Terms of Use
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
What's in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website ccmalta.com (Our site).
Who we are and how to contact us
ccmalta.com is a site operated by Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates (We). We are a civil partnership constituted under the Laws of Malta.
To contact us, please email info@ccmalta.com or reach out to us on +356 22056200.
By using our site you accept these terms
By using Our site, you confirm that you have read, understood, agreed and accepted these terms of service and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use Our site.
There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of service refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of Our site:
- Our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and store your personal data.
- Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on Our site.
We may make changes to these terms
We may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use Our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
We may make changes to our site
We may update and change Our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, services and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.
We may suspend or withdraw our site
Our site is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access Our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of service and other applicable terms of service, and that they comply with them.
We may transfer this agreement to someone else
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.
How you may use material on our site
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify any materials from Our site in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our site in breach of these terms of service, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
No text or data mining, or web scraping
You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to Our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, Our site for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of AI systems or models. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):
- Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
- Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.
The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard.
You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, our site, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site for the purposes of developing, training, fine-tuning or validating any AI system or model or for any other purposes not explicitly set out in our Terms of Service.
This clause will not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.
Rules about linking to our site
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects our terms of service. If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact us.
Information contained in our Library & web pages
While a lot of care and effort has been put into providing accurate and up-to-date materials in our online library and web pages, the content on Our Site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to legal or other professional advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date. We accept no responsibility for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage which may arise from reliance on information contained in this site without appropriate advice sought from our lawyers.
Confirming your legal position
Users are advised to seek confirmation of statements made herein before acting upon them. Please feel free to contact us for specialist advice relating to specific issues of your project or any legal problem. We will be pleased to provide complimentary preliminary guidance by email or other means to enable you to make informed decisions. You will be informed in advance of any fees that apply for more advanced legal services and advice. We are aware that you might find conflicting information on other websites. If in doubt, contact us for a confirmation of the current legal position.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
You must not introduce viruses
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmfully interacting with our site or any part of it. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site or any other equipment or network connected with our site.
You must not interfere with, damage or disrupt any software used in the provision of our site or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party on which this site relies in any way.
You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the applicable laws. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use Our site will cease immediately.
Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
- We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so..
- Different limitations and exclusions of liability may apply to liability arising as a result of the provision of services to you, which will be set out in our service terms.
- We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it.
- We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
- use of, or inability to use, our site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
- In particular, we will not be liable for:
- loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
- We only provide Our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use Our site for any commercial or business purposes.
How we may use your personal information
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.
Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
These terms of service, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Maltese law and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Malta.
Last updated: 25th October 2024