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Terms of Use

Effective as of July 31, 2024

These Terms of Use ("Terms") constitute a special agreement between ESET, spol. s r. o., having its registered office at Einsteinova 24, 85101 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Business Registration Number: 31333532 ("ESET" or "Provider") and you, a natural person or legal entity ("You" or "User") who accesses an account for administration, ESET PROTECT Hub and who uses online services owned and provided by ESET ("Account") which are all specified in the applicable documentation accessible via ESET Online Help ("documentation"). If You use the Account on behalf of an organization, then You agree to these Terms for that organization and guarantee that You have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms. In that case, You and User will refer to that organization. Read these Terms carefully. They also relate to services provided by ESET through or in relation to the Account. The specific conditions for using individual services beyond these Terms are stated with each service, with their acceptance being part of the service activation process.

Security and Data Protection

The Account renders access to services provided by ESET. The user's full name, company name, country, valid email address, phone number, licensing data and statistic are required for registration and use of the Account and for the purpose of provision and maintenance of services accessed via Account. You hereby agree to data being collected and transferred to Provider's servers or those of its partners, the purpose of which is to ensure functionality of and authorization to use the Software and protection of the Provider's rights. Following conclusion of these Terms, the Provider and/or its local partners as part of distribution channel shall be entitled to collect, process, transfer and store essential data identifying You for support purposes, performance of these Terms and for the purpose of business and marketing communication. You are authorized to use the Account solely for the purposes and manner for which it is intended under these Terms, individual service terms and documentation.

You are responsible for the security of your Account and credentials required for logging in. ESET shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from your failure to comply with this obligation to maintain security. The User is also responsible for any activity related to the use of the Account, authorized or not. If the Account is compromised, you should notify the Provider immediately.

Details about privacy, personal data protection and rights as a data subject can be found in Privacy Policy.

Updates to the Software

The Provider shall be entitled from time to time issue updates to the Software ("Updates"), but shall not be obliged to provide Updates. This function is enabled under the Software's standard settings and Updates are therefore applied automatically. For provisioning of Updates, License authenticity verification is required, including information about web browser used to access the Software in compliance with Privacy Policy.

Provision of any Updates may be subject to End of Life Policy ("EOL Policy"), which is available on ESET End of Life. The Updates will be provided according to support levels and/or support policies rules in compliance with the EOL Policy. No Updates will be provided after the Software or any of its features reaches the End of Life date as defined in the EOL Policy.

Availability

ESET will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the ESET PROTECT Hub available and maintained based on well-defined processes and routine procedures ("Availability"). Details about Availability for ESET PROTECT Hub can be found in documentation.

Fair Use Policy

You are obliged to comply with technical limitations stipulated in documentation. You agree that You will only use the Account and its functions in a way which does not limit the possibilities of other Users to access these services. The Provider reserves the right to limit the scope of services provided to individual Users, to enable use of the services by the highest possible number of Users. Limiting the scope of services shall also mean complete termination of the possibility to use any of the functions of the Account and deletion of data and information.

Limitation of Use

Your right to use Software and any of its features may be subject to EOL Policy. After the Software or any of its features reaches the End of Life date defined in the EOL Policy, your right to use the Software will terminate.

Software

ESET or its respective suppliers own or may exercise copyright to all software available on the Account websites (hereinafter referred to as "Software"). The Software can be used only in accordance with the End User License Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "EULA"). EULA is supplied together with the Software, or comprises part of it. Software supplied with the EULA cannot be installed without the User's consent to the EULA. Other information regarding licensing, copyright, documentation and trademarks are stipulated in the Legal Information.

Restrictions

You may not copy, distribute, extract components or make derivative works of the Account. When using the Account You are required to comply with the following restrictions:

(a) You may not use, modify, translate or reproduce the Account or transfer rights to use the Account or its components in any manner other than as provided for in these Terms.

(b) You may not sell, sub-license, lease or rent or borrow the Account or use the Account for the provision of commercial services.

(c) You may not reverse engineer, reverse compile or disassemble the Account or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Account, except to the extent that this restriction is expressly prohibited by law.

(d) You agree that You will only use the Account in a manner that complies with all applicable laws in the jurisdiction in which You use the Account, including, but not limited to, applicable restrictions concerning copyright and other intellectual property rights.

Disclaimers

AS THE USER, YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ACCOUNT AS WELL AS SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. NEITHER THE PROVIDER, ITS LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES, NOR THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT ACCOUNT OR SERVICES WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY'S PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. THE PROVIDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT THE ACCOUNT OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF ACCOUNT OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE SELECTION AND USE OF ACCOUNT AND SERVICES TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS AND FOR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM IT.

These Terms create no obligations on the part of the Provider and its licensors other than as specifically set forth herein.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROVIDER, ITS EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, SALES, DATA OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, ECONOMIC, COVER, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE ACCOUNT OR SERVICES, EVEN IF THE PROVIDER, ITS CONTRACTORS OR AFFILIATES ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME COUNTRIES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, BUT MAY ALLOW LIABILITY TO BE LIMITED, IN SUCH CASES THE LIABILITY OF THE PROVIDER, ITS EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SUM THAT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE OR ACCOUNT IN QUESTION.

Trade control compliance

(a) You will not, directly or indirectly, export, re-export, transfer or otherwise make available the Software to any person, use it in any manner or be involved in any activity that could result in ESET or its holding companies, its subsidiaries, and the subsidiaries of any of its holding companies, as well as entities controlled by its holding companies ("Affiliates") being in violation of, or being subject to, negative consequences under trade control laws which include:

  1. any laws that control, restrict, or impose licensing requirements on the export, re-export or transfer of goods, software, technology, or services, issued or adopted by any government, state or regulatory authority of the United States of America, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the European Union or any of its Member States, or any country in which obligations under these Terms are to be performed, or in which ESET or any of its Affiliates are incorporated or operate and
  2. any economic, financial, trade or other sanction, restriction, embargo, import or export ban, prohibition on the transfer of funds or assets or on performing services, or equivalent measure imposed by any government, state or regulatory authority of the United States of America, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the European Union or any of its Member States, or any country in which obligations under these Terms are to be performed, or in which ESET or any of its Affiliates are incorporated or operate (legal acts referred to in points i, and ii. above together as "Trade Control Laws").

(b) ESET shall have the right to suspend its obligations under, or terminate, these Terms with immediate effect in the event that:

  1. ESET determines that, in its reasonable opinion, the User has breached or is likely to breach a provision of section (a) of this Trade control compliance clause of these Terms or
  2. the User and/or the Software become subject to Trade Control Laws and, as a result, ESET determines that, in its reasonable opinion, the continued performance of its obligations under these Terms could result in ESET or its Affiliates being in violation of, or being subject to negative consequences under, Trade Control Laws.

(c) Nothing in these Terms is intended, and nothing should be interpreted or construed, to induce or require either party to act or refrain from acting (or to agree to act or refrain from acting) in any manner that is inconsistent with, penalized, or prohibited under any applicable Trade Control Laws.

Governing Law and Language

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Slovak law. You and the Provider agree that conflict provisions of the governing law and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply. If You are a consumer with habitual residence in the EU, You are also afforded additional protection granted to You by mandatory provisions of law applicable in your country of residence.

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with the Provider or relating in any way to your use of the Software, Account or Services or arising from these Terms or Special Terms (if applicable) resides in the Slovak courts. If You are a consumer and have a habitual residence in the EU, You may also bring a claim to enforce your consumer rights in the place of exclusive jurisdiction or in the EU country where You live. Moreover, You may also use an online dispute resolution platform, which can be accessed here: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. However, consider contacting us first before officially raising any claim.

General provisions

ESET reserves the right to revise these Terms and documentation or any portion thereof at any time by updating the relevant document to reflect changes to the law or changes to Account. You will be notified about any revision of these Terms by email or via your Account. If You disagree with the changes to these Terms, You may cancel your Account. Unless You cancel your Account after being notified about the changes, You are bound by any amendments or revisions of these Terms. You are encouraged to periodically visit this page to review the current Terms that apply to your use of Account.

Notices

All notices must be delivered to: ESET, spol. s r. o., Einsteinova 24, 85101 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Annex no. 1

Should You be a End User of the Provider's software and services pursuant to a End User License Agreement or Terms of Use, as applicable, the following terms shall apply to You in order to use the software or service acquired throughout the ESET distribution network:

Annex no. 2

Should You be a partner within the Provider's distribution network, possessing the right to distribute the Provider's software and services pursuant to a Distribution Agreement, Reseller Agreement, or Managed Service Provider Agreement, as applicable, the following Annex no. 2 of this Agreement - Data Processing Agreement and Standard Contractual Clauses included in the Annex no. 3 of this Agreement may apply to You based you location.

Data Processing Agreement

Annex no. 3

Should You be a partner within the Provider's distribution network, possessing the right to distribute the Provider's software and services pursuant to a Distribution Agreement, Reseller Agreement, or Master Service Provider Agreement, as applicable, the following Annex no. 2 of this Agreement - Data Processing Agreement and Standard Contractual Clauses included in the Annex no. 3 of this Agreement may apply to You based you location.

Standard Contractual Clauses

Annex no. 4

Should You be a partner within the Provider's distribution network, possessing the right to distribute the Provider's software and services pursuant to a Distribution Agreement, Reseller Agreement, or Managed Service Provider Agreement, as applicable, the following terms shall apply to You based on the distribution territory wherein you are authorized to distribute or provide services: