Please read these terms carefully before using this service.
The ZeroSSL Terms and Conditions (the “Terms” or “Agreement”) forms the legal agreement between you, either an individual or a single legal entity (“You” or “you” or “Your” or “your”), and ZeroSSL GmbH (“ZeroSSL” or “Product” or “we” or “our”). These Terms and Conditions serve to govern your use of ZeroSSL, including any updates and accompanying written documentation.
These Terms and Conditions are subject to change at any time. Use of this site forms your consent and legally binding agreement to adhere to these terms. ZeroSSL may occasionally contact you via email.
When you use ZeroSSL, you agree that ZeroSSL may duplicate and store your data, information, files and folders in accordance with ZeroSSL policies and these Terms. All information you provide to ZeroSSL will remain your property. When you input or upload any file or document into ZeroSSL, regardless of its form or the content therein, you grant ZeroSSL a license to use that document as necessary to provide the services listed on the site. Any electronic information or recording created on or through ZeroSSL is and will remain the property of ZeroSSL.
For the purpose of providing the service only, we may need to share your data, information, folders and files with third parties and your use of this service forms your consent for the same. ZeroSSL may contain links to third party websites or resources. Your use of the third party materials is governed by their terms and not this agreement and responsibility for their service relies solely with them. You are responsible for maintaining and protecting your data in ZeroSSL and ZeroSSL is not responsible for any corruption or loss of your files or information or for backing up such information.
You must be 18 years old or older to use ZeroSSL and acceptance of terms constitutes your confirmation of the same.
You must be a registered user to access ZeroSSL. Users must register using their email address, which automatically becomes their user name. You are responsible for keeping your password private and secure, and are prohibited from sharing your login and password with others. All activity occurring under your user name is your sole responsibility.
Whenever the "Auto-Generate CSR" feature is used in the order process of an SSL certificate, ZeroSSL will store the private key associated with the given certificate in encrypted form on its servers in order to allow the user to download the private key at a later point in time.
You are solely responsible for your conduct and your data content uploaded or otherwise placed into ZeroSSL. ZeroSSL does not hold responsibility for any lack of appropriateness of any information which you may be able to access or view through ZeroSSL. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless ZeroSSL and its suppliers from any and all loss, cost, liability, and expense arising from or related to your data, your use of the Product, or your violation of these terms.
ZeroSSL is for your personal or internal business use only and must be in compliance with all applicable ZeroSSL policies, laws, rules and regulations. As well as this, no third party rights can be violated or infringed upon through use of ZeroSSL. You may not use ZeroSSL for any commercial purpose including but not limited to selling, licensing, providing services, or distributing ZeroSSL to any third party unless you have received the express written consent of ZeroSSL beforehand.
Any unauthorized use of any ZeroSSL computer system will be considered a violation of these Terms and may also violate certain national or EU laws. Such violations may subject the unauthorized user and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties. ZeroSSL may immediately remove any content or data, or suspend or cancel accounts if it becomes aware of any misuse or illegal actions associated with an account or user, without prior notice to You.
While using ZeroSSL you are prohibited from abusing the rights and privacy of any other user. In addition you are not allowed to copy or upload files, run any vulnerability or authentication tests. You are strictly forbidden from sending any viruses, spam or malware, or disrupting the site or flow of information in any way. You must not use any offensive or unlawful material or publish anything misleading or fraudulent in nature.
ZeroSSL reserves the right to change any part of its service without prior notice and at any time without liability to you. This Agreement, as amended, will be effective upon use of ZeroSSL for all existing users immediately after posting of any amended terms on the ZeroSSL website. You agree to be bound by this Agreement, as modified. Any break to these clauses will result in your account being terminated.
You are advised to review the most current version of this Agreement from time to time, located at https://ZeroSSL.com/terms (or such successor URL as ZeroSSL may provide), so that you will be apprised of any changes.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, ZeroSSL grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable license to use the Product for the sole and exclusive purposes of your personal or internal business purposes. The Product and their structure, organization, source code, and documentation belong solely to ZeroSSL and its licensors, and accordingly you agree not to allow third parties to sublicense, transfer, or distribute any part of the ZeroSSL service to any third party. You are not allowed to modify, adapt or translate any part of this service, or in any way act to derive source code from the Product.
You agree that ZeroSSL retains the right to automatically and without notice renew your license to continue to use the Product upon expiration of your license period. You agree that if you elect to not permit ZeroSSL the right to automatically renew your license to use the Product or maintain your credit card information on file, then ZeroSSL may terminate your license.
You acknowledge that ZeroSSL or third parties own all right, title and interest in and to the computer source code related to the Product, portions thereof, or software or content provided through or in conjunction with the Product, including without limitation all intellectual property rights. Except for the license granted in this section, all rights in and to the Product are reserved, and no implied licenses are granted by ZeroSSL.
If you have comments on the Product or ideas on how to improve them, please email [email protected]. Please note that by doing so, you also grant ZeroSSL a perpetual, fully paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable license, with right of sublicense, to use and incorporate your ideas or comments into the Product (or third party software, content, or services), and to otherwise exploit your ideas and comments, in each case without further compensation. When using ZeroSSL, you must respect the intellectual property rights of others. We will respond to any notice of alleged copyright infringement if they comply with the law and are properly reported to us. We reserve the right to delete or disable content alleged to infringe.
Each Customer is permitted to state publicly that such Customer is a Customer of the service. Each Customer agrees that ZeroSSL may include such Customer’s name and trademarks in a list of ZeroSSL customers, online or in promotional materials. Each Customer also agrees that ZeroSSL may verbally reference such Customer as a Customer of the service. Each Customer may opt out of the provisions in this section by contacting ZeroSSL Support.
ZeroSSL offers a free account option. ZeroSSL reserves the right to change the free account structure or terminate free accounts at any time.
Premium fees for upgraded accounts (Paid Accounts) will be billed based on the billing frequency (monthly or yearly) you choose, on each renewal (either the 1st of each month, or the first of each year) unless and until you cancel your Paid Account. ZeroSSL will automatically bill you by credit card either around the 1st of each month (monthly billing frequency), or around January 1st of each year (yearly billing frequency). You acknowledge that the amount billed in any given period may vary for reasons that include, differing amounts due to promotional offers, differing amounts due to changes in your account, or changes in the amount of applicable tax, and you authorize us to charge you for such varying amounts. All fees and charges are non-cancelable and non-refundable, and no credits will be given for partially used periods, unless otherwise agreed to.
The Customer shall carry out payment of the total amount set out in the Subscription Plan using Credit Card as payment method (Visa, MasterCard, Diner's Club, Discover, American Express, ...). All Credit Card payments are being processed by Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin (Stripe, Inc., 185 Berry Street, Suite 550, San Francisco, CA 94107).
If any fee is not paid in a timely manner, or ZeroSSL is unable to process your transaction using the information provided, ZeroSSL reserves the right to revoke access to your ZeroSSL account. ZeroSSL reserves the right to use our discretion to delete some or all of your data in order to prevent incurring continued costs after 30 days of delinquency.
ZeroSSL may change the fees and charges in effect, or add new fees and charges from time to time, but we will give you advance notice of these changes by email or on the website. If you want to use a different payment method, you may edit your information in your ZeroSSL account or by contacting a support representative. It is your responsibility to keep your contact information and payment information current and updated.
Your Paid Account will continue in effect unless and until you cancel your Paid Account or we terminate it. You must cancel your Paid Account before it renews each month or year in order to avoid billing of the next month’s or year’s fees to your credit card account. ZeroSSL will bill the monthly or yearly fees associated with your Paid Account plus any applicable tax to the credit card account you provide to us.
You may cancel your Paid Account at any time, and cancellation will be effective immediately. If you wish to cancel your Paid Account you may do so within your ZeroSSL account or by talking to a representative. Refunds will not be issued on monthly or annual fees due to cancellation.
By signing up for an ZeroSSL Paid Account and providing ZeroSSL with your payment account information, you hereby agree to these payment terms and conditions.
This Agreement is effective upon any use and remains in effect until your account is terminated. Terms that by their nature extend beyond termination shall survive termination of this Agreement. Failure to comply with any terms herein will result in automatic account termination. You agree to stop using all services upon termination of account. ZeroSSL reserves the right to refuse or discontinue participation to any user at any time at its sole discretion. Upon termination of agreement ZeroSSL will allow access to your data for a period of 15 days after termination but reserves and notes that it is not legally obliged to do so.
By signing up for a ZeroSSL account and using the ZeroSSL service you agree to the Sectigo Certificate Subscriber Agreement.
By using this service you agree that ZeroSSL might revoke an already issued certificate under the following circumstances:
THE PRODUCTS AND ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. ZeroSSL AND SUCH THIRD PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE AND SERVICE AND SUCH THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE OR SERVICES.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE THE PRODUCT, AND ALL THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE PRODUCT, AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT AND SUCH THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICES.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND WHERE THAT IS IN EFFECT, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ZeroSSL, OR ITS SUPPLIERS, RESELLERS, PARTNERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE PRODUCT, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, (EVEN IF COPY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES).
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ZeroSSL, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, RESELLERS, PARTNERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED (i) US$25 IF NO AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN PAID BY YOU TO ZeroSSL OR (ii) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR COPY IN THE THREE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE CLAIM.
THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE PRODUCT, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE PRODUCT (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES). SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING A FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR BODILY INJURY OR THE LIMITATIONS ABOVE AND IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
The terms and use of ZeroSSL, product and software, are governed by Austrian law. Any litigation arising from use of ZeroSSL will be done through Austrian courts. As with all terms and conditions, use of ZeroSSL constitutes agreement to the same.
If a provision is found unenforceable the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain in full effect and an enforceable term will be substituted which as closely as possible reflects ZeroSSL intent.
These terms and conditions (including the Privacy Policy and Certificate Subscriber Agreement) constitute the entire agreement between all parties respecting the subject matter herein and supersede and replace all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding ZeroSSL. ZeroSSL’s failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of its right to do so later. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by ZeroSSL. No rights may be transferred or assigned under this Agreement by you but you acknowledge and agree that ZeroSSL may freely assign its rights and obligations and this Agreement. Any attempted assignment or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and void.
All inquiries to ZeroSSL about the Terms should be made by emailing [email protected].
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