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Warranty Terms 
SmartDisk Corporation warrants its products to be free of defects in material 
and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of 1 year from 
the date of purchase or 3 years from the date of manufacture, whichever 
occurs first. Products purchased in European Union countries covered by 
Directive 1999/44/EC are warranted for a period of 2 years from the date of 
purchase. SmartDisk's sole obligation with respect to claims of non-
conformance made within the warranty period described above shall be, at its 
option, to repair or replace any item of Equipment that SmartDisk, in its sole 
discretion, determines to be defective. The Customer shall obtain a Return 
Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number from SmartDisk prior to returning 
any Equipment to SmartDisk under this warranty by contacting Technical 
Support (see www.SmartDisk.com). The Customer shall prepay shipping 
charges for Equipment returned to SmartDisk for warranty service, and 
SmartDisk shall pay freight charges for the return of the Equipment to the 
Customer, excluding customs duties or taxes, if any. All returns require a 
dated original proof of purchase and a letter explaining the problem. 
SmartDisk Corporation will not be responsible for items returned without an 
RMA or improperly packaged. Replacement Equipment shall be new or like 
new in performance and shall be warranted for the remaining duration of the 
warranty term of the non-conforming Equipment. SmartDisk Corporation will 
not be responsible for recovery of customer data from returned products that 
incorporate data storage. All replaced Equipment shall become the property of 
SmartDisk. Any claims of defects not made within the warranty period shall 
be deemed waived by Customer. 
SmartDisk's warranty obligations hereunder are expressly conditioned upon 
(i.) the Products being properly installed, used and maintained at all times by 
Customer; (ii.) the Products not being subject to unusual mechanical stress or 
unusual electrical or environmental conditions or other acts of God; (iii.) the 
Products not being subjected to misuse, accident or any unauthorized 
installation/deinstallation by Customer or other third party; (iv.) the Products 
not being altered or modified in an unauthorized manner, unless approved in 
writing or otherwise performed by SmartDisk and (v.) Customer promptly 
installing all Product revisions that have been released for such Products by 
SmartDisk throughout the warranty term. SmartDisk does not warrant that the 
Products will operate in any specific combination that may be selected for use 
by Customer or that the operation of the Products will be uninterrupted or 
error free, or that all non-conformance or defects will be remedied. 
Additionally, SmartDisk shall have no warranty obligations for any failure of