premise: As used in this Agreement, the term "Confidential Information" means any information or compilation of information not generally known to the public or the industry, that is proprietary or confidential to NIM, its Affiliates and/or those doing business with NIM and/or its Affiliates, including but not limited to know-how, process, techniques, methods, plans, specifications, trade secrets, patents, copyrights, supplier lists, customer lists, mailing lists, financial information, business plans and/or policies, methods of operation, sales and marketing plans and any other information acquired or developed by Seller in the course of his past, present and future dealings with NIM and its Affiliates, which is not available to the public.