During the engagement of services provided by Abstrakt Consultancy, it is likely that each party will come into contact with confidential information crucial to the operation of each business. Such confidential information may include, without limitation:
Subject to (2) CLIENT Obligations and (3) ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY Obligations parties will agree to one of three confidentiality statements as below. This is in addition to and not in place of all other obligations noted herein.
6.1 C1 - ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY undertakes to respect and preserve the confidentiality of CLIENT Information for a period of
12 months after the date of such disclosure (subject to clause 6.2 below). ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY shall not without the prior written consent of the CLIENT: (a) communicate, or otherwise make available, CLIENT Information to any third party; or (b) use the CLIENT Information or the CLIENT Software for any commercial, industrial, or other purposes whatsoever other than the Objective; or (c) copy, adapt, or otherwise reproduce the CLIENT Information or CLIENT Software except as strictly necessary for the purposes of the Objective or as permitted by law.
6.2 ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY may disclose CLIENT Information or any part thereof, with the prior consent of the CLIENT, to any employee of ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY who needs access to the CLIENT Information in connection with the Objective. In such an event ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY agrees to ensure, prior to such disclosure, that the employee in question is made aware of the confidential nature of CLIENT Information and understands that they are bound by conditions of secrecy no less strict than those set out here. ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY agrees to monitor the use of the CLIENT Information by these employees and to enforce their obligations of confidence at the request of the CLIENT.
6.3 The obligations contained in this clause shall not apply or shall cease to apply to such part of the CLIENT Information as ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY can show to the reasonable satisfaction of the CLIENT: (a) has become public knowledge other than through the fault of the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY or an employee or director of the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY to whom it has been disclosed in accordance with clause 6.2 above, or (b) was already known to the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY prior to the disclosure of it by the CLIENT.
6.4 C2 - ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY undertakes to respect and preserve the confidentiality of CLIENT Information for a period of
6 months after the date of such disclosure (subject to clause 6.5 below). ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY shall not without the prior written consent of the CLIENT: (a) communicate, or otherwise make available, CLIENT Information to any third party; or (b) use the CLIENT Information or the CLIENT Software for any commercial, industrial, or other purposes whatsoever other than the Objective; or (c) copy, adapt, or otherwise reproduce the CLIENT Information or CLIENT Software except as strictly necessary for the purposes of the Objective or as permitted by law.
6.5ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY may disclose CLIENT Information or any part thereof, with the prior consent of the CLIENT, to any employee of ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY who needs access to the CLIENT Information in connection with the Objective. In such an event ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY agrees to ensure, prior to such disclosure, that the employee in question is made aware of the confidential nature of CLIENT Information and understands that they are bound by conditions of secrecy no less strict than those set out here. ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY agrees to monitor the use of the CLIENT Information by these employees and to enforce their obligations of confidence at the request of the CLIENT.
6.6 The obligations contained in this clause shall not apply or shall cease to apply to such part of the CLIENT Information as ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY can show to the reasonable satisfaction of the CLIENT: (a) has become public knowledge other than through the fault of the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY or an employee or director of the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY to whom it has been disclosed in accordance with clause 6.5 above, or (b) was already known to the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY prior to the disclosure of it by the CLIENT.
6.7 C3 - ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY undertakes to respect and preserve the confidentiality of CLIENT Information for a period of
3 months after the date of such disclosure (subject to clause 6.8 below). ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY shall not without the prior written consent of the CLIENT: (a) communicate, or otherwise make available, CLIENT Information to any third party; or (b) use the CLIENT Information or the CLIENT Software for any commercial, industrial, or other purposes whatsoever other than the Objective; or (c) copy, adapt, or otherwise reproduce the CLIENT Information or CLIENT Software except as strictly necessary for the purposes of the Objective or as permitted by law.
6.8 ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY may disclose CLIENT Information or any part thereof, with the prior consent of the CLIENT, to any employee of ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY who needs access to the CLIENT Information in connection with the Objective. In such an event ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY agrees to ensure, prior to such disclosure, that the employee in question is made aware of the confidential nature of CLIENT Information and understands that they are bound by conditions of secrecy no less strict than those set out here. ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY agrees to monitor the use of the CLIENT Information by these employees and to enforce their obligations of confidence at the request of the CLIENT.
6.9 The obligations contained in this clause shall not apply or shall cease to apply to such part of the CLIENT Information as ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY can show to the reasonable satisfaction of the CLIENT: (a) has become public knowledge other than through the fault of the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY or an employee or director of the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY to whom it has been disclosed in accordance with clause 6.8 above, or (b) was already known to the ABSTRAKT CONSULTANCY prior to the disclosure of it by the CLIENT.
