License Agreement (EULA)
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (“LICENSE AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES (AS DEFINED BELOW). SYMANTEC CORPORATION, IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE AMERICAS; OR SYMANTEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD, IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE ASIA PACIFIC RIM OR JAPAN; OR SYMANTEC LIMITED, IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST OR AFRICA (“SYMANTEC”) IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES TO YOU AS THE INDIVIDUAL, THE COMPANY, OR THE LEGAL ENTITY THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES (REFERENCED BELOW AS “YOU” OR “YOUR”) ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. THIS IS A LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND SYMANTEC. BY OPENING THIS PACKAGE, BREAKING THE SEAL, CLICKING THE “I AGREE” OR “YES” BUTTON OR OTHERWISE INDICATING ASSENT ELECTRONICALLY, OR BY LOADING OR USING THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, CLICK THE “CANCEL” OR “NO” OR “CLOSE WINDOW” BUTTON OR OTHERWISE INDICATE REFUSAL, OR DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR MAKE FURTHER USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES.
1. License:
The software and services and documentation, (including any product packaging) (the “Documentation”), that accompanies this License Agreement (collectively the “Software and Services”) is the property of Symantec or its licensors, and is protected by copyright law. Although Symantec continues to own the Software and Services, You will have certain rights to use the Software and Services on a computer, virtual environment, mobile or mobile computing device (a “Device”) after Your acceptance of this License Agreement. This License Agreement governs any releases, revisions, or enhancements to the Software and Services, that Symantec may furnish to You. Subject to Symantec’s right to terminate pursuant to Section 2 or for Your breach pursuant to Section 8, Your rights and obligations under this License Agreement with respect to the use of the Software and Services shall be as follows.
You may:
A. use one copy of the Software and Services on a single Device. If a greater number of copies and/or number of Devices is specified within the Documentation or the applicable transaction documentation from the authorized distributor or reseller from which You obtained the Software and Services, You may use the Software and Services in accordance with such specifications;
B. make one copy of the Software for back-up or archival purposes, or copy the Software onto the hard disk of Your Device and retain the original for back-up or archival purposes;
C. use the Software and Services on a network, provided that You have a licensed copy of the Software and Services for each Device that can access the Software and Services over that network;
D. permanently transfer all of Your rights in the Software and Services granted under this License Agreement to another person or entity, provided that You retain no copies of the Software and Services and the transferee agrees to the terms of this License Agreement. Partial transfer of Your rights under this License Agreement shall not be permitted. For example, if the applicable documentation grants You the right to use multiple copies of the Software and Services, only a transfer of the rights to use all such copies of the Software and Services would be valid; and
E. use the Software and Services in accordance with any additional permitted uses which may be set forth below.
You may not, nor may You permit any other person to:
A. sublicense, rent or lease any portion of the Software and Services;
B. reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, translate, make any attempt to discover the source code of the Software and Services or create derivative works from the Software and Services;
C. use the Software and Services as part of a facility management, timesharing, service provider or service bureau arrangement; or
D. use the Software and Services in any manner that is not permitted pursuant to this License Agreement.
The Software and Services may include third party features and functionalities or may access content on a third party website. Such features, functionalities or content may be subject to such third party terms of service.
2. Software and Services features and Content Updates; Discontinuation of the Content Updates or Software and Services:
A. You shall have the right to receive new features to and versions of the Software and Services as Symantec, in its sole discretion, makes such features and versions available during Your Service Period. Symantec continually strives to improve the usability and performance of its products and services. In order to optimize the Software and Services, and to provide You with the most current version of the Software and Services, You agree the Software and Services may download and install new updates and versions of the Software and Services as they are made available by Symantec in its sole discretion. You agree to receive and permit Symantec to deliver such new updates and versions to Your Device. Additionally, Symantec may modify the terms and conditions that apply to Your use of the Software and Services to reflect such updates and You agree to such updated terms.
B. Certain Software and Services use content that is updated from time to time, including but not limited to the following: antivirus and crimeware software use updated virus definitions; antispyware software uses updated spyware definitions; antispam software uses updated antispam rules; content filtering and antiphishing software use updated URL lists; some firewall software use updated firewall rules; vulnerability assessment products use updated vulnerability data, and web site authentication software uses updated lists of authenticated web pages; these updates are collectively referred to as “Content Updates” (or alternatively referred to as “Protection Updates” or “Security Updates” at times). You shall have the right to receive Content Updates for the Software and Services during Your Service Period.
C. Symantec may, at its discretion with or without notice to You, discontinue providing Content Updates and/or may terminate the Software and Services. Symantec may add, modify or remove features of the Software and Services at any time with or without notice to You.
3. Product Installation; Activation:
A. During the installation process, the Software and Services may uninstall or disable other security products, or features of such products, if such products or features are incompatible with the Software and Services or for purposes of improving the overall functionality of the Software and Services.
B. There may be technological measures in this Software and Services that are designed to prevent unlicensed or illegal use of the Software and Services. You agree that Symantec may use these measures to protect Symantec against Software and Services piracy. This Software and Services may contain enforcement technology that limits the ability to install and uninstall the Software and Services on a Device to not more than a finite number of times for a finite number of Devices. This License Agreement and the Software and Services containing enforcement technology may require activation as further set out in the Documentation. If so, the Software and Services will only operate for a finite period of time prior to Software and Services activation by You. During activation, You may be required to provide Your unique activation code accompanying the Software and Services and Device configuration in the form of an alphanumeric code over the Internet to verify the authenticity of the Software and Services. If You do not complete the activation within the finite period of time set forth in the Documentation, or as prompted by the Software and Services, the Software and Services will cease to function until activation is complete; at which time the Software and Services functionality will be restored. In the event that You are not able to activate the Software and Services over the Internet, or through any other method specified during the activation process, You may contact Symantec Customer Support using the information provided by Symantec during activation, or as set out below.
4. Safe Search Feature. The Software and Services may include a Safe Search feature which provides You the ability to safely search the internet. This may be offered via, but not be limited to, a Symantec search toolbar.
5. Limited Warranty:
Symantec warrants that any media manufactured by Symantec on which the Software is distributed will be free from defects for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of delivery of the Software to You. Your sole remedy in the event of a breach of this warranty will be that Symantec will replace any defective media returned to Symantec within the warranty period. Symantec does not warrant that the Software and Services will meet Your requirements or that operation of the Software and Services will be uninterrupted or that the Software and Services will be error-free.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE ABOVE WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND COUNTRY TO COUNTRY.
6. Disclaimer of Damages:
SOME STATES AND COUNTRIES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE BELOW LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, IN NO EVENT WILL SYMANTEC OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES EVEN IF SYMANTEC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN NO CASE SHALL SYMANTEC’S OR ITS LICENSORS’ LIABILITY EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE U.S. DOLLARS ($25.00) OR THE LOCAL CURRENCY EQUIVELANT. The disclaimers and limitations set forth above will apply regardless of whether You accept or use the Software and Services.
7. U.S. Government Restricted Rights:
For U.S. Government procurements, the Software is deemed to be commercial computer software as defined in FAR 12.212 andsubject to restricted rights as defined in FAR Section 52.227-19 "Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights" and DFARS 227.7202, “Rights in Commercial Computer Software or Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as applicable, and any successor regulations. Any use, modification, reproduction release, performance, display or disclosure of the Software by the U.S. Government shall be solely in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement.
8. Export Regulation:
You acknowledge that the Software and Services and related technical data and services (collectively "Controlled Technology") may be subject to the import and export laws of the United States, specifically the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and the laws of any country where Controlled Technology is imported or re-exported. You agree to comply with all relevant laws and will not export any Controlled Technology in contravention to U.S. law nor to any prohibited country, entity, or person for which an export license or other governmental approval is required. All Symantec product is prohibited for export or re-export to Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Sudan and to any country subject to relevant trade sanctions. USE OR FACILITATION OF SYMANTEC PRODUCT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTIVITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, TRAINING, OR TESTING OF CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, OR NUCLEAR MATERIALS, OR MISSILES, DRONES, OR SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES CAPABLE OF DELIVERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IS PROHIBITED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.S. LAW.
9. Arbitration:
If You are a U.S. customer, You and Symantec agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating in any way to the Software and Services or this License Agreement, shall be determined by binding arbitration or small claims court, instead of in courts of general jurisdiction. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, allows for more limited discovery than in court, and is subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. You agree that, by agreeing to this License Agreement, the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision, and that You and Symantec are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of this License Agreement and/or the termination of Your Symantec product license.
If You elect to seek arbitration, You must first send to Symantec, by certified mail, a written Notice of Your claim ("Notice of Claim"). The Notice of Claim to Symantec should be addressed to: General Counsel, Symantec, Inc., 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA 94043 and should be prominently captioned “NOTICE OF CLAIM”. The Notice of Claim should include both the mailing address and email address You would like Symantec to use to contact You. If Symantec elects to seek arbitration, it will send, by certified mail, a written Notice of Claim to Your billing address on file. A Notice of Claim, whether sent by You or by Symantec, must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the specific amount of damages or other relief sought ("Demand").
If You and Symantec do not reach an agreement to resolve the claim within thirty (30) days after the Notice of Claim is received, You or Symantec may commence an arbitration proceeding or file a claim in small claims court. You may download or copy a form of notice and a form to initiate arbitration at www.adr.org. If You are required to pay a filing fee, Symantec will promptly reimburse You for Your payment of the filing fee after arbitration is commenced. The arbitration will be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, "AAA Rules") of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), as modified by this License Agreement, and will be administered by the AAA. The AAA Rules and Forms are available online at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879. The arbitrator is bound by the terms of this License Agreement. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, including issues relating to the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision. Unless Symantec and You agree otherwise, any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) of either the mailing address You provided in Your Notice or, if no address was provided in Your Notice, Your billing address on file. If Your claim is for U.S. $10,000 or less, Symantec agrees that You may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing as established by the AAA Rules. If Your claim exceeds U.S. $10,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules. Regardless of the manner in which the arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. If the arbitrator issues You an award that is greater than the value of Symantec’s last written settlement offer made before an arbitrator was selected (or if Symantec did not make a settlement offer before an arbitrator was selected), then Symantec will pay You, in addition to the award, either U.S. $500 or 10% of the amount awarded, whichever is greater. Except as expressly set forth herein, the payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules.
YOU AND SYMANTEC AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, unless both You and Symantec agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims with Your claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's individual claim.
10. General:
This License Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California, United States of America. This License Agreement is the entire agreement between You and Symantec relating to the Software and Services and: (i) supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals, and representations with respect to its subject matter; and (ii) prevails over any conflicting or additional terms of any quote, order, acknowledgment, or similar communications between the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this License Agreement will diminish any rights You may have under existing consumer protection legislation or other applicable laws in Your jurisdiction that may not be waived by contract. Symantec may terminate this License Agreement if You breach any term contained in this License Agreement (other than a trivial or inconsequential breach) and, if such termination occurs, You must cease use of and destroy all copies of the Software and Services and Documentation. The disclaimers of warranties and damages and limitations on liability shall survive and continue to apply after termination. This License Agreement may only be modified by the Documentation or by a written document that has been signed by both You and Symantec. Should You have any questions concerning this License Agreement, or if You desire to contact Symantec for any reason, please write to Symantec Customer Service, 555 International Way, Springfield, OR 97477, U.S.A. or visit the Support page at www.symantec.com.
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Your use of the Software and Services is subject to the terms and conditions below in addition to those stated above.
11. Privacy; Data Protection:
From time to time, the Software and Services may collect certain information, including personally identifiable information, from the Device on which it is installed, which may include:
- For mobile products, the Software may access the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) in order to generate a hash that ensures anonymity. The hash is used to analyze and aggregate equipment data for statistical purposes. The IMEI is not collected or stored by Symantec. The Software also monitors changes in the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), in order to be able to continue provision of the service even when users change the SIM card. The IMSI is not collected or stored by Symantec. The above information is used for the purpose of identifying the telecommunications device eligible to receive Content Updates for the Software. This information will not be correlated with any other personally identifiable information, such as Your account information. After the service has terminated the data is retained in statistical form exclusively for internal research. Symantec may share this data with third party contractors and/or data processors as needed for the purpose of account management.
- Information on potential security risks as well as URLs and the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of websites visited that the Software and Services deems potentially fraudulent. The URLs could contain personally identifiable information that a potentially fraudulent website is attempting to obtain without Your permission. This information is collected by Symantec for the purpose of delivering the functionalities of the Software and Services, and also for evaluating and improving the ability of Symantec’s products to detect malicious behavior, potentially fraudulent websites and other Internet security risks.
- URLs and the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of websites visited as well as search keywords and search results only if the Norton Safe Web or Norton Safe Search features are enabled. This information is collected by Symantec for the purpose of providing protection and of evaluating and advising You regarding potential threats and risks that may be associated with a particular Web site before You view it.
- Executable files and files that contain executable content that are identified as potential malware, including information on the actions taken by such files at the time of installation. These files are submitted to Symantec using the Software and Service’s automatic submission function. Such automatic submission function may be deactivated after installation by following the instructions in the Documentation for applicable products. The collected files could contain personally identifiable information that has been obtained by the malware without Your permission. Files of this type are being collected by Symantec only for the purpose of improving the ability of Symantec’s products to detect malicious behavior.
- The name given to the Device during the initial setup of such Device. If collected, the name will be used by Symantec as an account name for the Device under which You may elect to receive additional services and/or under which You may use certain features of the Software and Services. You may change such account name at any time after installation of the Software and Services and it is recommended that You do so.
- Status information regarding installation and operation of the Software and Services. This information indicates to Symantec whether installation of the Software and Services was successfully completed as well as whether the Software and Services has encountered an error. The status information could contain personally identifiable information only if such information is included in the name of the file or folder encountered by the Software and Services at the time of installation or error. The status information is collected by Symantec for the purpose of evaluating and improving Symantec’s product performance and installation success rate. Symantec may also use this information to optimize its web-pages.
- Information contained in email messages that You send through the Software and Services to Symantec to report as spam or as incorrectly identified as spam. These email messages may contain personally identifiable information and will be sent to Symantec only with Your permission, and will not be sent automatically. If You send such messages to Symantec, Symantec will use them only for the purpose of improving the detection ability of Symantec’s antispam technology. Symantec will not correlate or match up these files with any other personally identifiable information.
- Information contained in a report that You may choose to send through the Software and Services to Symantec when the Software and Services encounters a problem. The report includes information regarding the status of both the Software and Services and Your Device at the time that the Software and Services encountered the problem. The status information about Your Device may include the system language, country locale, and the operating system version for Your Device, as well as the processes running, their status and performance information, and data from files or folders that were open at the time the Software and Services encountered the problem. The information could contain personally identifiable information if such information is included in, or is a part of the name of the files or folders open at the time the Software and Services encountered the problem. This information will be sent to Symantec only with Your permission, and will not be sent automatically. The information is collected by Symantec for the purpose of correcting the encountered problem and improving Symantec’s product performance. This information will not be correlated or matched up with any personally identifiable information.
- The Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or Media Access Control (MAC) address and the Machine ID of the Device on which the Software and Services is installed to enable the Software and Services to function and for license administration purposes.
- Other general, statistical information used for product analysis, and for improving product functionality.
Unless it is expressly defined as optional, the collected information as set out above is necessary for the purpose of the functionality of Symantec’s products.
Information may be transferred to the Symantec group in the United States or other countries that may have less protective data protection laws than the region in which You are situated (including the European Union) and may be accessible by Symantec employees or contractors exclusively to be used in accordance with the purposes described above. For the same purposes the information may be shared with partners and vendors that process information on behalf of Symantec. Symantec has taken steps so that the collected information, if transferred, receives an adequate level of protection.
Subject to applicable laws, Symantec reserves the right to cooperate with any legal process and any law enforcement or other government inquiry related to Your use of this Software and Services. This means that Symantec may provide documents and information relevant to a court subpoena or to a law enforcement or other government investigation. In order to promote awareness, detection and prevention of Internet security risks, Symantec may share certain information with research organizations and other security software vendors. Symantec may also use statistics derived from the information to track and publish reports on security risk trends. By using the Software and Services, You acknowledge and agree that Symantec may collect, transmit, store, disclose and analyze such information for these purposes.
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