Common use of CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION Clause in Contracts

CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION. H.1 The Vendor, the Vendor's employees, subcontractors and agents must: a) keep strictly confidential all information concerning Her Majesty and/or third parties, or any of the business or activities of Her Majesty and/or third parties acquired as a result of participation in this Contract; b) only use, copy or disclose such information as necessary for the performance of this Contract or upon written authorization of Her Majesty; c) if applicable, prior to allowing any third party access to computer hardware, including loaner or replacement computer hardware, used by Her Majesty, Her Majesty's employees, subcontractors or agents, determine whether the computer hardware contains any information or software because of such use, and contact and follow the instructions of Her Majesty, if such information or software is present;