Terms of Use

Effective Date: May 23, 2025 Last Updated: May 23, 2025

1. Welcome to Magma: Your Agreement to These Terms

Welcome to Magma! These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website (smagma.com) and all related software applications, mobile apps (like Magma VPN), services, documentation, and tools (collectively, the "Services") provided by Magma Security SAS, located at 37 Boulevard Ney, Paris, France.

By accessing or using any part of our Services, you are agreeing to be legally bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to all of these Terms, you must not access or use our Services.

2. Using Magma Services: What You Can and Cannot Do

Magma provides free-to-use Services designed to enhance your digital security and privacy. You can use our Services for lawful, personal, and non-commercial purposes only, strictly in accordance with these Terms.

You agree NOT to:

  • Violate Laws: Use the Services in any way that breaks any applicable local, national, or international laws or regulations.
  • Unauthorized Access: Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of our platform, infrastructure, or other users' data.
  • Malicious Activity: Introduce viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or any other malicious or technologically harmful material.
  • Interfere with Services: Disrupt, overburden, damage, or impair the functioning of the Services or interfere with any other party's use of them.
  • Reverse Engineering: Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, or create derivative works from any part of Magma's software, except where specific open-source licenses explicitly permit.
  • Data Scraping: Use automated systems (like bots, spiders, or scrapers) to access, monitor, or copy any material from our website or Services without our prior written consent.
  • Circumvent Security: Attempt to bypass any security measures, authentication systems, or access controls implemented by Magma.
  • Commercial Use: Use the free Services for any commercial purposes without explicit written agreement from Magma.

3. Our Software: Free to Use, Privacy by Design

Magma is committed to providing accessible security tools. Our mobile applications, including Magma VPN, are free to download and use for everyone.

Important Note for Magma Apps (e.g., Magma VPN):

  • No User Accounts or Login Required: You do not need to create an account, log in, or provide any personal authentication to use our core applications. This reinforces our commitment to your privacy.
  • Open Source Projects: While our main applications (like Magma VPN) are free but not open source, Magma may provide certain other software projects under open-source licenses. For these specific projects, please refer to the individual repository’s license file for detailed terms regarding usage, distribution, and contribution. Your use of these open-source tools is subject to their respective licenses.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

All content and materials available on our website and within our Services—including text, graphics, logos, images, software code, documentation, and the "Magma" brand (collectively, "Magma Content")—are owned by Magma Security SAS or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws.

  • You may not use our trademarks, logos, or other brand elements without our express prior written permission.
  • While you may retain ownership of any content you create and submit to our platform (e.g., bug reports, feedback, if applicable), you grant Magma a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content for the purpose of operating, improving, and promoting the Services.

5. Disclaimers: "As-Is" Service

Our Services are provided to you on an "as-is" and "as available" basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. While we strive to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing tools, Magma Security SAS does not guarantee:

  • That the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or continuously available.
  • That all vulnerabilities will be fully mitigated or that the Services will be completely immune to unauthorized access or cyber-attacks.
  • That the use of our Services will meet your specific requirements or expectations.
  • The accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any content or information provided through the Services.

Magma disclaims all liability for any data loss, system damage, or security breaches not directly caused by our gross negligence or willful misconduct. You use the Services at your own sole risk.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Magma Security SAS, its affiliates, directors, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to:

  • Loss of profits, data, goodwill, or business opportunities.
  • Costs of procuring substitute goods or services.
  • Issues arising from unauthorized third-party access to your systems or data.
  • Any other intangible losses, resulting from your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the Services.

In no event shall Magma's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount of EUR 100. This limitation applies even if Magma has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

7. Privacy and Data Handling

Your privacy is paramount. Please refer to our dedicated Privacy Policy and Cookie Preferences pages for comprehensive information on how we handle data (or rather, the lack thereof) and our commitment to your anonymity.

8. Termination of Your Access

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of our Services at our sole discretion, without prior notice or liability, if you violate these Terms or engage in any conduct that we deem harmful to Magma, other users, or third parties.

9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of France, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms or the Services shall be instituted exclusively in the competent courts of Paris, France.

10. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, legal requirements, or best practices. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the updated Terms on our website and updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

Your trust is our foundation. We are committed to maintaining it through fairness, clarity, and uncompromising accountability.