END USER LICENSE AND PRIVACY POLICY : This Search
Application End User License Agreement ("Agreement"), applies to web
search applications (each a "Search Application") developed by APN,
LLC ("APN", "we" or "us") and downloaded and
installed on or after the "Revision Date" set forth at the end of
this Agreement. Such Search Applications may include web search toolbars
(including the Ask.com toolbar), browser or OS plug-ins, taskbars and desktop
widgets, and may be branded (or co-branded) with APN, APN-affiliate, or third
party brands, or bear other brands owned by or licensed to APN. If you downloaded and
installed an APN Search Application prior to the Revision Date, (Click Here) to
find the license agreement applicable to your Search Application based on the
date you installed it. Upon
the installation of a Search Application, the one or more of the following
features may be added/enabled in your Internet browser (which may include both
your active browser and any other compatible Internet browser(s) resident on
your computer). Features may vary between different browsers or between
different versions of the Search Application:
Search Application : The Search Application may install into your
Internet browser or operating system and allows you to search the Internet with
Ask.com (the "APN Search Service"), and may provide other features as
further described herein or during the Search Application installation process.
If you already have a Search Application on your computer, you may be precluded
from adding a subsequent Search Application unless the functionalities and/or
branding differ. In such cases, we will still set your default search and/or
homepage to the APN Search Services, if you have elected to do so.
Installer : Your installation
of a Search Application may be facilitated by APN's or an APN partner's
installer technology which: (i) downloads the files necessary to install the
software; and (ii) scans your computer for specific files and registry settings
to ensure compatibility with your operating system and other software installed
on your computer. Once the installer technology has been initiated, the
installer technology may present you with additional offers from APN partners
in addition to the Search Application. More information on our installer
technology is available here:
Updater : An updater
component ("Updater") may also automatically install alongside a
Search Application in order to facilitate updates to the applicable Search
Application. If such an Updater is installed, it will uninstall when the
applicable Search Application is uninstalled.Default Search, Address Bar
Queries, DNS Errors: With your consent, your Internet browser default search
feature will be set to the APN Search Service, and you will access such APN
Search Service (i) by entering queries in your browser chrome search box; (ii)
by entering queries in your browser address bar, and/or (iii) in response to
misspelled, incorrectly formatted or unresolved DNS submissions in your browser
address bar, in each case if and as applicable based on your browser(s) and the
specific Search Application version.Home Page, New Tab Page: During the Search
Application download process, you may be given the option to reset your
Internet browsers' default homepage (or similar page - e.g., a start page,
start tab, etc.) to Ask.com or some other specified webpage, and/or reset your
new tab page (in compatible browsers) to an APN new tab product. If you elect
this option, the specified webpage will become your default home page and/or the specified new tab product will appear each time you
open a new tab in your Internet browser. The homepage and new tab products are
further subject to the policies/terms of service linked to in the footer of
such products themselves.
Related Search : The
Search Application may include functionality that provides search suggestions
and related search suggestions based on all of your web queries and/or the
content or URL of the web pages you visit. THISPRODUCT IS NOT SPYWARE OR ADWARE.This Agreement is a legal contract between you
and APN, LLC. If you do not understand or agree with any part of the terms
outlined in this Agreement, please do not use the Search Application. If you
have any questions or concerns regarding what is written here, please let us
know by emailing us at searchapp@help.ask.com. Do not use the Search
Application until these questions and concerns have been answered to your
satisfaction and you agree to abide by the Agreement.By clicking the "Accept"
button (or other similarly designated call to action) or by otherwise
downloading, installing or using the Search Application, you represent and
warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this
Agreement and to abide by all its terms and conditions, just as if you had
physically signed it. If you are not yet 18 years of age, please ask your
parent or legal guardian to install the Search Application for you. This
Agreement applies to the Search Application and all features and
functionalities developed by APN. If you are installing a version of the Search
Application that includes third party features and functionalities or accesses
third party content, such third party features, functionalities and content are
subject to such third party's terms of service.In this Agreement "Web
Sites" shall refer to the web pages on the www.ask.com domain or some
other domain owned or controlled by us and through which we provide the APN
Search Service, and "Services" refers to the APN Search Service and
other services offered in or through a Search Application.
1.License Grant : Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive,
revocable, non-transferable, personal, limited license, to (a) download and
install the most current generally available version of the Search Application
offered to you, and (b) use such Search Application solely for your personal,
non-commercial purposes. Use of the APN Search Services is subject to the
Ask.com Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you are installing a version of the
Search Application that includes third party features and functionalities or
accesses third party content, such third party features, functionalities and
content are subject to such third party's terms of service. You may find such
terms of service via a link displayed within the Search Application itself, or
on the website of the relevant feature, function or content provider.
2. License Conditions: You may not rent, sell, lease,
sublicense, distribute, market, assign, copy, or in any way transfer the Search
Application or this Agreement or use the Search Application for the benefit of
any third party in any manner. You may not modify, decompile, disassemble, or
otherwise reverse-engineer the source code of the Search Application, or
attempt to do so for any reason. Further, you may not access, create or modify
the source code of the Search Application in any way. You do not have the right
to and may not create derivative works of the Search Application. All
modifications or enhancements to the Search Application remain our sole
property. You understand that we, in our sole discretion, may modify or
discontinue or suspend your right to access any of our services or to use the
Search Application at any time, and we may at any time suspend or terminate any
license hereunder and disable the Search Application or any of its component
features.
3. Updates : We reserve the
right to add or remove features or functions to or from the Search Application.
When installed on your computer, the Search Application and/or the Updater periodically
communicate with our servers to request automatic updates when we release a new
version of the Search Application, or when we make new features available. You
agree that APN may automatically download and install updates to the Search
Application, from time to time, without prior notification. These updates are
designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Search Application and may
take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and
completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit APN to
deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Search Application.
4. Ownership : You
acknowledge and agree that the Search Application and any associated components
(for example, the defense functionality and Updater) are licensed, not sold to
you. You acknowledge that the Search Application, including all associated
components, code, protocols, software and documentation provided to you by us
in conjunction with the Search Application or our Services are our property or
the property of our licensors, and are protected by U.S. and international
copyright, trademarks, patents and other proprietary rights and laws relating to
trade secrets, and any other intellectual property or proprietary rights
recognized in any country or jurisdiction worldwide, including, without
limitation, moral or similar rights. You may not delete, alter, or remove any
copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notice we have placed on the
Search Application or associated components. All rights not expressly granted
hereunder are expressly reserved to us and our licensors.You represent and warrant that you are either the owner or an
authorized user of the computer where the Search Application is installed. You
may use the Search Application, Web Sites or Services only for lawful purposes.
The Services are subject to, and you agree that you shall at all times comply
with, all local, state, national, and international laws, statutes, rules,
regulations, ordinances and the like applicable to the use of our Search
Application, Web Sites and Services. You agree not to use the Search Application, Web Sites or Services to conduct any business or
activity or solicit the performance of any activity, which is prohibited by law
or by any contractual provision by which you are bound.
5. Privacy : Install.
When you install the Search Application, we assign a unique identification code
to your copy of the Search Application, and such code is written to your
computer's registry. Our installer technology does not transmit or share
personal data from your system with any third parties. When initiated, the
installer technology analyzes information about your system including country,
language, internet connectivity, file types (and relative quantities),
installed software and drivers, in order to ensure compatibility with your
system and to better recommend additional products or services from APN or
third parties which could further enhance your user experience. It also ensures
that only those recommendations that make sense for you are displayed (for
example so that we wouldn't recommend a product that you already had
installed). More information on our installer technology is available here: [Click Here] Install
Failures. Sometimes, for reasons beyond our control, after you have agreed to
install the Search Application, the Search Application install process fails. In
such an unlikely event, we may pull certain data via an error log file (this
data may include, without limitation, your machine name, computer user name, IP
address, operating system information, machine/user permissions, browser type
and version, Search Application partner ID and various other non-personally
identifiable diagnostic information). This data will be used solely for the
purpose of troubleshooting installation issues with the intent of improving the
product and the user experience.When you use the Search Application to submit a
search query, the Search Application forwards such query information to our
servers. We use this information to process your web search requests (ourselves
or via our search service partners) and to return a search results page to you.
For information on additional uses of your query information, please see the
Privacy Policy available at the applicable Web Site. Cookies; Configuration Settings. When you
access the Web Site through the Search Application, the Web Site sets a
"cookie" that collects information about your use of the Search
Application including the unique identification code of your Search
Application, the queries you submit through the Search Application, your IP
address, and whether you clicked on search results or advertising links. When
you start your browser, the Search Application sends a configuration request to
our servers which includes your computer's IP address, browser type, and
information about the specific release date and distribution source of your
Search Application. This information allows us to distinguish your Search
Application for purposes of compensating third parties who distribute our
products and to analyze retention and usage on an aggregated basis. Such
"cookies" and configuration settings are reset every 24 hours, but
the information collected is stored in a query log for up to six months. For
more information on the use of cookies and on how to block or remove them,
please see the Ask Privacy Policy at (Click Here) In order to provide you with relevant search suggestions and related
search suggestions, the Search Application may transmit to us web queries
entered by you (within and outside of the Search Application) and the content
and/or URL of the web sites you visit. We will not maintain any of this
information after we have transmitted the applicable search suggestion or
related search suggestion to you via the Search Application. Our
affiliates and partners that market and distribute Search Applications,
including those who themselves provide features, functionalities or content
within or via the Search Application, may receive/collect information about
you, including engagement with certain Search Application functionality, the
queries you submit via the applicable Search Application, or associated
functionality and/or Web Site, the version of the Search Application you are
using, your browser settings, as well as the search results and ads you click
on and the address of the web pages you previously visited.
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