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Activation best practices

The Hextrapolate activation system fulfills or exceeds the best practice guidelines for product activation published by the Business Software Alliance:

Respect for Privacy

Activation should not collect or transmit personally identifiable information without the users’ explicit knowledge and should comply with applicable data protection laws.

Ease of Use

Activation methods should not be burdensome to the user. Ideally, they should be limited to a one-time step or process per machine.

Full Disclosure

Publishers should clearly explain the activation process, including the activation data and how it is transmitted, so that users understand how activation works and are assured that their privacy will be respected.

Support

Documentation and access to high quality support should be made available to assist users with activating their product and to answer their questions.

Security

The activation solution should use appropriate security to protect stored and transmitted activation data.

Speed

The activation process should be completed as quickly as possible.

User Control

Activation should empower users to easily move their software program to a new or upgraded computer in a manner authorized by the license agreement.

See also

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