premise: 1.1. As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means any information or data, of any kind or nature whatsoever, relating to or otherwise pertaining to a disclosing Party (the “Discloser”) and/or any of the Discloser’s subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, assigns or representatives, the Discloser’s activities, employees, customers, subscribers, business, affairs, operations systems, software and any other information disclosed and/or otherwise made available to the other Party (the “Recipient”), in any form whatsoever, including any and all analyses, compilations, studies, reports or other documents prepared by the Discloser, or by its directors, officers, employees, advisers, affiliates, agents or representatives, all information relating to or otherwise pertaining to any trade secret, invention, idea, know-how, technical, financial and business information, business plans or processes, information provided by third parties to the Discloser under an obligation of confidentiality, and all information which the Recipient has been exposed to in connection with the Subject Matter. 