Article 7
1
Where manufacturers provide the instructions for use in electronic form on an electronic storage medium together with the device or where the device itself is fitted with a built-in system visually displaying the instructions for use, the instructions for use in electronic form shall also be made accessible to the users through a website.
2
Any website containing instructions for use of a device which are provided in electronic form instead of in paper form shall comply with the following requirements:
a
the instructions for use shall be provided in a commonly used format that can be read with freely available software;
b
it shall be protected against hardware and software intrusion;
c
it shall be provided in such a way that the server downtime and display errors are reduced as far as possible;
d
it shall mention in which Union languages the manufacturer provides the instructions for use in electronic form;
e
it shall fulfil the requirements of F2the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR;
f
the Internet address as displayed in accordance with Article 6(2) shall be stable and directly accessible during the periods set out in points (9) and (10) of Article 5;
g
all previous versions of the instructions for use issued in electronic form and their date of publication shall be available on the website.
F13.
In this Article “the UK GDPR” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(10) and (14) of that Act).