premise: Except as described elsewhere in this Agreement, the Recipient and those of its employees, officers, agents and affiliates permitted access hereunder will hold the Confidential Information in confidence and will take all necessary steps to pre-serve the confidential and proprietary nature of the Confidential Information.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Recipient  (1) will not disclose any Confidential Information to persons within its organization who do not have a need to know in order for the Recipient to engage in the Purpose;  (2) will not disclose any Confidential Information to any person outside of its organization unless such person has a need to know in order for the Recipient to engage in the Purpose, and such person is bound by fiduci-ary or contractual duties of confidentiality to the Recipient that are at least as stringent as those contained in this Agreement; 