Terms of Use

The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority provides these Terms and Conditions to inform you of our legal policy and practices. Please carefully review these Terms and Conditions before using this website. Your use of this website indicates your irrevocable agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

The website at vara.ae and its sub-domains are owned by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority [“VARA”], a public corporation established pursuant to Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets in the Emirate of Dubai, and having its head office at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road, P.O. Box 9292, Dubai, UAE.

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions “we”, “our” and “us” refer to VARA, “this website” collectively refers to the vara.ae website and its sub-domains, and “you” and “your” refer to a specific individual or program accessing this website.

 

Governance
This website is governed in accordance with the laws of the Emirate of Dubai and the applicable federal laws of the United Arab Emirates. The courts of the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of this website.

 

Personal data protection
Any personal data you supply to us when you use this website will be used in accordance with our [Privacy Notice].

 

Proprietary Rights
All information and other materials provided on this website together with the underlying software code are owned either directly by us or by our licensors. You may not copy, modify, alter, publish, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer any material on this website or the underlying software code whether in whole or in part, without our explicit permission. However, the contents of this website may be viewed, downloaded, printed or copied for your personal non-commercial use. Any unauthorised use of this website may result in a violation of copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publication and communication regulations and statutes. Nothing in this website should be construed to be a grant of a license, ownership or any other proprietary right in this website, its contents or the underlying software code.

 

Acceptable use
You may only use this website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and, in any event, for lawful and proper purposes which includes complying with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of practice within the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the applicable federal laws of the United Arab Emirates and any other jurisdiction from which you are accessing this website.

 

Disclaimer of Warranty
We provide this website on an “as is” and “as available” basis and without any warranty or condition, express, implied, or otherwise. We specifically disclaim all implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, to the maximum extent that such disclaimers are held to be valid.

 

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and keep us indemnified from and against all costs, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, damages or losses (including without limitation consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation, and all interest, penalties and legal and other professional costs and expenses) arising out of or in connection with your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

 

Hyperlinks
Our websites may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience. If you access those links, you will leave our website. We do not control those websites or their legal practices, which may differ from ours. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. These Terms and Conditions do not cover your interaction with third party websites, and we encourage you to review the terms and conditions of any third-party website before accessing the same.

 

Waiver
Our failure or delay enforcing at any time one or more of these Terms and Conditions will not constitute a waiver of such Terms and Conditions or of our right at any time subsequently to enforce all these Terms and Conditions.

 

Severability
If any provision (or part thereof), of these Terms or Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

 

Notification of changes
We reserve the right to change our Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice. Your continued access or use of this website after such changes indicates your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions as modified. It is your responsibility to review the Terms and Conditions regularly. These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 2022-07-26.

 

Contacting us
If you have any questions relating to these Terms and Conditions, kindly email your question or query to [email protected].