definiens: means all confidential and proprietary informatio n regarding the business of one party provided to the other pur suant to this Agreement, or in furtherance of the pu rposes of this Agreement . The recipient party shall use the same care and discretion, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care, to avoid dis closure, publication or dissemination of Confidenti al Information as it uses to protect its own confide ntial information from disclosure, publication or dissemination . Upon request of the disclosing party or the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the recipient party shall promptly return all Confi dential Information, including any Confidential Inf ormation disclosed to third parties, to the disclos ing party in a form reasonably acceptable to the disclosing party, or certify the destruction of suc h Confidential Information, such certification to b e made in a form reasonably acceptable to the disclosi ng party . The recipient party shall not use any Con fidential Information for any purpose other than in furtheran ce of the purposes of this Agreement