MathDirect Terms and Conditions of Business

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By buying our products and services you agree to the following terms of business.
Nature of Business
MathDirect is an electronic software and services store operated by MathConsult Dr. R. Mäder, a Swiss company. MathDirect operates in Switzerland according to the laws of Switzerland. Place of Jurisdiction is Wollerau, Switzerland.
Correspondence
All correspondence between customer and MathDirect shall be through a World-Wide Web site operated by MathDirect or by means of Internet email. Customer is responsible for providing a working email address.
Software Licenses
By accepting to download free or paid software, customer agrees to the license agreement that comes with every software item offered through MathDirect.
Payment
Software may be downloaded and Services may be used only after payment has been received in full. MathDirect offers electronic payment options through payment agencies that act as intermediaries on behalf of MathDirect.
Delivery of Goods
Customer understands that all software and services are available only in electronic form, accessible through the Worl-Wide Web with the http or https protocol.
Customer further understands that installation of downloaded files may require additional auxiliary software; MathDirect provides a list of such software and guarantees that this list includes also freely available auxiliary software, whose use does not incur any cost to customer.
Refunds
Customer may apply for a partial refund for any licenses not yet redeemed and any services not yet used for a period of 10 days after purchase. Customer may either use the refund for future purchases or ask for a money transfer through the same payment method that was used to pay for the software and services. For such a money transfer, MathDirect will deduct a service charge of US$ 50 from the refund amount.
Support/Update (Service) Contracts
The terms under which services are rendered by MathDirect or its affiliates are set forth in a service contract available to customer before purchase.
To obtain customer support under a service contract, customer must have bought at least the same number of service contracts as customer has obtained licenses of the software to which the service contract belongs.
Identification and Security
MathDirect provides technical means for customers to identify themselves uniquely to MathDirect's WWW site, including at least a password of customer's choice. It is the customer's responsibility to keep the password and other means of identification confidential. MathDirect provides a secure (https) server which allows customer to avoid sending the password over the Internet in cleartext form. Customer must not allow others to identify themselves with customer's identification to MathDirect.
Privacy
MathDirect establishes reasonable technical and organizational procedures for keeping all data stored about customer confidential. MathDirect is not responsible for the consequences of an attack by a third party on MathDirect's computer systems that results in a breach of confidentiality. MathDirect does not store any credit card information on its on-line computer systems.
Termination
Customer may at any time ask MathDirect to remove all customer data from its on-line computers and terminate the business relationship with customer. In this event, all license agreements and service contracts terminate as well and customer must stop using all licensed software and delete all copies of licensed software from its computers.
Taxes and Documents
Customer must not make false statements about customer's name, address, country of residence, and affiliation. MathDirect will collect value-added tax (MWSt) for customers residing in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Payment of import duties and taxes for other contries are the sole responsibility of customer. MathDirect makes export documents and invoices available in electronic form which customer may print out if required.

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Last update: 09.01.1999