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5 <br />similar services and that have been provided to CentralSquare in writing or in advance. Customer shall <br />promptly reimburse CentralSquare for any out-of-pocket costs incurred in complying with such <br />procedures and policies. <br />8.2. Contributed Material. In the process of CentralSquare’s performing Professional Services, Customer may, <br />from time to time, provide CentralSquare with designs, plans, or specifications, improvements, works or <br />other material for inclusion in, or making modifications to, the Solutions, the Documentation or any other <br />deliverables (“Contributed Material”). Customer grants to CentralSquare a nonexclusive, irrevocable, <br />perpetual, transferable right, without the payment of any royalties or other compensation of any kind and <br />without the right of attribution, for CentralSquare, CentralSquare’s Affiliates and CentralSquare’s <br />licensees to make, use, sell and create derivative works of the Contributed Material. <br />9. Confidentiality. <br />9.1. Defined. Information that is conveyed orally shall be designated as confidential at the time of <br />disclosure and shall be reduced to writing within ten (10) business days. Notwithstanding any <br />provision in this Section 9, Customer specifically acknowledges that the Software, including without <br />limitation the database architecture and sequence and Documentation, comprise Confidential <br />Information and know-how that are the exclusive property of CentralSquare. Both Parties recognize <br />and agree to adhere to North Carolina’s public records law, set forth at Chapter 132 of the North <br />Carolina General Statutes. CentralSquare agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Customer and its <br />officers, employees, and agents from all costs, damages, and expenses incurred in connection with <br />refusing to disclose any information. <br />9.2. Nondisclosure. The parties agree, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or required by law, not to <br />use or make each other's Confidential Information available to any third party for any purpose other than <br />as necessary to perform under this Agreement. The recipient shall protect the Confidential Inf ormation <br />from disclosure by using the same degree of care, but no less than a reasonable degree of care, that it <br />uses to protect its own confidential information of a like nature to prevent its unauthorized use, <br />dissemination or publication by its employees or agents. Customer further agrees that it will not allow any <br />form or variation of the Software to enter the public domain. Both parties acknowledge that any breach <br />of its obligations with respect to Confidential Information may cause the other irreparab le injury for which <br />there are inadequate remedies at law and that the non-disclosing party shall be entitled to equitable relief <br />in addition to all other remedies available to it. Customer shall not disclose the results of any performance <br />or functionality tests of the Software to any third party without CentralSquare’s prior written approval. <br />9.3. Exceptions. A party's Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a) is or becomes publicly <br />available through no act or omission of the recipient; (b ) was in the recipient’s lawful possession prior to <br />the disclosure and was not obtained by the recipient either directly or indirectly from the disclosing party; <br />(c) is lawfully disclosed to the recipient by a third party without restriction on recipient ’s disclosure, and <br />where recipient was not aware that the information was the confidential information of discloser; (d) is <br />independently developed by the recipient without violation of this Agreement; or (e) is required to be <br />disclosed by law. <br />10. Security. <br />10.1. CentralSquare will implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards <br />designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of Customer Data, protect against any anticipated <br />threats or hazards to the security or integrity of Customer Data, and protect against unauthorized access <br />or use of Customer Data. CentralSquare will review and test such safeguards on no less than an annual <br />basis. <br />10.2. Customer shall maintain, in connection with the operation or use of the Solutions, adequate technical and <br />procedural access controls and system security requirements and devices, necessary for data privacy, <br />confidentiality, integrity, authorization, authentication and non -repudiation and virus detection and <br />eradication. <br />10.3. To the extent that Authorized Users are permitted to have access to the Solutions, Customer shall <br />maintain agreements with such Authorized Users that adequately protect the confidentiality and <br />Intellectual Property Rights of CentralSquare in the Solutions and Documentation, and disclaim any <br />liability or responsibility of CentralSquare with respect to such Authorized Users. <br />11. Personal Data. If CentralSquare processes or otherwise has access to any personal data or Personal <br />Information on Customer’s behalf when performing CentralSquare’s obligations under this Agreement, then: <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 6AD3FC72-1379-49D2-81C9-A007D8F3B667