premise: 1.2. “Confidential Information” means information related to a Party, its Group Companies, its Authorized Persons, this Agreement or any agreement to which this Agreement is annexed or upon which this Agreement’s Purpose is based, that a Party receives or accesses, except information that  (i) is or falls into the public domain without fault of the Receiving Party,  (ii) the Receiving Party can prove was in its possession without any obligation of confidentiality prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party,  (iii) is independently developed by the Receiving Party, or 