License Agreement for use of Yandex with Alice for Mobile Devices

Before using the program, please, read the terms and conditions of the following license agreement.

Any use of the program shall mean your full and unconditional acceptance of the terms and conditions of this license agreement.

If you do not accept the license agreement in full, you may not use the program for any purpose.

1. General Provisions

1.1. This License Agreement (the “License”) sets the terms of use of Yandex with Alice for mobile devices (the “Program”), devices operating on Tizen system, and Yandex.Station and Yandex.Station Mini device models and is made by a person using the Program (the “User”) and Yandex (as referred in User Agreement for Yandex Services https://yandex.com/legal/rules/), being a holder of the exclusive right to the Program (the “Rightholder”).

1.2. By copying the Program, installing it on his/her device or using the Program in any way the User expresses his/her full and unconditional consent to all the terms and conditions of the License.

1.3. The Program may be used only under this License. If the User does not accept the terms and conditions of the License in full, the User may not use the Program for any purpose. The Program is prohibited to be used in violation of (failing to fulfill) any of the terms and conditions of the License.

1.4. The Program may be used by the User free of charge under the terms and conditions of this License for personal non-profit purposes. Use of the Program on terms and in a manner not provided for by this License is possible only under a separate agreement with the Rightholder.

1.5. When using the Program, the User agrees that the following documents, the terms whereof fully apply to the use of the Program, form an integral part of this License:

The Rightholder may unilaterally amend the said documents (inter alia, any parts thereof) without any special notice. New revisions of the documents shall come into effect upon publication thereof, unless otherwise stipulated by the new revisions.

1.6. This License and all relations associated with the use of the Program shall be subject to the laws of the Russian Federation, and any claims or actions arising out of or in connection with this License or the use of the Program shall be referred to and reviewed by courts at the Rightholder’s location.

1.7. The Rightholder may provide the User with a translation of this License from Russian into other languages. However, in the event of a conflict between the License in Russian and the translation thereof, only the Russian version of the License will be legally binding.

2. Rights to the Program

2.1. The exclusive right to the Program is vested in the Rightholder.

3. License

3.1. The Rightholder shall, free of charge and under an ordinary (non-exclusive) license, grant to the User the non-transferable right to use the Program in all countries of the world as follows:

3.1.1. To use the Program as intended, wherefore to copy and install (reproduce) it on the User's device(-s). The User may install the Program on an unlimited number of devices. When installed on a device, each copy of the Program is assigned an individual number automatically reported to the Rightholder.

3.1.2. To reproduce and distribute the Program for non-commercial purposes (free of charge).

4. Restrictions

4.1. Except when used in the scope and in the manner expressly stipulated by this License or the laws of the Russian Federation, the User may not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt and perform any other actions with the object code of the Program, as meant to obtain information on the implementation of algorithms used in the Program, create derivative works using the Program and otherwise use (allow to use) the Program, without the Rightholder’s written consent.

4.2. The User may not reproduce and distribute the Program for commercial purposes (inter alia, for a fee), inter alia, as part of software product collections, without the Rightholder’s written consent.

4.3. The User may not distribute the Program in any form other than the form received, without the Rightholder’s written consent.

4.4. The Program shall be used (inter alia, be distributed) under the name: Yandex Mobile. The User may not change the name of the Program, change and/or delete the copyright notice or other references to the Rightholder.

5. Terms of Use of Certain Functions of the Program

5.1. The Program is not functional, unless there is Internet access. The User will independently obtain and pay for such access under terms and as per tariffs of his/her telecom or Internet provider.

5.2. The User is hereby notified and agrees that when the Positioning function is used in the Program, before a search query is sent, the Program receives data on the nearest cell of the telecoms operator, which SIM-card is installed in the User’s device, and sends it as part of the search query to the Rightholder to search for objects closest to the User and corresponding to his/her query, until the said function is disabled.

5.3. The User may cease transmitting the data specified in cl. 5.2 at any time by deactivating the respective function.

5.4. The User is hereby notified and agrees that when statistics auto-delivery is enabled in the Program the Rightholder automatically receives anonymous (with no reference to the User) information on the website visited, the page viewed, and files downloaded, anonymized voice recordings in case of voice activation, and information on the User's device hardware, the User's device operating system, the software installed on the device, the software active (running) on the device, potential threat sources or suspicious programs in the operating system, the list of frequently used folders in the file system of the User’s device and local search results (when this function is used) to provide the relevant functions of the Program and to improve the quality of products and services provided to the User. The User can disable the collection of the said data by disabling statistics auto-sending in the Program settings.

5.5. When using the program, the Caller ID function shall be available to the User. The function will provide the User with the opportunity to get information about the subscriber from whom the call is received to the user's number, as well as to make settings for limiting the possibility of a call to the User's phone number according to the categories of calls specified by the latter.

The contact details of the identified subscribers are obtained by Yandex from open sources, including from the Yandex.Business service (https://yandex.ru/sprav/main), as well as based on the information received from Users about the category of the call. Yandex shall not be responsible for the accuracy and relevance of the information provided, and also will not guarantee error-free, accurate and uninterrupted operation in terms of call restrictions.

The User is hereby notified and agrees that the Rightholder, in order to provide the appropriate functions of the Program, will access the data of the phone book and the call log of the device, and also collect and store the following data of the User's device: data on incoming calls of the User, data on the fact of acceptance, rejection, absence of actions on the part of the User in relation to an incoming call, data on the commencement of a call and end of a call. The User may disable the collection of the specified data by disabling the function in the Program settings.

5.5.1. When using the Caller ID function, the Telephone Assistant function shall be available to the User. The function will provide the User with the ability to automatically answer an incoming voice call by transferring the call to a robot assistant, recording the call for its subsequent decryption and sending such text to the User using the functions of the Yandex.Messenger service (https://yandex.ru/legal/messenger_termsofuse), or other services supported by the function. The function may provide several modes of operation, configurable by the User in the Program interface. Making a call and paying for communication shall be carried out in accordance with the rules and tariffs of the User's operator. Call recording and connection of the answering machine function shall be provided by forwarding the call to the pool of Yandex.Telephony numbers (https://yandex.ru/legal/telephony_termsofuse). The function will be available only if the User has an active Yandex Plus subscription.

By enabling the Telephone Assistant function, the User agrees that Yandex records a phone call made to the User's subscriber number. Information about calls shall be recorded and stored in accordance with the terms of use of the Yandex.Telephony program (https://yandex.ru/legal/telephony_mobile_agreement), as well as in accordance with the Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/).

The recording of the phone call shall also be transmitted to Yandex.Cloud LLC for the purposes of text conversion of the recorded call using SpeechKit technology, as well as analysis of the received data for the purpose of algorithm learning.

When enabling this function, the User acknowledges and guarantees that the decrypted text of the call will be used exclusively for the User's personal purposes. The User shall be solely responsible for any other use of the received record that is not covered by the purposes of the provided Function.

5.6. When using the Program, the Reader function shall be available to the User. The Reader function will allow the User to download text documents from the catalog provided by the Rightholder to the User's device, or the User's own text files, for graphical display of a text file in the Program and/or audio reproduction of the contents of text documents or its fragments in automatic mode.

The User undertakes to use the function for legitimate purposes in compliance with the rights and legitimate interests of third parties. The User undertakes to independently and under their own responsibility assess the consequences of downloading the files selected into the Program, including the content, security and legality of the use thereof. Yandex does not guarantee the accuracy, correctness, completeness of the text display or its sound reproduction, as well as the compatibility of the file format with the Program.

The function may be used exclusively for personal, non-commercial purposes. It shall be prohibited to copy, extract, save to the device's memory, distribute the results of automatic voice reproduction of text using the Program in the public domain.

5.7. When using the Program, the Pedometer function shall be available to the User. The function will provide the User with an automatic calculation of the number of steps made for a certain period of time, available for calculation from the moment the function is activated.

By activating the function, the User agrees to the transmission of data about the location of the User's device.

Yandex does not guarantee the accuracy of the displayed information.

5.8. When using the Program, the Smart Camera function will be available to the User. The function will provide the User with the opportunity to set a search query in the Yandex search engine using an image obtained from the User's device camera (hereinafter referred to as the Query).

The information provided by the function is of a reference nature.

Yandex does not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, completeness, reliability of the information that may be obtained using the function. The information provided within the function shall not be intended to be used for any purpose or in any capacity (for example, to establish and/or confirm any facts, as evidence in making legally significant decisions, to provide information and make accurate calculations, research, obtaining exact coordinates and information about official names, determining a position regarding the status of objects or territories, etc.).

Using the Function, the following actions will be available to the User:

5.8.1. Car recognition — search for information about the make and model, technical characteristics, approximate cost of the vehicle displayed and recognized from the content of the Query.

The information specified in the response to the Query shall be provided on the basis of publicly available data, including data from Auto.ru (https://auto.ru) and third-party websites that are relevant at the time of the User's access to the Program. To obtain official information about the technical specifications of the vehicle, the User should contact its manufacturer.

5.8.2. Food recognition – a search for information about a food product displayed and recognized from the content of the Query, its consumer and nutritional characteristics (nutritional value (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, calories), cost in various stores, etc.).

The information specified in the response to the Query may be provided based on data from Yandex services, third-party websites, as well as other publicly available data.

5.8.3. Solutions — search for information about the methods and procedure for solving a mathematical equation displayed and recognized from the content of the Query.

Yandex shall not be responsible for the correctness of the solution method selected and the presence of errors in the provided methods of solving equations.

5.9. The Program will provide the User with the ability to make a voice call to a subscriber to make calls via mobile communication from the User's device. This function may be activated by pronouncing or entering a phrase: “Call <name of the contact in the phone book>”.

The call will be made using standard means of calling the subscriber on the User's device, and will be charged under the User's contract with their mobile operator.

The service does not guarantee the accuracy of recognition, as well as the actual making of the subscriber's call.

The User is hereby notified and agrees that for the purposes of providing the function on various user devices, Yandex will access the phone book on the User device (to the names and types of contacts and phone numbers), as well as collect and store the specified data.

The User will have the opportunity to request the deletion of the above data in the Service settings.

To terminate Yandex's access to contacts on their device, the User may prohibit the application from accessing contacts in their device settings.

5.10. The Program will provide the authorized User with the functionality to search for information about unpaid fines for an administrative offense in the field of traffic, parking and landscaping (hereinafter referred to as a Fine), pay for Fines found and enabling notifications about new Fines in relation to the vehicle specified by the User. The information about Fines is provided by the Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (Functions) Federal State Information System (Portal of Public Services (USIA), https://esia.gosuslugi.ru/login).

To search and monitor information about Fines in the special Fines section of the Program (in the User's profile settings in Yandex ID), the User shall provide vehicle data (vehicle registration certificate number) and the number of the User's driver's license. In order to provide functionality, the User data shall be transferred to Raschetnye Sistemy, LLC (OGRN 1107847325519). The Rightholder shall process the received data under the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com/legal/confidential) for the purposes of providing information and storing the received data in the personal account of the Yandex ID service.

In case of receiving information about the presence of Fines in relation to the vehicle specified by the User, the User may pay the Fine using the Yandex Pay service (https://yandex.ru/legal/token_pay_termsofuse). Information about Fines found and paid shall be available to the user in the interface of the Fines section.

The functionality of the service shall be provided “as is”. The Rightholder does not guarantee the accuracy, uninterrupted operation of the function, as well as the timely payment of a Fine. The User undertakes to independently verify the accuracy and completeness of the data provided by it, as well as the information about any existing Fines.

When enabling notification on the presence of new Fines, the Rightholder will inform the User by sending push notices to the User's device or otherwise using the contact details specified by the User in the Yandex Services account. The Rightholder does not guarantee the sending of notifications regarding the Fines, as well as the timeliness of sending and receiving such notification by the User.

5.11. All the data on the use of the Program transferred under this License shall be saved and processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com/legal/confidential).

6. Terms of use of the Yandex smart speaker

6.1. The Program may be used by the User to authorize and configure the Yandex.Station, other devices that support the functions of the Alice voice assistant (https://yandex.com/legal/alice_termsofuse), (hereinafter referred to as the Device).

When starting to use a function of a Device, the User fully and unconditionally agrees with all the terms of the License and the documents referred to in cl. 1.5 of this License.

6.2. Before using the Device, the User will undergo the authorization procedure using the Program, and also configure the Device in accordance with the requirements of the instructions. Detailed information about setting up and using the Device is available online at: https://yandex.ru/support/station/start/turn-on.html.

6.3. The User is hereby notified and agrees that when the User uses functions of a Device, he or she can access third-party services, products, and intellectual property. The User undertakes to review the terms of use of such services, products, and intellectual property and accept them.

6.4. The Rightholder is not a party to relations between the User and the administration or the Rightholders of the services, products, and intellectual property defined in cl. 6.3 of this License. The Rightholder does not guarantee to the User that such services, products, and intellectual property are available, error-free, operate uninterruptedly, and fit the User's expectations and the intended use. The Rightholder is neither liable to the User for such services, products, and intellectual property, nor liable, inter alia, for any losses (including lost profit) the User incurred accessing such services, products, and intellectual property by means of a Device.

6.5. The Rightholder may charge a fee for making the services, products, and intellectual property referred to in cl. 6.3 of this License accessible to the User subject to the terms set in this section of the License.

6.6. When using the Device and interacting with the voice assistant Alice (https://yandex.com/legal/alice_termsofuse), the User can activate the voice recognition function by giving a special command to the voice assistant. To activate the function, the User shall record test phrases. Upon confirmation of the function activation, the Device will be able to distinguish between commands given by the User and commands spoken by third parties in order to provide the most relevant recommendations in Yandex services (e.g., for assessing musical preferences in the Yandex.Music service) and presenting a relevant response to the User's command.

The Rightholder shall neither guarantee the accuracy and uninterrupted operation of the function, nor guarantee, inter alia, the correct recognition of the User or the impossibility of confusing the User with a third party.

The function is neither a User identification tool, nor a tool for protecting the Device from third-party access to the use of its functions, and serves exclusively the purposes specified above.

By activating the function, the User gives his/her consent to the use of the received voice recording, including the automatic creation of a mathematical pattern of the User's voice recording on its basis, in order to provide the possibility of recognizing the User by the Device when performing voice commands.

The processing of the data received is performed on the terms of the Privacy Policy published at https://yandex.com/legal/confidential.

If the User wants to deactivate the function, he can set the appropriate command to the voice assistant, upon confirming which, the received voice recording data will be deleted.

Access to the function may be limited depending on the User location.

6.6.1. When using the Device and interacting with the Alice voice assistant (https://yandex.com/legal/alice_termsofuse), the User can activate the Time Capsule function by giving a special command to the voice assistant.

The possibility of listening to the recording will open for the User after receiving a special notification from the Device or through other communication channels with the User. To listen to the responses recorded by the User, the User shall follow the instructions specified in the notification.

Please note: any person who has access to the device may receive a notification about the possibility of listening to the recording, as well as listen to the User's recording. Yandex shall not responsible be for disclosing information about the content of the recording to third parties if such disclosure is due to the free access of these persons to the Device.

The User may activate the Time Capsule function only once in relation to one Yandex Services account.

6.7. As part of functions of a Device, the Rightholder uses YouTube API services ((https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/api-services-terms-of-service-ru).

When accessing the YouTube service (https://www.youtube.com) provided by YouTube LLC (901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066) (hereinafter referred to as YouTube) by means of a Device, the User undertakes to familiarize himself and accept the terms of use of YouTube posted at https://www.youtube.com/t/terms and the terms of the Privacy Policy posted at https://www.youtube.com/t/terms, and Privacy Policy terms posted at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy. If the User disagrees with the terms of these documents, he or she undertakes to stop using YouTube by means of a Device.

Data on the User using YouTube by means of a Device shall be stored and processed as per the Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com/legal/confidential) and the YouTube Privacy Policy posted at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

When the User uses a Device and accesses YouTube, the Rightholder receives and stores the following data:

  • personal details the User provides about himself/herself when using the Device, in particular, when using YouTube by means of the Device;
  • data that is automatically transmitted to the Device when it is in use, including the IP address, specifications of the equipment and software the User uses, information on operation errors, date and time of access to the Device and YouTube, URLs of requested pages, and any other similar information;
  • cookies sent and received by the Device.

The Rightholder may use the above data to identify the User to gain access to a Device and to access YouTube, to provide the User with customized functions of the Device, to target third-party advertising, for statistical and research purposes, and to improve the operation.

The Rightholder processes and stores the received data based on the principle of confidentiality. It is only possible to transfer data to third parties in the cases specified in Section 7 of the Privacy Policy (https://yandex.com/legal/confidential).

The User may revoke his/her consent to the processing of data received by the Device, when the User accesses YouTube. To do so, the User can make a corresponding request via the Rightholder's feedback form (http://mobile-feedback.yandex.ru/?from=m-yandex) or via the YouTube form (https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions).

7. Liability under the License

7.1. The Program is provided “as is”. The Rightholder provides no guarantees of error- and trouble-free operation of the Program or its certain components and/or functions, fitness of the Program for specific goals and expectations of the User, and provides no other guarantees, which are not expressly stated in this License.

7.2. The Rightholder shall not be held liable for any direct or indirect consequences of any use of or impossibility to use the Program and/or any damage inflicted on the User and/or third parties as a result of any use of, failure or impossibility to use the Program or its certain components and/or functions, inter alia, due to possible errors or malfunctions of the Program, except as expressly stipulated by laws.

7.3. The User is hereby notified and agrees that when the Program is used the Rightholder receives the following information automatically and anonymously (with no reference to the User): type of operating system of the User's device, Program version and ID, Program functions statistics, and any other technical data.

7.4. All questions and claims related to the use of/impossibility to use the Program and possible disregard of laws and/or third-party rights by the Program shall be forwarded via the feedback form available at http://mobile-feedback.yandex.ru/?from=m-yandex.

7.5. Relations regarding the provision of the Application and its functions to the User for use shall be governed by the legislation of the Russian Federation. If Yandex and the User fail to reach agreement, the issue may be resolved in court at the Rightholder location.

8. Updates/New Versions of the Program

8.1. This License covers all future updates/new versions of the Program. When the User agrees to install an update/new version of the Program, he or she accepts the terms and conditions of this License for respective updates/new versions of the Program, if there is no other license agreement for the update/new version of the Program.

8.2. The Program includes third-party software as separate components. Updates on such third-party software included in the Program are available at https://yandex.ru/legal/search_mobile_agreement/components.

9. Changes in the terms of this License

9.1. This License Agreement may be unilaterally amended by the Rightholder. The notification of the User about the modifications made to this License shall be posted at: https://yandex.com/legal/yaalice_mobile_agreement. The said amendments to the terms and conditions of the License Agreement shall come into effect once published, unless otherwise specified in the relevant publication.

Document publication date: May 03, 2023