Employee agrees not to make any defamatory or derogatory statements concerning any of the Released Parties. Provided inquiries are directed to ID Systems’ Department of Human Resources, ID Systems shall disclose to prospective employers information limited to Employee’s dates of employment and last position held by Employee. Employee confirms and agrees that Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose to any person or entity or use for Employee’s own benefit, any confidential information concerning the business, finances or operations of ID Systems or its customers; provided, however, that Employee’s obligations under this Section 7 shall not apply to information generally known in ID Systems’ industry through no fault of Employee or the disclosure of which is required by law after reasonable notice has been provided to ID Systems sufficient to enable ID Systems to contest the disclosure. Confidential information shall include, without limitation, trade secrets, customer lists, details of contracts, pricing policies, operational materials, marketing plans or strategies, security and safety plans and strategies, project development, and any other non-public or confidential information of, or relating to, ID Systems or its affiliates. Employee also agrees that the amounts paid to Employee and all of the other terms of this Agreement shall be kept confidential, unless ID Systems discloses them in a public filing. Employee acknowledges that he continues to be bound by the Confidentiality, Assignment of Contributions and Inventions, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement (the “ Covenants Agreement ”).