Trade Secrets, commercial secrets,know-how, Software, marketing methods and sales plans and strategies, suppliers, competitors, markets, market surveys, techniques, research, development, production processes, finances, technical data, policies, strategies, designs, formulas, developmental or experimental work, improvements, discoveries, plans for research or future developments, database schemas or tables, infrastructure, development tools or techniques, training manuals, marketing, distribution and installation plans, processes and strategies, methodologies, business plans, budgets, financial information and data, customer and client information, prices and pricing strategies, costs, fees, customer and client lists and profiles, employee, customer and clientnon-public personal information, supplier lists, business records, audit processes, management methods and information, reports, recommendations and conclusions or other specialized information or proprietary matters;provided, that “Confidential Information” does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (a) is generally available to the public on the date of this Agreement or (b) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure not otherwise permissible hereunder or prohibited by any other confidentiality agreement.
“Consent” means a Customer consent, or a consent relating to an Insurance Arrangement, sought under Section 6.16.
“Contract” means any contract, agreement, commitment, indenture, note, bond, mortgage, charge, loan, instrument, lease, sublease, agreement to lease, occupancy agreement, license, purchase order, service agreement, bill of lading, sales order or other arrangement, understanding, undertaking, commitment or obligation, whether written or oral, and all amendments or modifications thereto.
“Customer” means, with respect to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, any Person for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides investment product services, including, but not limited to, financial, advisory, investment adviser, manager,sub-adviser,sub-manager, investment, insurance, brokerage, financial advice, financialplanning or acts in another similar capacity.
“Data Protection Laws” means all data protection Laws and industry standards pertaining to the protection of “Personally Identifiable Information.”
“DOL” means the U.S. Department of Labor.
“Employee” means any individual who is an employee – whether by contract, common law or otherwise – of the Company or any the Subsidiaries on the date hereof.
“Environmental Law” means any Law as now or hereafter in effect in any way relating to protection of human health and safety, public welfare, the environment, or natural resources, including those Laws relating to the storage, handling and use of chemicals, hazardous substances (as that term is defined by CERCLA or other analogous Law), hazardous materials or waste materials of any kind, those relating to the generation, processing, treatment, storage, transport, disposal or other management of chemicals, hazardous substances (as that term is defined by CERCLA or other analogous Law), hazardous materials or waste materials of any kind, those Laws relating to the Release, reporting, discharge, investigation, or remediation of waste materials, hazardous substances (as that term is defined by CERCLA or other analogous Law), hazardous materials or waste materials of any kind, and those Laws relating to the protection of threatened or endangered species or environmentally sensitive areas. Environmental Law includes the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601etseq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801etseq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901etseq.), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251etseq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401etseq.) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601etseq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136etseq.), and the Occupational
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