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Western Digital Technologies, Inc.’s (“WDT”) general policy does not recommend the use of its products in life support

applications wherein a failure or malfunction of the product may directly threaten life or injury. Without limitation to the

foregoing, WDT shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage caused by use of its products in any of the following

applications:

 Special applications such as military related equipment, nuclear reactor control, and aerospace

 Control devices for automotive vehicles, train, ship and traffic equipment

 Safety system for disaster prevention and crime prevention

 Medical-related equipment including medical measurement device

Accordingly, in any use of WD Blue SSD products in life support systems or other applications where failure could cause

damage, injury or loss of life, the products should only be incorporated in systems designed with appropriate redundancy, fault

tolerant or back-up features. Per the Terms and Conditions of Sale found in your order acknowledgement, the user of WD Blue

SSD products in life support or other such applications assumes all risk of such use and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold

harmless WDT and its affiliates against all damages.

Security safeguards, by their nature, are capable of circumvention. WDT cannot, and does not, guarantee that data will not be

accessed by unauthorized persons, and WDT disclaims any warranties to that effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

This document and related material is for information use only and is subject to change without prior notice. WDT assumes no

responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document or related material, nor for any damages or claims resulting from

the furnishing, performance or use of this document or related material. Absent a written agreement signed by WDT or its

authorized representative to the contrary, WDT explicitly disclaims any express and implied warranties and indemnities of any

kind that may or could be associated with this document and related material, and any user of this document or related

material agrees to such disclaimer as a precondition to receipt and usage hereof. EACH USER OF THIS DOCUMENT EXPRESSLY

WAIVES ALL GUARANTIES AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND/OR RELATED MATERIALS,

WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR INFRINGEMENT, TOGETHER WITH ANY LIABILITY OF WDT AND ITS AFFILIATES UNDER

ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE, OR

PROFIT OR OTHER INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT

LIMITATION PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOST DATA, OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE

GOODS, TECHNOLOGY OR SERVICES.

No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrievable manner or translated into any

language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or

otherwise, without the prior written consent of an officer of WDT.

All parts of the WDT documentation are protected by copyright law and all rights are reserved. WD, WD Blue, and the WD logo

are registered trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other brand names

mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).

Document No. 02-02-US-04-00001 7/2016 Printed in U.S.A.