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. . 4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Vendor shall, during the entire term ofthis Agreement, be construed to be an independent contractor and not an employee of the Authority. This Agreement is not intended nor shall it be construed to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Vendor performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Vendor shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Vendor shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. 5. INDEMNIFICATION Vendor agrees to and shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents, employees, Vendors, special counsel, and representatives from liability: (1) for personal injury, damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief arising out of claims for personal injury, including health, and claims for property damage, which may arise from the direct or indirect operations of the Vendor or its contractors, subcontractors, agents, employees, or other persons acting on their behalf which relates to the services described in section 1 of this Agreement; and (2) from any claim that personal injury, damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief is due by reason of the terms of or effects arising from this Agreement. This indemnity and hold harmless agreement applies to all claims for damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief suffered, or alleged to have been suffered, by reason of the events referred to in this Section or by reason of the terms of, or effects, arising from this Agreement. 6. CONFIDENTIALITY If Vendor receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is reasonably understood to be confidential and/or proprietary, Vendor agrees that it shall not use or disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, and further agrees to exercise the same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of like importance, but in no event less than reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall include all nonpublic information. Confidential information includes not only written information, but also information transferred orally, visually, electronically, or by other means. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non-use and nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources; (b) is, through no fault of the Vendor disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightful possession ofthe Vendor without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be disclosed by operation oflaw; or (e) is independently developed by the Vendor without reference to information disclosed by the City.