Appendix E: Software End User License Agreement
In addition, Cisco may collect and store detailed information regarding Your network configuration and usage for the purpose of providing You technical networking support. The information is associated with You only when You provide a unique ID number to the support representative while You are receiving help. The unique ID is generated randomly on Your computer upon installation and is completely under Your control.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT, CISCO HAS NO OBLIGATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR (EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY THE APPLICABLE DATA PROTECTION LAWS) PRIVACY OF ANY COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED USING THE TECHNOLOGY. Cisco will not be liable for the privacy of
Your use of Your Cisco product and/or the Technology constitutes consent by You to Cisco’s and/or its affiliates’ collection and use of such information and, for Canadian or European Economic Area (EEA) customers, to the transfer of such information to a location outside Canada or the EEA. Any information collected by Your Cisco product and/or the Software is done and utilized in accordance with our Privacy Policy available at http://www.myciscohome.com/privacy. Your election to use the Cisco product and/or Technology indicates Your acceptance and consent to Cisco’s use of Your personal data in accordance with the terms of the Cisco Privacy Policy, so please review the policy carefully and check the web site above to review updates to it.
Support; Equipment. This Agreement does not entitle You to any support, upgrades, patches, enhancements, or fixes (collectively, “Support”) for the Technology. Any such Support for the Technology that may be made available by Cisco, in its sole discretion, shall become part of the Technology and subject to this Agreement. You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or ancillary services needed to connect to, access, or otherwise use the Technology, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, software, and long distance or local telephone service. You shall be responsible for ensuring that such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the Technology.
Software Upgrades etc. If the Software enables You to receive Upgrades, You may elect at any time to receive these Upgrades either automatically or manually. If You elect to receive Upgrades manually or You otherwise elect not to receive or be notified of any Upgrades, You may expose Your Cisco product and/or the Software to serious security threats and/or some features within Your Cisco product and/or Software may become inaccessible. There may be circumstances where we apply an Upgrade automatically in order to comply with changes in legislation, legal, security or regulatory requirements or
as a result of requirements to comply with the terms of any agreements Cisco has with any third parties regarding Your Cisco product and/or the Software. You will always be notified of any Upgrades being delivered to You. In addition, Cisco reserves the right to Upgrade our user interface with or without notice to You. The terms of this license will apply to any such Upgrade unless the Upgrade in question is accompanied by a separate license, in which event the terms of that license will apply.
Term and Termination. You may terminate this License at any time by destroying all copies of the Software and documentation. Your rights under this License will terminate immediately without notice from Cisco if You fail to comply with any provision of this Agreement.
Limited Warranty. Cisco additionally warrants that any media on which the Software may be provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of original purchase. Your exclusive remedy and Cisco’s entire liability under this limited warranty will be for Cisco, at its option, to (a) replace the Software media, or (b) refund the purchase price of the Software media.
EXCEPT FOR THE WRITTEN LIMITED WARRANTY ON MEDIA SET FORTH ABOVE AND PROVIDED IN YOUR CISCO PRODUCT PACKAGING WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE RELEVANT CISCO PRODUCT AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SOFTWARE AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY CISCO ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Without limiting the foregoing, Cisco does not warrant that the operation of the product, software or services will be uninterrupted, bug free or error free. Also, due to the continual development of new techniques for intruding upon and attacking networks, Cisco does not warrant that the product, software or services, or any equipment, system or network on which the product, software or services are used will be free of vulnerability to intrusion or attack. The product may include or be bundled with third party software or service offerings. This limited warranty shall not apply to such third party software or service offerings. This limited warranty does not guarantee any continued availability of a third party’s service for which this product’s use or operation may require.
CISCO DOES NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE TECHNOLOGY. THIS SECTION CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO CISCO, THEIR DISTRIBUTORS, CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS. Further, Cisco has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to You. You acknowledge that Cisco has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding: which users gain access to the Technology. The Technology may contain, or enable You to access, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. Cisco makes no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through
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