Licence terms
TACHOGEST END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT · Version 1.2 of 4 November 2026
This is the same text the program shows before installation.
Securdata Sagl, Via per Gaggiolo 27, 6855 Stabio (Switzerland) ("Securdata") grants the use of the TachoGest program ("the program") to the company that installs it ("the customer") under the following terms. By installing or using the program the customer accepts them. The program is intended for businesses: whoever installs it declares that they act on behalf of a company. If the licence was purchased from an authorised reseller, the reseller is the customer's first point of contact for delivery, support and changes to the licence; these terms nevertheless apply between Securdata and the customer.
1. LICENCE
Securdata grants the customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the program, either as a free trial or as a paid licence. The paid licence is purchased once, does not expire and carries no recurring fees: program updates are included. Each licence is valid for one company only, the licence holder (company name and VAT or business identification number), and for the maximum number of drivers of the plan purchased; vehicles are not limited. The program may be installed on several computers of the same company.
2. WHAT IS NOT PERMITTED
The customer may not assign, rent or sublicense the program or the key, nor use them for a company other than the licence holder; may not circumvent the licence protection, the check of the licence holder or the driver limit (for example by rotating active drivers or by using several archives for the same company); may not modify, decompile or disassemble the program, except where the law expressly allows it (for example Art. 21 of the Swiss Federal Copyright Act, for interoperability).
3. TRIAL, PLANS AND SUSPENSION
The free trial lasts 30 days and counts as the smallest plan. Moving to a plan with more drivers is paid as the difference, with the same key and without reinstalling. Securdata may suspend the licence if it is used by more than one company, if the same key is found installed under different company details, if the driver limit is circumvented or in case of breach of these terms; the reseller may suspend the licences it has issued on account of its contractual relationship with its own customer. When the trial expires or during a suspension the program remains usable in read-only mode: the archive can be consulted, printed, exported and saved with the backups, but no new downloads are imported. The data remain the customer's.
4. INTERNET CONNECTION AND DATA TRANSMITTED
The program verifies the licence on Securdata's server at start-up and periodically while open, and works for up to 360 days without a connection. At each verification it transmits: the licence key, a technical fingerprint of the computer, the computer name, the version of the program and of the operating system, the company name and VAT number set in the program, a random code of the archive in use and the number of vehicles and drivers in the archive (numbers only, never names or driver data). The licence is tied to the licence holder: the company name and VAT number declared at the first paid activation become the reference, can be corrected within the following 7 days and are no longer changeable from the program afterwards; a computer declaring a different company is refused until the details match or the supplier accepts them. The program looks for updates on the same server.
If the customer writes to support from the program, the text, the e-mail address, technical data (version, operating system, archive counts) and, only if the customer attaches it, an image are transmitted; if the licence was issued by a reseller, the request goes to the reseller.
Backup copies of the archive are the customer's responsibility, on their own media (external disk, network folder, USB stick): the program produces them locally and does not transmit the archive to Securdata. Encrypted copies uploaded to Securdata's server before 4 November 2026 remain retrievable through the supplier until Securdata gives notice of their deletion.
The servers are located in Switzerland (Infomaniak Network SA, Geneva). Securdata's privacy policy applies, published at www.securdata.ch/privacy-policy/.
5. DRIVER DATA AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
Tachograph and card data are personal data of the drivers: the data controller is the customer. Securdata does not access the customer's archive, except through the functions described in point 4.
The customer retains the obligations laid down by the rules on driving and rest times and on the tachograph: downloading the data within the prescribed periods, keeping them for the required time, keeping backup copies on a separate medium, informing the drivers. Data of drivers beyond the plan limit remain archived and viewable (retention obligation), but are not analysed nor included in documents until the plan covers them.
6. NATURE OF THE RESULTS
The analyses, findings, severities and documents produced by the program are an aid to internal control: they are neither legal advice nor a decision of an authority. They depend on the data recorded by the tachographs and on the parameters chosen by the customer, and must be checked by a person before any measure is taken. Special cases (derogations, ferries, exceptional events) must be assessed individually.
7. WARRANTY
Securdata develops the program with care and corrects reported defects through updates within a reasonable time. It does not guarantee that the program is free of errors or suitable for every particular need of the customer. If a defect makes the program unusable for its intended purpose and is not corrected within a reasonable time, the customer may withdraw from the licence within twelve months of purchase and obtain a refund of the price paid.
8. LIABILITY
Securdata is liable for damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence. For slight negligence liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law. In any case, except for intent or gross negligence, the following are excluded: indirect and consequential damage, loss of profit, loss of data that the customer could have avoided with their own backups, and fines imposed on the customer for obligations the law places on them. Securdata's total liability is limited to the price paid by the customer for the licence. During the free trial Securdata is liable only for intent and gross negligence.
9. OWNERSHIP
The program, the documentation and the trademarks remain Securdata's. The customer receives only the right of use described in point 1.
10. CHANGES
Securdata may change these terms. Material changes are notified at least 30 days before they take effect, including by a notice in the program; a customer who does not accept them may continue to use the version of the program in their possession under the previous terms, without subsequent updates.
11. LAW AND JURISDICTION
Swiss law applies, excluding the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The place of jurisdiction is Securdata's registered office (Stabio, Canton of Ticino).
12. LANGUAGE
These terms exist in Italian, German, French, English and Spanish. In case of discrepancies the Italian version prevails.
Contact: Securdata Sagl, info@securdata.ch, tachogest.com