premise: In consideration of each Party's disclosure of Confidential Information to the other Party, each Party agrees with respect to the Confidential Information received from the other Party, that it: (a) shall maintain such Confidential Information in the strictest confidence; (b) shall not disclose, transfer or otherwise make available any of such Confidential Information to any third party, unless such Confidential Information must be disclosed for the purposes contemplated herein, or under legal compulsion to disclose any such Confidential Information, in which event each Party shall, prior to such disclosure, obtain written consent from the other Party and obtain from the third person a written agreement acknowledging the binding effect of these restrictions regarding the Confidential Information; and (c) shall not directly, indirectly or in concert with any person, use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than evaluating the prospective business relationship with the other Party in accordance with the introduction.