Terms

Please read these terms carefully before using the Website. Using the Website indicates that you accept these terms. If you do not accept these terms, do not use the Website. We may revise this legal notice at any time by updating this posting. You should check the Website from time to time to review the then current legal notice, because it is binding on you. Certain provisions of this legal notice may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at the Website.

Use of the Website

While we endeavour to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we shall not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to the Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair, or for reasons beyond our control.

Disclaimer

The materials contained on the Website are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on the Website is correct, we do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the content on the Website. We may make changes to the material on the Website, or to the services and costs described in it, at any time without notice. The material on the Website may be out of date, and we make no commitment to update such material.

The material on the Website is provided “as is”, without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we provide you with the Website on the basis that we exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which, but for this legal notice, might have effect in relation to the Website.

U.S. Disclaimer

Information contained within this site is provided for readers personal information only, does not constitute financial, business, legal, tax or investment advice, is not appropriate for the purposes of making a decision to carry out any transaction, and is subject to correction, completion and amendment without notice. Readers are not to construe this site’s contents or any prior or subsequent communications from Dominion or any of its officers, employees or agents as financial, business, legal, tax or investment advice. Each reader is advised to consult with his or her own financial advisor, legal counsel and accountant as to tax, legal and related matters concerning the information contained within this site. Nothing contained within this site is intended as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities.

No information contained within this site is intended to state, indicate or imply in any manner that current or past results, when stated, are indicative of future results or expectations. Furthermore, this site may contain statements, estimates or projections that constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined under U.S. federal and other jurisdictions securities laws. Any such forward looking statements are inherently speculative and are based on currently available information, operating plans and projections about future events and trends. As such, they are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results and performance may be significantly different from historical experience and our present expectations or projections. Dominion undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that any projected results are attainable or will be realised.

Communication

You may submit instructions to us via our secure client portal, we will use reasonable endeavours to carry out your instructions, but we will not be liable for any loss or expense you incur if we are reasonably unable to do so for whatever reason (including system failures) or if there is a delay or change in market conditions before the transaction is affected.

We accept instructions outside of normal working hours, however we will only take action on such instructions within our standard hours of business, on UK working days only.You agree that for the purpose of sending you any communications or other documentation relating to your account, we may at our discretion send such documentation in electronic form.

Client Portal Security

You must take reasonable precautions to safeguard your user ID and password, you must not disclose you user ID or password to anyone.

When prompted to change your password, your new password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least two complex symbols such as ? > < @ # * £ $

When selecting you new password, avoid any password based on repetition, dictionary words, letter or number sequences, usernames, relative or pet names.

Please ensure that, if using a computer in a public place, that you are not observed whilst entering your logon details, also ensure that you log out of your session when finished.

You must inform us immediately if you have forgotten your logon details or if you suspect someone else has access to your account.

Exclusion of Liability

Dominion, or any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the Website), and any of our group companies and the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including, without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise) in connection with the Website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of the Website, any websites linked to the Website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the Website or your downloading of any material from the Website or any websites linked to the Website.

Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit our liability for:

  1. death or personal injury caused by negligence
  2. fraud; or
  3. misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
  4. any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

If your use of material on the Website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof.

Confidential Information

Dominion and its officers, directors, employees and agents respect the confidentiality of information given by clients. The personal information concerning clients collected by us is stored by computers with built-in safeguards to ensure that such information remains private and confidential.

Collecting Information

This Website requests and collects certain personally identifiable information such as, though not limited to, name, phone number, fax number and e-mail address. All such personal information is processed in accordance with the data protection legislation applicable in the jurisdiction in which we are processing such information (click here to read the relevant Data Protection Acts relating to Jersey, UK and Malta). Dominion Fiduciary Services Ltd are the data controllers and the information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Cookies

“Cookies” are pieces of information that are placed on an individual’s computer hard drive to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with the Website. We may use cookies to customise your experience on the Website. We may also use cookies to record how many times a user has visited the Website and what pages the user has accessed. You may, however, disallow receiving cookies at any time by activating the setting in your web browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.

It is not our intention to use cookies to retrieve information that is unrelated to the Website or your interaction with the Website.

Links to and from Other Websites

Links to third-party websites on the Website are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave the Website. We have not reviewed all of these third-party websites and do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. We therefore do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to the Website, you do so entirely at your own risk.

IP Address

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP (Internet Protocol) address, operating system and browser type to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer the Website. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. This information does not contain any personally identifiable information about you. Your IP address is also used to help identify you during a particular session and to gather broad demographic data.

Usage

Dominion and its affiliates use information collected on and through the Website to comply with the purpose for which such information was collected and other purposes, as disclosed at the time such information is provided, or as described in this policy. For example, the information collected on and through the Website may be used to send you information about our and our affiliates’ products and services and updates to the Website. We will only disclose information collected on and through the Website where we have your prior and written approval, where we are compelled to do so by law or by the laws of another jurisdiction, where it is necessary to protect the interests of the Group, where the information is already in the public domain, where it is deemed to be in the public interest or where it is necessary to promote fraud prevention. We may make information concerning users of the Website available to law enforcement personnel and agencies when requested to do so or as required by law. By providing any personal information to the Website, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the transfer of such personal information to, and the collection and processing of such personal information in, the United Kingdom and other appropriate countries or territories.

Your Acceptance of this Notice

By using the Website, you signify your acceptance of this legal notice and the policies contained within it. If you do not agree to this notice or any of the policies contained within it, please do not use the Website. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this notice at any time so visitors are encouraged to review this notice from time to time. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This legal notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Jersey and Maltese law. Disputes arising in connection with this legal notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Jersey and Maltese courts respectively.