As an employee of the Bank, the Executive will have access to and may participate in the origination of non-public, proprietary and confidential information relating to the Bank and/or its subsidiaries, and the Executive acknowledges a fiduciary duty owed to the Bank and its subsidiaries not to disclose impermissibly any such information. Confidential information may include, but is not limited to, trade secrets, customer lists and information, internal corporate planning, methods of marketing and operation, and other data or information of or concerning the Bank or its customers that is not generally known to the public or generally in the banking industry. The Executive agrees that for a period of five (5) years following the cessation of his employment, he will not use or disclose to any third party any such confidential information, either directly or indirectly, except as may be authorized in writing specifically by the Bank; provided, however that to the extent the information covered by this Section 8 is otherwise protected by the law, such as “trade secrets,” as defined by the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act, or customer information protected by banking privacy laws, that information shall not be disclosed or used for however long the legal protections applicable to such information remain in effect.