definiens: means all information of a confidential or proprietary nature ( whether or not specifically labeled or identified as ), in any form or medium, that relates to the Business or its suppliers, distributors, customers, independent contractors or other business relations . Confidential Information includes the following as they relate to the Business and, in each case, to the extent the Business obtains a commercial benefit from the secret nature of such information : internal business information ( including information relating to strategic and staffing plans and practices, business, training, marketing, promotional and sales plans and practices, cost, rate and pricing structures, accounting and business methods and potential acquisition candidates ) ; identities of, individual requirements of, and specific contractual arrangements with, the Business ’s suppliers, distributors, customers, independent contractors or other business rela tions and their confidential information ; trade secrets, know -how, compilations of data and analyses, techniques, systems, formulae, research, records, reports, manuals, documentation, models, data and data bases relating thereto ; and inventions, innovatio ns, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, and reports