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This is a summary for IT and other departments for buying VDA QMC products

Licensing

All tools have Named licenses:

  • A tool is bound to a user

  • It can be used on as many devices as needed by the same user

  • By request to the Webshop the license owner can be changed

  • Licenses are not limited by time for the current version

  • Minor updates are included in the license

  • Support and Updates are provided as long the book/rules are current and valid (at least 3 years)

Software

The software is a browser based progressive web app.

  • The products will work in current browsers with full Java script support

  • Optimized for tablets and workstation (will work on mobiles, but the UI is not optimized for them)

  • 100 % Progressive web app

    • Full offline execution

    • Offline usable if browser cached is not deleted (Installed on first execution)

    • Server is only used for downloading the current version

    • Online communication is needed for license checks only (Usually within a timeframe of 2 or 4 weeks)

    • In case of products used with a backend with rest API the server is used

    • All interaction with servers (i.e. license request or API communication) are shown by messages

  • Products are based on Angular (old products: AngularJs) with different open source libraries

  • Designed as file based and offline application first

    • all files are json file so data can be used for data exchange

  • Data storage to browsers IndexDB

    • Is a comfort feature which works well. Not acceptable as permanent storage

Data Privacy

  • Outside the scope of licensing data all data is 100% private

    • No server communication with data outside the scope of license check

    • License information contains only required licensing data

  • Logging only for licensing and downloading of the tool

    • Automatically deleted after 14 days

  • Users are responsible for data safety in context of storage

    • IndexDB is not acceptable permanent data storage user have to save json and pdf files#

Security & Risks

  • Servers are Linux low rights servers that are regularly pen tested to avoid delivery of comprised version

  • Security Risks due to data communication are negligible due to 100% offline execution

    • Licensing requests are based on minimal required data

  • Security Risks for data by our products are low because data is not exchanged

    • IIndexDB access is only possible for the correct domain

  • Security risks existing only by compromised machines the tool is executed on

    • IIndexDB data is protected by the user account the user is using on the device

  • Some products allow additional local user logins and also AES data encryption

Copyright

  • The software is protected under copyright laws and international agreements. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use of this program, in whole or in part, may lead to significant civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted by law. © VDA QMC. All rights reserved.

  • Sold and distributed and non Technical support by VDA-QMC (https://vda-qmc.de/en/ ) https://webshop.vda.de/QMC/en/apps

  • Development, Technical Support and Service Desk management by InfoSysC (https://infosysc.de/impressum )

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