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a GUARDIAAT RFID 12. CONFIDENTIALITY (a) Use and Handlinq of Confidential or Proprietary lnformation. The Receiving Party shall keep the Confidential or Proprietary lnformation confidential, shall use such information solely for performing its obligations under this Agreement, and shall not disclose to any persons or entities any of the Confidential or Proprietary lnformation without the prior written consent of the applicable Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party shall make the Confidential or Proprietary lnformation available only to Receiving Party Personnelwho have a demonstrable need for such information, provided that the Receiving Party has informed all such Receiving Party Personnel of the Receiving Party's obligations under this Agreement and such Receiving Party Personnel have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, either by means of an agreement directly with the Disclosing Party or pursuant to an agreement with the Receiving Party which restricts the use of the Confidential or Proprietary lnformation received as Receiving Party Personnel. ln accepting any Confidential or Proprietary lnformation disclosed to the Receiving Party under this Agreement, the Receiving Party agrees to preserve the confidentiality of such information with at least the same degree of care as that taken by the Receiving Party to preserve and protect its own Confidential or Proprietary lnformation, in no case less than a reasonable degree of care. The Receiving Party agrees to maintain adequate safeguards and procedures to prevent the theft, loss, or dissemination of any of the Confidential or Proprietary lnformation, and, in the event of any such theft, loss, or dissemination, shall notify the Disclosing Party immediately. (b) Exceptions to ConfidentialTreatment. The Receiving Party shall not be obligated to maintain any information in confidence or refrain from use if: (i) the information was lawfully in the Receiving Party's possession or was known to it prior to its disclosure from the Disclosing Party as evidenced by written records; (ii) the information is, at the time of disclosure, or thereafter becomes public knowledge without the fault of the Receiving Party (provided, however, that the act of copyrighting, patenting, or othenrvise publishing or aiding in publication by the Disclosing Party shall not cause or be construed as causing the copyrighted materials or patented technologies to be in the public domain); (iii) the information is or becomes rightfully available on an unrestricted basis to the Receiving Party from a source other than the Disclosing Party which did not acquire the same under an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party; (iv) the information becomes available on an unrestricted basis to a third party from the Disclosing Party or from someone acting under its control; (v) disclosure is required by subpoena or pursuant to a demand by any governmental authority; or (vi) disclosure is required by open records laws, such as the federal Freedom of lnformation Act or similar state "sunshine" laws. Before relying on the exceptions of this Section 12(b), and disclosing any Confidential or Proprietary lnformation, the Receiving Party shall notify the Disclosing Party in writing of its intent to do so, and give the Disclosing Party a period of fifteen (15) days to object or otherwise take action to protect its rights and interest in such information, provided that if the exception being relied upon is Section 12(b)(vi), then such fifteen (15) day period will be extended to be the maximum amount of time allowed pursuant to the applicable open records law or other applicable GUARDIAN RFID System Agreement Renewal | 14 @2020 GUARDIAN RFID. All rights reserved. GUARDIAN RFID is a U.S. registered trademark. Confi dential & Proprietary. (Rev. 7 12020)