The agreement establishes mutual confidentiality obligations requiring each party to protect the other's Confidential Information with at least reasonable care, restrict its use to purposes within the scope of the Terms, and limit access to employees and contractors with need-to-know who are bound by equivalent confidentiality obligations. Customer Content and Customer Data are defined as the customer's Confidential Information.
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This provision defines the contractual confidentiality standard governing Harvey's handling of Customer Content and Customer Data as the customer's Confidential Information. The provision that Harvey cannot unilaterally update terms in a way that detracts from its confidentiality obligations reinforces the enforceability of this standard.
Under this clause, Harvey is contractually obligated to protect Customer Content and Customer Data as the customer's Confidential Information, restrict their use to the scope of the Terms, and limit access to personnel with a need-to-know bound by equivalent confidentiality protections. The agreement states that the disclosing party is entitled to seek equitable relief for any disclosure breach.
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Compare across platforms →"Each party (as the "Receiving Party") will use the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information of like kind (but not less than reasonable care) to: (i) not use any Confidential Information of the other party (the "Disclosing Party") for any purpose outside the scope of these Terms; and (ii) except as otherwise authorized by the Disclosing Party in writing, limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to those of its and its Affiliates' employees and contractors who need that access for purposes consistent with these Terms and who are bound by confidentiality obligations to the Receiving Party containing protections not materially less protective than this section.Excerpt from Harvey AI's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The confidentiality provision operates alongside GDPR Article 28 processor obligations, HIPAA confidentiality requirements where a BAA is in effect, and applicable trade secret protections under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and state …
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This provision defines the contractual confidentiality standard governing Harvey's handling of Customer Content and Customer Data as the customer's Confidential Information. The provision that Harvey cannot unilaterally update terms in a way that detracts from its confidentiality obligations reinforces the enforceability of this standard.
Under this clause, Harvey is contractually obligated to protect Customer Content and Customer Data as the customer's Confidential Information, restrict their use to the scope of the Terms, and limit access to personnel with a need-to-know bound by equivalent confidentiality protections. The agreement states that the disclosing party is entitled to seek equitable relief for any disclosure breach.
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