Please read carefully the following legally binding End-User Licence Agreement between Sophos and You for the Software defined below. By selecting the accept option, breaking the seal on the software package or installing, copying or otherwise using this Software You acknowledge that You have read, understand, and agree to be bound by the terms of this End-User Licence Agreement. If You do not agree with the terms of this End-User Licence Agreement, do not install the Software or, if You have received the Software, promptly return it and the accompanying items (including ANY written materials and packaging) to Your supplier together with proof of purchase for a full refund. If you do not agree with any of the terms or conditions of this End-User Licence Agreement, you are not authorised to use the Software for any purpose whatsoever. Also, by installing, copying or otherwise using Updates and/or Upgrades from Sophos You agree to be bound by any additional licence terms that accompany such Updates and/or Upgrades. If You do not agree to the additional licence terms that accompany such Updates and/or Upgrades, You may not install, copy or use such Updates and/or Upgrades.

Where a reseller, service provider, consultant, contractor or other party downloads the Licensed Products for You and/or installs the Licensed Products on Your behalf prior to Your use of the Licensed Products, such reseller, service provider, consultant, contractor or other party will be deemed to be Your agent acting on Your behalf and You will be deemed to have accepted all of the terms and conditions of this End-User Licence Agreement as if You had directly downloaded, installed or used the Licensed Products.

  1. DEFINITIONS

    • 'Computer' means where the Licensed Product is deployed, including non-persistent deployments using web agent technology, such as ActiveX: (i) on or called by an email server, Your computers that are capable of receiving mail from that server; (ii) on or called by an internet proxy or other gateway device, Your computers that are capable of connecting to that proxy; (iii) on a database, Your computers that are capable of retrieving data from that database; (iv) in any other manner to scan data, Your computers, workstations or other electronic devices that are capable of retrieving that data; (v) on or called by a virtual machine running an operating system, each concurrently operating virtual machine, and (vi) on or called by a computer other than a Server, Your computer.

    • 'Documentation' means any documentation provided to You by Sophos (whether electronic or printed) which accompanies the Licensed Products.

    • 'End-User Licence Agreement' means this Sophos end-user licence agreement and the Schedule.

    • 'Expiry Date' means such date as may be set out in the Schedule.

    • 'Fee' means the Licensed Products Fee and the Support Fee (if applicable).

    • 'Licence Term' means the licence term set out in Clause 3.2 of this End-User Licence Agreement.

    • 'Licensed Products' means all or each (as the context so allows) of those programs which are listed on the Schedule together with the Documentation and any of the Upgrades and Updates to those programs.

    • 'Licensed Products Fee' means the sums payable by You in respect of a licence to use the Licensed Products for the Licence Term.

    • 'Maintenance' means collectively Upgrades and/or Updates (where applicable to the Licensed Product), and standard technical support or enhanced technical support if You have paid a Support Fee.

    • 'Media' means objects on which data can be stored including without limitation CD-ROMs, tapes and floppy disks or other media containing the Software provided to You by Sophos.

    • 'Product' means the Media and the Software.

    • 'Schedule' means the schedule provided to You by Sophos which sets out certain details in relation to Your use of the Licensed Products from time to time and which forms part of this End-User Licence Agreement.

    • 'Server' means a Computer upon which the Licensed Product is installed AND from which other Computers receive or retrieve data PROVIDED THAT a Computer is not a Server where it is a single Computer from which other Computers receive or retrieve data AND such data is solely generated by the Licensed Product.

    • 'Server Licence' means the maximum number of Servers (if any) that are permitted under the Schedule to run the Licensed Product at any time.

    • 'Software' means any program or data file supplied to You by Sophos or its resellers, distributors or dealers, including any Upgrades, and Updates supplied to You.

    • 'Sophos' means Sophos Plc and its subsidiaries, or, as the context so applies, any of them.

    • 'Start Date' means such date as may be set out in the Schedule.

    • 'Suggestions' has the definition set out in Clause 6.2.

    • 'Support Fee' means the sums payable by You in consideration of the provision by Sophos of enhanced support services, if applicable.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    • 'Update' means an update to the library of rules and/or identities made available to You by Sophos; and/or other updates to the software filters, including but not limited to an update to the IP address reputation libraries made available to You by Sophos.​​​​​​​

    • 'Upgrade' means any enhancement or improvement to the functionality of the Licensed Product (excluding Updates) made available to You by Sophos at its sole discretion from time to time but excluding any software and/or updates marketed and licensed by Sophos as a new version or new release of the Licensed Product.​​​​​​​

    • 'User' means an employee, consultant or other individual who uses a Computer which benefits from the Licensed Product licensed to You and 'Users' shall be construed accordingly.

    • 'User Licences' means the maximum number of Users, or Computers (if applicable in accordance with the licence exception set forth in Clause 3.3.1), as specified in the Schedule that are permitted to benefit from the Licensed Products.​​​​​​​

    • 'You' means the licensee and 'Your' means belonging to You or engaged by You or otherwise pertaining to You as the context so allows, whether on a temporary basis or otherwise.

      'Your Internal Business Purpose' has the definition set out in Clause 3.3.1.

  2. COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP

    Once You have paid the Licensed Product Fee, You own only the Media on which the Software is recorded. You do not own the Software itself. The Software is the exclusive property of Sophos and its licensors. The Software and the Documentation including all know-how, concepts, logic and specifications are proprietary products of Sophos and its licensors and are protected throughout the world by copyright and other intellectual property rights. No licence, right or interest in Sophos's logos, or trademarks is granted to You under this End-User Licence Agreement and You hereby agree not to remove any product identification or notices of proprietary restrictions. Further, You hereby acknowledge and agree that the right, title and interest in any modifications made by You to the Software or Documentation, as provided for below in this End-User Licence Agreement, is retained by Sophos.

  3. RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS

    1. ​​​​​​​Evaluation. You may use the Software for evaluation purposes only in a test environment without payment of a fee for a maximum of 30 days or such other duration as is specified by Sophos at its sole discretion. The Software is provided “AS IS” during such evaluation period and Clauses 3.3 and 5 below do not apply to such evaluation.​​​​​​​

    2. Licence Term. This End-User Licence Agreement is effective from the moment of acceptance as described in the first paragraph of this End-User Licence Agreement or from the Start Date, whichever date is earlier, and shall remain in force either until the Expiry Date specified in the Schedule or, upon renewal of Your licence, the Expiry Date of Your renewed licence as set out in a Schedule provided to You by Sophos (and if no such date is specified, this Agreement shall continue in perpetuity although Your right to use the Licensed Products is dependant upon Your payment of the annual Licensed Products Fee) or until terminated as provided in Clause 11 below, whichever is the sooner. If You want to renew Your licence You should contact Sophos or Your reseller, distributor or dealer, as applicable. Your obligations under this End-User Licence Agreement in respect of the intellectual property and confidential information of Sophos shall survive any expiry or termination of this End-User Licence Agreement.​​​​​​​

    3. Rights. In consideration of the payment of the Fee by You, Sophos hereby grants to You a non-exclusive right to use the Licensed Products and receive the Maintenance for the Licence Term subject to the terms and conditions contained within this End-User Licence Agreement. You are permitted to:

      1. use the Licensed Products for Your internal business purpose, relating specifically to the integrity of Your systems, networks, documents, emails and other data (“Your Internal Business Purpose”). The number of Users who may use the Licensed Products for Your Internal Business Purpose must not exceed the number of User Licences. Notwithstanding the foregoing, IF YOU ARE AN EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR IN RELATION TO ANY LICENCE FOR ENCRYPTION PRODUCTS, THE RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF USERS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. INSTEAD, THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTION SHALL APPLY: THE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS ON WHICH YOU MAY USE THE LICENSED PRODUCTS FOR YOUR INTERNAL BUSINESS PURPOSE MUST NOT EXCEED THE NUMBER OF USER LICENCES. You are wholly responsible for the compliance by Users with this End-User Licence Agreement. In addition, if the number of Servers on which You have deployed the Licensed Products exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of User Licences, You must purchase a Server Licence for each such Server;

      2. allow Your employees to use the Licensed Products at home on a single workstation provided that You shall be responsible for support and the distribution of Upgrades and Updates. The number of employees You may allow to use the Licensed Products at home must not exceed the number of User Licences (NOTE: CLAUSE NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU IF YOU HAVE PURCHASED A LICENCE TO USE THE SOPHOS CLIENT FIREWALL OR A LICENSED PRODUCT WHICH FORMS PART OF THE SOPHOS SMALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PRODUCT SET OR AN ENCRYPTION PRODUCT);

      3. if such facilities are provided as part of the Product, create diskette sets containing any part of the Licensed Products. The number of such diskette sets created must not exceed the number of User Licences;

      4. except as provided in Clause 3.3.5 below, which relates only to the Documentation, make one copy of the Licensed Products or any part thereof for backup purposes provided that You reproduce Sophos's proprietary notices on any such backup copy of the Licensed Products. Such restriction shall not prevent You from backing up or archiving Your data;

      5. use, copy, reproduce in whole or in part, adapt and modify the Documentation for Your Internal Business Purpose only; and/or

      6. transfer the Product and Your rights under this End-User Licence Agreement on a permanent basis to another person or entity, provided that You transfer the Media, all copies of the Software and Documentation and prior to such transfer (i) You pass full contact details for the recipient to Sophos; and (ii) You procure that the recipient agrees to be bound by the terms of this End-User Licence Agreement and notifies Sophos in writing of its agreement. Where the Product is an encryption Product, then You shall uninstall or decommission the Product prior to such transfer.

    4. Restrictions. You are not permitted to:

      1. use the Licensed Products for the provision of any service for the benefit of third parties unless You first acquire an application service provider licence from Sophos;

      2. modify or translate the Licensed Products except (i) as necessary to configure the Licensed Products using the menus, options and tools provided for such purposes and contained in the Software; (ii) as necessary to develop custom filters using the “PerlMx Application Programming Interface (API)” where contained in the Software; and, (iii) in relation to the Documentation, except as necessary to produce and adapt manuals and/or other documentation for Your Internal Business Purpose;

      3. reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Licensed Products or any portion thereof or otherwise attempt to derive or determine the source code or the logic therein except to the extent and for the express purposes authorised by applicable law;

      4. transmit or provide access to the Licensed Products save as provided in the User Licence;

      5. use Software other than the Licensed Products;

      6. sub-license, rent, sell, lease, distribute or otherwise transfer the Licensed Products save as provided under this End-User Licence Agreement unless You obtain a separate licence from Sophos for such purposes (for example, You may not embed the Licensed Products into another application and then distribute such to third parties unless You first acquire an OEM licence from Sophos);

      7. use the Licensed Products in or in association with safety critical applications such as, without limitation, medical systems, transport management systems, vehicle and power generation applications including but not limited to nuclear power applications; and/or

      8. use the Licensed Products for the purposes of competing with Sophos, including without limitation competitive intelligence.

  4. MAINTENANCE

    1. This End-User Licence Agreement entitles You to receive Maintenance for the Licence Term.

    2. You acknowledge and agree that the Licensed Products and Sophos may directly and remotely communicate for the purposes of, without limitation, verifying Your credentials, issuing reports and alerts such as automated support requests and alert messages, and to provide Maintenance.

    3. Sophos reserves the right in its discretion to limit the number of Users who may contact Sophos technical support.

  5. WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITY

    1. Sophos warrants to You only that for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase (the “Warranty Period”): (i) the Licensed Products will perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation provided that it is operated in accordance with the Documentation on the designated operating system(s) and (ii) the Documentation adequately describes the operation of the Licensed Products in all material respects.

    2. If Sophos is notified in writing of a breach of this warranty during the Warranty Period, Sophos's entire liability and Your sole remedy shall be (at Sophos's option) to correct or replace the Licensed Products and/or its Documentation within a reasonable time or provide or authorise a refund of the Fee following the return of the Product accompanied by proof of purchase. Any items provided as replacement under the terms of this warranty will be warranted for the remainder of the original Warranty Period.

    3. You warrant that your use of the Licensed Products is and will continue to be in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

    4. You shall at Your own expense hold harmless, defend and fully and effectively indemnify Sophos against any claims, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses or other liability whatsoever arising out of, resulting from or relating to Your use of the Licensed Products (including without limitation breach of Your warranty in Clause 5.3) and/or any Suggestions.

  6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

    1. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN CLAUSE 5 ABOVE, SOPHOS AND ANY OF ITS THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS AND THE CONTRIBUTORS OF CERTAIN INCLUDED SOFTWARE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE IN RELATION TO THE PRODUCT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE. SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR BY JURISDICTIONS.

      WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING, SOPHOS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PRODUCT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE ERROR FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT WILL BE CORRECTED. SOPHOS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE LICENSED PRODUCTS WILL DETECT AND/OR CORRECTLY IDENTIFY AND/OR DISINFECT ALL THREATS, APPLICATIONS (WHETHER MALICIOUS OR OTHERWISE) OR OTHER COMPONENTS.

    2. SOPHOS DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BLOCK ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS MADE BY SOPHOS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY ITS EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS) IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE LICENSED PRODUCT (“SUGGESTIONS”).

    3. SOPHOS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ENCRYPT OR DECRYPT ANY THIRD PARTY INFORMATION.

    4. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPER BACK-UP OF ALL DATA AND THAT YOU SHALL TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT SUCH DATA. SOPHOS AND ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER IF DATA IS LOST.

  7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    1. YOU USE THE PRODUCT AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SOPHOS OR ANY OF ITS THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS OR THE CONTRIBUTORS OF CERTAIN INCLUDED SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR OR TO THOSE CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF CONTRACTS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, LOSS OF OR CORRUPTION OF DATA HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, EVEN IF SOPHOS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

    2. IF ANY LIMITATION, EXCLUSION, DISCLAIMER OR OTHER PROVISION CONTAINED IN THIS END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT IS HELD TO BE INVALID FOR ANY REASON BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND SOPHOS BECOMES LIABLE THEREBY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY LAWFULLY BE LIMITED, SUCH LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED THE LOWER OF THE LICENSED PRODUCTS FEE PAID BY YOU AND SOPHOS'S LIST PRICE FOR THE PRODUCT.

    3. IN NO EVENT SHALL SOPHOS'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT, FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND THEORIES OF LIABILITY, EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU FOR THE PRODUCT.

  8. OPTIONAL DATA SHARING

    1. If You do not choose to allow: (i) sharing of data with Sophos in order to improve protection and/or application control; or (ii) remote assistance, this Clause 8 does not apply to You.

    2. If You choose to allow sharing of such supplementary data with Sophos or authorise Sophos to provide remote assistance, You have agreed to implement optional functions which allow the Licensed Products to provide Sophos with various data. While Sophos does not intend that such data include proprietary, confidential or user-identifiable data, by enabling this option You acknowledge that it may be possible for such data to include proprietary, confidential or user-identifiable data and You represent to Sophos that You have obtained all necessary permissions to share such data with Sophos.

  9. U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS

    If You are an agency or other part of the U.S. Government, the Software and the Documentation are commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation and their use, duplication and disclosure are subject to the terms of this End-User Licence Agreement per FAR 12.212 or DFARS 227.7202-3, as amended.

  10. EXPORT CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

    You hereby agree that You will use, disclose and/or transport the Product in accordance with any applicable export control laws and regulations and that You are solely responsible for fulfilling any applicable governmental requirements in connection with Your use, disclosure and/or transport of the Product and relating to any transfer under Clause 3.3.6 above. You agree to indemnify and hold Sophos harmless from and against any claim, loss, liability or damage suffered or incurred by Sophos resulting from or related to Your violation of this paragraph.

  11. TERMINATION

    You may terminate this End-User Licence Agreement at any time by destroying the Software and all copies of it. This End-User Licence Agreement and Your rights under it will also terminate immediately if: (i) You fail to pay the Fee in accordance with the agreed payment terms; or (ii) You fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this End-User Licence Agreement; or (iii) if You take or suffer any action on account of debt or are insolvent. On termination of this End-User Licence Agreement, You must destroy the Software and all copies of it. Within one month after the date of termination of this End-User Licence Agreement, You must supply written certification to Sophos of the destruction by You of the Software and all copies of all or any part of it. Where you have purchased a licence to use an encryption Product, then you shall decrypt all encrypted drives prior to such uninstalling and destruction of the Product. In the event that You wish not to terminate Your licence for the encryption Product, then you must pay the applicable Fee. All Fees paid or payable are non-refundable to the extent allowed by applicable law.

  12. CONFIDENTIALITY

    1. The Software may include confidential information that is secret and valuable to Sophos and its licensors. You are not entitled to use or disclose that confidential information other than strictly in accordance with the terms of this End-User Licence Agreement. Sophos reserves the right to disclose details of the End-User Licence Agreement to third parties for publicity and promotional purposes and:-

      1. You expressly give Sophos permission to include and publish Your name and logo on lists of Sophos's customers for the Licensed Products; and

      2. You agree that Sophos may send emails to You to provide information and goods and services to You and to let You know about other goods and services in which You may be interested.

    2. If You do not wish to give Sophos permission under Clause 12.1.1 and/or 12.1.2, You must notify Sophos by the date no later than seven days after the Licence Start Date specifying which permission is not granted.

    3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sophos will only process personal information in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Personal information may be disclosed within the Sophos group of companies.

  13. GENERAL

    1. Any reseller, distributor or dealer from whom You may have purchased the Product is not appointed or authorised by Sophos as its servant or agent. No such person has any authority, either express or implied, to enter into any contract or provide You with any representation, warranty or guarantee with or to You or to translate or modify this End-User Licence Agreement in any way on behalf of Sophos or otherwise to bind Sophos in any way whatsoever.

    2. You agree that Sophos may use any technical information provided by You, including without limitation information provided under the terms of the Optional Data Sharing in Clause 8, for its business purposes, including without limitation for product support and development.

    3. You agree to pay the Fee in full in accordance with an invoice from Sophos, or an authorised reseller, distributor, or dealer, if applicable. Unless otherwise stated, the Fee is exclusive of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental taxes, duties, licences, fees, excises or tariffs. You agree to pay such taxes or, in lieu thereof, to provide an exemption certificate acceptable to Sophos and the applicable authority. Invoices may provide for interest to be paid on any sums not remitted by the due date.

    4. You shall permit Sophos or an independent certified accountant appointed by Sophos access on written notice to Your premises and Your books of account and records at any time during normal business hours for the purpose of inspecting, auditing, verifying or monitoring the manner and performance of Your obligations under this End-User Licence Agreement including without limitation the payment of all applicable licence fees. Sophos shall not be able to exercise this right more than once in each calendar year. If an audit reveals that You have underpaid fees to Sophos, You shall be invoiced for and shall pay to Sophos within 30 days of the date of invoice an amount equal to the shortfall between the fees due and those paid by You. If the amount of the underpayment exceeds 5% of the fees due or the audit reveals a violation of any licence restrictions pursuant to this End-User Licence Agreement then, without prejudice to Sophos's other rights and remedies, You shall also pay Sophos's reasonable costs of conducting the audit.

    5. Sophos may at its sole discretion subcontract any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its subsidiaries, resellers, distributors or dealers, as applicable.

    6. Sophos may amend the terms and conditions of this End-User Licence Agreement at any time by reasonable notice, including without limitation by posting revised terms on its website at the URL www.sopho.com/legal/eula.html, which amended terms and conditions shall be binding upon You.

    7. Failure by Sophos to enforce any particular term of this End-User Licence Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under it.

    8. The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any part of this End-User Licence Agreement will not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder.

    9. If You and Sophos have signed a separate written software licence agreement covering the use of the Product, the terms of such signed software licence agreement shall take precedence over any conflicting terms of this End-User Licence Agreement. Otherwise this End-User Licence Agreement and the Schedule constitute the entire agreement between the parties in relation to the Product and its licensing and supersedes any other oral or written communications, agreements or representations with respect to the Product, save for any oral or written communications, agreements or representations made fraudulently.

    10. The construction, validity and performance of this End-User Licence Agreement shall be governed by and submitted to the laws of England and Wales and the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sophos and its licensors shall have the right to seek injunctive, or similar, relief in any courts of competent jurisdiction. If there are any inconsistencies between the English language version of this End-User Licence Agreement and any translated version, then the English language version shall prevail.

Any notices required to be given in writing to Sophos or any questions concerning this End-User Licence Agreement should be addressed to The Company Secretary, Sophos Plc, The Pentagon, Abingdon, OX14 3YP, United Kingdom.