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Retrieved from https://www.skype.com/en/legal/ios/tos/ (2016-09-09)
Table of contents:
1. Your agreement with Skype
2. Acceptance of the Terms
3. Changes to the Terms
4. Licence
5. Use of the software and products and Skype websites
6. Your obligations
7. Proprietary rights
8. Charges
9. Payment
10. Refund Policy
11. Ending Your relationship with Skype
12. Exclusion of warranties, limitation of liability and indemnity
13. Third party websites products and services
14. Additional Terms
15. Your confidential information and your privacy
16. For Government users only
17. How to contact Skype
18. Miscellaneous
19. Product specific terms
20. Pay by mobile
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE OR USING THE PRODUCT(S)
OR SKYPE WEBSITES
Key Points
It is important that you read the entirety of and understand this
document. There are, however, a few key points that we need to
emphasise:
NO ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES: The Software is not a replacement for
your ordinary mobile or fixed line telephone. In particular, apart from
in the very limited circumstances set out in paragraph 5.6 of these
Terms (applicable to Skype’s Internet Communications Software only),
the Software does not allow you to make emergency calls to emergency
services. You must make alternative communications arrangements to
ensure that you can make emergency calls if needed.
CHECK RESTRICTIONS ON USE: In some countries there are restrictions on
the use of the Software. It is your responsibility to ensure that you
are legally allowed to use the Software where you are located.
NO OWNERSHIP OF NUMBERS: If Skype allocates to you a Skype Number
(previously known as “Online Number”) or Skype To Go Number, you do not
own the number or have a right to retain that number forever. Skype may
need to change or withdraw the number allocated to you from time to
time. You will not transfer or attempt to transfer your Skype Number or
Skype To Go Number to anyone else. You must ensure you comply with any
allocation requirements displayed when purchasing a Skype Number as
failure to do so could result in the number being withdrawn. Please see
also paragraph 19.1.
SKYPE CREDIT BECOMES INACTIVE AFTER 180 DAYS: If you purchase Skype
Credit please be aware that it becomes inactive after 180 days of
inactivity. Please see also paragraph 9.2.
ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: If you live in the USA and
select Pay by Mobile (see paragraph 20), a binding arbitration clause
and class action waiver affects your rights to resolve a dispute with
Skype, its corporate affiliates, or other third parties including
mobile phone carriers. Please read paragraph 20.3 carefully.
1. YOUR AGREEMENT WITH SKYPE
1.1 Skype’s internet communication software applications (“Internet
Communications Software”), other “Skype” branded software applications
(together the “Skype Software”), the “Qik” branded software
applications (“Qik Software”) and associated documentation (whether in
printed or electronic form) including any improvements, modifications,
enhancements, fixes, updates, upgrades and future versions thereto
(“Updates”) and whether made available for free or for a fee,
(collectively the “Software”) are licensed (not sold) to you by Skype
Software Sàrl.
1.2 The features and products that are made available through the
Software for free (excluding products or features available for free on
a trial basis only) (“Free Products”) are provided to you by Skype
Software Sàrl.
1.3 Any additional products or features of the Skype Software or Qik
Software, or other “Skype” or “Qik” branded products, that you pay for
(including products or features available for free on a trial basis
only) (“Paid For Products”) are provided to you by Skype Communications
Sàrl.
1.4 “Skype Websites” means www.skype.com, www.qik.com (both of which
are operated by Skype Communications Sàrl) and any other websites
authorised by Skype which link to these Terms.
1.5 “Skype’’ means Skype Software Sàrl, 23 – 29 Rives de Clausen,
L-2165 Luxembourg or Skype Communications Sàrl, 23 – 29 Rives de
Clausen, L-2165 Luxembourg as the context requires;
“Products” means collectively the Free Products and Paid For Products;
“you” or “your” means you, the registered holder of the User Account
(as described in paragraph 6.1) and licensee under these Terms.
1.6 Your agreement with Skype is made up of the terms and conditions
set out in this document, together with any fair usage policies
described in this document and Additional Terms referred to in
paragraph 14 (collectively the “Terms”). To the extent of any
inconsistency between the fair usage policies or any Additional Terms
and this document, this document shall take precedence.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS
2.1 In order to download and/or use the Software, Products and/or Skype
Websites you must first accept these Terms. These Terms are accepted by
you (a) when you click to accept or agree to the Terms; or (b) when you
download and/or use the Software, Products and/or Skype Websites. We
advise you to print a copy of these Terms for your records. These Terms
remain effective from the date of acceptance until terminated by you or
Skype in accordance with paragraph 11.
2.2 You cannot accept these Terms if: (a) you are not lawfully entitled
to use the Software, Products and/or Skype Websites in the country in
which you are located or reside or (b) if you are not of legal age to
form a binding agreement with Skype.
2.3 In some countries the Products may be provided to you by Skype’s
local partner. If so, that local partner may ask you to accept its own
terms of service (“local terms”). If there is any inconsistency between
those local terms and these Terms, then the local terms shall govern to
the extent of that inconsistency.
3. CHANGES TO THE TERMS
3.1 Skype may make changes to these Terms from time to time. Skype will
publish the changes at www.skype.com/go/tou. Changes to the fair usage
policies and/or Additional Terms will be posted on the applicable Skype
Website. The changes will be effective when published. Please review
the Terms on a regular basis. You understand and agree that your
express acceptance of the Terms or your use of the Software, Products
and/or Skype Websites after the date of publication shall constitute
your agreement to the updated Terms. If you do not agree with the
amended Terms, you may terminate your relationship with Skype in
accordance with paragraph 11 below.
4. LICENCE
4.1 Licence. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you are
granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-assignable,
free of charge license to download and install the Software on a
personal computer, mobile phone or other device; and personally use the
Software through your individual Skype or Qik user account (as
applicable) (“User Account”). For the avoidance of doubt, (a) IT
administrators working on behalf of a company may download and install
the Skype Software onto personal computers or other devices used by
personnel of such company; and (b) you are permitted to use the
Software at a university or other educational institution, or at work.
Skype reserves all rights not expressly granted to you under these
Terms.
4.2 Restrictions. You may not and you agree not to:
(a) sub-license, sell, assign, rent, lease, export, import, distribute
or transfer or otherwise grant rights to any third party in the
Software;
(b) undertake, cause, permit or authorise the modification, creation of
derivative works or improvements, translation, reverse engineering,
decompiling, disassembling, decryption, emulation, hacking, discovery
or attempted discovery of the source code or protocols of the Software
or any part or features thereof (except to the extent permitted by
law);
(c) remove, obscure or alter any copyright notices or other proprietary
notices included in the Software;
(d) use the Software or cause the Software (or any part of it) to be
used within or to provide commercial products or services to third
parties. The foregoing shall not preclude you using the Software for
your own business communications, subject to paragraph 4.1 above;
(e) other than for the purposes of download and installation, use the
Software except through your User Account.
4.3 Third-Party Technology. If you are using Software pre-loaded on,
embedded in, combined, distributed or used with or downloaded onto
third party products, hardware, software applications, programs or
devices (“Third-Party Technology”), you agree and acknowledge that: (a)
you may be required to enter into a separate licence agreement with the
relevant third party owner or licensor for the use of such Third-Party
Technology; (b) some Products and/or functionality may not be
accessible through the Third-Party Technology and (c) Skype cannot
guarantee that the Software shall always be available on or in
connection with such Third-Party Technology.
4.4 Third Party Notices. The Software may include third party code that
Skype, not the third party, licenses to you under this agreement.
Notices, if any, for the third party code are included for your
information only. Third party scripts, linked to, called or referenced
from the Software, are licensed to you by the third parties that own
such code, not by Skype.
5. USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND PRODUCTS AND SKYPE WEBSITES
5.1 Equipment: In order to use the Software and the Products you will
need an Internet broadband connection. You are responsible for
providing all equipment required to access the Internet or enable
communications such as headsets, microphones and webcams.
5.2 Use of Your Equipment: The Internet Communications Software may use
the processing capabilities, memory and bandwidth of the computer (or
other applicable device) you are using, for the limited purpose of
facilitating the communication and establishing the connection between
Internet Communications Software users. If your use of the Internet
Communications Software is dependent upon the use of a processor and
bandwidth owned or controlled by a third party, you acknowledge and
agree that your licence to use the Internet Communications Software is
subject to you obtaining consent from the relevant third party for such
use. You represent and warrant that by accepting these Terms, you have
obtained such consent.
5.3 Updates to the Software: Skype may automatically check your version
of the Skype Software. You may be required to enter into an updated
version of these Terms to be able to download or otherwise take
advantage of any Updates. Skype has no obligation to make available any
Updates. However, Skype may (a) require you to download and install
Updates; or (b) download and install Updates from Skype automatically
from time to time unless you have chosen (through your Skype client
settings) not to receive automatic Updates. Microsoft Corporation or
its affiliates and subsidiaries may also automatically download updates
to the Skype Software for Windows, if you have chosen to receive
Microsoft Updates. These updates are required to maintain software
compatibility, provide security updates or bug fixes, or offer new
features, functionality or versions. You agree to receive such updates
from Skype in order to continue using the Skype Software and you agree
to accept such Updates subject to these Terms.
5.4 Suspension, technical improvement and maintenance: From time to
time, Skype may need to perform maintenance on or upgrade the Software,
Products or Skype Websites or the underlying infrastructure that
enables you to use the Software, Products or Skype Websites. This may
require Skype to temporarily suspend or limit your use of some or all
of the Software, Products or Skype Websites until such time as this
maintenance and/or upgrade can be completed. To the extent possible and
unless an intervention is urgently required, Skype will publish the
time and date of such suspension or limitation on the Skype Website in
advance. You will not be entitled to claim damages for such suspension
or limitation of the use of any Software, Product or Skype Website.
5.5 No Access to Emergency Services: Neither the Products nor the
Software are intended to support or carry emergency calls to any type
of hospitals, law enforcement agencies, medical care unit or any other
kind of services that connect a user to emergency services personnel or
public safety answering points (“Emergency Services”). There are
important differences between traditional telephone services and the
Products. You acknowledge and agree that: (i) Skype is not required to
offer access to Emergency Services under any applicable local and/or
national rules, regulations or law; (ii) it is your responsibility to
purchase, separately from the Products, traditional wireless (mobile)
or fixed line telephone services that offer access to Emergency
Services, and (iii) the Software and the Products are not a replacement
for your primary telephone service. Find out more about calling 112,
the dedicated emergency number for the EU at
www.skype.com/go/emergency.
5.6 Limited Emergency Calling (Internet Communications Software Only
and Not Applicable to the Qik Software)
5.6.1 In a very limited number of countries, and for defined Internet
Communications Software versions and platforms only, Skype will try to
provide limited emergency calling as a stand-alone feature but can
provide no commitment in this respect. Click here for the listing of
countries (“Enabled Countries”) and software versions and other
platforms (“Enabled Versions”) that enable limited Skype emergency
calling. Skype emergency calling is not available for any other
countries, versions or platforms. You should keep traditional wireless
(mobile) or fixed line telephone services available for your calls to
Emergency Services and use Skype’s limited emergency calling only as an
absolute last resort. In particular, please also note that:
(i) power cut, battery failure or internet connection failure can lead
to a Skype call failure, including your call to Emergency Services.
Additionally, any of the quality limitations set out in paragraph 5.9
below, may otherwise affect successful call connection.
(ii) where available, an emergency call made using the Internet
Communications Software in an enabled country may not receive the same
network priority as a call made using traditional wireless (mobile) or
fixed line telephone services.
(iii) if your emergency call is connected, you will need to tell the
Emergency Services operator that you speak to where you are physically
located so that the correct emergency organisation can respond to your
emergency and knows where to find you. If you do not provide this
information when prompted, you acknowledge that your emergency call may
not be completed and you will not be able to gain access to your
required Emergency Services using the Internet Communications Software.
Skype will have no liability for your failed emergency call in such
circumstances.
(iv) other than for the Enabled Countries and Enabled Versions, Skype
does not provide limited emergency calling in any country or for or in
conjunction with any Products or using any platforms, devices, services
or operating systems (including any products, platforms, devices,
services or operating systems developed by third parties using Skype’s
APIs, any of Skype’s software development kits or otherwise).
5.6.2 In Enabled Countries, you should configure the limited emergency
calling functionality by setting your default location for emergency
calling in the Call Settings page of your desktop Internet
Communications Software (if you are using a 4.1 version for Windows (or
later) or version 2.8 for Mac OS X (or later)). It is your
responsibility to ensure that this location information is correct and
kept up-to-date if your physical address changes. Skype does not
support emergency calls in the majority of countries around the world.
Where limited emergency calling is supported Skype will not charge you
to make an emergency call and you do not need to have a Skype Credit
balance. If however your country is not supported for limited emergency
calling then you should not attempt to, and agree not to, make any
emergency calls using your Internet Communications Software. If, with
your permission, another user uses your User Account, it is your
responsibility to inform that user of the limited circumstances in
which limited emergency calling is available.
5.7 Content of Communications: Skype is not the source of, does not
verify or endorse and takes no responsibility for the content of
communications made using the Software. By using the Software, you
agree that any content that you submit may be transmitted to the
recipient of your communication. The content of communications is
entirely the responsibility of the person from whom such content
originated. You therefore may be exposed to content that is offensive,
unlawful, harmful to minors, obscene, indecent or otherwise
objectionable. The content of communications may be protected by
intellectual property rights, which are owned by third parties. You are
responsible for the content you choose to communicate and access using
the Software. In particular, you are responsible for ensuring that you
do not submit material that is (i) copyrighted, protected by trade
secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights,
including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of
such rights or have permission from their rightful owner (ii) a
falsehood or misrepresentation (iii) offensive, unlawful, harmful to
minors, obscene, defamatory, libellous, threatening, pornographic,
harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or that
encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, gives
rise to civil liability, violates any law, or is otherwise
objectionable; (iv) an advertisement or solicitation of business; or
(v) impersonating another person. Skype reserves the right (but shall
have no obligation) to review content for the purpose of enforcing
these Terms. Skype may in its sole discretion block, prevent delivery
of or otherwise remove the content of communications as part of its
effort to protect the Software, Products or its customers, or otherwise
enforce these Terms. Further, Skype may in its sole discretion remove
such content and/or terminate these Terms and your User Account if you
use any content that is in breach of these Terms.
5.8 Notice and Take-Down If Skype receives any notification that any
material that you post, upload, edit, host, share and/or publish on the
Skype Website or through the Software (excluding your private
communications) (“User Submission”) is inappropriate, infringes any
rights of any third party, or if Skype wishes to remove your User
Submission for any reason whatsoever, Skype reserves the right to
automatically remove such User Submission for any reason immediately or
within such other timescales as may be decided from time to time by
Skype in its sole discretion. The User Submission shall be taken down
without any admission as to liability and without prejudice to any
rights, remedies or defenses, all of which are expressly reserved. You
acknowledge and agree that Skype is under no obligation to put back
such User Submission at any time. If User Submissions infringe, or if
you believe that User Submissions infringe any of your rights
(including intellectual property rights) or are unlawful, please
contact us immediately by following our notice and takedown procedure.
Click here to view the Notice and Takedown Procedure. Skype reserves
the right to ask for verification of your identity and to seek further
information to verify your complaint. You agree that you are solely
responsible for the consequences resulting from your complaint
(including but not limited to removal or blocking of the User
Submission) and you acknowledge and agree that any complaint may be
used in court proceedings. Any false, misleading or inaccurate
information provided by you may result in civil and criminal liability.
5.9 Quality: Skype cannot guarantee that the Software, Products or
Skype Websites will always function without disruptions, delay or
errors. A number of factors may impact the quality of your
communications and use of the Software, Products (depending on the
Products used) or Skype Websites, and may result in the failure of your
communications including but not limited to: your local network,
firewall, your internet service provider, the public internet, the
public switched telephone network and your power supply. Skype takes no
responsibility for any disruption, interruption or delay caused by any
failure of or inadequacy in any of these items or any other items over
which we have no control.
5.10 Changes to Products: Skype is constantly improving the Software
and Products and may also need to change technical features from time
to time in order to comply with applicable regulations. Accordingly,
you acknowledge and agree that the Products and functionality of the
Software may vary from time to time. Technical requirements for use of
Products and Software and feature descriptions are available on the
Skype Website. If you do not agree with any changes to Software and
Products you may terminate your relationship with Skype in accordance
with paragraph 11. You may need to upgrade to a new version in order to
enjoy the benefit of certain Products. In addition, you acknowledge and
agree that certain Products may be subject to usage limits or
geographical restrictions, which may vary from time to time. Please
check the Skype Website for details of the most up-to-date usage
restrictions that apply to the Products that you are using.
5.11 Unsolicited Ideas Skype does not consider or accept unsolicited
proposals or ideas, including without limitation ideas for new
products, technologies, promotions, product names, product feedback and
product improvements (“Unsolicited Feedback”). If you send any
Unsolicited Feedback to Skype through the Skype Website or otherwise,
you acknowledge and agree that Skype shall not be under any obligation
of confidentiality with respect to the Unsolicited Feedback.
5.12 Reports Certain parts of the Skype Websites or the Software may
ask for written suggestions or problem reports such as using our
contact form or problem report form (“Reports”). Please read carefully
any specific terms, which govern those Reports. The Reports shall be
deemed the property of Skype. Skype shall exclusively own all now known
or hereafter existing rights to the Reports throughout the universe in
perpetuity and shall be entitled to use the Reports for any purpose
whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the
provider of the Reports. Any Reports you send to Skype will not be
treated as confidential and Skype shall not be liable for any
disclosure of the Reports.
5.13 Linking You may link to the Skype Website from another website
owned by you, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and
does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not
establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association,
approval or endorsement by Skype where none exists. You may not frame
the Site on any other site. Skype provides a Qik branded embeddable
flash player feature which you may incorporate into your own personal,
non-commercial website for use in accessing the materials on the Qik
branded Skype Website. Skype may revoke the permission to link to the
Skype Websites at any time at its sole discretion and will notify you
in this respect.
6. YOUR OBLIGATIONS
6.1 User Account. Prior to your first use of the Skype Software and
your first use of the Qik Software, you will be asked to create a User
Account and choose a user ID and password. We recommend that you choose
a password that is hard to guess and consists of letters, numbers and
symbols. You may only use the Software through your User Account. You
are solely responsible and liable for all activities conducted through
your User Account. To prevent unauthorised use, you shall keep your
password confidential and shall not share it with any third party or
use it to access third party websites or services. If you suspect that
someone else knows your password, then you shall immediately change it
in order to protect the security of your User Account. It is your
responsibility to ensure that you do not respond to any unsolicited
requests for credit card details, passwords or other data. Skype takes
no responsibility for your failure to comply with the obligations in
this paragraph 6.1.
6.2 Lawful Use: You must use the Software, Products and Skype Websites
in accordance with the laws of where you are located. In some countries
there are restrictions on the download and use of the Software,
Products and/or Skype Websites. It is your responsibility to ensure
that you are legally allowed to use the Software, Products and/or Skype
Websites where you are located.
6.3 Prohibited Use: You may not:
(a) intercept or monitor, damage or modify any communication which is
not intended for you;
(b) use any type of spider, virus, worm, trojan-horse, time bomb or any
other codes or instructions that are designed to distort, delete,
damage, emulate or disassemble the Software, Products, Skype Websites,
communication or protocols;
(c) send unsolicited communications (also referred to as “SPAM”, “SPIM”
or “SPIT”) or any communication not permitted by applicable law or use
the Software, Products or Skype Websites for the purposes of phishing
or pharming or impersonating or misrepresenting affiliation with
another person or entity;
(d) expose any third party to material which is offensive, harmful to
minors, indecent or otherwise objectionable in any way;
(e) use the Software, Products or Skype Websites to cause or intend to
cause embarrassment or distress to, or to threaten, harass or invade
the privacy of, any third party; or
(f) use (including as part of your User ID and/or profile picture) any
material or content that is subject to any third party proprietary
rights, unless you have a licence or permission from the owner of such
rights; or
(g) collect or harvest any personally identifiable information,
including account names, from the Software, Products or Skype Websites;
(h) impact or attempt to impact the availability of the Software,
Products or Skype Websites for example, with a denial of service (DOS)
or distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack;
(i) use or launch any automated system, including without limitation,
robots, spiders or offline readers that access the Software, Products
or Skype Websites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you agree that Skype
grants to the operators of public search engines permission to use
spiders to copy materials from the Skype Website for the sole purpose
of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but
not caches or archives of such materials. Skype reserves the right to
revoke these exceptions at any time.
6.4 User Submissions Please exercise respect when participating in any
features of the Skype Websites or Software such as Forums, Blogs, email
functions, video hosting, sharing and/or publishing or any other
function on the Skype Websites or of the Skype Software which allows
you to post, upload, edit, host, share and/or publish content. You
acknowledge and agree that: (i) by using the Skype Websites and/or
Software you may be exposed to content that you may find offensive or
indecent and you do so at your own risk; (ii) you are solely
responsible for, and Skype has no responsibility to you or any third
party for any User Submissions that you create, submit, post or publish
on the Skype Websites or through the Software; (iii) Skype does not
guarantee any confidentiality with respect to User Submissions, whether
or not they are published (iv) Skype is not responsible for any User
Submissions that you may have access to through your use of the Skype
Websites or Software and all User Submissions are the responsibility of
the person from whom such User Submissions originated. Skype does not
endorse any User Submissions or any opinion, recommendation, or advice
expressed therein, and expressly disclaims any and all liability in
connection with User Submissions.
In connection with your User Submissions, you represent and warrant
that you
(i) own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and
permissions to use and authorise Skype to use all copyrights, trade
marks, trade secrets, patents and other intellectual property or
proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions in accordance
with these Terms; and
(ii) you have the written consent, release and /or permission of each
and every identifiable individual person in the User Submission to use
the name and/or likeness of each and every such individual in the User
Submission, to enable inclusion and use thereof in the manner
contemplated by these Terms. You shall not copy, post or use text,
photos, pictures, music, sounds, images or any other content from any
third party or source (“Third Party Content”) without specific
permission from the owner. Such Third Party Content may be protected by
intellectual property laws and the owners of the intellectual property
rights in such content may object to its use. You must not use any
Third Party Content without first obtaining the permission of the owner
of the intellectual property rights in such content.
Notwithstanding any rights or obligations governed by the Additional
Terms (as defined below) if, at any time you choose to upload or post
User Submissions to the Skype Websites or through the Software
(excluding Reports and excluding the content of your communications)
you automatically grant Skype a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable,
royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable and transferable license of all
rights to use, edit, modify, include, incorporate, adapt, record,
publicly perform, display, transmit and reproduce the User Submissions
including, without limitation, all trade marks associated therewith, in
connection with the Skype Websites and Skype’s Software and Products
including for the purpose of promoting or redistributing part or all of
the Skype Websites and/or the Software or Products, in any and all
media now known or hereafter devised. You also hereby grant each user
of the Skype Website and/or Skype’s Software or Products a
non-exclusive license to access your User Submission through the Skype
Website and/or Software or Products and to use, copy, distribute,
prepare derivative works of, display, perform and transmit such User
Submissions solely as permitted through the functionality of the Skype
Websites and/or Software or Products and pursuant to these Terms of
Use. In addition, you waive any so-called “moral rights” in and to the
User Submissions, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
You may not submit or publish through the Skype Website or Software any
User Submissions that are libelous, defamatory, pornographic,
harassing, hateful, an invasion of privacy, obscene, abusive, illegal,
racist, offensive, harmful to a minor or an infringement of any
intellectual property rights or a trade secret of a third party, or
would otherwise violate the rights of any third party or give rise to
civil or criminal liability. Furthermore, you may not submit or publish
User Submissions that contain falsehoods or misrepresentations, solicit
funds or services, contain advertising, promotional materials, junk
mail, spam, chain letters or any form of solicitation, impersonate
others or include programs that contain viruses or any other programs
designed to impair the functionality of any computer. You agree not to
solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Skype Website or
Software with respect to their User Submissions. You agree not to
circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with the security related
features of the Skype Website or Software or features that prevent or
restrict the use of any content thereof.
6.5 Your Information: From time to time, Skype may request information
from you for the purpose of supplying the Software or Products to you.
You shall ensure that any such information is complete, up-to-date and
accurate.
6.6 No Reselling. The Software and Products are for your individual
use. You shall not resell or commercialise the Software and/or Products
to any third party.
6.7 Export Restrictions: The Software may be subject to international
rules that govern the export of software. You shall comply with all
applicable international and national laws that apply to the Software
as well as end-user, end-use, destination restrictions issued by
national governments or similar bodies, and restrictions on embargoed
nations. In the US the Internet Communications Software is controlled
under ECCN 5D992 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) under
Encryption Registration Number (“ERN”) R100351 and thus may not be
exported or re exported from the US to or downloaded by any person in
any countries controlled for anti terrorism reasons under the EAR,
which include Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria and Sudan. Moreover, the
Internet Communications Software may not be exported or re exported
from the US to or downloaded by any person or entity subject to US
sanctions regardless of location. See
www.bis.doc.gov/ComplianceAndEnforcement/ListsToCheck.htm and EAR Part
736. Skype is making the Software available to you for download only on
the condition that you certify that you are not such a person or entity
and that the download is not otherwise in violation of US export
control and sanctions regulations.
7. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
7.1 The Software, Products and Skype Websites contain proprietary and
confidential information that is protected by intellectual property
laws and treaties.
7.2 The content and compilation of content included on the Skype
Websites, (excluding User Submissions) such as sounds, text, graphics,
logos, icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads and software, are
the property of Skype, its affiliates or licensors and are protected by
United States and international copyright laws. Such copyright
protected content cannot be reproduced without Skype’s express
permission. You may download and make personal, non-commercial use of
User Submissions on www.qik.com that are displayed with a “download” or
similar link. Skype reserves all rights not expressly granted in the
Skype Websites.
7.3 Skype and/or its licensors retain exclusive ownership of the
Software, Products and Skype Websites and all intellectual property
therein (whether or not registered and anywhere in the world). You will
not take any action to jeopardise, limit or interfere with Skype’s
intellectual property rights in the Software, Products and/or Skype
Websites.
7.4 “Skype”, associated trademarks and logos and the “S” logo are
trademarks of Skype. Skype has registered and filed applications to
register its trademarks in many countries worldwide. Skype’s trademarks
and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or
service that is not Skype’s, in any manner that is likely to cause
confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or
discredits Skype. All other trademarks not owned by Skype or any of its
related companies that appear on this site are the property of their
respective owners. You are not permitted to and shall not register or
use any trade name, trademark, logo, domain name or any other name or
sign that incorporates any of Skype’s intellectual property (in whole
or part) or that is confusingly similar thereto. Please also see
Skype’s Trademark Guidelines for further details on use of its marks.
8. CHARGES
8.1 Calling phones and premium rate numbers with Skype Credit:
(i) Calling landlines and mobiles: The charges payable for calling
phones (outside of a subscription) consist of a connection fee (charged
once, per call) and a per-minute rate as set out on
www.skype.com/go/allrates. All calls will be disconnected and require a
re-dial after a 4-hour duration and an additional connection fee will
be charged on re-dial.
(ii) Premium rate numbers: The charges payable for calling premium rate
numbers consist of a per-minute rate available at
www.skype.com/go/rates-premium. No connection fee is payable.
(iii) Skype may change the rates for calling phones and premium rate
numbers at any time without notice to you by posting such change at
www.skype.com/go/allrates. The new rate will apply to your next
purchase after the new rates have been published. Please check the
latest rates before you make your call. If you do not accept the new
rates, do not make your call.
(iv) The duration of a call shall be based on one-minute increments.
Fractions of minutes will be rounded up to the next minute. The
connection fee, where applicable, will be charged at the beginning of
the call. At the end of a call, fractional cent charges will be rounded
up to the nearest whole cent, for example a total call price of €0.034
will be rounded up to €0.04. During the call, charges incurred will be
deducted automatically from the Skype Credit balance in your User
Account.
8.2 Charges for other Paid For Products: The charges for other Paid For
Products will be confirmed to you before you complete a purchase from
Skype. Skype may change the charges payable for the purchase of such
Products at any time without any notice to you. You can choose whether
or not to accept the new charges prior to completing your next purchase
of the applicable Product. The new charges will apply to your next
purchase after the new charges have been published.
8.3 Promotional Offers: From time to time, Skype may offer Paid-For
Products for free for a trial period. Skype reserves the right to
charge you for such Products (at the normal rate) in the event that
Skype determines (in its reasonable discretion) that you are abusing
the terms of the offer, including if you are using any service, proxy
or other devices or anonymous IP address that prevents us from locating
you.
8.4 Tax: Skype may collect VAT or other indirect taxes at the
appropriate rate (as per applicable tax rules) at the time of purchase
of Skype Credit. 15% Luxembourg VAT generally applies if you are
located in the EU and the Products are purchased and used in the EU. 8%
Swiss VAT applies if you are located in Switzerland. Other local taxes
may apply in certain countries. When you purchase a voucher or pre-paid
card, depending on the country, 15% Luxembourg VAT, local VAT or other
taxes may apply and may be deducted from the value of the voucher or
prepaid card upon redemption. You explicitly waive any right to VAT
reimbursement from Skype if the amount of VAT ultimately payable by the
latter to the tax authorities would for any reason be lower than the
amount of VAT collected from you at the time of purchase. Your Skype
Credit balance is displayed exclusive of any such taxes. The
territories in the EU set out below are outside the scope of EU VAT
under Council Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of VAT, as
amended. The Skype Website does not enable users in such territories to
take advantage of this VAT exemption and we therefore do not provide
the Products in such territories: Mount Athos, Canary Islands, French
Overseas Departments, Aland Islands, Channel Islands, Heligoland
Island, Büsingen / Buesingen Territory, Ceuta, Melilla, Livigno,
Campione d'Italia and Italian Waters of Lake Lugano.
8.5 Third-Party Charges: Using the Software on mobile applications will
use some of the data allowance available on the data package to which
you have subscribed with your mobile network operator. Out-of-country
usage may lead to significantly higher costs than regular usage, and
you are solely responsible for keeping yourself informed and paying for
possible roaming and other applicable charges levied by your mobile
network operator.
9. PAYMENT
9.1 Skype Credit. You can pay for select Paid-For Products using Skype
Credit. You can purchase Skype Credit using any payment method made
available to you by Skype from time to time. The Skype Credit that you
purchase will be credited to your User Account at the time of purchase
(or if you are using a Skype Credit voucher, at the time you redeem
that voucher).
9.2 Inactive Skype Credit. If you do not use your Skype Credit for a
period of 180 days, (including Skype Credit that has been allocated to
you by a Skype Manager administrator) Skype will place your Skype
Credit on inactive status. You can reactivate the Skype Credit by
following the reactivation link in My Account at
https://secure.skype.com/account/credit-reactivate. Reactivated Skype
Credit is not refundable. If you are located in Japan and you buy Skype
Credit from the Skype Website, this paragraph does not apply to you and
your Skype Credit shall expire 6 months from the date of purchase. You
are not permitted to use any Skype Credit on or after the date of its
expiry.
9.3 Other payment methods. Skype does not guarantee that you will be
able to use your Skype Credit balance to purchase all Products. Where
Skype Credit cannot be used to pay for a Product, Skype will make
another payment method available to you. Skype reserves the right to
remove or amend the available payment methods at its sole discretion.
9.4 Recurring Payments. Where you purchase Products on a subscription
basis (monthly, every 3 months or annually (as applicable)), you
acknowledge and agree that this is a recurring payment and payments
shall be made to Skype by the method you have chosen at the recurring
intervals chosen by you, until the subscription for that Product is
terminated by you or by Skype.
9.5 Auto-Recharge.
(a) The Auto-Recharge feature will be automatically enabled when you
buy Skype Credit, unless you untick the appropriate box. Your Skype
Credit balance will be recharged with the same amount and by the same
payment method chosen when you first sign up for Auto-Recharge, unless
you subsequently change the amount by accessing your User Account. For
example, if you purchase 10 Euros of Skype Credit with your credit
card, the recharge amount charged to your credit card will also be 10
Euros of Skype Credit. In future the same amount will be charged to
your credit card every time your Skype account balance goes below the
threshold set by Skype from time to time. If you do not want to enable
Auto-Recharge, please untick the box.
(b) If you purchased a subscription with a payment method other than
credit card, PayPal or Moneybookers (Skrill), and you have enabled
Auto-Recharge, your Skype Credit balance will be recharged with the
amount necessary to purchase your next recurring subscription.
(c) You can disable Auto-Recharge at any time by accessing your User
Account.
10. REFUND POLICY
10.1 When you purchase Paid-For-Products directly from Skype you will
be entitled to a cancellation period of fifteen (15) days (a
“Cooling-Off Period”) unless you have made use of the Paid-For-Products
in any way, in which case the Cooling-Off Period will be extinguished
and your purchase cannot be cancelled or refunded.
10.2 Outside of the Cooling-Off Period, only subscriptions are
refundable unless used or expired.
10.3 Expenditure of Skype Credit, allocation of a Skype Number, or use
of any aspect of a subscription amounts to “use” of a Paid-For-Product.
You hereby expressly agree that Skype Numbers may be allocated before
the end of the Cooling-Off Period.
10.4 The Cooling-Off Period and refunds do not apply to
Paid-For-Products that are (i) purchased via a third party partner of
Skype (please contact the partner directly, who may decide in its sole
discretion whether or not to pay a refund), (ii) not directly acquired
online from Skype (e.g. vouchers or pre-paid cards) (iii) paid for in
cash using third party payment methods (such as a cash payment wallet)
and (iv) paid for and allocated to your Skype Account by a Skype
Manager administrator. They also do not apply to Membership of Skype
Developer.
10.5 If you believe that Skype has charged you in error, you must
contact Skype within 90 days of such charge. No refunds will be given
for any charges more than 90 days old.
10.6 Skype reserves the right to refuse a refund request if it
reasonably believes (i) that you are trying to unfairly exploit this
refund policy, for example, by making repetitive refund requests in
respect of the same Product; (ii) if you are in breach of these Terms
or (iii) if Skype reasonably suspects that you are using our Products
or Software fraudulently or that your User Account is being used by a
third party fraudulently.
10.7 This refund policy does not affect your statutory rights.
11. ENDING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SKYPE
11.1 You may terminate your relationship with Skype at any time and
without recourse to the courts by requesting closure of your User
Account, ceasing to use the Software, Products and/or Skype Websites
and cancelling any recurring payments.
11.2 Skype may terminate its relationship with you, or may terminate or
suspend your use of the Software, User Account(s), Products or Skype
Websites at any time and without recourse to the courts:
(a) if you are in breach of these Terms;
(b) if Skype reasonably suspects that you are using the Software, the
Products and/or Skype Websites to break the law or infringe third party
rights;
(c) if Skype reasonably suspects that you are trying to unfairly
exploit or misuse the refund policy, or any of our policies.
(d) if Skype reasonably suspects that you are using our Products,
Software and/or Skype Websites fraudulently or that your User Account
is being used by a third party fraudulently;
(e) if you have purchased Skype Credit from an unauthorised reseller;
(f) in respect of a particular Product, on thirty (30) days notice if
Skype decides to cease offering that Product;
(g) immediately, if required due to a change in laws/regulation by a
regulator or authority with a lawful mandate, or by any of Skype’s
partners;
(h) on thirty (30) days notice if Skype decides to cease offering the
Software to users in your jurisdiction generally.
11.3 Skype shall effect such termination by preventing your access to
your User Account, the Software, Products and/or Skype Websites (as
applicable). We reserve the right to cancel User Accounts that have
been inactive for more than one (1) year.
11.4 Consequences of Termination: Upon termination of your relationship
with Skype: (a) all licenses and rights to use the Software, Products
and/or Skype Websites shall immediately terminate; (b) you will
immediately cease any and all use of the Software, Products and/or
Skype Websites; and (c) you will immediately remove the Software from
all hard drives, networks and other storage media and destroy all
copies of the Software in your possession or under your control.
12. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY
12.1 For the purposes of this paragraph 12, "Skype" includes its
subsidiary companies and affiliated legal entities and all their
directors, officers, agents, licensors and employees.
12.2 No Warranties: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: THE
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SKYPE WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND USED AT
YOUR SOLE RISK WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER; SKYPE DOES NOT MAKE ANY
WARRANTIES, CLAIMS OR REPRESENTATIONS AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH
RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND/OR SKYPE WEBSITES INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR USE FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. SKYPE FURTHER DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE,
PRODUCTS AND/OR SKYPE WEBSITES WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE,
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE AND ERROR-FREE OR
WILL OPERATE WITHOUT PACKET LOSS, NOR DOES SKYPE WARRANT ANY CONNECTION
TO OR TRANSMISSION FROM THE INTERNET, OR ANY QUALITY OF CALLS MADE
THROUGH THE SOFTWARE.
12.3 Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or restrict Skype's liability
for (a) death or personal injury, (b) loss resulting from Skype's
wilful default or gross negligence, (c) fraud or deliberate
misrepresentation, or (d) any liability which cannot be limited or
excluded by applicable law.
12.4 No Liability: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT SKYPE WILL HAVE NO
LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE)
OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES HAS BEEN NOTIFIED TO SKYPE, IN CONNECTION WITH
OR ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF SKYPE WEBSITES, OR THE INTERNET
COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE OR OTHER SOFTWARE THAT IS PROVIDED FREE OF
CHARGE. YOUR ONLY RIGHT OR REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROBLEMS OR
DISSATISFACTION WITH SUCH SOFTWARE AND/OR SKYPE WEBSITES IS TO
IMMEDIATELY DEINSTALL SUCH SOFTWARE AND CEASE USE OF SUCH SOFTWARE
AND/OR SKYPE WEBSITES.
12.5 Limitation of Liability: Subject to paragraphs 12.3 and 12.4
above, Skype shall not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort
(including negligence) or any other theory of liability, and whether or
not the possibility of such damages or losses has been notified to
Skype, for:
(a) any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages; or
(b) any loss of income, business, actual or anticipated profits,
opportunity, goodwill or reputation (whether direct or indirect); or
(c) any damage to or corruption of data (whether direct or indirect);
(d) any claim, damage or loss (whether direct or indirect ) arising
from or relating to:
(i) your inability to use the Software to contact Emergency Services;
(ii) your failure to make additional arrangements to access Emergency
Services in accordance with paragraph 5.5 above;
(iii)the service limitations set out in paragraph 5.6;
(iv)your failure to provide accurate physical location information to
an Emergency Services operative; or
(v)conduct of third party Emergency Services operatives and calling
centres to which you may be connected.
(e) any claim, damage or loss (whether direct or indirect) arising from
or relating to:
(i) any product or service provided by a third party under their own
terms of service, including without limitation, Skype WiFi;
(ii) any Third Party Technology;
(iii) any third party website.
12.6 Subject to paragraphs 12.3 - 12.5 above, Skype’s total liability
to you under or in connection with these Terms (whether in contract,
tort (including negligence) or any other theory of liability)) SHALL
NOT EXCEED IN AGGREGATE THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE PRODUCTS IN THE
12 MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE EVENT GIVING RISE
TO THE RELEVANT CLAIM, SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE THOUSAND EUROS IN
ALL CASES.
12.7 If any third party brings a claim against Skype in connection
with, or arising out of (i) your breach of these Terms; (ii) your
breach of any applicable law of regulation; (iii) your infringement or
violation of the rights of any third parties (including intellectual
property rights); (iv) your User Submissions or (v) your complaint in
relation to any User Submission, you will indemnify and hold Skype
harmless from and against all damages, liability, loss, costs and
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such
claim.
13. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
13.1 Third parties may offer products or services via the Software
and/or Skype Websites, including games, applications, images, ring
tones, or avatars. Whilst Skype takes no responsibility for such
products or services, if you encounter any problems with payment for or
download, use of installation of such products or services, Skype will
use commercially reasonable endeavours to assist or resolve the
problems. The third party products or services may be subject to the
third party provider’s own terms and privacy policy that you may have
to accept upon download or installation. You should review such terms
before making any purchase or using any third party product or service
and Skype shall not be responsible for your failure to do so.
13.2 You acknowledge and agree that any third-party product information
and pricing that is shown on the Skype Websites regarding third-party
products and services is given to Skype by the applicable third-party
merchant (“Merchant”). The Merchant has the ability to change its
pricing or terminate its product availability at anytime. Skype is not
involved in any transactions between you and any Merchant whose
products and/or services are listed on the Skype Websites. Skype does
not control, is not responsible for and does not guarantee: (i) the
pricing, quality, performance, availability or terms and conditions of
purchase of products or services provided by the Merchant; (ii) any
payment transactions, delivery, returns or after sales activities
related to the products or services purchased on the Merchants’
websites; (iii) the availability of the Merchant’s websites; (iv) the
completeness, truth or accuracy of any advertising or other materials
on, or available from, the Merchants’ websites, nor any listing or