definiens: shall mean any proprietary information of a Party that is specifically designated as and that is disclosed by such Party to the other Party in any form in connection with this Agreement . For the term of this Agreement and five ( 5 ) years from the date of expiration or termination, each party ( a ) shall treat as confidential all Confidential Information provided by the other Party, ( b ) shall not use such Confidential Information except as expressly permitted unde r the terms of this Agreement or otherwise authorised in writing by the disclosing party, ( c ) shall implement reasonable procedures to prohibit the disclosure, unauthorised duplication, misuse or removal of such Confidential Information, and ( d ) shall not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party except as permitted under the Agreement . Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Parties shall use at least the same procedures and degree of care to prevent the disclosure of Confidential Infor mation as it uses to prevent the disclosure of its own confidential information of like importance, and shall in any event use no less than reasonable procedures and a reasonable degree of care