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There can be no assurance the policies and procedures implemented by the Company to address or mitigate these risks will be
successful, that Company personnel will comply with them or that the Company will not experience these factors in the future or that
they will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.
The Company is subject to government laws, regulations, orders, policies and restrictions, including on the sale of
products and services that use encryption technology.
Regulatory initiatives throughout the world can also create new and unforeseen regulatory obligations on the Company, its products
and services. Government regulations applicable to the
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• complications in compliance with, and unexpected changes in, foreign regulatory requirements, including requirements
relatin
g
to content filterin
g
and re
q
uests from law enforcement authorities;
• tradin
g
and investment
p
olicies;
• consumer protection laws that impose additional obligations on the Company or restrict the Company’s ability to provide
limited warrant
y
p
rotection;
• instability in economic or political conditions, including inflation, recession and actual or anticipated military conflicts,
social u
p
heaval or
p
olitical uncertaint
y
;
• forei
g
n currenc
y
fluctuations;
• forei
g
n exchan
g
e controls and cash re
p
atriation restrictions;
• tariffs and other trade barriers;
• difficulties in collectin
g
accounts receivable;
•
p
otential adverse tax conse
q
uences;
• uncertainties of laws and enforcement relatin
g
to the
p
rotection of intellectual
p
ro
p
ert
y
or secured technolo
gy
;
• liti
g
ation in forei
g
n court s
y
stems;
• unauthorized co
py
in
g
or use of the Com
p
an
y
’s intellectual
p
ro
p
ert
y
, includin
g
software, know-how or trade secrets;
• cultural and lan
g
ua
g
e differences;
• difficulty in managing a geographically dispersed workforce in compliance with local laws and customs that vary from
countr
y
to countr
y
; and
• other factors, de
p
endin
g
u
p
on the countr
y
involved.