Accountant in the course of performing the Services hereunder, may gain access to certain confidential or proprietary information of the Client. Such “Confidential Information” shall include all information concerning the business, affairs, products, marketing, systems, technology, customers, end-users, financial affairs, accounting, statistical data belonging to the Client and any data, documents, discussion, or other information developed by Accountant hereunder and any other proprietary and trade secret information of Client whether in oral, graphic, written, electronic or machine-readable form. The Accountant agrees to hold all such Confidential Information of the Client in strict confidence and shall not, without the express prior written permission of client, (a) disclose such Confidential Information to third parties; or (b) use such Confidential Information for any purposes whatsoever, other than the performance of its obligations hereunder. The obligations under this Section shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.