of the Employer’s Trade Secrets and/or Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prohibition in the preceding sentence regarding the disclosure or use of Confidential Information other than Trade Secrets shall end thirty-six (36) months after the termination, for any reason, of Employee’s employment with the Employer. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure or use of Trade Secrets by Employee is prohibited for the life of Employee, or until the Trade Secret information becomes publicly available through no direct or indirect fault or act of Employee.
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. Employee further agrees to hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all proprietary and confidential information, knowledge, ideas and data, including, without limitation, customer lists and the Company’s trade secrets, products, processes and programs (“Confidential Information and Trade Secrets”), relating in any way to the present or future business or activities of the Company for as long as such Confidential Information and Trade Secrets remain confidential. Such Confidential Information and Trade Secrets include but are not limited to: (i) the Company’s financial and business information, such as capital structure, operating results, strategies and plans for future business, pending projects and proposals and potential acquisitions or divestitures; (ii) product and technical information, such as product formulations, new and innovative product ideas, proprietary credit scoring models and approaches, credit policies, new business developments, plans, designs, compilation methods, processes, procedures, program devices, data processing programs, software, software codes, hardware, firmware and research and development products; (iii) marketing information, such as new marketing ideas, mailing lists, the identity of the Company’s customers and prospects, their names and addresses and sales and marketing plans; (iv) information about the Company’s third-party agreements and any confidential or protected information disclosed to the Company by a third-party; (v) the Company’s suppliers, partners, customers and prospect lists; and (vi) personnel information, such as the identity of the Company’s other employees, their salaries, bonuses, benefits, skills, qualifications and abilities. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “trade secrets” shall mean items of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets that meet the requirements of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, as adopted in the state of Colorado and as amended from time to time. All such Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, together with all copies thereof and notes and other references thereto, shall remain the sole property of the Company. This obligation of confidentiality is intended to supplement, and is not intended to supersede or limit, the obligations of confidentiality Employee has to the Company by agreement, law or otherwise.
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. During the term of Participant’s Employment and thereafter, except in the good faith performance of Participant’s duties hereunder or where required by law, statute, regulation or rule of any governmental body or agency, or pursuant to a subpoena or court order, Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, for Participant’s own account or for the account of any other person, firm or entity, use or disclose any Confidential Information or proprietary Trade Secrets of the Company to any third person unless such Confidential Information or Trade Secret has been previously disclosed to the public or is in the public domain (other than by reason of Participant’s breach of this paragraph).
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. You acknowledge and agree that the Company is engaged in a highly competitive business and that its competitive position depends upon its ability to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information and Trade Secrets which were developed, compiled and acquired by the Company at its great effort and expense. You further acknowledge and agree that any disclosing, divulging, revealing, or using of any of the Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, other than in connection with the Company’s business or as specifically authorized by die Company, will be highly detrimental to the Company and cause it to suffer serious loss of business and pecuniary damage. Accordingly, You agree that during Your employment with the Company and following the termination of such employment for any reason, You shall not directly or indirectly divulge or make use of any Confidential Information outside of Your employment with the Company (so long as the information remains confidential) without the prior written consent of an authorized representative of the Company. You shall not directly or indirectly misappropriate, divulge, or make use of Trade Secrets for an indefinite period of time, so long as the information remains a Trade Secret as defined under any applicable trade secrets or other applicable law. You also agree at all times to exercise discretion in discussing with others the affairs of clients, including avoiding unnecessary identification of names, places, and other specifics, and to take reasonable precautions to make sure that such discussions cannot be overheard and electronic communications cannot be intercepted either by client’s employees or outside persons.
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. Executive covenants and agrees that Executive shall not, during or after the termination of this Agreement, divulge, furnish or make accessible to any person, firm, corporation or other business entity, any information, trade secrets, technical data or know-how relating to the business, business practices, methods, marketing strategies, financial information, pricing policies, customers, customer information, customer lists, products, processes, equipment or other confidential or secret aspect of the business of the Company and/or any subsidiary or affiliate, except as may be required in good faith in the course of his employment with the Company or by law, without the prior written consent of the Company, unless such information shall become public knowledge (other than by reason of Executive’s breach of the provisions hereof).
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. The Executive acknowledges that as an employee of American Water the Executive had access to and was entrusted with the Company’s confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets. At all times prior to, during, and following the Executive’s separation from employment with American Water, the Executive represents that the Executive has maintained and agrees that the Executive will continue to maintain such information in strict confidence and has not disclosed, used, transferred or sold and will not disclose, use, transfer or sell (directly or indirectly) such information to any third party (except as may be required by law or legal process) so long as such information or proprietary data remains confidential and has not been properly and lawfully disclosed or is not otherwise in the public domain.
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. (A) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; TRADE SECRETS. As used in this Agreement, the term "
Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. Except in the good faith performance of the Executive's duties pursuant to Section 1.1, the Executive agrees not at any time, whether during or after the Executive's employment with the Company, to divulge to any other entity or person or misuse any confidential information acquired by the Executive concerning the Company's or its affiliates' business affairs, including without limitation, its financial results and prospects, financial affairs, future plans in research, acquisition or divestiture plans, marketing, advertising, sales, product development, proprietary business processes or methods, research, trade secrets and any information regarding personal matters of any directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company or its affiliates or their respective family members, or any information concerning the circumstances of the Executive's employment and any termination of the Executive's employment with the Company or any information regarding discussions related to any of the foregoing (the "Confidential Information"). The foregoing prohibitions shall include, without limitation, directly or indirectly publishing (or causing, participating in, assisting or providing any statement, opinion or information in connection with the publication of) any diary, memoir, letter, story, photograph, interview, article, essay, account or description (whether fictionalized or not) concerning any Confidential Information, publication being deemed to include any presentation or reproduction of any written, verbal or visual material in any communication medium, including any book, magazine, newspaper, theatrical production or movie, or television or radio programming or commercial or over the internet. In the event that the Executive is requested or required to make disclosure of Confidential Information under any arbitration award, court order, subpoena or other judicial process, the Executive will promptly notify RCPC, take all reasonable steps requested by RCPC to defend against the compulsory disclosure and permit RCPC, at its expense, to control with counsel of its choice any proceeding relating to the compulsory disclosure. The Executive acknowledges that all information the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section is of a confidential and proprietary character and of great value to the Company.
