IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE – ONLINE TRANSACTING
TERMS OF USE
ATTENTION: These Terms Of Use
apply to the entire contents of the Currency Online Limited Website and Online
Transaction Platform ‘Transaction Platform’ and to any correspondence by e-mail
between us ‘Currency Online Limited’ and you ‘the Client/User’. Please read
these Terms of Use carefully before using the Transaction Platform. Using the
Transaction Platform indicates that the Client accepts these Terms of Use and
conducting foreign exchange Transactions on the Transaction Platform are
legally binding ‘Contracts’. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you will
not be entitled to use the Transaction Platform.
1. Introduction
1.1 Access to the Transaction Platform is restricted
to Currency Online Limited’s registered Clients.
1.2 By accessing any part of the Website or
Transaction Platform, the Client will be deemed to have accepted these Terms of
Use in full.
1.3 By accepting these Terms of Use the Client is also deemed
to have accepted the “Terms and Conditions” upon opening their account with
Currency Online Limited.
1.4 Currency Online Limited grants the Client a limited license to
access the Transaction Platform which is in accordance with these Terms of Use.
1.5 Currency Online Limited may revise these Terms of
Use at any time by updating this posting. Currency Online Limited may modify
these Terms of Use from time to time in its sole discretion and without notice
to the Client. The Client must review these Terms of Use periodically to ensure
familiarity with its then current Terms of Use. The Client’s continued use of
the Transaction Platform following any modification of these Terms of Use will
constitute the Client’s acceptance of such modifications to these Terms of Use.
These changes will be effective and binding when they appear on the Website.
Certain provisions of these Terms of Use may be superseded by expressly
designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at the Website.
2. Registration and Security
2.1 Each account User’s registration is for that single User only.
Currency Online Limited does not permit the registered User to share and the
registered user agrees not to share their username and password with any other
person nor with multiple users on a network.
2.2 Upon opening a trading account, each user will be required to
select a username and a password. The password must contain at least 8
characters and must contain both letters and numbers. Passwords are not case
sensitive.
2.3 Upon logging into the Client’s account, the username and the
corresponding password will be requested, access will be granted to the User
and Currency Online Limited will not be required to take any further steps to
verify that the person accessing the Client account is the correct Client or
that the person accessing the account is authorised to perform roles assigned
by the administrator.
2.4 If the User forgets their password, they must contact Currency
Online Limited and upon satisfactory completion of verification procedures
Currency Online Limited will issue the User with a new password via email.
2.5 Each User has a responsibility to exercise reasonable care to
prevent unauthorised access to the computer that the User uses to access the
Transaction Platform. The User must not leave their computer unattended while
they are online to the Currency Online Limited Transaction Platform.
2.6 In order to
protect the security of the Client trading account the User must:
2.6.1 Never give
the username and/or password to anyone else and must not write the password
down anywhere.
2.6.2 Change the
password regularly.
2.6.3 Watch out for fraudulent (or ‘phishing’) e-mails that claim to be
from Currency Online Limited that ask for personal information or security
details. Never send personal details or accounts or passwords in an email. If the Client suspects a phishing attack, they must call Currency
Online Limited or alternatively forward the suspect e-mail to Currency Online
Limited.
2.7 The User represents and warrants that they have implemented and
plan to operate and maintain appropriate protection in relation to the security
and control of computer viruses, or other similar harmful devices, and the User
will not transmit to in any way whether directly or indirectly or expose
Currency Online Limited’s Website or Transaction Platform to any harmful
material or device.
2.8 The User represents and warrants that they will maintain a firewall
on the User’s computer to protect it from unauthorised access.
2.9 Online Transactions are subject to a minimum and
maximum transaction value determined by Currency Online Limited, who reserves
the right to request further information before accepting an
Transaction.
3. Privacy
Policy
3.1 Currency Online
Limited collects and retains information about the Client and Users that
Currency Online Limited believes is necessary to help administer business
between Currency Online Limited and the Client and to keep the Client abreast
of improvements to Currency Online Limited’s services and products and to provide
the Client with other relevant information. Currency Online Limited collects
two types of information:
o
Personal
information such as names, addresses, email addresses, copies of photographic
identification, incorporation documents etc.
o
Traffic pattern information and transactional
information on the Transaction Platform.
3.2 Personal
information is collected to meet both internal and external compliance
requirements, and to enable Currency Online Limited to open a foreign exchange
trading account for the Client and to be in a position to commence business.
Traffic pattern information is used to monitor pages accessed or visited and
enables Currency Online Limited to better meet the requirements and needs of
the Clients. Transactional information reflects the business Clients enter into
with Currency Online Limited and provides a historical record of business
activity which is necessary as a means of monitoring and mitigating money
laundering and terrorist financing and also enabling Currency Online Limited to
keep abreast with the Client’s foreign exchange needs.
3.3 Client and User
information may be shared between Currency Online Limited associated companies
for the provision of foreign exchange services.
3.4 Currency Online Limited does not sell, publish or freely give away
personal or transactional information. The
Client’s and User’s personal information is treated strictly in accordance with
the governing law.
4. Service
access
4.1 While Currency Online Limited endeavours to ensure that the Website
is normally available 24 hours a day and its Transaction Platform is available
during its usual trading hours (commencing 19.30 GMT Sunday through to 12.00
GMT Friday) or such hours as displayed on the Website, Currency Online Limited
will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any given
time. Currency Online Limited agrees to use reasonable efforts to give advanced
notice of any scheduled interruption.
5. Risks
& Cancellation Policy
5.1 The User agrees to use the Transaction Platform at the User’s own
risk.
5.2 Currency Online Limited recommends that
the Client seeks prior independent financial advice and consider carefully
whether entering into specific foreign exchange Transactions is appropriate in
terms of the Client’s experience, financial objectives, needs and
circumstances.
5.3 The foreign exchange services contained within the Transaction
Platform require physical delivery and accordingly suitable only for customers who
are able to deliver, on the Settlement Date, the currency they have agreed to
sell to Currency Online Limited. In the event that the Client is unable to
fully settle the Contract by delivering the amount sold to Currency Online
Limited, then Currency Online Limited will close out the Contract at its then
prevailing market rates and any loss or costs incurred by Currency Online
Limited will be met by the Client in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
5.4 There are risks associated with utilising the Transaction Platform
including, but not limited to, the failure of hardware, software, and internet
connections. In the event of failure of the Transaction Platform, trading via
telephone is available during operating hours.
5.4 Each foreign exchange Transaction Contract undertaken by a Client
using the Transaction Platform is an individual Contract made between that
Client and Currency Online Limited, and is not transferable, negotiable or
assignable to or with any third party.
5.5 Currency
Online Limited will accept Market Orders from Users, between 20.30 GMT Sunday through to 05.00 GMT Friday, or such other hours as
stipulated on the Website. The User may make changes to any Market Order (to buy or sell currency
at a predetermined level) prior to the Market Order being executed. The User is
entitled to make changes to a Market Order within the above stated hours
provided the Market Order has not been executed. Upon any Market Order being
entered into by a Client with Currency Online Limited confirmation of the
Market Order will be sent to the Client. Once a Market Order has been executed
by Currency Online Limited a Market Order Contract Note will be sent to the
Client. The exchange rate may fluctuate throughout the ordering process. Market
Orders are only ever accepted from Users on a best endeavours basis.
5.6 Upon the User selecting the ‘Accept’ button after making a foreign
exchange Transaction, a legally binding Contract is formed between the Client
and Currency Online Limited. In the event of the User having selected ‘Accept’
in error the User must contact Currency Online Limited immediately requesting
the Contract to be cancelled and any loss arising on such cancellation the
Client will be accountable.
6. Intellectual Property and Limited Licence
6.1 Clients are
permitted to print and download extracts from the Transaction Platform for the
Client’s own use on the following basis:
6.1.1 No
documents or related graphics on the Transaction Platform are modified in any
way.
6.1.2 No graphics
on the Transaction Platform are used separately from the corresponding text;
and
6.1.3 Currency
Online Limited's and DFX Limited’s copyright and trade mark notices appear in
all copies.
6.2 The names, images and logos identifying Currency Online Limited and
DFX Limited, their products and services, are proprietary marks of Currency
Online Limited and DFX Limited respectively. The User acknowledges and agrees
that the content including without limitation the text, graphics, photographs
or other material presented on the Transaction Platform is protected by
copyright, trademark, patents and other proprietary rights and laws. The User
is only to use the contents as authorised by Currency Online Limited and DFX
Limited. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, any use of extracts from the
Transaction Platform other than in accordance with clause 6.1 for any purpose,
is prohibited. Breach of these Terms of Use will result in immediate
termination of the Client’s trading account whereby the Client must on request
from Currency Online Limited or DFX Limited immediately destroy any downloaded
or printed extracts from the Transaction Platform.
6.3 Subject to clause 6.1, no part of the Transaction Platform may be
reproduced or stored in any other website or included in any public or private
electronic retrieval system or service without Currency Online Limited's of DFX
Limited’s prior written permission.
6.4 Derivative use of the Transaction Platform is prohibited, including
any use of data mining, robots or similar data gathering, reverse engineering
and extraction tools with the intent of damaging the Transaction Platform.
6.5 Any unauthorised use will terminate this license granted by
Currency Online Limited. This license is conditioned on the User’s continued
compliance with these Terms of Use in conjunction with the Terms and Conditions
and any rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are reserved.
7. LINKS
FROM OTHER WEBSITES
7.1Should the
Client wish to link to the Currency Online Limited Website, they can only do
so, with the prior written permission from Currency Online Limited, on the
basis that the Client links to, but does not replicate, the home page of the
Website, and subject to the following conditions and other conditions required
by Currency Online Limited:
7.1.1 Do not
remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the Currency
Online Limited or DFX Limited logos.
7.1.2 Do not
create a frame or any other browser or border environment around the Website.
7.1.3 Do not in any
way imply that Currency Online Limited is endorsing any products or services
other than its own.
7.1.4 Do not
misrepresent the Client relationship with Currency Online Limited nor present
any other false information about Currency Online Limited.
7.1.5 Do not
otherwise use any Currency Online Limited or DFX Limited trade marks displayed
on the Website without express written permission from Currency Online Limited
or DFX Limited.
7.1.6 Do not link
from a website that is not owned by the Client.
7.1.7The Client’s
website must not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or
controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of
any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and
regulations.
7.2Currency Online Limited expressly reserves the right to revoke the
right granted in clause 4.1 for breach of these Terms of Use and to take any
action it deems appropriate.
7.3The Client will fully indemnify Currency Online Limited for any loss
or damage suffered by Currency Online Limited or any of its group companies for
breach of clause 4.1.
8.
Disclaimer
8.1None of the information contained in the Transaction Platform
constitutes, nor should be construed as foreign exchange advice. Currency
Online Limited recommends that Clients seeks prior independent financial advice
and consider carefully whether foreign exchange trading is appropriate in terms
of the Client’s experience, financial objectives, needs and circumstances.
8.2While Currency Online Limited endeavours to ensure that the
information on the Transaction Platform is correct,
Currency Online Limited does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the
material on the Transaction Platform. Currency Online Limited may make changes
to the material on the Website or Transaction Platform, or to the products and
prices described in it, at any time without notice. The material on the Website
or Transaction Platform may be out of date, and Currency Online Limited makes
no commitment to update such material.
8.3The material on the Transaction Platform is provided "as
is", without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind either
expressed or implied. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law,
Currency Online Limited provides the Client with the Transaction Platform on
the basis that Currency Online Limited excludes 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 Transaction Platform. To the fullest extent
permissible pursuant to applicable law, Currency Online Limited disclaims all
warranties expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied
warranties of reasonable care. In the event of an incorrect foreign exchange
rate being entered into with Currency Online Limited, Currency Online Limited
will contact the Client to advise them of the correct rate and amend the
Transaction accordingly. The Client can then confirm if they wish to proceed
with the amended Transaction.
9. Liability
9.1Currency Online Limited, any other party (whether or not involved in
creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the Website), and any of
Currency Online Limited's 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 the Client 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 other loss or damages) arising from or connected in any way to
business interruption, and whether in tort, contract or otherwise in connection
with the Transaction Platform 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 the Client’s computer equipment,
software, data or other property on account of the Client’s access to, use of,
or browsing the Website or the Client’s downloading of any material from the
Website or any websites linked to the Website. Neither Currency Online Limited
nor any of the parties listed above shall be held liable for any kind of loss
or damage suffered by Clients who were availing of the Transaction Platform for
non-business purposes.
9.2 Nothing in
these Terms will exclude or limit Currency Online Limited's liability for;
9.2.1 death or personal injury caused by negligence, or
9.2.2 fraud; or
9.2.3 misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
9.2.4 any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under
applicable law.
9.3 If the User’s use of material on the Transaction Platform results
in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data,
the Client assumes all costs thereof.
9.4 Currency
Online Limited is entitled to assume that all Transactions made using the
User’s username and password are authorised by the Client. Currency Online
Limited will not be liable in any way for any direct, indirect or consequential
loss suffered by the Client as a result of;
9.4.1 any Transaction conducted using the User’s username and
password; or
9.4.2 any suspension, withdrawal or termination of the User’s
access to Currency Online Limited’s Transaction Platform; or
9.4.3 interruptions to the Currency Online Limited’s Transaction
Platform.
9.5 The Client indemnifies and holds Currency Online Limited harmless
against any and all loss suffered by Currency Online Limited, which may result
from the User’s misuse of Currency Online Limited’s Transaction Platform or
breach of these Terms of Use.
9.6 Access to the Website or Transaction Platform may be suspended
temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or
repair or for reasons beyond Currency Online Limited's control and Currency
Online Limited will incur no liability to the Client.
10. Market Information
10.1 Currency Online Limited make available
market information services generated internally containing, but not limited to
financial market data, rates, news, charts or data. Market information provided
on this Website or in email format is not intended as foreign exchange advice.
10.2 Currency Online Limited does not
guarantee the accuracy, timelessness, completeness or correct sequencing of the
market information. Currency Online Limited reserves the right to discontinue
offering market information at any time without notice.
11. Foreign
Exchange Rates
11.1 The facilities offered on Currency Online Limited’s Transaction
Platform include real time instantly tradable rates. Without limiting the
foregoing, “realtime” rates viewed on the Website and
Transaction Platform, particularly in times of high volumes of trading and
market volatility, may not be reflective of the current price of the currency.
Due to the automation of this service, errors in quoted rates may occur on
limited occasions under some circumstances. In such cases Currency Online
Limited may in its sole discretion decline to complete Transactions based on
such erroneous rates and will notify the Client as soon as possible after it
determines not to complete any such Transactions requested under the Users
username and password. In all such cases Currency Online Limited will justify
such actions.
12.Cancellation of Client Access
12.1 Currency Online Limited may suspend or withdraw the User’s access
to the Currency Online Limited Transaction Platform at any time without prior
notice if:
12.1.1 The User
has breached these Terms of Use or has acted fraudulently.
12.1.2 Currency
Online Limited learns;
(a) of the User’s death, bankruptcy or lack of legal
capacity; or
(b) that the User has committed an act of bankruptcy or that a
bankruptcy petition has been presented against them; or
(c) if the Client is a company, that a liquidator or receiver
has been appointed in respect of the Client’s assets.
12.1.3 Currency
Online Limited otherwise deems such suspension or withdrawal necessary or
appropriate, in its sole discretion.
12.2 The Client may cancel the User’s access to the Currency Online
Limited Transaction Account at any time by giving Currency Online Limited
written notice. The Client will remain responsible for any Transactions made on
the Client account through the Transaction Platform up until access to the
Client account is actually disabled.
12.3 Transactions in respect of which the User has given Currency
Online Limited instructions and which are to be made after the User’s access to
the Currency Online Limited Transaction Platform is terminated or suspended
will not be effected.
13.
Governing law and jurisdiction
13.1 These Terms of
Use and any disputes arising out of or related to the Transaction Platform are
governed by and interpreted by the laws of New Zealand, and each party hereto
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand.
This is the case regardless of whether the Client or User resides or transacts
business with Currency Online Limited elsewhere in the world.
13.2 Without limiting the foregoing, the
Client/User acknowledges and understands that laws regarding foreign exchange
contracts vary throughout the world, and it is the Client’s/User’s obligation
alone to ensure that they fully comply with any law, regulation or directive,
relevant to the Client’s/User’s country of residency with regards to the use of
the Transaction Platform. For avoidance of doubt, the ability to access to the
Currency Online Limited Transaction Platform does not necessarily mean that the
services, and/or the Client’s/User’s activities through it, are legal under the
laws, regulations or directives relevant to the Client’s/User’s country of
residency.
Version ELA2 (April 2009)