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4.13 Is there SEKO Confidential “Confidential Information” may become particularly
Information, Intellectual Property, available to Operations Employees of SEKO who,
by virtue of their employment with SEKO, develop a
and Work Product which you are unique body of knowledge about the requirements
prohibited from disclosing? of SEKO’s customers and SEKO’s customers’ needs.
To the extent that customer relationships are
Confidentiality is one of the cornerstones of SEKO.
SEKO has confidential information that must not be developed by virtue of your employment with SEKO,
revealed to outside parties. During employment with Operations Employees (or any other employees
SEKO, employees will have access to, will become who deal directly with SEKO customers on a routine
acquainted with, and may develop certain confidential and personal basis) specifically acknowledge that
information concerning the operations, customers and they are bound by the Confidentiality Obligations
business of SEKO, its independent contractor network, contained herein. Employees shall only use such
agents, overseas partners, and related companies. A Confidential Information or relationships developed
substantial amount of time, effort and money has been with SEKO’s customers in furtherance of the
spent developing this confidential information, which business purpose(s) of performing their job duties
enables SEKO to maintain a competitive advantage in at SEKO. In no event shall an employee seek to
our industry. SEKO needs to protect its business from benefit directly from such relationships developed
the harmful effects that disclosure of such confidential with SEKO’s customers during the course of your
information would have on competition and our existing employment with SEKO. Nor shall an employee
business relationships. misappropriate any such Confidential Information
for the benefit of another, including for the benefit
of a competitor of SEKO.
“Confidential Information” is defined to include,
but is not limited to, information concerning
SEKO’s client lists or specific account information EMPLOYEE OBLIGATIONS
that is not known or discoverable by the general Employees are required to guard and protect SEKO’s
public, customers’ special needs, unique Confidential Information so that it does not fall into
services, company databases, business plans, the hands of any of SEKO’s current or potential
marketing plans, financial information, software competitors. You also agree not to directly or indirectly
and/or technology development, research and divulge, disclose, furnish, communicate, duplicate
development, marketing, personnel matters, or make accessible any Confidential Information to
operating systems, know-how, techniques, records, any person or business entity, unless authorized by
manuals, supplier information, and any other trade SEKO - or use any Confidential Information for your
secrets, confidential business data, proprietary own benefit or for the benefit of any other person, firm,
information or other information, Work Product (as corporation or business entity. You agree to be bound
defined herein) or other information which provides by this obligation both during and after employment
SEKO an advantage over our competitors. with SEKO and notwithstanding any and all rights you
may have regarding the use of Confidential Information
“Confidential Information” may also include SEKO’s under federal or state law.
Personnel Information. Since certain employees in
particular may have access to Confidential Information SEKO’S DOCUMENTS
of SEKO’s employee database (such as Payroll or All Confidential Information shall remain the
Human Resources Department, Legal Department, exclusive property of SEKO, shall be returned upon
IT Security Administrator, etc.), this information must request, and shall not be removed from SEKO’s
be kept in the strictest confidence and must remain premises under any circumstances without proper
confidential at all times. Such information may consent. If your employment with SEKO ends
include, but is not limited to, employee address, other for any reason, you agree to immediately return
personal identifying information of employee, payroll to SEKO any Confidential Information and Work
or company remuneration information, performance Product, including all copies in your possession
reviews or anything else that should be considered or control including, but not limited to: all files,
personal. Employees with access to such information records, documents, drawings, software, hardware
are required to guard and protect it to ensure that and similar items relating to SEKO’s business,
the strictest Confidentiality and Privacy will be whether prepared by you or otherwise coming
maintained. Additionally, any inadvertent or accidental into your possession. Information contained
disclosure of any employee Confidential Information on handheld devices such as smartphones or
should be immediately reported to the Human Blackberries must also be preserved and
Resources Department. returned to SEKO upon termination.

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