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7. RELATIONSHIP. The Agreement does not create an agency, employment, partnership or joint venture relationship between the parties. Each party is independent of the other. Neither party has authority to bind, enter into agreements, or incur obligations or liabilities on behalf of the other. The employees of one party will not be considered employees of the other for any reason, including benefit programs, bonuses, income tax withholding, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, employment taxes or workers’ compensation insurance. Each party will be solely responsible for paying its own expenses, debts, accounts, obligations, liabilities, employee’s workers’ compensation, and taxes in connection with the Agreement.
8. SAFETY AND SECURITY.
8.1 ON PREMISES OF FIS. All Consultant Personnel must comply with all FIS postings and notices regarding safety and security when on the premises of FIS. Consultant Personnel must not carry weapons or ammunition onto the premises of FIS and must not use or carry weapons or ammunition while attending FIS-sponsored events.
8.2 ACCESS PRIVILEGES AND RESTRICTIONS. In the event Consultant Personnel will receive access credentials for FIS’ facilities, applications, systems or servers, those of its Affiliates or those of any Clients or any of their customers, the following provisions will also apply:
8.2.1 Consultant will require all Consultant Personnel that will be issued access credentials to submit to FIS’ then current access credentialing process.
8.2.2 Consultant will promptly, but in any event within twenty-four (24) hours, (i) confiscate each such access credential from Consultant Personnel when the Consultant Personnel’s need to have such access in order for the Services to be performed is discontinued and (ii) notify FIS of any change in the status (including any such suspension, termination or discontinuation} of Consultant Personnel for whom such a device or access credential has been requested or to whom such a device or access credential has been provided.
8.2.3 Consultant will not request that such an access credential be provided, or provide such an access credential, to any individual who will not be directly engaged by or at the request of FIS to provide Services.
8.2.4 FIS reserves the right to deny any access credential request or terminate any access credential that has been provided. Consultant will notify FIS within twenty-four (24) hours of any changes to the Consultant Personnel for whom such an access credential has been requested or to whom such an access credential has been provided.
8.2.5 Consultant will not permit any such access credential to be used by more than one individual.
8.3 INFORMATION SECURITY AND INTERNAL CONTROLS. Consultant shall comply with FIS’ information security policies as may be in effect from lime to time.
8.4 BACKGROUND CHECKS NOT REQUIRED. Consultant hereby acknowledges and confirms that ldo Gileadi is the sole member of Consultant and is the only Consultant Personnel who will perform Services for FIS under the Agreement.
9. SAFEGUARDING OF INFORMATION.
9.1 CONSUMER INFORMATION AND PRIVACY. If, in connection with the Agreement, Consultant receives, stores, or accesses any NPI, PHI, Payment Card Data, or other information or materials that are subject to the Privacy Regulations and Guidelines, Consultant will comply with the applicable requirements of the Privacy Regulations and Guidelines. Consultant acknowledges that the Guidelines include provisions regarding the safeguarding of consumer information, response programs and notice in the event of unauthorized access to consumer information, that FIS provides information processing services to Clients subject to the Guidelines, and that FIS may be required to notify Clients, their customers or other third parties of security incidents that result, or are likely to result, in misuse or unauthorized possession or disclosure of NPI, PHI, Payment Card Data or other Confidential Information.
9.1.1 Without limiting the foregoing, and in addition to its confidentiality and security obligations as otherwise set forth in the Agreement, Consultant will comply with the FIS policies in effect from time to time to safeguard the confidentiality, security, and integrity of FIS Confidential Information in a manner designed to meet the requirements of this Section.
9.2 PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
9.2.1 Each party must protect the other’s Confidential Information with the same degree of care used to protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event may either party use less than a reasonable standard of care in connection with the preservation of the other’s Confidential Information. FIS designates as its Confidential Information (a) the Agreement; (b) any information obtained from or related to any Client of FIS including FIS Client business strategy, direction and contract information; (c) any NPI, PHI, or Payment Card Data; (d) FIS’ employee records (name, address, phone number, salary, taxpayer or government identification number, date of birth, health records, bank account information, labor party); (e) any business strategies and directions, operating or marketing plans, intellectual capital or trade secrets; (f) memos or other documents or communications pertaining to pending FIS litigation or contracts (including the Agreement); (g) other FIS data or information which is not generally known, including business information, specifications, research, software, trade secrets, discoveries, ideas, know-how, designs, drawings, flow charts, data, computer programs, marketing plans, budget figures, and other financial and business information; and (h) information of the kind described by any of the foregoing categories that is of or disclosed by a Client, an FIS Affiliate, or a customer of a Client.
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