Terms and conditions

    
        DUBAI TRADE WEB PORTAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

AGREEMENT FOR USE OF THE DUBAI TRADE PORTAL
 
Welcome to www.dubaitrade.ae. This site is owned and operated by Dubai World Corporation, a company organized and existing under the laws of United Arab Emirates. 

1. User Requirements

1.1 These are the terms and conditions of Dubai World Corporation and its affiliates (?Dubai World?, ?Dubai Trade?, "PCFC", "us", "we" or "our") portal [(www.dubaitrade.ae.)] (the "Portal"). These terms and conditions (together referred to as the or this "Agreement") govern your use of the Portal and your use of any services offered via the Portal and you agree to be bound by them. ("You" and "your") refers to the organisation, which you have named as the user on the registration form relating to the Portal.  You confirm that you (the individual who has completed the registration process) are fully authorised to bind your organisation to this Agreement. You will make all your users of the Portal aware of this Agreement and will ensure they comply with its terms at all times.

1.2 Following registration you will only be accepted as a user of the Portal, and you will only be permitted to use the Portal, once you receive a confirmatory email from us. Without prejudice to the fact that this Agreement governs all your use of the Portal and your use of any services offered via the Portal, you will have no right to use the Portal (and we will have no obligations to provide you with access to it) until you receive that confirmatory email). 


2. Disclaimer 

2.1 We agree to provide you with access to the Portal. There may, however, be times when we are unable to provide such access.  Access to or use of the Portal or pages linked to it will not necessarily be uninterrupted or error free. We may log off any user for inactivity on the Portal during such period as we may decide.

2.2 Dubai World accepts no obligation to monitor the use of the Portal. Dubai World does, however, reserve the right to block your access to the Portal and/or to take such other action as may be necessary to prevent any breach of these terms and conditions or any breach of applicable law or regulation.  

2.3 The Portal includes links to external portals, websites and may include links to co-branded pages. We have included links to these portals, websites and co-branded pages to provide you with access to information and services that you may find useful or interesting. We are not responsible for the content of these portals, websites and pages or for anything provided by them.

2.4 We may change the format and content of the Portal from time to time. The most up to date version of the Portal will be available when you refresh your browser and each time you log on to the Portal. 

3. Password Use, Data Collection and Security
3.1 As part of the sign-up process, you will be asked to nominate the number of your employees you wish to be able to access the Portal and provide their names. If we accept you as a user of the Portal (as described in clause 1.2), we will decide how many of these prospective users should be permitted users of the Portal. User profiles (including passwords and user names) in respect of approved prospective users will be then be entered by our Portal Administrator. Each user in respect of whom a user name and password is entered is referred to as a "Permitted User".

3.2 Access to those parts of the Portal which are password protected using passwords issued is restricted exclusively to Permitted Users. Your passwords must not be disclosed to, nor used for or on behalf of anyone but the relevant Permitted User, whether in or outside your organisation.  

3.3 You must keep all user names and passwords confidential at all times (and ensure that Permitted Users do the same), and must not disclose any user name or password to any other person other than the relevant Permitted User. You must ensure that user names and passwords are only used by the relevant Permitted Users and only for authorised access to the Portal in accordance with this Agreement. If anybody else using a user name or a password issued to you, breaches this Agreement, or carries out any act in accessing the Portal then this breach or act will be treated as a breach or act by you. Dubai World shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of any unauthorised use of any user name and/or password issued to you.

3.4 We will change a password and username issued in respect of Permitted Users (including your User Administrator) at your request and reserves the right to issue a new username and/or password and block access to the previous one(s) at any time if we reasonably believe it is appropriate for the security or proper operation of the Portal.

3.5 You agree that all data and information you provide us will be accurate and that such information and data maybe used by us in accordance with our privacy policy 
3.6 Dubai World also reserves the right to take such action in relation to and disclose such information as it considers appropriate to law enforcement and other relevant authorities with respect to any investigation of suspected unlawful activity or violation of network security, and to use the information for statistical reports on Portal usage.

3.7 We may in the future decide to make the use of digital signatures mandatory for all users of the Portal in relation the ordering of services from Dubai World and any other activity conducted via the Portal as we may decide. The move to use of digital signatures will not occur before a framework for their legal recognition enters into force under UAE law. Users will be notified of this move before it is implemented, and if any user does not enter into an agreement with a certification provider (or equivalent third party) nominated by us for the provision of digital signature certification services by a date specified by us (allowing a reasonable time for users to conclude that agreement), that user's access to all or certain parts of the Portal or services available via the Portal may be denied.


4. Intellectual Property Rights 


4.1 All intellectual property and other rights in any information or material accessible or available from the Portal, including any text, graphics, data and screen lay-outs and software relating to the Portal (the "Content") belong to us (or the third party which owns the rights in such content).

5. Your Responsibilities 


5.1 You are allowed to browse the Portal and (subject to the provisions in clause 1.2), to order and use services from Dubai World via the Portal. 

5.2 You must not:
(a) Download, print, copy or otherwise reproduce any Content except that you may print copy or otherwise reproduce any Content which relates solely to you (such as invoices, manifests and other documents which relate to you but to no other user of the Portal); or  
(b) Remove or change anything on the Portal or add anything to it;

5.3 You must only use the Portal and anything available from the Portal for lawful purposes, and you must comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations. You must not use the Portal to:
(a) Harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of others;
(b) Harm or threaten to cause harm to minors; or
(c) Impersonate anyone else or otherwise misrepresent your identity or status.

5.4 You must not hack into the Portal or any other related computer system, make excessive traffic demands, deliver viruses or forward chain letters, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or otherwise engage in any other behaviour that may reasonably be expected to inhibit other users from using and enjoying the Portal or any other web Portal or damage or destroy the reputation of Dubai World or any third party.

6. Exclusions and Limitations

6.1    The information on this web site is provided on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Dubai World excludes all representations and warranties relating to this website and its contents or which is or may be provided by any affiliates or any other third party, including in relation to any inaccuracies or omissions in this website and/or the organization?s literature; and 


6.2 In no event shall we be liable (whether for breach of contract, negligence or for any other reason) for any loss of profits, exemplary or special damages, loss of sales, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of any software or data, loss of bargain, loss of opportunity, loss of use of computer equipment, software or data, loss of or waste of management or other staff time, or for any indirect, consequential, punitive or special loss, however arising.

6.3 Subject to clauses 6.1, and 6.2 our maximum aggregate liability to you in connection with the Portal and/or this Agreement whether in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise is limited to the amount actually paid by you to us in connection with the provision of the Portal and our provision of services to you through it. 

6.4 While we try to make sure that all information, which we place on the Portal is correct, we do not accept any liability for any error or omission. The information we place on the Portal is provided as a general guide only and not for any specific purpose.  


7. Suspension and termination of Portal

7.1 We reserve the right to terminate your access to the Portal at any time without prior notice. Access will be withdrawn automatically if a password issued to you has not been used for such period as we may decide.

8. Provision of services

8.1 Any services other than the provision of the Portal itself (which shall be referred to as "Services") made available to you via the Portal are made available as set out below and are subject to the limitations of liability in clause 6 above.  

8.2 We may terminate or suspend the availability of any Services, or other services displayed on the Portal at any time without notice for support or maintenance work, in order to update content or for any other reason.

8.3 You will provide all information and documents to us relevant to the Services you have ordered, where relevant to those Services and any other information and/or documents reasonably required by us from time to time. You bear full responsibility for all information (including its accuracy) sent to us in connection with Services you have ordered and you acknowledge that any misuse of the Portal may result in the imposition of legal sanctions under the applicable legislation.

8.4 Prices for each Service and for the provision of access to the Portal (if any) are as set out and are exclusive of taxes and duty (if applicable) and are in United Arab Emirates Dirham. We may change the prices at any time.  

8.5 We will do our best to correct errors and omissions as soon as is practicable after becoming aware of them. An example of an error may be where the price displayed for certain Services is incorrect and where any error occurs. We reserve the right to either (a) cancel that contract with you, without any liability to you on our part, or (b) perform the Services in question and charge you the correct price, which ought to have been entered on the portal.  

8.6 The information relating to the Services is displayed on the Portal for your information and to help you decide whether you would like to make us a service request to obtain any of the Services. Once you go to the "Order" page of the Portal, clicking to "confirm" to purchase any of the Services constitutes a service request made to us by you.  Acceptance by us of your service request will only occur once you receive e-mail notification from us of our acceptance of your order at which point there will be a binding contract between you and us.

8.7 We may in the future add B2B functionality to the Portal (or parts of it) permitting users to conclude contracts between themselves. If and when we do so (and we are under no obligation to), further terms will apply to that functionality and in particular Dubai World will have no liability whatsoever in respect of any negotiations or contracts between users or for anything done or not done in connection with those negotiations or contracts.

9. General and governing law

9.1 We may alter the Agreement from time to time and post the new version on the Portal, following which all use of and access to the Portal will be governed by that version. You should check the Agreement each time you revisit the Portal. This Agreement forms the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all previous agreements, understandings and representations relating to the subject matter.

9.2 If any provision of the Agreement is found to be unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity of any other provision. We may delay enforcing our rights under these the Agreement without losing them.

9.3 You may not assign your rights or obligations under this Agreement to any third party without the prior express consent in writing of Dubai World.

9.4 This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the Law No. 2 of 2002 of the Emirate of Dubai regarding Electronic Transactions and Commerce, and you consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Dubai courts. 

10. Log Files

10.1 We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track user?s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Additionally, for systems administration, detecting usage patterns and troubleshooting purposes, our web servers automatically log standard access information including browser type, access times/open mail, URL requested, and referral URL. This information is not shared with third parties and is used only within Dubai World on a need-to-know basis. Any individually identifiable information related to this data will never be used in any way different to that stated above without your explicit permission.

11. Cookies

11.1     Like most interactive web sites this portal uses cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate partners may also use cookies.

12. Force Majeure

These terms and conditions form part of the Agreement between the Client and ourselves. Your accessing of this website indicates your understanding, agreement to and acceptance, of the Disclaimer Notice and the full Terms and Conditions contained herein.