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license to the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not transfer education, pre-release,
or not for resale copies of the Software.
5. Intellectual Property Ownership, Reservation of Rights.
The Software and any authorized copies that you make are the intellectual property of Adobe
Systems Incorporated and its suppliers. The structure, organization and code of the Software are
the valuable trade secrets and condential information of Adobe Systems Incorporated and its
suppliers. The Software is protected by law, including without limitation the copyright laws of the
United States and other countries, and by international treaty provisions. Except as expressly stated
herein, this agreement does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Software and all
rights not expressly granted are reserved by Adobe and its suppliers.
6. Connectivity and Privacy.
6.1 Use of PDF Files. When you use the Software to open a PDF le that has been enabled to
display ads through registration with the Ads for Adobe PDF service, your computer may connect
to a website operated by Adobe, an advertiser, or other third party. Your Internet Protocol (IP)
address is sent when this happens. The party hosting the site may use technology to send (or
“serve”) advertising or other electronic content that appears in or near the opened le. The website
operator may also use JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and
other technologies to increase and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and to personalize
advertising content. Your communication with Adobe websites is governed by the Adobe Online
Privacy Policy found at http://www.adobe.com/go/privacy . Adobe may not have access to or
control over features that a third party may use, and the information practices of third party websites
are not covered by the Adobe Online Privacy Policy.
6.2 Updating. You acknowledge and agree that the Software may cause your Computer to
automatically connect to the Internet to check for updates that are available for automatic download
to your Computer and to let Adobe know the Software is successfully installed. Only non-personal
identifying information is transmitted to Adobe when this happens. Your communication with Adobe
websites is governed by the Adobe Online Privacy Policy found at http://www.adobe.com/go/
privacy . Please consult the Documentation for information about changing default update settings.
6.3 Settings Manager. Flash Player may cause certain user settings to be stored on your Computer
as a local shared object. These settings are not associated with you, but allow you to congure
certain settings within the Flash Player. You can nd more information on local shared objects at
http://www.adobe.com/go/ashplayer_security and more information on the Settings Manager at
http://www.adobe.com/go/settingsmanager .
7. Third Party Offerings.
The Software may allow you to access and interoperate with third party websites, software
applications, and data services, including rich Internet applications (“Third Party Offerings”). Your
access to and use of any Third Party Offering, including any goods, services or information, is
governed by the terms and conditions respecting such offerings. Third Party Offerings are not
owned or provided by Adobe.
8. Digital Certicates.
8.1 Use. Adobe AIR uses digital certicates to help you identify the publisher of Adobe AIR
applications created by third parties. Adobe Reader uses digital certicates to sign and validate
signatures within PDF documents and to validate certied PDF documents. Your Computer may
connect to the Internet at the time of validation of a digital certicate. Digital certicates are issued
by third party certicate authorities, including Adobe Certied Document Services (CDS) vendors
listed at http://www.adobe.com/go/partners_cds (“Certicate Authorities”), or can be self-signed.
8.2 Terms and Conditions. Purchase, use and reliance upon digital certicates is the responsibility
of you and a Certicate Authority. Before you rely upon any certied document, digital signature
or Certicate Authority services, you should review the applicable terms and conditions under
which the relevant Certicate Authority provides services, including, for example, any subscriber
agreements, relying party agreements, certicate policies and practice statements. See the links on
http://www.adobe.com/go/partners_cds for information about Adobe’s CDS vendors.
8.3 Acknowledgement. You agree that (a) a digital certicate may have been revoked prior to the
time of verication, making the digital signature or certicate appear valid when in fact it is not, (b)
the security or integrity of a digital certicate may be compromised due to an act or omission by
the signer of the document, the applicable Certicate Authority, or any other third party and (c) a