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Book 2 · Law of obligations  ›  Subtitle 1 · Consumer contracts on digital products › Section 327f

Updates

(1) The trader is to ensure that, over the relevant period of time, the consumer is informed of and supplied with updates that are necessary to keep the digital product in conformity. The necessary updates also include security updates. The relevant period of time as per sentence 1 is,

1.  where the contract provides for the continuous supply of a digital product, the supply period,

2.  in all other cases, the period that the consumer may reasonably expect, given the type and purpose of the digital product and taking into account the circumstances and nature of the contract.

(2) Where the consumer fails to install, within a reasonable time limit, an update supplied by the trader in accordance with subsection (1), the trader will not be liable for any product deficiency resulting solely from the lack of the relevant update, provided

1.  the trader informed the consumer about the availability of the update and the consequences of the failure of the consumer to install it, and

2.  the failure of the consumer to install the update or the incorrect installation by the consumer of the update was not due to shortcomings in the installation instructions provided by the trader.

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