Terms of use

1. Licence and use

Sine Nomine is the exclusive intellectual property of Habeas Corpus (Habeas Corpus Consulting is a trademark of Habeas Corpus). Buying a licence under the terms of sale grants the purchaser a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable right of use, for one computer only and with no time limit. The licence is non-transferable: any change of computer requires a new licence. Use on several computers, including within the same company, requires one licence per computer. All future versions of Sine Nomine are included at no extra cost, including major versions. Use may be personal or professional; the user processes only documents whose data they are entitled to process.

An access key, entered at installation or in the application, is activated once, with an Internet connection: it fixes the number of activations allowed (one for a purchased licence) and is not returned automatically. An evaluation key, supplied by the publisher on request, limits use to evaluating the software for the period it sets; it is not production use.

It is forbidden to circumvent or disable the activation mechanism, to redistribute the software, to make it available to third parties or to run it on a computer other than the licensed one, subject to the rights the law grants the user. Support is not included in the licence: it is subject to separate terms, to be requested from contact@sinenomine.app.

Sine Nomine relies on open-source components that remain subject to their own licences (see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md). They are not redistributed with Sine Nomine.

2. Warranty and liability

Sine Nomine is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, in particular as to the completeness of detection, fitness for a particular purpose or freedom from error. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Habeas Corpus is not liable for direct or indirect damage arising from use of the tool, its operation or its malfunctions, including where information is undetected, wrongly replaced or disclosed. This exclusion does not apply in cases of gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or where the law prohibits excluding it, in particular towards consumers. The user remains solely responsible for checking the files produced and for how they are used, including files the user sends to an artificial intelligence or an online service.

3. Reliability of detection

No automatic detection is 100% reliable. Names, companies, products, places or sensitive information may go undetected or be detected wrongly. Human validation of every run is essential, and the files produced must be reviewed before they are shared.

4. Confidentiality and location of files

Sine Nomine processes your files only on your computer and sends none of your documents or names over the Internet. The Internet is used only for installation: to download components and detection models, and (at installation or when you enter a new key in the application) to activate your access key with the Habeas Corpus activation server, which receives only the key, a random installation identifier, the version and the language (see the privacy policy). Once installed, Sine Nomine works offline. If you place Sine Nomine's folders or your files in a synchronisation or archiving service (Google Drive, OneDrive or any other), that service transmits and keeps the files under its own terms and your responsibility; the same applies to pseudonymised files you send to an online service.

5. Pseudonymisation and anonymisation

Pseudonymisation. Each name is replaced by a random code (for example Personne_KQXMB). The correspondence table and the code archive make it possible to recover the original information and restore the original values in files: within the meaning of the GDPR this is pseudonymisation, not anonymisation. This data contains the original information: keep it separately and securely, or delete it if you do not need it.

Anonymisation. Names are replaced by numbers (Personne_1, Société_1…) and no correspondence table is kept: Sine Nomine keeps no means of recovering the original names from the files produced. This mode does not guarantee that the result is anonymous within the meaning of the GDPR: a text may remain identifiable by cross-referencing (job, place, event, combination of information). Review it before sharing.

6. Governing law

These terms are governed by French law, without depriving the consumer of the protection afforded by the mandatory provisions of the law of their country of residence. Failing an amicable agreement, any dispute falls within the jurisdiction of the courts of Paris, subject to mandatory rules on jurisdiction, in particular in favour of consumers.