Terms of Service

The following terms are used throughout this Agreement:

• "Agreement" means these Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Policy, which are incorporated by reference.
• "Application" means the PDFProtect desktop software, including all versions, updates, and documentation.
• "Company", "we", "us", "our" means pdfprotect.app, registered in Finland at Mannerheimintie 113, 00280 Helsinki.
• "Device" means the personal computer, workstation, or other hardware on which you install the Application.
• "Service" means the Application, the Website, and any related services provided by the Company.
• "User", "you", "your" means the individual or legal entity downloading, installing, or using the Application.
• "Website" means the website located at pdfprotect.app.

By downloading, installing, or using the Application or Website, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not download, install, or use the Application.

If you are accepting these terms on behalf of a legal entity (such as a company or organisation), you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity to this Agreement. In that case, "you" and "your" refer to that entity.

You must be at least 16 years of age to use the Service. By using the Service, you confirm that you meet this requirement.

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, the Company grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to:

• Download and install the Application on Devices owned or controlled by you;
• Use the Application for its intended purpose of protecting and managing PDF documents;
• Make a reasonable number of backup copies of the Application for archival purposes.

This licence is granted for personal and internal business use. The Application is provided free of charge. No payment is required to obtain or use the licence described in this section.

This is a licence, not a sale. The Company retains all ownership and intellectual property rights in the Application. You acquire no right, title, or interest in the Application other than the licence expressly granted above.

Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement or by applicable law, you must not:

• Copy, reproduce, distribute, or publicly display the Application other than as permitted herein;
• Sell, rent, lease, lend, sublicense, or otherwise transfer the Application or the rights granted under this Agreement to any third party;
• Modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works based on the Application or any part thereof;
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the Application, except to the extent permitted by mandatory applicable law;
• Remove, obscure, or alter any copyright notices, trademarks, or other proprietary rights notices contained in or displayed by the Application;
• Use the Application in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service;
• Use automated scripts, bots, or other automated tools to access or interact with the Website in a manner inconsistent with its intended use.

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations. In particular, you must not use the Service:

• To protect, conceal, or distribute documents that contain illegal content, including but not limited to materials that infringe intellectual property rights, child sexual abuse material, or content that incites violence or discrimination;
• To obstruct or interfere with legitimate legal proceedings, law enforcement investigations, or regulatory requirements by encrypting or withholding documents you are legally obliged to produce;
• To circumvent access controls, digital rights management systems, or security measures on documents in a manner not authorised by the document owner or applicable law;
• To violate the privacy or data protection rights of third parties, including by protecting documents containing personal data without a valid legal basis;
• For any fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading purposes;
• In violation of any applicable sanctions or export control laws (see Section 9).

The Company reserves the right to terminate your licence immediately if you use the Service in violation of this section.

The Application, Website, and all content, features, functionality, code, design, graphics, and documentation are the exclusive property of the Company and its licensors, and are protected by Finnish and international copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property laws.

The "PDFProtect" name, the pdfprotect.app domain, and any associated logos are trademarks or service marks of the Company. You may not use these marks in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of the Company, except to make factually accurate references to the Application (for example, "I use PDFProtect to protect my documents").

Your feedback, suggestions, or ideas regarding the Service ("Feedback") are entirely voluntary. If you provide Feedback, you grant the Company a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use, incorporate, and commercialise that Feedback in the Service without any obligation to you.

The Application may incorporate open-source software components. These components are used in compliance with their respective licences. The use of open-source components does not affect the terms of this Agreement with respect to the Application as a whole.

A list of open-source components included in the Application, together with their respective licence texts, is available in the Application's "About" section. Nothing in this Agreement limits any rights you may have under the applicable open-source licence terms.

Updates. The Company may release new versions of the Application from time to time. Updates are made available on the Website and must be installed manually. The Company has no obligation to release updates, but when updates are released, they may include security fixes, new features, or changes to existing behaviour. This Agreement applies to all versions of the Application.

Support. Basic support is provided on a best-effort basis via email at support@pdfprotect.app. The Company does not guarantee response times or resolution of all reported issues. The Company may, at its sole discretion, discontinue support for older versions of the Application.

Discontinuation. The Company reserves the right to discontinue the Service or any part of it at any time. Where reasonably practicable, we will provide advance notice on the Website. Because the Application operates fully offline, any downloaded version will continue to function on your Device regardless of whether the Website or Company continues to operate.

The Application incorporates encryption technology. The export, re-export, transfer, or release of the Application may be subject to export control laws and regulations, including:

• The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) of the United States;
• EU Dual-Use Regulation (EU) 2021/821;
• Finnish and other applicable national export control legislation.

By downloading or using the Application, you represent and warrant that:

• You are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, any country subject to a comprehensive trade embargo or similar restrictions under applicable sanctions regimes (currently including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, as updated from time to time);
• You are not listed on any government denied-party or specially designated nationals list, including the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN List, the U.S. Commerce BIS Entity List, or EU consolidated sanctions lists;
• You will not re-export, transfer, or make the Application available to any person or entity in violation of applicable export control or sanctions laws.

It is your responsibility to comply with all applicable export control and sanctions laws in your jurisdiction. The Company disclaims liability for any violations arising from your use or distribution of the Application.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement;
• Any warranty that the Application will be error-free, uninterrupted, or free from viruses or other harmful components;
• Any warranty regarding the completeness, accuracy, or reliability of the Application's output;
• Any warranty that the encryption or protection applied by the Application will be unbreakable or will prevent all unauthorised access under all circumstances.

Security disclaimer. While the Application uses strong cryptographic standards, no encryption system is guaranteed to be unbreakable against all possible threats, including future advances in computing, undiscovered vulnerabilities, or weaknesses in your local environment (e.g. malware on your Device, weak passwords, or physical access by unauthorised parties). You remain responsible for the overall security of your documents and your computing environment.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, the above exclusions apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR:

• Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages;
• Loss of data, documents, revenue, profit, business, or goodwill;
• Damages resulting from unauthorised access to your documents by third parties, even if such access occurs despite use of the Application;
• Any business interruption or loss of business opportunity;

arising from or related to your use of or inability to use the Service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, SHALL NOT EXCEED €100 (ONE HUNDRED EUROS) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Because the Application is provided free of charge, the practical cap on liability is €100 in most cases. Some jurisdictions do not permit limitation of liability for certain types of loss. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and successors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to:

• Your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement;
• Your violation of any applicable law or regulation;
• Your infringement of any third-party intellectual property, privacy, or other rights;
• Any content you protect or distribute using the Application.

This Agreement is effective from the date you first download or use the Application and continues until terminated.

Termination by you. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by uninstalling and deleting all copies of the Application from your Devices.

Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate your licence immediately and without notice if you materially breach this Agreement, including by violating the licence restrictions in Section 4 or the acceptable use requirements in Section 5.

Effect of termination. Upon termination, the licence granted in Section 3 ends and you must cease all use of the Application and destroy any copies in your possession. Sections 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16 survive termination of this Agreement.

This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Finland, without regard to its conflict of law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) does not apply.

Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by the courts of Helsinki, Finland, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction. If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, you may also have the right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence, and you may have access to the EU Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

Before initiating legal proceedings, we encourage you to contact us at info@pdfprotect.app to seek an informal resolution. We will make reasonable efforts to resolve disputes amicably.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the Service and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, and representations.

Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed if modification is not possible. The remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Waiver. The Company's failure to enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. A waiver in one instance does not constitute a waiver in any other instance.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations under it without the prior written consent of the Company. The Company may assign this Agreement freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Notices. Any notices under this Agreement must be sent by email to info@pdfprotect.app (for notices to us) or to the email address you provided when contacting us (for notices to you). Notices are effective upon receipt.

The Company reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide more prominent notice on the Website.

Your continued download, installation, or use of the Application after the revised Terms take effect constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Application.

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:

Email: info@pdfprotect.app
Postal address: pdfprotect.app, Mannerheimintie 113, 00280 Helsinki, Finland