ELECTRONIC ARTS
APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Application End User License Agreement (“License”) is an agreement between you and Electronic Arts Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates (“EA”). This License governs your use of the application and any and all related documentation, and updates and upgrades that replace or supplement the application in any respect and which are not distributed with a separate license (collectively, the "Application"). This Application is licensed to you, not sold.
BY INSTALLING OR USING THE APPLICATION, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF: (1) THIS LICENSE; (2) EA’S PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY (available at http://privacy.ea.com); AND (3) EA’S TERMS OF SERVICE (available at http://terms.ea.com) AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM. If you do not agree to the terms of this License, EA’s Privacy and Cookie Policy and/or EA’s Terms of Service then do not install or use the Application.
We reserve the right to modify this License at any time, so please review it frequently either via the About section in your Application or by visiting http://www.ea.com/1/product-eulas. Your continued use of our online and mobile products and services will signify your acceptance of the changes to this License.
SECTIONS 2 AND 3, BELOW, DISCUSS THE INFORMATION AND DATA COLLECTED ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MOBILE ONLINE BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS HOW IT IS SHARED BY EA AND THIRD PARTIES. SECTION 5, BELOW, DESCRIBES PRIVACY SETTINGS AVAILABLE ON ORIGIN SERVICES OTHER THAN SCRABBLE (FOR APPLICATIONS WITH ORIGIN SERVICES INTEGRATED THEREIN) AND HOW THEY PROTECT THE DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION WITHIN THIS APPLICATION AND ON ORIGIN SERVICES IN THE PC ENVIRONMENT. SPECIAL TERMS APPLY TO SCRABBLE USERS. SEE SECTION 5 FOR MORE DETAILS. SECTION 15 PROVIDES THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN US SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO BINDING ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OR ANY OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION.
1. Limited License Grant and Terms of Use.
EA Virtual Currency has no monetary value and does not constitute currency or property of any type. EA Virtual Currency may be redeemed for Digital Content only. EA Virtual Currency cannot be sold or transferred, and cannot be exchanged for cash or for any other goods and services, except for the Digital Content. EA Virtual Currency is non-refundable. You are not entitled to a refund for any unused EA Virtual Currency.
During the term of your EA Virtual Currency license, you have the right to redeem EA Virtual Currency for selected Digital Content. EA does not guarantee that any particular item offered as part of this Application will be available at all times or at any given time. EA does not guarantee that we will continue to offer particular items for any particular length of time. EA reserves the right to change and update our inventory of Digital Content without notice to you.
When you acquire Digital Content, you receive a limited license to use Digital Content for your personal non-commercial use with any specified permitted services that EA identifies from time to time. EA reserves all right, title and interest in Digital Content and all associated copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights therein. This Digital Content license is limited to the intellectual property rights of EA in the Digital Content and does not include any rights to other patents or intellectual property. You may not remove, alter, or obscure any identification, copyright, or other intellectual property notices in the Digital Content.
Once you have redeemed EA Virtual Currency for Digital Content, that content is not returnable, exchangeable, or refundable for EA Virtual Currency or for cash, or other goods or services.
The term of your EA Virtual Currency and Digital Content license starts when you acquire EA Virtual Currency and/or Digital Content, and subject to this License, ends the earlier of (1) the second anniversary of the date of purchase or award (as the context requires and applicable to each individual purchase or award) and (2) the day that your access to this Application is cancelled, suspended or terminated as set forth in this License. If you have not used your EA Virtual Currency for twenty four (24) months or more and your account has an EA Virtual Currency balance, your EA Virtual Currency shall expire and your account may be cancelled for non-use.
2. Consent to Use of Data. To facilitate product support, product development and improvement as well as other services to you, you agree that EA or other third parties may use cookies, web beacons and other analytic technologies to collect, use, store and transmit non-personally identifiable technical and related information regarding your mobile device (including unique device id or UDID), IP address, geo-location, device make and model, operating system, software and applications, including application usage data. In addition, EA and/or third parties may collect, store, use and transmit non-personally identifiable game play data, session data, browser identifiers, carrier information well as online and Application usage metrics, statistics and/or analytics. Data collected by third parties will be collected, used, stored, transferred and disclosed pursuant to the third party’s privacy policy. See Appendix A for a non-exclusive list of third parties that may collect data via this Application. Appendix A includes both analytics companies and ad networks discussed in more detail in Section 3, below and includes URL’s for those third parties’ privacy policies and opt outs (if applicable). For data collected by or transferred to EA, EA may collect, use, store, share and transmit this information to third parties in a form that does not personally identify you in accordance with EA’s Privacy and Cookie Policy located at http://privacy.ea.com.
Further, EA operates in several countries. Personal information collected from or submitted by you through an Application may be transferred to and stored on servers and equipment located in a destination outside your country of residence. The servers and equipment on which your data is stored and processed may be owned and operated by third parties with whom EA has contracted to receive, store and process your personal information. In addition, EA and those third parties that it has designated, may further transfer, store and process your personal information on servers and equipment located in other countries. You should be aware that the data protection laws of other countries may not be the same as the data protection laws of your country of residence. By submitting your personal information through an Application, you agree to the transfer, storage and processing of your personal information as described in this section.
3. Third Party Ad-Serving Technology.
This Application may include third party dynamic behavioral in-game advertising technology which enables tailored advertising to be temporarily uploaded into the Application on your mobile device and replaced while you are online. When you use this Application, we or third parties operating the advertisement serving technology may use demographic or other information collected directly from you and/or from third parties such as age and gender as well as information logged and/or collected from your device using cookies, web beacons and other technologies to ensure that appropriate advertising is presented within the Application and to calculate the number of unique and repeat views of advertising. This technology also controls the number of times you see a given ad, delivers ads that relate to your interests and measures the effectiveness of ad campaigns. Logged and/or collected data may include (but is not limited to) IP address, unique device I.D., browser identifiers, session information, browser cookies, device make and model, carrier provider, carrier user ID, geo-location information, sites visited, clicks on advertisements, advertisement(s) served, in game location, length of time an advertisement was visible, size of the advertisement, advertisement response (if any), game play information, general online and Application-specific usage data and metrics as well as angle of view. The foregoing data may be collected, used, stored, transmitted and disclosed pursuant to the EA Privacy and Cookie Policy at http://privacy.ea.com, the privacy policy of the company providing the ad serving technology and may be disclosed to other third parties in a form that does not personally identify you.
See Appendix A for a non-exclusive list of third parties that may collect data about your online behavior via this Application. Appendix A includes both analytics companies and ad networks (discussed above in Section 2) and includes URL’s for those third parties’ privacy policies and opt outs (if applicable). You are responsible for reviewing the privacy policies of the third parties that may collect information via this Application. If you do not wish to review those privacy policies or if you are concerned about the information they may collect, do not install or use this Application. EA does not guarantee that all third parties that may collect information about you via this Application have an opt out for behavioral tracking. In addition, EA does not guarantee or warrant that opting out of behavioral tracking from some or all of the entities listed in Appendix A will opt you out of advertising entirely. Rather, if you opt out, you may continue to receive the same amount of mobile ads, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on your interests.
This ad serving technology is integrated into the game; if you do not want to use this technology, do not install or use this Application.
4. Consent to Public Display of Data. If you participate in online services, such as online play or the downloading and uploading of content, EA may also collect, use, store, transmit and publicly display statistical data regarding game play (including scores, rankings and achievements), or identify content that is created and shared by you with other players. Data that personally identifies you is collected, used, stored and transmitted in accordance with EA’s Privacy and Cookie Policy located at http://privacy.ea.com.
5. Application Communications and Conduct/Privacy Settings; Origin Terms.
a. Origin Services
SCRABBLE USERS: SEE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR USE OF ORIGIN SERVICES BELOW.
For Applications with Origin social services integrated therein, when you establish your Application profile, your privacy settings will govern how others can search for you within the service as well as who can see your profile, which will show which games and/or applications you have and play on your device (among other items that you choose to disclose). When you log into the Application and if you choose to connect with friends on the Application, you agree that your friends will receive notifications about your game play activity, Application usage and stats. If you do not want your friends to receive such notifications at any time, you can visit your privacy settings and/or block users at any time. When you log in initially, you also agree that your friends can search for you on Origin services (both mobile and PC) using your email address, among other identifiers that you may indicate. You may be able to change that preference by visiting your privacy settings on your profile page.
Select Origin services will be available on both PC and mobile platforms. You can log into all Origin services using your Origin Account (formerly EA Account). Your Origin friends list, if you choose to have one, will be the same no matter where you log in. For instance, if you utilize Origin features on your mobile application, your mobile Origin friends will appear in your Origin friends list on PC when you log in and vice versa. Likewise, your Origin PC friends’ list will also appear on your Origin mobile friends’ list when you log in there and vice versa. If you do not want friends to see your mobile and/or PC profile, including a list of your mobile and/or PC games and/or entitlements, please be sure to set your profile visibility settings to private or “no one can see.” You can block friends and/or revisit your privacy settings at any time. Your profile visibility settings will remain constant across Origin platforms.Your last communicated preference for profile visibility will govern visibility of your profile across all Origin service environments (i.e. mobile and PC). Your email searchability settings will also remain constant, meaning that if you allow your friends to find you via email address on Origin on mobile, members will be able to find you by searching for your email address in the PC Origin environment as well and vice versa. Your last communicated email searchability preference will apply to all Origin service environments (i.e. mobile and PC). Keep in mind that when you log into Origin on mobile, you agree to allow members search for you via your email address. This preference will also apply to your Origin PC profile. If you do not want to be searchable on Origin by email address, please visit your privacy settings via your profile page. Note, however, that if you wish to turn off notifications to your friends about your game play events and stats, you must do so separately on mobile and PC Origin environments. On PC, you must disable chat to turn off notifications. In the mobile Origin environment, you must separately disable notifications via your privacy settings. Likewise, if you wish not to have members find you using Facebook Connect, be sure to log out of Facebook in both the mobile PC Origin environments and adjust your privacy settings accordingly. Check your privacy settings in all Origin environments often to ensure that they are set according to your preferences.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR USERS OF ORIGIN SERVICES VIA SCRABBLE MOBILE: Origin Services on Scrabble do not currently have privacy settings other than email searchability. Accordingly your Scrabble friends will see your Scrabble game activity and statistics via their newsfeeds in Origin mobile services in other games. If you would like to opt out of this sharing feature, please contact us at https://help.ea.com.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about you or your children when using the Application. EA does not endorse the content, messages and/or information exchanged by means of the Application and therefore you agree that EA is not liable with respect to the Application in general and/or any action resulting therefrom.
You are responsible for all actions that occur in connection with the Origin Account (formerly called “EA Account”) you use to register and log into this Application. You agree to notify EA immediately of any unauthorized use of your Origin or EA Account or breach in security known to you related to the Application.
6. Termination. This License is effective until terminated. Your rights under this License will terminate immediately and automatically without any notice from EA if you fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this License. Promptly upon termination, you must cease all use of the Application and destroy all copies of the Application in your possession or control. Termination will not limit any of EA’s other rights or remedies at law or in equity. Sections 1(E), 2 through 16, and any Supplemental Terms of this License shall survive termination or expiration of this License for any reason.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS,” WITH ALL FAULTS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WITHOUT PERFORMANCE ASSURANCES OR GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND, AND YOUR USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE ENTIRE RISK OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE RESIDES WITH YOU. EA AND EA’S LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY “EA” FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION 8) DO NOT MAKE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, ANY AND ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, UNINTERRUPTED USE, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, AND WARRANTIES (IF ANY) ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. EA DOES NOT WARRANT AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE APPLICATION; THAT THE APPLICATION WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT OPERATION OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT THE APPLICATION WILL INTEROPERATE OR BE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICATION; THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE APPLICATION WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE APPLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REINSTALLS TO THE SAME OR MULTIPLE DEVICES. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN ADVICE PROVIDED BY EA, OR ANY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF OR LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATIONS ON THE APPLICABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
8. Limitation of Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL EA BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOST PROFITS, COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR ANY OTHER FORM OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FROM ANY CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS LICENSE OR THE APPLICATION, WHETHER ARISING IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT EA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATIONS OR CERTAIN INTENTIONAL OR NEGLIGENT ACTS, OR VIOLATION OF SPECIFIC STATUTES, OR THE LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. In no event shall EA’s total liability to you for all damages (except as required by applicable law) exceed the amount actually paid by you for the Application.
9. Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties are Material Terms of this License. You agree that the provisions in this License that limit liability are essential terms of this License.
10. Severability and Survival. If any provision of this License is illegal or unenforceable under applicable law, the remainder of the provision shall be amended to achieve as closely as possible the effect of the original term and all other provisions of this License shall continue in full force and effect.
11. U.S. Government Restricted Rights. If you are a government end user, then this provision applies to you. The Application provided in connection with this License has been developed entirely at private expense, as defined in FAR section 2.101, DFARS section 252.227-7014(a)(1) and DFARS section 252.227-7015 (or any equivalent or subsequent agency regulation thereof), and is provided as “commercial items,” “commercial computer Application” and/or “commercial computer Application documentation.” Consistent with DFARS section 227.7202 and FAR section 12.212, and to the extent required under U.S. federal law, the minimum restricted rights as set forth in FAR section 52.227-19 (or any equivalent or subsequent agency regulation thereof), any use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, disclosure or distribution thereof by or for the U.S. Government shall be governed solely by this License and shall be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by this License.
12. Injunctive Relief. You agree that a breach of this License will cause irreparable injury to EA for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and EA shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in addition to any remedies it may have hereunder or at law without a bond, other security or proof of damages.
13. Governing Law. If you reside in a Member State of the European Union: (i) the laws of England, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern this License and your use of the Application; and (ii) you expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this License and/or your use of the Application shall be the Courts of England, and you expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts. If you reside elsewhere: (i) the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, govern this License and/or your use of the Application; and (ii) you expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this License and/or your use of the Application shall be the federal or state courts that cover San Mateo County, California, and you expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts to the extent applicable pursuant to Section 15, below. Please note that your conduct may also be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. The parties agree that the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980) shall not apply to this License or to any dispute or transaction arising out of this License.
14. Export. You agree to abide by U.S. and other applicable export control laws and agree not to transfer the Application to a foreign national, or national destination, which is prohibited by such laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite government authorization. You certify that you are not a person with whom EA is prohibited from transacting business under applicable law.
15. Resolution By Binding Arbitration.
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS.
The only disputes that are not covered by this Section are the following:
By entering into this Agreement, you and EA expressly waive the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. With respect to this Section, References to "EA," "you," and "us" include our respective subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors, and assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized users or beneficiaries of services or Software under this or prior agreements between us. This EULA evidences a transaction in interstate commerce, and thus the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of this EULA.
The arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees, expenses, and the alternative payment and the attorney premium at any time during the proceeding and upon request from either party made within fourteen (14) days of the arbitrator's ruling on the merits.
The right to attorneys' fees and expenses discussed above supplements any right to attorneys' fees and expenses you may have under applicable law, although you may not recover duplicative awards of attorneys' fees or costs. EA waives any right it may have to seek an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with any arbitration between us.
16. Entire Agreement. This License constitutes the entire agreement between you and EA with respect to the Application and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings regarding such subject matter. No amendment to or modification of this License will be binding unless made in writing and signed by EA. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of either party, any right or any power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or power hereunder preclude further exercise of any other right hereunder. In the event of a conflict between this License and any applicable purchase or other terms, the terms of this License shall govern.
APPENDIX A