The obligations of Section 5 shall not apply however to any information which:
a)is already in the public domain at the time of disclosure or later becomes available to the public through no breach of this Agreement by Recipient, provided that Confidential Information shall not be deemed to be in the public domain merely because any part of said information is embodied in general disclosures or because individual features, components or combinations thereof are now or become known to the public;
b)is received by Recipient independently from a third party without obligation of confidentiality;
c)is independently developed by Recipient, as evidenced by its business records;
d)is required by law or order to be disclosed provided that in such event Recipient shall notify Owner prior to making such disclosure to allow Owner to assert whatever rights may be available to it to prevent such disclosure or to obtain a protective order; or
e)is approved for release in writing by an authorized representative of Owner, provided that to the extent Personal Information, as defined in Section 3, is included in the Confidential Information, nothing in Section 6(a) or 6(b) shall operate to exclude such Personal Information from protection under this Agreement or to waive any of a Party's obligations associated therewith