Source: OJ L 2024/2847, 20.11.2024
Recital 64 Secure by default and free security updates
Manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should make their products with digital elementsmeans a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; available on the market with a secure by default configuration and provide security updates to users free of charge. Manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should only be able to deviate from the essential cybersecuritymeans cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; requirements in relation to tailor-made products that are fitted to a particular purpose for a particular business user and where both the manufacturermeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; and the user have explicitly agreed to a different set of contractual terms.