[PROPOSED] FIRST AMENDED STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

NANCY J. KOPPE, Magistrate Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs Sharon Barnum, Jerry Cabebe, and Robert Sustrik (collectively, "Plaintiffs") and Defendant EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC ("EQUIFAX") through their respective attorneys of record as follows:

WHEREAS, documents and information have been and may be sought, produced or exhibited by and among the parties to this action relating to trade secrets, confidential research, development, technology or other proprietary information belonging to the Defendant and/or personal income, credit and other confidential information of Plaintiffs.

THEREFORE, an Order of this Court protecting such confidential information shall be and hereby is made by this Court on the following terms:

1. This Order shall govern the use, handling and disclosure of all documents, testimony or information produced or given in this action which are designated to be subject to this Order in accordance with the terms hereof.

2. Any party or non-party producing or filing documents or other materials in this action may designate such materials and the information contained therein subject to this Order by typing or stamping on the front of the document, or on the portion(s) of the document for which confidential treatment is designated, "Confidential."

3. See Order issued at ECF No. 22.

4. All documents, transcripts, or other materials subject to this Order, and all information derived therefrom (including, but not limited to, all testimony, deposition, or otherwise, that refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated Confidential hereunder), shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by any person, including Plaintiffs and Equifax for any business, commercial or competitive purposes or for any purpose whatsoever other than solely for the preparation and trial of this action in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

5. Except with the prior written consent of the individual or entity designating a document or portions of a document as "Confidential," or pursuant to prior Order after notice, any document, transcript or pleading given "Confidential" treatment under this Order, and any information contained in, or derived from any such materials (including but not limited to, all deposition testimony that refers, reflects or otherwise discusses any information designated confidential hereunder) may not be disclosed other than in accordance with this Order and may not be disclosed to any person other than: (a) the Court and its officers; (b) parties to this litigation; (c) counsel for the parties, whether retained counsel or in-house counsel, and employees of counsel assigned to assist such counsel in the preparation of this litigation; (d) fact witnesses subject to a proffer to the Court or a stipulation of the parties that such witnesses need to know such information; (e) present or former employees of the producing party in connection with their depositions in this action (provided that no former employees shall be shown documents prepared after the date of his or her departure); and (f) experts specifically retained as consultants or expert witnesses in connection with this litigation.

6. Documents produced pursuant to this Order shall not be made available to any person designated in Subparagraph 5(f) unless he or she shall have first read this Order, agreed to be bound by its terms, and signed the attached Declaration of Compliance.

7. All persons receiving any or all documents produced pursuant to this Order shall be advised of their confidential nature. All persons to whom confidential information and/or documents are disclosed are hereby enjoined from disclosing same to any person except as provided herein, and are further enjoined from using same except in the preparation for and trial of the above-captioned action between the named parties thereto. No person receiving or reviewing such confidential documents, information or transcript shall disseminate or disclose them to any person other than those described above in Paragraph 5 and for the purposes specified, and in no event shall such person make any other use of such document or transcript.

8. The parties and their attorneys shall take all necessary and proper steps to preserve the confidentiality and protect the rights of the party asserting confidential treatment with respect to any information designated by said party as "Confidential" in accordance with this Order.

9. If "Confidential" information submitted in accordance with this Order is disclosed in violation of this Order, the party responsible for the disclosure must immediately upon learning of the disclosure bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of the party asserting confidential treatment and make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the responsible party or by the person who was the recipient of such information.

10. Nothing in this Order shall prevent a party from using at the trial of this case any information or materials designated "Confidential." This Order does not prevent any party from seeking to seal trial transcripts and/or trial exhibits, including documents previously filed under seal, or from seeking any other similar relief.

11. This Order has been agreed to by the parties to facilitate discovery and the production of relevant evidence in this action. Neither the entry of this Order, nor the designation of any information, document, or the like as "Confidential," nor the failure to make such designation, shall constitute evidence with respect to any issue in this action.

12. Within sixty (60) days after the final termination of this litigation, all documents, transcripts, or other materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order, including any extracts, summaries or compilations taken therefrom, but excluding any materials which in the good faith judgment of counsel are work product materials, shall be returned to the producing party. The producing party may elect to have its designated materials destroyed rather than returned, in which case the other party shall provide written verification that the documents, transcripts, or other materials, including any extracts, summaries or compilations taken therefrom, have been destroyed.

13. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any point in these proceedings with any designation made under this Protective Order, the parties shall first try to resolve such dispute in good faith on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the party objecting to the designation may seek appropriate relief from this Court. During the pendency of any challenge to the designation of a document or information, the designated document or information shall continue to be treated as "Confidential" subject to the provisions of this Protective Order.

14. Nothing herein shall affect or restrict the rights of any party with respect to its own documents or to the information obtained or developed independently of documents, transcripts and materials afforded confidential treatment pursuant to this Order.

15. The Court retains the right to allow disclosure of any subject covered by this stipulation or to modify this stipulation at any time in the interest of justice.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

EXHIBIT A

DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE

I, _____________________________________, declare as follows:

1. My address is ________________________________________________.

2. My present employer is ________________________________________.

3. My present occupation or job description is _________________________.

4 I have received a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in this action on _______________, 20___.

5. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

6. I will comply with all provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

7. I will hold in confidence, and will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the Stipulated Protective Order, any information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective Order.

8. I will use such information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective Order only for purposes of this present action.

9. Upon termination of this action, or upon request, I will destroy or return all information, documents or other materials produced subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to counsel by whom I am employed or retained SAVE and EXCEPT documents or other materials that: (i) constitute work product or that form the bases of opinions expressed as an attorney-expert; (ii) is stored on backup storage media made in accordance with regular data backup procedures for disaster recovery purposes; or (iii) is located in email archives or archived electronic files, provided however that these materials continue to be subject to the terms of this Protective Order. Backup storage media will not be restored for purposes of returning or certifying destruction of Confidential Information but such retained information shall continue to be treated in accordance with this Protective Order.

10. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purposes of enforcing the Stipulated Protective Order in this action. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the following is true and correct.

Executed this ____ day of _____________, 2018 at __________________.