premise: 1. Each party agrees that all information disclosed by a party (the "Disclosing Party"), including without limitation information acquired by the other party (the "Receiving Party") from Disclosing Party's employees or upon inspection of Disclosing Party's property, relating (without limitation) to Disclosing Party's products, designs, business opportunities, plans (business, marketing or otherwise), strategies, budgets, finance, customer lists, contracts, research and development, software programs, trade secrets, know-how, techniques, inventions, processes, distribution methods, schematics and personnel disclosed to Disclosing Party by third parties, shall be considered "Confidential Information".