The Seller hereby agrees with Buyer that the Seller will not, and that the Seller will cause its Affiliates (other than the Company) not to, at any time on or after the Closing Date, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Buyer, disclose or use any confidential or proprietary information involving or relating to the Company (collectively, “ Confidential Information ”); provided, however, that the information subject to the foregoing provision of this sentence will not include any information generally available to, or known by, the public (other than as a result of disclosure in violation hereof) or that was independently developed by the Seller without use or reference to Confidential Information or was in their rightful possession before the disclosure of the applicable Confidential Information to them; provided, further, that the provisions of this Section 7.6 will not prohibit any retention of copies of records or disclosure (a) required by applicable Law or applicable Governmental Entity or (b) made in connection with the enforcement of any right or remedy relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; provided, further, that “Confidential Information” shall not include any Information that is owned or controlled by or otherwise in the possession of the Seller or the Company prior to the Closing, and such Information shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as, Information of the Seller regardless of whether such Information is, after the Closing, in the possession of Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Effective Date, the Company). The obligations under this Section 7.6 shall terminate three (3) years after the Closing Date.