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Website, documentation packages and application's text (language files) are released under GNU FDL license unless differently specified.

Software screenshots are released under public domain and are free for any use: please feel free to use them (either copying the files or linking the URLs) on websites, blogs etc, and update them when needed with updated screenshot published here.

All software packages published in PeaZip project are released under Open Source GNU LGPLv3 license, and are free for any personal, professional, and commercial use, and does not contain adware or otherwise harmful software.

In years 2011 to 2014 PeaZip project had partnered with advertisers (as AVG Antivirus, OpenCandy) for delivering ads in Windows installers, the partnerships ended with the PeaZip 5.3.0 ad-free release in April 2014; since then the Windows installers containing adware modules were removed from all official PeaZip project repositories.
If you find PeaZip packages containg malware, adware, or otherwise unwanted software, please report them to the maintainers of the repository or website publishing them, and to me (see Report issues section), so action can be taken in the best interest of user's security.

The same licensing model apply also to any third parts contributions to the website or the software: FDL license apply in case of text/documentation, and LGPLv3 apply in any other case (unless differently specified in both cases).


Export, ECCN, COO


As software containing strong cryptographic functions, PeaZip is classified in 5D002 category, accordingly to Wassenaar Arrangement coding, for US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security ECCN (Export Administration Regulations), European Union EC 388/2012, and UK Strategic Export Control Lists.
The classification may be different according to the laws and regulations of other nations.

Country Of Origin (COO) is Italy: the product is developed, maintained, and tested in Italy: however please note that PeaZip, as Open Source software, plainly could not even exists without the contribution of other Open Source projects (you can find them credited in Third party technologies section of the website) and without the constant feedback from users (mainly collected in the official Issue tracker on SourceForge).


Distribution

PeaZip software is Open Source and can be freely distributed under the terms of GNU LGPLv3 license.
Third parts distributors can use following official PAD files to stay automatically up to date with releases:

PADv4

PeaZip for Linux http://repository.appvisor.com/info/app-10001b71cb66/PeaZip_for_Linux_pad.xml
PeaZip for macOS http://repository.appvisor.com/info/app-1400ac3e75d4/PeaZip_for_macOS_pad.xml
PeaZip for Microsoft Windows (all) http://repository.appvisor.com/info/app-b000ff93001d/PeaZip_pad.xml

PADv3 (legacy format)

PeaZip for Linux peazip_linux.xml
PeaZip for macOS peazip_mac.xml
PeaZip for Microsoft Windows (all) peazip.xml
PeaZip for Microsoft Windows 64 bit only peazip_64bit.xml
PeaZip Portable peazip_portable.xml


Usage

For technical support about the software please refer to the Online Support/Help page.



Cookies informative


This document provides for detailed information on the use of cookies, on how they are used on this website and how to manage them.
Please note that this website does NOT use cookies.


Definitions

Cookies are small text files that are stored by a web server on the of the storage of the device used (computer, tablet, smartphone), depending on the users’ browser options. This information can be used during the same online session or when accessing again the same website even after several days.
Duration (either limited or unlimited) of the cookie is set when the cookie is created: if information is kept past the duration of the session the cookie is defined Permanent.

Based on their characteristic and use, cookies can be classified as:
  1. Technical: cookies necessary for the correct functioning of a website, with duration strictly limited to the duration of the session
  2. Analytic: cookies used to collect anonymous aggregated data on user’s browse experience and use of services. They can be deselected with no loss of functionality.
  3. Profiling: cookies that identify (also on aggregate anonymous basis) user’s preferences to ensure a better browsing experience and/or ads matching user habits and expectations.
User’s browser can receive cookies that are created and managed from a website (third party) different from the one that the user is visiting, this type of cookie is defined Third Party. The use of the information collected by third parties with their cookies is regulated by their respective informative notes and privacy policies.

Many online sources provides more in-depth technical and legal information about cookies and other similar technologies. Wikipedia cookie article is a good starting place for accessing a multilingual compendium which takes in account different international legal regimes, another good source of information is http://www.aboutcookies.org/.


Which cookies are used by this website, for what purpose, and how to selectively allow or disallow them

PeaZip website does not use cookies of any type, in the best interest of user's privacy.

To guarantee users the verifiability of the enforcement of this rule of conduct, the source code of the website in all of its components is publicly available online on GitHub repository https://github.com/peazip/peazip.github.io and is entirely auditable at any time by any subject.
Also, GitHub, which hosts PeaZip website, has itself a very restrictive policy about cookies: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/


Cookies Management


As general rule, user may decide to accept or not to accept cookies from browser’s settings on his own device. Disabling (specific or all) cookies have no impact on user experience on this site, but may affect the use of other websites (i.e. access to reserved areas, or use of some services or features). Depending on the user's device software, cookie settings can be changed on the basis of the single sites and web applications.
To manage cookies on computer, tablet, and mobile phone, please refer to the related software or device manual for additional information, following list collects support pages about this topic for most common browsers (translations in different languages are usually provided by respective websites)
Apple Safari https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/view-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-a7d95376-f2cd-8e4a-25dc-1de753474879
Microsoft Internet Explorer http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
Opera http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.00/en/cookies.html

Some free online services are available to analyze what cookies are in use on a website, in example http://www.cookie-checker.com/



Privacy notice



PeaZip software

PeaZip software does not collect, process or communicate/diffuse personal identifiable information about users.

PeaZip, in the best interest of users' privacy, lacks any function to store and send data of any kind from user's computer, the only networking capability being linking the online resources (pages of updates, support, issue tracker, etc).

From Options > Settngs, General tab, Privacy and Security group it is possible to access to all relevant features from a single place, as:
  • verify updates
  • check for available documentation, issue tracker, CVE entries
  • selectively reset temporary work files, configuration, history, bookmarks, etc
  • define a custom work folder
  • disable history, etc
The software is distributed thorugh GitHub, either in form of downloadable packages for different platform and of Git repository, in any case when using GitHub repository to access to ther software refer to GitHub Privacy Policy https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement

PeaZip project software is Open Source, which means it can be legally hosted and distributed under LGPLv3 licensing terms by any third party actor: when using third parties sources to get our software in any form please refer to their own Privacy Policies.


PeaZip website

PeaZip project website is a personal website, and does not collect, process or communicate/diffuse personal identifiable information about visitors.

The website is hosted on GitHub, which logs visitors' technical information for the purpose of maintaining and improving the quality and security of its hosting infrastructure: GitHub does not share any of the collected information with (nor otherwise provide access to) the author of the website.
For further details abut the nature of the data collected by GitHub and its own privacy related procedures, please refer to:
GitHub Pages TOS https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/about-github-pages
GitHub Privacy Policy https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement

Synopis: PeaZip project Terms of Service (TOS). Program's and website's Copyright / Copyleft notice, Terms of Service, ECCN, Cookie management, Privacy notice.

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