The Website
Qatar Investment Authority (“QIA”) is the owner of the domain name https://www.qia.qa (the “Website”). The provisions of this Legal Notice govern all use of the Website and by accessing the Website every user agrees to be bound by them.
References to “you” or “your” are references to any person accessing the Website. References to “we”, “us” or “our” are references to QIA. Any reference to “QIA” includes any company owned by QIA wholly or partly at any time.
Ownership
QIA is the copyright owner or licensor of the entire contents of the Website and documents accessed via the Website (together, the “Information”) unless otherwise specified or apparent from its context. All Information is subject to copyright with all rights reserved and is for your personal use only. You may not download (all or in part), transmit or modify the Website or the Information without our prior permission. QIA asserts continuing copyright ownership of, or licensee rights to, all Information previously available on the Website.
Use of Information
The Information is provided by QIA for information purposes only. Nothing in the Website may be interpreted as a solicitation or offer, or recommendation, to acquire or dispose of any investment or to engage in any other transaction, or to provide any investment advice or service. Nothing contained in the Website constitutes investment, legal, tax or other advice and must not be relied on in making any investment or other decision. The appearance of any HTML link to any third-party internet website appearing in the Website does not constitute an endorsement by QIA of any product or service described in such website. You use any such HTML link entirely at your own risk and QIA accepts no responsibility or liability for the content, use or availability of any such third-party website. QIA has not verified the truth or accuracy of any content of any such third-party website.
The Website may also contain some material provided by third parties and QIA accepts no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or veracity of any such material. Unauthorised reproduction or conversion of any Information is strictly prohibited.
Disclaimer of liability
No representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is given by QIA as to the accuracy or completeness of the Information or any part thereof. QIA provides no guarantee, representation, condition or warranty that the Information or any part thereof will be current, secure, accurate, complete or free from software bugs or viruses. You must make sure that your use of the Website does not expose you to any risk of software viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference that may interfere with or damage your computer system.
QIA shall bear no liability for any loss or damage incurred, suffered or claimed to result from the use of the Website or reliance upon any Information. This includes any direct, indirect or consequential loss, any loss or damage caused by any civil wrong (‘tort’ including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, or the use of (or any inability to use) any website or internet resource that is linked to or from the Website.
This applies if the loss or damage had been foreseeable, arose in the normal course of affairs or if you advised QIA that it may happen. This includes (but is not limited to) any loss of income or revenue, salary, benefits or other payments, business, profits or contracts, opportunity, anticipated savings, data, goodwill or reputation, tangible property, intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system, wasted management or office time, and without limitation any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages.
Malicious use
When using the Website you must not introduce any software virus, trojan, worm, logic bomb or any other material that is technologically harmful or malicious. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which it is stored or any server, computer or database connected to it. You must not attack or maliciously use the Website in any way. This includes any denial-of-service attack. QIA will report any attack or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.
Third parties
Any statement or provision in the Information used to describe QIA’s relationship with any third party does not, and should not be construed to, acknowledge or establish any legal relationship between QIA and such third party, acknowledge or establish any fiduciary duty on the part of QIA to such third party or otherwise, or acknowledge or establish any responsibility for or liability in respect of the actions of any such third party.
Compliance and enforcement
QIA will not be liable if it fails to comply with this Legal Notice because of circumstances beyond its reasonable control. QIA may decide not to exercise or enforce any right available to it under this Legal Notice. QIA shall be at liberty to exercise or enforce any such right at a later time. QIA reserves the right to change any provision of this Legal Notice at any time without notice by updating this Legal Notice and your continued access to or use of the Website will constitute your acceptance of any such change.
No continuance
QIA reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or any part of it, or any Information, with or without notice, at any time. You agree that QIA shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Website.
Law
This Legal Notice is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Qatar. Any claim or dispute you have which relates to this Legal Notice, or your use of the Website or the Information (whether contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Qatar. If you choose to access Information on the Website it is your responsibility to comply with all applicable local, national or international laws and any use of the Website outside Qatar is entirely at your own risk.