Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Except as specifically authorized by this Agreement or as otherwise approved by UCB, information and materials shared with you by UCB or developed hereunder in connection with the Services (“Work Product”) shall be considered to be the confidential and proprietary property of UCB and will be used only in connection with the Services. You shall not use, disclose, or duplicate any confidential and proprietary information except as necessary to provide the Services. Your confidentiality obligations under this Section shall not apply to any information which is or becomes, through no fault of yours, part of the public knowledge. If required to disclose any UCB confidential information by any law, regulation, judicial or administrative process, you agree that (a) prior to making any such disclosure, you will provide UCB with (i) written notice of the proposed disclosure in order to provide UCB with sufficient opportunity to seek a protective order or other similar order preventing or limiting the proposed disclosure and (ii) reasonable assistance in UCB’s efforts to obtain a protective order or other similar order and (b) you shall disclose such confidential information only to the extent required in order to comply with the applicable law, regulation or action. The Work Product and all original works of authorship resulting or derived from your performance of the Services, will be and will remain the sole and exclusive property of UCB, and you hereby assign to UCB in perpetuity all right, title and interest that you may have therein, including, without limitation, all copyrights or similar property rights recognized by any country or jurisdiction.
Confidentiality of Contractor Information The Contractor acknowledges and agrees that this Contract and any and all Contractor information obtained by the State in connection with this Contract are subject to the State of Vermont Access to Public Records Act, 1 V.S.A. § 315 et seq. The State will not disclose information for which a reasonable claim of exemption can be made pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 317(c), including, but not limited to, trade secrets, proprietary information or financial information, including any formulae, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information which is not patented, which is known only to the Contractor, and which gives the Contractor an opportunity to obtain business advantage over competitors who do not know it or use it. The State shall immediately notify Contractor of any request made under the Access to Public Records Act, or any request or demand by any court, governmental agency or other person asserting a demand or request for Contractor information. Contractor may, in its discretion, seek an appropriate protective order, or otherwise defend any right it may have to maintain the confidentiality of such information under applicable State law within three business days of the State’s receipt of any such request. Contractor agrees that it will not make any claim against the State if the State makes available to the public any information in accordance with the Access to Public Records Act or in response to a binding order from a court or governmental body or agency compelling its production. Contractor shall indemnify the State for any costs or expenses incurred by the State, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees awarded in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 320, in connection with any action brought in connection with Contractor’s attempts to prevent or unreasonably delay public disclosure of Contractor’s information if a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the State improperly withheld such information and that the improper withholding was based on Contractor’s attempts to prevent public disclosure of Contractor’s information. The State agrees that (a) it will use the Contractor information only as may be necessary in the course of performing duties, receiving services or exercising rights under this Contract; (b) it will provide at a minimum the same care to avoid disclosure or unauthorized use of Contractor information as it provides to protect its own similar confidential and proprietary information; (c) except as required by the Access to Records Act, it will not disclose such information orally or in writing to any third party unless that third party is subject to a written confidentiality agreement that contains restrictions and safeguards at least as restrictive as those contained in this Contract; (d) it will take all reasonable precautions to protect the Contractor’s information; and (e) it will not otherwise appropriate such information to its own use or to the use of any other person or entity. Contractor may affix an appropriate legend to Contractor information that is provided under this Contract to reflect the Contractor’s determination that any such information is a trade secret, proprietary information or financial information at time of delivery or disclosure.
Confidentiality; Publicity (a) The parties hereto (the party disclosing Confidential Information (as defined below), the “Disclosing Party”, and the party receiving Confidential Information, the “Receiving Party”) agree that neither party shall disclose to any person or entity this Agreement or the terms or conditions hereof, any information concerning other’s pricing, or any other non-public information (“Confidential Information”); provided, however, that Confidential Information shall not be deemed to include any such information (i) independently developed by a Receiving Party without breach of this Agreement or any legal, ethical or fiduciary obligation (ii) which was already in possession prior to disclosure to Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party, (iii) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure of such information by the Receiving Party in breach of this section or (iv) becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source not known by the Receiving Party to be prohibited from disclosing such information by legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information to (i) members, managers, directors, officers, employees of the Receiving Party and its affiliates whose duties and responsibilities require knowledge of such information; (ii) to accountants and counsel for the Receiving Party and its affiliates whose duties and responsibilities require knowledge of such information; (iii) to other agents of the Receiving Party, financing partners or its or their affiliates whose duties and responsibilities require knowledge of such information; (iv) as required by law, regulation or legal process or by any governmental or regulatory authority; (v) in order to comply with the lawful request or demands of any regulatory authority with authority over the Receiving Party receiving such request or demand; or (vi) in connection with any action by either the Disclosing Party or the Receiving Party to enforce rights and obligations under this Agreement. The Receiving Party assumes responsibility for compliance with, and any breach of, this section by any person or entity with whom the Receiving Party shares Confidential Information pursuant to clauses (i) – (iii) above. Without limiting the foregoing, with respect to Confidential Information that constitutes “personally identifiable information” (howsoever defined under applicable law) with respect to any customer received by the Receiving Party from the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party shall take all steps reasonably necessary to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse of such information.
Confidentiality/ Nondisclosure Employee covenants and agrees that any and all information concerning the customers, businesses and services of the Corporation of which he has knowledge or access as a result of his association with the Corporation in any capacity, shall be deemed confidential in nature and shall not, without the proper written consent of the Corporation, be directly or indirectly used, disseminated, disclosed or published by Employee to third parties other than in connection with the usual conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such information shall expressly include, but shall not be limited to, information concerning the Corporation’s trade secrets, business operations, business records, customer lists or other customer information. Upon termination of employment Employee shall deliver to the Corporation all originals and copies of documents, forms, records or other information, in whatever form it may exist, concerning the Corporation or its business, customers, products or services. In construing this provision it is agreed that it shall be interpreted broadly so as to provide the Corporation with the maximum protection. This Section 11 shall not be applicable to any information which, through no misconduct or negligence of Employee, has previously been disclosed to the public by anyone other than Employee.
CONFIDENTIALITY; PROPRIETARY RIGHTS 3.1 Each party (the “Receiving Party”) understands that the other party (the “Disclosing Party”) has disclosed or may disclose business, technical or financial information relating to the Disclosing Party’s business (hereinafter referred to as “Proprietary Information” of the Disclosing Party). Proprietary Information of Company includes non-public information regarding features, functionality and performance of the Service. Proprietary Information of Customer includes non-public data provided by Customer to Company to enable the provision of the Services (“Customer Data”). The Receiving Party agrees: (i) to take reasonable precautions to protect such Proprietary Information, and (ii) not to use (except in performance of the Services or as otherwise permitted herein) or divulge to any third person any such Proprietary Information. The Disclosing Party agrees that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any information after five (5) years following the disclosure thereof or any information that the Receiving Party can document (a) is or becomes generally available to the public, or (b) was in its possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party, or (c) was rightfully disclosed to it without restriction by a third party, or (d) was independently developed without use of any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party or (e) is required to be disclosed by law.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 35 Provider shall protect all Personal Information, records and data from unauthorized disclosure 36 in accordance with 42 CFR §431.300 through §431.307, RCWs 70.02, 71.05, 71.34 and for 37 individuals receiving SUD services, in accordance with 42 CFR Part 2 and WAC 388-877B. 38 Provider shall have a process in place to ensure all components of its provider network and 39 system understand and comply with confidentiality requirements for publicly funded 40 behavioral health services. Pursuant to 42 CFR §431.301 and §431.302, personal information 41 concerning applicants and recipients may be disclosed for purposes directly connected with 42 the administration of this Contract and the State Medicaid Plan. Provider shall read and 43 comply with all HIPAA policies.
Confidentiality Agreement As an employee of the Company, you will continue to have access to certain confidential information of the Company and you may, during the course of your employment, develop certain information or inventions that will be the property of the Company. To protect the interests of the Company, your acceptance of this Agreement confirms that the terms of the Company’s Employee Confidentiality, Inventions and Non-Interference Agreement you previously signed with the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) still apply.
Privacy and Confidentiality A. Contractors may use or disclose Medi-Cal PII only to perform functions, activities or services directly related to the administration of the Medi-Cal program in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code section 14100.2 and 42 Code of Federal Regulations section 431.300 et.seq, or as required by law. Disclosures which are required by law, such as a court order, or which are made with the explicit written authorization of the Medi-Cal client, are allowable. Any other use or disclosure of Medi-Cal PII requires the express approval in writing of DHCS. Contractor shall not duplicate, disseminate or disclose Medi-Cal PII except as allowed in the Agreement.
Confidentiality Statement All persons that will be working with PHI COUNTY 21 discloses to CONTRACTOR or CONTRACTOR creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on behalf of 22 COUNTY must sign a confidentiality statement that includes, at a minimum, General Use, Security and 23 Privacy Safeguards, Unacceptable Use, and Enforcement Policies. The statement must be signed by the 24 workforce member prior to access to such PHI. The statement must be renewed annually. The 25 CONTRACTOR shall retain each person’s written confidentiality statement for COUNTY inspection 26 for a period of six (6) years following the termination of the Agreement.
