
7. PAID TIME OFF.Per Company policy, at Executive’s level, Executive will not accrue paid time off or be required to track or report paid time off. Instead, time off is left to the discretion of Executive.
8. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (INCLUDING TRADE SECRETS). Executive acknowledges that his employment with ServiceSource allows his access to Proprietary and Confidential Information. Executive understands that Proprietary and Confidential Information includes customer and applicant lists, whether written or solely a function of memory, databases, business files, contracts and all other information used in theday-to-day operation of ServiceSource that is not known to persons not employed by ServiceSource and that ServiceSource undertakes efforts to maintain its secrecy. Executive understands and agrees that the Proprietary and Confidential Information is confidential information that the law treats as privileged, therefore protecting an employer from use without consent.
(a) Definition. “Proprietary and Confidential Information” is defined as all information and any idea in whatever form, tangible or intangible, of a confidential or secret nature that pertains in any manner to the business of ServiceSource. As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” includes any and allnon-public information relating to ServiceSource or its business, operations, financial affairs, performance, assets, pricing and pricing strategies, technology, research and development, processes, products, contracts, customers, licensees, sublicensees, suppliers, personnel, plans or prospects, whether or not in written form and whether or not expressly designated as confidential, including any such information consisting of or otherwise relating to trade secrets,know-how, technology (including software and programs), designs, drawings, photographs, samples, processes, license or sublicense arrangements, formulae, proposals, product specifications, customer lists or preferences, referral sources, marketing or sales techniques or plans, operating manuals, service manuals, financial information or projections, lists of suppliers or distributors or sources of supply.
Proprietary and Confidential Information includes both information developed by Executive for ServiceSource and information Executive obtained while in ServiceSource’s employment. All Proprietary and Confidential Information, whether created by Executive or other employees, shall remain the property of ServiceSource.
(b) Non-Disclosure and Return. Executive agrees that he will not, under any circumstances, or at any time, whether as an individual, partnership, or corporation, or employee, principal, agent, partner or shareholder thereof, in any way, either directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose, copy, use, divert or attempt to divulge, disclose, copy, use or divert ServiceSource’s Proprietary and Confidential Information, except to the extent authorized and necessary to carry out Executive’s responsibilities during employment with ServiceSource, or as required by law. Upon termination of Executive’s employment with ServiceSource, Executive shall immediately return to ServiceSource all property in Executive’s possession or control that belongs to ServiceSource, including all property in electronic form and all copies of Proprietary and Confidential Information.
(c) Former Employer Information. Executive agrees that Executive will not, during Executive’s employment with ServiceSource, improperly use or disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets of any former or concurrent employer or other person or entity and that Executive will not bring onto the premises of ServiceSource any unpublished document or proprietary information belonging to any such employer, person or entity unless consented to in writing by such employer, person or entity. Executive represents and warrants to ServiceSource that Executive is not in breach of any agreement with any former Employer by accepting employment with ServiceSource.
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