The Executive acknowledges and agrees that there are certain trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information (collectively, " Confidential Information ") which have been developed by the Corporation and which are used by the Corporation in its business. Confidential Information shall include, without limitation: (i) customer lists and supplier lists; (ii) the details of the Corporation's relationships with its customers, including, without limitation, the financial relationship with a customer, knowledge of the internal "politics"/workings of a customer organization, a customer's technical needs and job specifications, knowledge of a customer's strategic plans and the identities of contact persons within a customer's organization; (iii) the Corporation's marketing and development plans, business plans; and (iv) other information proprietary to the Corporation's business. The Executive shall not, at any time during or after his employment hereunder, use or disclose such Confidential Information, except to authorized representatives of the Corporation or the customer or as required in the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Executive shall return all customer and/or Corporation property, such as computers, software and cell phones, and documents (and any copies including, without limitation, in machine or human-readable form), to the Corporation when his employment terminates. The Executive shall not be required to keep confidential any Confidential Information which (x) is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the Executive, (y) is already in his possession (unless obtained from the Corporation or one of its customers) or (z) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or regulation, or pursuant to the valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an authorized government agency, provided that the Executive shall provide the Corporation written notice of any such order prior to such disclosure to the extent practicable under the circumstances and permitted by applicable law.  Further, the Executive shall be free to use and employ his general skills, know-how and expertise, and to use, disclose and employ any generalized ideas, concepts, know-how, methods, techniques or skills, including, without limitation, those gained or learned during the course of the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, so long as he applies such information without disclosure or use of any Confidential Information.