CONFIDENTIALITY TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These confidentiality terms and conditions are applicable to the parties
to the Agreement of which this annexure form part.
In connection with terms and conditions of JioSecure and in relation
thereto whatever information is disclosed by one party to another party
to this Agreement, the parties agree to abide by terms of
confidentiality as given below;
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For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Confidential Information"
shall means any past, present or future business activities, any
information relating to business plans, pricing, methods,
methodologies, processes, financial data, lists, customer information,
apparatus, statistics, programs, research, development, intellectual
property rights, trade secrets and/or information technology, device,
software, technical, nontechnical, commercial, non-commercial, or
business information or any technical information relating to product,
including IMEI number, or any other important information, disclosed
by one party and/or its Representatives to the other party and/or its
Representatives (as defined below) in the context of contractual or
pre-contractual relations that: (i) is clearly identified as
confidential and/or proprietary at the time of disclosure; and (ii) is
by its nature recognizable potentially confidential or is disclosed in
a manner that it may be reasonably inferred to be confidential and/or
proprietary to the Disclosing Party at the time of disclosure.
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Confidential Information shall not include information that: (i) has
become generally known or available to the public through no act or
omission on the part of the Receiving Party; (ii) was known by the
Receiving Party without restriction as to use or disclosure prior to
receiving such information from the Disclosing Party; (iii) is
rightfully acquired by the Receiving Party from a third party who has
the right to disclose it and who provides it without restriction as to
use or disclosure; or (iv) is demonstrated to be independently
developed by the Receiving Party without use of the Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party.
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Each Party agrees: (i) to maintain the other party's Confidential
Information in strict confidence and shall use at least the same
degree of care used by it to protect the unauthorized use, disclosure,
publication or dissemination of its own confidential information, but
in any case no less than a reasonable degree of care; (ii) not to
disclose such Confidential Information to any third party except to
the extent stated below on a 'need to know' basis for the aforesaid
Business Purposes; and (iii) not to use any such Confidential
Information for any purpose other than the Business Purpose. Each
Party may disclose the Confidential Information of the other Party to
its Representatives whose access is necessary to enable it to exercise
its rights and/or perform its obligations hereunder, and who are under
obligations of confidentiality substantially similar to those set
forth herein. "Representatives" shall mean: (i)
employees of the Party and its affiliates; and (ii) attorneys,
accountants, (sub-) contractors or other professional business
advisors of the Party. Each Party is responsible for any breach of the
terms of this Agreement by it or its Representatives.
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A Party may disclose the other party's Confidential Information to the
extent required by law, regulation, court order or regulatory agency;
provided, that the respective Party is required to make such a
disclosure using reasonable efforts to give the other Party reasonable
prior notice of such required disclosure (to the extent legally
permitted) and provides reasonable assistance in contesting the
required disclosure, at the request and cost of the Disclosing Party.
Neither Party shall identify the other Party or their affiliated
persons in any promotional, advertising or other materials to be
disseminated to the public or any third party without the prior
written consent of other Party.
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As between the Parties, all Confidential Information remains the sole
and exclusive property of the Disclosing Party. Each Party
acknowledges that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as
granting any right or license to the Receiving Party in or to: (i) the
Confidential Information; or (ii) any intellectual property right, of
the disclosing party.
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ALL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY THE DISCLOSING PARTY "AS
IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING
ITS ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR APPLICABILITY.