Subsection 4: Legal guarantee of conformity for digital content and services

Updates to digital content or a digital service are governed by this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, updates mean updates or modifications to maintain, adapt or evolve the functionalities of the digital content or digital service, including security updates, whether or not such updates are necessary to maintain the conformity of the digital content or digital service.

I.-The trader shall ensure that the consumer is informed of updates necessary to maintain the conformity of the digital content or digital service and that he receives them: 1° During a period which the consumer may legitimately expect, having regard to the type and purpose of the digital content or digital service and having regard to the circumstances and the nature of the contract, in the case of a one-off…

With regard to updates which are not necessary to maintain the conformity of the digital content or digital service, the professional shall comply with the following conditions: 1° The contract authorises the principle of such updates and provides a valid reason for them; 2° The trader informs the consumer, in a clear and comprehensible manner, reasonably in advance and on a durable medium, of the planned update, specifying the date…