Confidentiality Agreement

This Confidentiality Agreement (hereinafter “Agreement”) is entered into between:

BERTRAMS |Coordinating Complexity|
Owner & CEO: Michael Bertrams

Michaelisstraße 47
D-26871 Papenburg
Germany

(hereinafter referred to as “Service Provider”) and the Client

Name/Company:

Address:

(hereinafter referred to as “Client”).

Purpose of the Agreement:
This Agreement governs the handling of confidential information exchanged within the business relationship between the Service Provider and the Client.

Definition of Confidential Information:
Confidential information encompasses all information, data, and documents that are marked as confidential or whose confidentiality is evident from the circumstances, particularly:

a) Trade and business services or secrets
b) Financial information
c) Strategic planning and Strategic supply platform details
d) Customer data
e) Technical information and know-how
f) Personal data
g) Other sensitive company information

Obligations of the Service Provider:
The Service Provider commits to:

a) Treat confidential information with utmost discretion and use it solely for the purposes of the agreed service.
b) Not disclose confidential information to third parties unless necessary for service provision and approved by the Client.
c) Implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard confidential information.
d) Restrict access to confidential information to employees and subcontractors who require it for service provision and are bound by confidentiality obligations.
e) Upon termination of the business relationship, return or destroy all confidential information, unless prevented by legal retention obligations.

Exceptions to Confidentiality Obligation:
The confidentiality obligation does not apply to information that:

a) Was publicly known at the time of disclosure or later becomes public without fault of the Service Provider.
b) Was known to the Service Provider prior to disclosure.
c) Was lawfully obtained from third parties without a confidentiality obligation.
d) Was approved for publication by the Client.
e) Must be disclosed due to legal obligations or official or court orders.

Duration of Confidentiality Obligation:
The obligations from this Agreement remain in effect for five years after the termination of the business relationship.

Final Provisions:
a) Amendments and additions to this Agreement must be made in writing.
b) Should individual provisions of this Agreement be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected.
c) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies.

By utilizing the services of BERTRAMS |Coordinating Complexity|, the Client agrees to this Confidentiality Agreement.

Date: …………………………..

Signed for and on behalf of Client [see name on top]: …………………………………………..