During and after the Employment Period, Employee shall maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the Trade Secrets and the Confidential Information. If Employee is required to disclose Confidential Information pursuant to a subpoena, court order, statute, law, rule, regulation or other similar requirement (a “Legal Requirement”), then Employee shall provide prompt notice of such Legal Requirement to GP Strategies to the extent permitted by law. Employee shall take reasonable steps to assist GP Strategies in contesting such Legal Requirement and in obtaining a protective order or otherwise protecting GP Strategies’ rights with respect to such Confidential Information to the extent permitted by law. This Agreement does not prohibit Employee from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity or making any disclosures protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law or regulation. Employee does not need the prior authorization of GP Strategies to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify GP Strategies that Employee has made such reports or disclosures.