Terms of use

Thank you for choosing Nokia. By starting to use your device you begin your exciting journey with us.

First use of your device

To access the wide range of Nokia’s Ovi services a Nokia Account will be automatically created for you when you first use your device. You then only need to add personal user information when accessing the services for the first time, after which you can manage your Nokia Account online.

To help you to get the most out of your device and services, you will start receiving personalized text messages from My Nokia with tips, tricks and support. You may unsubscribe from these My Nokia messages at any time by following the information on the welcome message you receive shortly after activating your device, or by clicking the My Nokia icon in your device and selecting Unsubscribe.

Upon first use of your device and after you have updated the Nokia device software an activation text message will be sent to Nokia.

Software updates

If you update your Nokia device software the information described above in this notice still applies.

To ensure you have the latest Nokia device software and applications, your device checks the availability of software updates from Nokia. If any are available you will be prompted to approve their installation. You may disable automatic checking for updates through settings in your device. You may also install software through available software update channels.

Other important information

By starting to use the device or when you update the Nokia device software you accept the Ovi Service Terms and Privacy Policy ("Terms") included in the sales box or as otherwise made available to you.

To provide you with the services described above your mobile number, device serial number and mobile subscription identifiers will be sent to Nokia upon first use of the device. Some or all of the above information may also be sent to Nokia in connection with software updates. This information may be used as further specified in the Privacy Policy.

This notice is not applicable and the welcome screen will not appear at first device use, if the service is not available in your country, software version or selected device language.

Normal charges for text messages and transmission of data will apply.



OVI SERVICE TERMS

1. Acceptance

These Ovi Service Terms together with the Privacy Policy (collectively “Terms”) govern your use of the application or website where you accessed these Ovi Service Terms and use of the related services (collectively "Service") and the Terms constitute an agreement between you and Nokia Corporation defining the rights and responsibilities of you and Nokia Corporation including its affiliates and suppliers (collectively “Nokia”) with respect to the Service. There may be additional conditions applicable to certain parts of the Service.

You are not allowed to use the Service if you do not agree to the Terms.

2. Eligibility

To use the Service, you must be at least thirteen (13) years of age. If you are at least thirteen (13) years of age but a minor where you live, you must review the Terms and have your parent or legal guardian complete the registration on your behalf for you to use the Service. The person completing the registration must be legally competent.

3. Registration and Termination

You agree to provide truthful and complete information when registering for the Service and to keep that information updated. Providing misleading information about your identity is forbidden.

When you register, you will create a username and a password. You (and your parent or legal guardian, if you are a minor) are personally responsible for any use of the Service with your username and password. You agree to take due care in protecting your username and password against misuse by others and promptly notify Nokia about any misuse.

You may terminate your registration if you no longer wish to use the Service. After termination, you will no longer have access to the Service. Nokia may terminate your registration or restrict your access to certain parts of the Service if there is an indication that you have breached the Terms or with a prior notice if you have not signed into the Service with your username in the past six (6) months.

Except as set forth in Privacy Policy, Nokia shall not be responsible for any removal of the information or content you have submitted (“Material”) from the Service when your registration is terminated.

After the Material is removed from the Service by either you or Nokia, some traces of the Material may remain and copies of the Material may still reside within the Service.

4. Using the Service

You agree to:

Use the Service only for your private, non-commercial purposes;

Comply with applicable laws, the Terms and good manners;

Not submit unlawful, offensive, abusive, pornographic, harassing, libelous or other inappropriate Material;

Respect the privacy of others;

Obtain any consents, permission or licenses that may be required for you to have the legal right to submit any Material; and

Not distribute or post spam, unreasonably large files, chain letters, pyramid schemes, viruses or any other technologies that may harm the Service, or the interest or property of the Service users.

Nokia may but has no obligation to:

Monitor or moderate any of the Material; and

Remove any Material from the Service and restrict access to any part of the Service at any time in its sole discretion.

5. Allegations of Copyright Infringement

You may notify Nokia of copyright infringement on the Service by providing notice (a) by email with “Copyright Notification” in the subject line to copyright.notices@nokia.com, (b) by a document titled “Copyright Notification” mailed to Nokia, Attn: Copyright Agent, 102 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY 10604, or (c) via the online form, if available. Your notice must:

(1) Identify the original copyrighted work you claim is infringed;

(2) Identify the content on the Service that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work. Please provide enough detail for Nokia to locate the allegedly infringing content on the Service;

(3) Provide your contact information, including your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address, if available;

(4) Provide a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the content in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

(5) Provide this statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification and complaint is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner of an exclusive right that is infringed."; and

(6) Provide your signature.

6. Licenses

Nokia does not claim ownership in your Material. Your submission of Material to the Service does not transfer ownership rights in the Material to Nokia.

However, by submitting Material to the Service you grant Nokia a worldwide non-exclusive, assignable, fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, copy, publicly perform, display, distribute and modify the Material, and to prepare derivative works thereof, or incorporate the Material into other works as well as sublicense the same.

Users of the Service are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license (revocable at the sole discretion of Nokia at any time) to access and use the Service strictly in accordance with the Terms. Any further intellectual property rights in any information or content in the Service are not granted.

7. Fees

Your use of the Service may be or may become subject to charges.

Any fees charged by Nokia will be announced separately in connection with the Service.

Use of the Service may involve transmission of data through your service provider’s network. Your network service provider may charge for such data transmission.

Nokia assumes no responsibility for the payment of any charges.

8. Availability

The Service may not be available in some countries and may be provided only in selected languages. The Service may be network dependent, contact your network service provider for more information.

Nokia reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, improve and correct the Service. The Service may not be available during maintenance breaks and other times.

Nokia may also decide to discontinue the Service or any part thereof in its sole discretion. In such case you will be provided a prior notification.

9. Dealings with Others

You may interact with other users on or through the Service. You agree that any such interactions do not involve Nokia and are solely between you and the other user(s).

10. Personal Data

The Privacy Policy and additional provisions in these Ovi Service Terms govern use of your personal data.

11. Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided on “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Nokia does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error or virus-free. No warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or non-infringement or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, is made in relation to the availability, accuracy, reliability, information or content of the Service. You expressly agree and acknowledge that the use of the Service is at your sole risk and that you may be exposed to content from various sources.

Except for liability for death or personal injury caused by gross negligence or intentional misconduct, Nokia shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidential, punitive or consequential damages caused by the use or inability to use the Service.

12. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Nokia from and against any and all third party claims and all liabilities, assessments, losses, costs or damages resulting from or arising out of i) your breach of the Terms, ii) your infringement or violation of any intellectual property, other rights or privacy of a third party, iii) misuse of the Service by a third party where such misuse was made available by your failure to take reasonable measures to protect your username and password against misuse.

13. Miscellaneous

13.1 Choice of Law and Arbitration

Except where prohibited by applicable law or provided otherwise herein, the Terms shall be governed by the laws of Finland without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

If you are a US resident the following paragraph shall apply:

The Terms shall be governed by the laws of New York without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any dispute relating to these Terms or the Service shall be submitted to binding arbitration in Westchester County, New York within eighteen (18) months of the date the facts giving rise to the suit were known, or should have been known, by the complainant, except that Nokia may seek injunctive or other relief if you have violated or threatened to violate any intellectual property rights. All matters relating to arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §1 et. seq.). Arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator under the then prevailing Wireless Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), Each party must submit any claim which would constitute a compulsory counterclaim in litigation or such claim shall be barred. No award of exemplary, special, consequential or punitive damages shall be permitted. The losing party, as determined by the arbitrator, shall pay the arbitration fees. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration shall be conducted on an individual, not class-wide basis, and no arbitration shall be joined with an arbitration involving any other person or entity.

13.2 Validity

The Terms shall neither exclude nor limit any of your mandatory rights in your country of residence. If a provision of the Terms is found to be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and the invalid provision shall be replaced with a valid provision that comes closest to the result and purpose of the Terms. If there is any conflict between these Ovi Service Terms and the Privacy Policy, the provisions of these Ovi Service Terms shall prevail. The provisions of the Terms that are intended to survive termination shall remain valid after any termination...