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Paradox Interactive
User Agreement
This User Agreement (“Agreement”) governs your access and use of products, content, and
services offered by Paradox Interactive AB (“Paradox”), such as games published by Paradox
(“Games”) and thereto related content, mod tools, upgrades, patches, features, launchers,
websites, forums, events hosted by Paradox and any other service offered by Paradox
(collectively “Services”).
By using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you don’t agree to the terms
of this Agreement, do not use the Services and instead contact your retailer regarding a
possible refund (if applicable).
Below follows a summary of the Agreement. Please note that the summary is only there to help
you read the Agreement while the long version actually governs your use of the Services.
Summary
1. Using our services means you’ve accepted this agreement. Contact your retailer if you
want to refund a Service.
2. The Services are licensed to you for non-commercial use and Paradox reserves all
rights to those Services.
3. You may need a Paradox Account to get the full experience of a Service.
4. Violating this Agreement can lead to suspension or termination of a Service!
5. Although we try our best, we don’t always get it right the first time, so you agree that the
Services may be modified.
6. Unfortunately, stuff happens and our Services may not always be available or receive
updates and actions may be taken to protect you or anyone else.
7. UGCs are cool but remember that you’re responsible for your UGC, which you give us
rights to use. The UGC shall be provided free of charge and only contain materials you
are allowed to use.
8. Please go ahead and stream our officially released Games but be aware that some
music cannot be included. We hope you make it big!
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9. Follow the law and these rules, be nice, and respect our Services and the community.
10. We may require you to install and use the Paradox Launcher to run the Services. Failure
to use the Launcher may make the Services unavailable.
11. The Agreement is in effect until terminated.
12. The Services will have the features and functionality described in relevant product
documentation and we are only liable for direct damages no greater than what you’ve paid
for the Service.
13. Let’s first try to solve disputes informally. If that doesn’t work, arbitration or the courts in
Stockholm will settle it.
14. The world changes and so will this Agreement when we post updated versions on our
website and/or Service.
Long Version
1. License
The Services are licensed or otherwise made available to you, not sold. Paradox or its licensors
own and reserve all rights to the Services, including all rights, title, and interest in the intellectual
property rights.
If and as long as you comply with this Agreement, Paradox grants you a personal, limited, non-
transferable, revocable, and non-exclusive license to use the Services, which you have duly
obtained access to, for your non-commercial use (unless stated otherwise herein or specifically
agreed between you and Paradox).
2. Paradox Account
Some Services may require you to have a Paradox Account. A Paradox Account can be created
by signing up using a valid email address and providing accurate, truthful, and complete
information.
You must be 16 years of age or older to create a Paradox Account (or the minimum age of your
country of residence, if higher). If you are between the ages of 16 and the minimum age
requirement of your country of residence, a parent or legal guardian must read and accept this
Agreement on your behalf. You are not allowed to have multiple Paradox Accounts.
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3. Changes to Services
Paradox may from time to time, patch, update, change or modify a Service (collectively
“Changes”). Such Changes are for example done to improve and re-balance gameplay as well
as improve the stability of the Service, or generally to improve the Services. We will inform you
of such Changes within the Services, for example in the patch notes. You may be required to
install or otherwise implement such Changes in order to continue to use the Services. The
Changes may cause irritation (but likely satisfaction), setbacks (but likely progress), or
limitations (but likely extensions or expansions) within the relevant Service and may affect
gameplay.
4. Availability
Paradox does not guarantee that any Service or part of Service will be available at all times, in
all locations, or at any given time or extent or that we will continue to offer a particular Service or
part of Service for any particular length of time, or that a Service will continue to receive
Changes.
Paradox may act in relation to your use of the Services (for example your Paradox Account)
with or without notice to you, in order to protect you, other users, or Paradox, for example by
restricting your access to the Services, resetting your Paradox Account password, and delete
data.
5. User Generated Content
We love when our community creates user-generated content, including mods, and we
encourage you to do so! We hereby grant you the right to create, enjoy and make publicly
available UGC, for non-commercial purposes. However, you are the creator of and responsible
for the UGC that you create, and that UGC shall not contain any material which is unlawful,
infringing, inappropriate, or violates any contracts or common sense.
We are not always the owner of the intellectual property for a Game and therefore, we cannot
unconditionally allow UGC to all Games. Please contact our support team at
if you wonder which Games are affected.
“UGC” includes for example chat and forum posts, Game and character customizations,
cinematics, scripts and programs, mods, gameplay, modes, music and sound, animations, and
other types of works relating to the Services. For streaming our Games and Services, please
see section 6.
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Your rights in your UGC only extend to the new, original content you create as part of your UGC
and do not extend to or grant any rights to the Services or anything created or made available
by third parties, or any content made available by Paradox through the Services.
By making your UGC available, you grant us and our affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free,
sublicensable, irrevocable, and perpetual right to use, develop, reproduce, modify, create
derivative works from, distribute, transmit, broadcast, otherwise communicate, publicly display,
publicly perform and otherwise commercialise or exploit your UGC in any manner or form and in
any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised without attribution or compensation
to you or any third party. This right shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise agreed, the creation and publication of UGC are for strictly non-commercial
purposes only. The UGC shall be provided for free and be freely available (for example, you
may not place your UGC behind a paywall), but you may accept donations for your time through
Patreon, or similar services, or through sponsorships.
Paradox is under no obligation to use, distribute or continue to distribute UGC and we may
restrict or remove your UGC at our sole discretion.
If you encounter content created by another user that you find offensive, we encourage you to
report this content by filing a ticket using our support portal. You can access the portal using the
following URL: . Please provide as much detailed
information in the ticket as possible, including but not limited to: what content you find offensive,
the user name of the person exposing you to such content, what type of platform you were
using, game version number, save game ID/SGID for the multiplayer session (if applicable) and
any other form of relevant information that might help us identify the content and/or user.
6. Streaming Paradox Games
You may make videos, live streams, or artwork that contain gameplay, music, sound, and
screenshots from our Services (“Paradox Game Content”) and share them on media sharing
websites such as Twitch, YouTube, Bilibili, Reddit, etc. provided that your content is freely
available to the public (for example you may not place your content behind a paywall).
Monetization of such content is allowed only via such websites’ official affiliate, advertising, or
partner programs. Other forms of monetization of Paradox Game Content are not permitted.
You may only use Paradox Game Content from Games that have been officially released to the
public, or from promotional materials officially released (such as product trailers) unless you
have been directed in writing by us or our partners to do so.
You must include your own creative input and commentary in Paradox Game Content. It is not
permitted to make videos and images that just contain mere copies of Paradox Game Content
without any of your creative input.
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If you want to use the intellectual property of a third party (for example music) together with
Paradox Game Content, you are responsible for obtaining any necessary third-party
permissions. Please note that some Game soundtracks or songs included in our Services may
not be owned by us. As this varies from Game to Game, be aware that music may trigger
content flags and potential removal of the video. In addition, Game soundtracks may never be
posted or distributed separately and apart from Game footage. Also, music from the following
soundtracks/channels cannot be used:
● “Europa Universalis IV: Sabaton Soundtrack”
● “Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack”
● “Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack Vol. II”
● Cities: Skylines in-game radio channel “Gold FM”
You are not permitted to imply or state that your videos are officially affiliated with, sponsored,
endorsed, or approved by us (unless you have been directed to do so).
7. Rules of Conduct
When using the Services you agree that you accept and agree to our Code of Conduct, which in
short states that you may not:
● break the law (for example commit any intellectual property infringement);
● misuse or take any actions that can harm the Service(s) (for example disrupt or interfere
with any service, server or use, develop, distribute, or sell cheats, etc);
● take any actions that negatively affect Paradox, your fellow Paradoxians, or anyone else
(for example spam the forums, share personal data, harass, troll, necropost, post any
NSFW content or any Nazi propaganda or symbols, or disturb the peace); or
● promote, encourage or take part in any prohibited activity described above.
For more detailed information, please refer to the Code of Conduct.
8. Games and Launcher
Prior to playing any Game, Paradox may require that you install and use the latest version of the
Game launcher (“Paradox Launcher”). You understand that The Paradox Launcher and/or
Game may download and install updates, upgrades, and additional features automatically and
you agree that Paradox has no obligation to support previous versions of the Paradox Launcher
or Game upon the availability of an update, upgrade, and/or implementation of additional
features. Failure to install available updates may render the Game, and/or Services,
unavailable/unplayable.
You may install a Game on different computers but you may only run a Game on one
computer/device at a time.
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9. Term and Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated by you or Paradox. Paradox may terminate this
Agreement if Paradox determines that you have failed to comply with the terms and conditions
of the Agreement. Paradox will, if practical, notify you of its decision to terminate. You shall then
immediately cease all use of the Service(s). The termination may result in you losing your
Paradox Account name, username, achievements, forum badges, and other content associated
with your Paradox Account or use of the Service.
Prior to terminating the Agreement, Paradox may issue you a warning, suspend, or alter your
access to a Service, remove or delete any content which violates this Agreement, or ban your
account or device from accessing certain Services. You will not be entitled to any refund if such
action is taken and nothing will be credited.
You may terminate this Agreement at any point. If you terminate this Agreement, you shall
immediately cease to use the Service(s).
Paradox may terminate any Service by giving thirty days notice by email or within the affected
Service (pop-up or similar). A terminated Service will not receive any updates or Changes and
we do not guarantee that the Service will continue to function on newer or updated operating
systems or be available for download.
All sections that by their nature would survive termination shall survive termination.
10. Privacy and Use of Data
Please read our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we process your personal data in
relation to the Services.
11. Guarantees and Limitations of Liability
This limited guarantee is in addition to and does not affect your statutory rights which cannot be
excluded or limited in any way under applicable law.
Paradox guarantees that the Services will provide the features and functions generally
described in the latest relevant product documentation at the time of your purchase or use of the
Service.
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Paradox does not guarantee that the service or your ability to use it will be uninterrupted or
error-free. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim any implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Paradox, its affiliates, or
licensees, be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever
(including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of
business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use the
Service or defect in or caused by the Service, including but not limited to compromising the
security of your unit on which the Services run, operating system or files, or the provision of or
failure to provide support services, even if Paradox has been advised of the possibility of such
damages. You may recover only direct damages in an amount no greater than what you actually
paid for the applicable Service if any.
12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
You agree that this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and executed in Sweden
and any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the laws of
Sweden, excluding the law of conflicts and the Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods.
Most disputes, claims, or controversies regarding this Agreement (“Disputes”) can be resolved
by contacting Paradox at . Therefore, you agree to
first attempt to solve any Dispute informally with Paradox for 30 days before initiating any court
proceeding. Should the Dispute not be resolved by informal negotiations, you agree, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, that the Dispute shall be determined exclusively by binding
arbitration. The arbitration shall be administered by the Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration
Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. The arbitral tribunal shall be composed of
one arbitrator with the seat of arbitration in Stockholm, and the arbitral proceedings shall be
conducted in the English language.
If arbitration is unenforceable, you agree that the Dispute shall be determined exclusively by the
courts located in Stockholm, Sweden. Irrespective of the dispute resolution, you hereby waive
any right to trial by jury and the right to participate in any type of class action.
13. Updates to this Agreement
We may amend this Agreement from time to time by posting an updated version on our
Services. The amendments will come into effect after 30 days so make sure to review the
agreement often. Your continued use of the Service after the changes come into effect means
that you have accepted them
User Agreement
This User Agreement (“Agreement”) governs your access and use of products, content, and
services offered by Paradox Interactive AB (“Paradox”), such as games published by Paradox
(“Games”) and thereto related content, mod tools, upgrades, patches, features, launchers,
websites, forums, events hosted by Paradox and any other service offered by Paradox
(collectively “Services”).
By using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you don’t agree to the terms
of this Agreement, do not use the Services and instead contact your retailer regarding a
possible refund (if applicable).
Below follows a summary of the Agreement. Please note that the summary is only there to help
you read the Agreement while the long version actually governs your use of the Services.
Summary
1. Using our services means you’ve accepted this agreement. Contact your retailer if you
want to refund a Service.
2. The Services are licensed to you for non-commercial use and Paradox reserves all
rights to those Services.
3. You may need a Paradox Account to get the full experience of a Service.
4. Violating this Agreement can lead to suspension or termination of a Service!
5. Although we try our best, we don’t always get it right the first time, so you agree that the
Services may be modified.
6. Unfortunately, stuff happens and our Services may not always be available or receive
updates and actions may be taken to protect you or anyone else.
7. UGCs are cool but remember that you’re responsible for your UGC, which you give us
rights to use. The UGC shall be provided free of charge and only contain materials you
are allowed to use.
8. Please go ahead and stream our officially released Games but be aware that some
music cannot be included. We hope you make it big!
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9. Follow the law and these rules, be nice, and respect our Services and the community.
10. We may require you to install and use the Paradox Launcher to run the Services. Failure
to use the Launcher may make the Services unavailable.
11. The Agreement is in effect until terminated.
12. The Services will have the features and functionality described in relevant product
documentation and we are only liable for direct damages no greater than what you’ve paid
for the Service.
13. Let’s first try to solve disputes informally. If that doesn’t work, arbitration or the courts in
Stockholm will settle it.
14. The world changes and so will this Agreement when we post updated versions on our
website and/or Service.
Long Version
1. License
The Services are licensed or otherwise made available to you, not sold. Paradox or its licensors
own and reserve all rights to the Services, including all rights, title, and interest in the intellectual
property rights.
If and as long as you comply with this Agreement, Paradox grants you a personal, limited, non-
transferable, revocable, and non-exclusive license to use the Services, which you have duly
obtained access to, for your non-commercial use (unless stated otherwise herein or specifically
agreed between you and Paradox).
2. Paradox Account
Some Services may require you to have a Paradox Account. A Paradox Account can be created
by signing up using a valid email address and providing accurate, truthful, and complete
information.
You must be 16 years of age or older to create a Paradox Account (or the minimum age of your
country of residence, if higher). If you are between the ages of 16 and the minimum age
requirement of your country of residence, a parent or legal guardian must read and accept this
Agreement on your behalf. You are not allowed to have multiple Paradox Accounts.
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3. Changes to Services
Paradox may from time to time, patch, update, change or modify a Service (collectively
“Changes”). Such Changes are for example done to improve and re-balance gameplay as well
as improve the stability of the Service, or generally to improve the Services. We will inform you
of such Changes within the Services, for example in the patch notes. You may be required to
install or otherwise implement such Changes in order to continue to use the Services. The
Changes may cause irritation (but likely satisfaction), setbacks (but likely progress), or
limitations (but likely extensions or expansions) within the relevant Service and may affect
gameplay.
4. Availability
Paradox does not guarantee that any Service or part of Service will be available at all times, in
all locations, or at any given time or extent or that we will continue to offer a particular Service or
part of Service for any particular length of time, or that a Service will continue to receive
Changes.
Paradox may act in relation to your use of the Services (for example your Paradox Account)
with or without notice to you, in order to protect you, other users, or Paradox, for example by
restricting your access to the Services, resetting your Paradox Account password, and delete
data.
5. User Generated Content
We love when our community creates user-generated content, including mods, and we
encourage you to do so! We hereby grant you the right to create, enjoy and make publicly
available UGC, for non-commercial purposes. However, you are the creator of and responsible
for the UGC that you create, and that UGC shall not contain any material which is unlawful,
infringing, inappropriate, or violates any contracts or common sense.
We are not always the owner of the intellectual property for a Game and therefore, we cannot
unconditionally allow UGC to all Games. Please contact our support team at
if you wonder which Games are affected.
“UGC” includes for example chat and forum posts, Game and character customizations,
cinematics, scripts and programs, mods, gameplay, modes, music and sound, animations, and
other types of works relating to the Services. For streaming our Games and Services, please
see section 6.
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Your rights in your UGC only extend to the new, original content you create as part of your UGC
and do not extend to or grant any rights to the Services or anything created or made available
by third parties, or any content made available by Paradox through the Services.
By making your UGC available, you grant us and our affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free,
sublicensable, irrevocable, and perpetual right to use, develop, reproduce, modify, create
derivative works from, distribute, transmit, broadcast, otherwise communicate, publicly display,
publicly perform and otherwise commercialise or exploit your UGC in any manner or form and in
any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised without attribution or compensation
to you or any third party. This right shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise agreed, the creation and publication of UGC are for strictly non-commercial
purposes only. The UGC shall be provided for free and be freely available (for example, you
may not place your UGC behind a paywall), but you may accept donations for your time through
Patreon, or similar services, or through sponsorships.
Paradox is under no obligation to use, distribute or continue to distribute UGC and we may
restrict or remove your UGC at our sole discretion.
If you encounter content created by another user that you find offensive, we encourage you to
report this content by filing a ticket using our support portal. You can access the portal using the
following URL: . Please provide as much detailed
information in the ticket as possible, including but not limited to: what content you find offensive,
the user name of the person exposing you to such content, what type of platform you were
using, game version number, save game ID/SGID for the multiplayer session (if applicable) and
any other form of relevant information that might help us identify the content and/or user.
6. Streaming Paradox Games
You may make videos, live streams, or artwork that contain gameplay, music, sound, and
screenshots from our Services (“Paradox Game Content”) and share them on media sharing
websites such as Twitch, YouTube, Bilibili, Reddit, etc. provided that your content is freely
available to the public (for example you may not place your content behind a paywall).
Monetization of such content is allowed only via such websites’ official affiliate, advertising, or
partner programs. Other forms of monetization of Paradox Game Content are not permitted.
You may only use Paradox Game Content from Games that have been officially released to the
public, or from promotional materials officially released (such as product trailers) unless you
have been directed in writing by us or our partners to do so.
You must include your own creative input and commentary in Paradox Game Content. It is not
permitted to make videos and images that just contain mere copies of Paradox Game Content
without any of your creative input.
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If you want to use the intellectual property of a third party (for example music) together with
Paradox Game Content, you are responsible for obtaining any necessary third-party
permissions. Please note that some Game soundtracks or songs included in our Services may
not be owned by us. As this varies from Game to Game, be aware that music may trigger
content flags and potential removal of the video. In addition, Game soundtracks may never be
posted or distributed separately and apart from Game footage. Also, music from the following
soundtracks/channels cannot be used:
● “Europa Universalis IV: Sabaton Soundtrack”
● “Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack”
● “Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack Vol. II”
● Cities: Skylines in-game radio channel “Gold FM”
You are not permitted to imply or state that your videos are officially affiliated with, sponsored,
endorsed, or approved by us (unless you have been directed to do so).
7. Rules of Conduct
When using the Services you agree that you accept and agree to our Code of Conduct, which in
short states that you may not:
● break the law (for example commit any intellectual property infringement);
● misuse or take any actions that can harm the Service(s) (for example disrupt or interfere
with any service, server or use, develop, distribute, or sell cheats, etc);
● take any actions that negatively affect Paradox, your fellow Paradoxians, or anyone else
(for example spam the forums, share personal data, harass, troll, necropost, post any
NSFW content or any Nazi propaganda or symbols, or disturb the peace); or
● promote, encourage or take part in any prohibited activity described above.
For more detailed information, please refer to the Code of Conduct.
8. Games and Launcher
Prior to playing any Game, Paradox may require that you install and use the latest version of the
Game launcher (“Paradox Launcher”). You understand that The Paradox Launcher and/or
Game may download and install updates, upgrades, and additional features automatically and
you agree that Paradox has no obligation to support previous versions of the Paradox Launcher
or Game upon the availability of an update, upgrade, and/or implementation of additional
features. Failure to install available updates may render the Game, and/or Services,
unavailable/unplayable.
You may install a Game on different computers but you may only run a Game on one
computer/device at a time.
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9. Term and Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated by you or Paradox. Paradox may terminate this
Agreement if Paradox determines that you have failed to comply with the terms and conditions
of the Agreement. Paradox will, if practical, notify you of its decision to terminate. You shall then
immediately cease all use of the Service(s). The termination may result in you losing your
Paradox Account name, username, achievements, forum badges, and other content associated
with your Paradox Account or use of the Service.
Prior to terminating the Agreement, Paradox may issue you a warning, suspend, or alter your
access to a Service, remove or delete any content which violates this Agreement, or ban your
account or device from accessing certain Services. You will not be entitled to any refund if such
action is taken and nothing will be credited.
You may terminate this Agreement at any point. If you terminate this Agreement, you shall
immediately cease to use the Service(s).
Paradox may terminate any Service by giving thirty days notice by email or within the affected
Service (pop-up or similar). A terminated Service will not receive any updates or Changes and
we do not guarantee that the Service will continue to function on newer or updated operating
systems or be available for download.
All sections that by their nature would survive termination shall survive termination.
10. Privacy and Use of Data
Please read our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we process your personal data in
relation to the Services.
11. Guarantees and Limitations of Liability
This limited guarantee is in addition to and does not affect your statutory rights which cannot be
excluded or limited in any way under applicable law.
Paradox guarantees that the Services will provide the features and functions generally
described in the latest relevant product documentation at the time of your purchase or use of the
Service.
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Paradox does not guarantee that the service or your ability to use it will be uninterrupted or
error-free. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim any implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Paradox, its affiliates, or
licensees, be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever
(including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of
business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use the
Service or defect in or caused by the Service, including but not limited to compromising the
security of your unit on which the Services run, operating system or files, or the provision of or
failure to provide support services, even if Paradox has been advised of the possibility of such
damages. You may recover only direct damages in an amount no greater than what you actually
paid for the applicable Service if any.
12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
You agree that this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and executed in Sweden
and any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the laws of
Sweden, excluding the law of conflicts and the Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods.
Most disputes, claims, or controversies regarding this Agreement (“Disputes”) can be resolved
by contacting Paradox at . Therefore, you agree to
first attempt to solve any Dispute informally with Paradox for 30 days before initiating any court
proceeding. Should the Dispute not be resolved by informal negotiations, you agree, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, that the Dispute shall be determined exclusively by binding
arbitration. The arbitration shall be administered by the Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration
Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. The arbitral tribunal shall be composed of
one arbitrator with the seat of arbitration in Stockholm, and the arbitral proceedings shall be
conducted in the English language.
If arbitration is unenforceable, you agree that the Dispute shall be determined exclusively by the
courts located in Stockholm, Sweden. Irrespective of the dispute resolution, you hereby waive
any right to trial by jury and the right to participate in any type of class action.
13. Updates to this Agreement
We may amend this Agreement from time to time by posting an updated version on our
Services. The amendments will come into effect after 30 days so make sure to review the
agreement often. Your continued use of the Service after the changes come into effect means
that you have accepted them