Common use of Vendor’s Use of Protected Information Clause in Contracts

Vendor’s Use of Protected Information. Vendor shall hold Protected Information in confidence using the higher standard of 1) commercially reasonable care or 2) the care used by the Vendor in protecting its own information of a similar type. Vendor shall use Protected Information only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under the Agreement and for Customer's benefit and shall not share Protected Information with, or disclose it to, any third party without the prior written consent of Customer or as otherwise required by Applicable Law. Vendor shall not use Protected Information for Vendor's own benefit and, in particular, shall not engage in "data mining" of Protected Information or aggregate or de-identify Protected Information, except as authorized in writing by Customer.