premise: 2.1. Either party agrees that it shall ensure that it and its associated companies and their respective officers and employees shall keep confidential, both during and after the duration of the agreement, all information which: 2.2. Consists of any of the commercial secrets of the other party; or 2.3 Consists of any other information of a confidential nature belonging to, or connected with, the other party and its activities and clients, and designated by such party as confidential;