Legal notice

General Information

Araua RegTech informs you that access to and use of the website www.araua-regtech.com and all subdomains and directories included therein (hereinafter jointly referred to as the Platform), as well as the services or content that may be obtained through it, are subject to the terms detailed in this Legal Notice, without prejudice to the fact that access to any of said services or content may require the acceptance of additional General Conditions.

Therefore, if you do not agree with the considerations detailed in this Legal Notice, please do not use the Platform, as any use you make of it or of the services and content included in it will imply acceptance of the legal terms set out in this text.Therefore, if you do not agree with the considerations detailed in this Legal Notice, please do not use the Platform, as any use you make of it or of the services and content included in it will imply acceptance of the legal terms set out in this text.

Araua RegTech reserves the right to make changes to the Platform without prior notice, in order to update, correct, modify, add or delete the contents of the Platform or its design.

The contents and services offered on the Platform are updated periodically. Since the availability of information is not immediate, we suggest that you always check the validity and accuracy of the information, services and content contained in the Platform.

The terms and conditions contained in this Notice may change, so please review these terms when you revisit the Platform.

Araua RegTech shall not be liable for any damages that may be caused by the use of the tools and information contained on www.araua-regtech.com in relation to the adoption of decisions. Araua RegTech shall not be liable for any damages that may arise from the use of the tools and information contained in www.araua-regtech.com in connection with the adoption of decisions. Such decisions must be checked with the competent bodies or agencies.

Inform you that, by using our services, you accept:

  1. Have read and be bound by the terms of this notice.
  2. If you use our Services on behalf of a company or organisation, you agree to our general terms and conditions on behalf of that company or organisation. If you do not agree to them, you may not use our Services, including use of the Platform.
  3. That you are of legal age and have sufficient legal capacity to enter into contracts. It is not permitted to use our services to minors under 18 years of age or to those who do not have sufficient legal capacity to enter into contracts.
  4. You consent to our communicating with you electronically on matters relating to the development of the Platform and the Services provided through the Platform.

Information about Araua RegTech

Araua RegTech is provided with NIF/CIF 14.607.615-Q and domiciled in c\ Lezeaga, 21, 6A. 48002 Bilbao.

Information about Araua RegTech's services

Araua RegTech provides access to a platform that brings together all relevant public information with the aim of automating the tasks of Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing for all those organisations and/or obliged parties, in accordance with Law 10/2010, of 28 April, on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing..

To this end, Araua RegTech collects information on a daily basis from a multitude of publicly available sources and, after standardisation, quality assurance and data enrichment, makes it available to you. 

The sources of information used by Araua RegTech are multiple and varied and include both national sources (state, autonomous, provincial and local) and international sources (European Union, UN, OFAC, etc.).

Its database with more than 20 million records comprises:

  • Sanctions Lists.
  • Commercial Information.
  • Public Procurement, both Tenders and Minor Contracts.
  • Political positions.
  • Senior positions.

Given the diversity of the sources used, as well as the complexity of the processes of integration, standardisation and cross-checking of information, Araua RegTech offers payment services exclusively for businesses.

In order to access the platform, both for individuals and legal entities, it is necessary to complete the Araua RegTechuser registration process accurately, truthfully and in its entirety. Access to the platform will be gained by entering the user credentials and password.

Araua RegTech shall be exempt from any liability arising from misuse or negligence on the part of the user in fulfilling his obligation of confidentiality of his access credentials.

Araua RegTech will also not assume any responsibility derived from the incorrect, inappropriate or illicit use of the information appearing under the domain araua-regtech.com domain or any of its subdomains and/or directories.

Information on user obligations and responsibilities

As an Araua RegTech user you are obliged to the following:

  1. You guarantee that all registration data is true, accurate, complete and up to date. Thus, you are obliged to inform Araua RegTech of any changes that may occur in this data.
  2. Withdrawals will not generate any refund rights in your favour. Araua RegTech will not refund any amount already paid.
  3. You will be solely liable to Araua RegTech for any actions or uses contrary to the terms and conditions that you may carry out in relation to the Platform. In particular, you will be liable to Araua RegTech, holding it harmless, for any claim (judicial, extrajudicial, administrative or of any kind) resulting from your infringement of intellectual or industrial property obligations or publication of material that could be considered inappropriate.

At Araua RegTech we are very concerned about ethical and moral behaviour and therefore you commit yourself to:

  1. Not to use the legitimately permitted access to the Platform to compete directly or indirectly with the Services offered by Araua RegTech.
  2. Not to use or link Araua RegTech with activities contrary to law, morality and public order.
  3. Not to use Araua RegTech for illicit or prohibited purposes or with effects that are harmful to the rights and interests of third parties, exempting Araua RegTech from any liability that may arise from this.
  4. Not to circumvent, disable, interfere with or remove any of Araua RegTech functionalities and, in particular, those relating to its security or which impose limitations on its use.
  5. To pay the price of our services in accordance with the terms of the selected subscription plan.

In the event of non-compliance with the agreed terms and conditions, Araua RegTech Araua RegTech reserves the right to suspend or terminate the service and/or the user account.

Right of Withdrawal and Cancellation Policy

In the case of subscriptions to any of the services provided by Araua RegTech, the user will lose their right of withdrawal when acquiring any of the Information Summaries produced by Araua RegTech, as this is an exception to this right, as set out in article 103.m) of Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007, of 16 November, which approves the revised text of the General Law for the Defence of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws..

Notwithstanding the above, in the event that the Summary of Information prepared by Araua RegTech does not correspond to the summary requested by the user, the user may contact the Araua RegTech team to correct the error as soon as possible.

Responsibility of Araua RegTech

All information provided by Araua RegTech has been obtained from publicly available sources and is believed to be correct.

Data collection is automated, with checkpoints to ensure the correct collection of information. However, the sheer volume of data collected makes a full manual verification of the data unfeasible and impossible. 

Therefore, the user shall not be liable to Araua RegTech for any damages arising from errors, inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided. 

In the case of data referring to natural persons, Araua RegTech only collects, stores and displays public information derived from the position held in a specific company or due to compliance with a duty of active publicity and/or transparency in accordance with Law 19/2013, of 9 December, on transparency, access to public information and good governance due to being in a position of public responsibility.

Araua RegTech does not provide personal data of any natural person, beyond the information that is public and comes from official sources. 

Due to the fact that official sources of information present problems in terms of availability, quality and completeness of data, the user should consider the information provided by Araua RegTech as advisory and/or orientative. This information may be used as an additional element when making business decisions, but under no circumstances should these decisions be made based solely on the information provided by Araua RegTech. In the event that this is the case, Araua RegTech shall be released from all liability.

The user is solely responsible for any infringements that may be incurred or damages that may be caused or caused by the use of the website, and Araua RegTechis exonerated from any kind of liability that may arise from the actions of the user.

Intellectual Property Rights

The rights relating to industrial and intellectual property (including but not limited to: trademarks, logos, texts, photographs, icons, images, etc.), as well as the graphic design, source code and other software elements contained in the araua-regtech.comdomain, as well as in all its sub-domains, are the property of Araua RegTech or its licensors..

They are therefore subject to intellectual and industrial property rights and protected by Spanish and international legislation.

Access to the services provided does not imply, on the part of Araua RegTech, a waiver, transfer or total or partial assignment of the rights derived from intellectual and industrial property, nor does it attribute rights of use, alteration, exploitation, reproduction, distribution or public communication of this content without the prior and express written authorisation of the respective owners of said rights, without prejudice to the right to view and obtain a private security copy of said contents, provided that said right is exercised in accordance with the principles of good faith and provided that the intellectual and industrial property of the holder of said rights remains unaltered, is used for non-commercial purposes and exclusively for the personal information of users.

Licence for the use of the website

The content of the website is the property of Araua RegTech and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence unless otherwise explicitly stated.
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Attribution (CC-BY 4.0)

A work under this licence may be used for any purpose, whether or not it includes modification, commercial or non-commercial, as long as the author is acknowledged.

Araua RegTech declares its respect for the intellectual and industrial property rights of third parties. Therefore, if you consider that this site may be violating your rights, please contact Araua RegTech through the established communication channels.

Links or hyperlinks

At Araua RegTech we link to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. However, these sites do not belong to us, nor do we continually review their content, and therefore we cannot be held responsible for their content, the operation of the linked site or any damage that may arise from accessing or using them.

Users who intend to establish a hyperlink to the Araua RegTech website must take the following into account:

  • The establishment of the hyperlink does not imply in any case the existence of a relationship between Araua RegTech and the owner of the website or the e-mail address in which it is established. Nor does it imply the acceptance or approval by Araua RegTech of its contents or services. Therefore, it shall not be stated or implied that Araua RegTech has expressly authorised the hyperlink or that it has supervised or assumed in any way the services offered or made available on the website from which the hyperlink is established.
  • Araua RegTech is in no way responsible for nor does it guarantee the quality, accuracy, reliability, correctness or morality of the contents or services that the hyperlink establishment may offer. The user assumes sole responsibility for any consequences, damages or actions that may arise from accessing the hyperlinked website.
  • The web page or electronic communication in which the hyperlink is established may not contain any trademark, denomination, logo, slogan or other distinctive signs belonging to Araua RegTech, except those signs that are part of the same hyperlink.
  • The web page on which the hyperlink is established shall not contain information with illegal content, contrary to morality, good customs or public order, nor shall it contain content contrary to any third party rights.

At any time, Araua RegTech may request the removal of the link to its domain, without the need to give any reason. In such a case, the page that has made the link must proceed to its immediate removal, as soon as it receives notification of this fact by Araua RegTech.

Multilingual version

The Platform supports two languages: Spanish and English. However, the supported language may be affected by the unavailability of the translation in the source language. 

Frames

Araua RegTech expressly prohibits "framing" or the use by third parties of any other mechanisms that alter the design, original configuration or contents of its Platform.

Data Protection

In accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights, all personal data collected during the use of the Website will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Policy, which all Users must expressly accept in the event of providing personal data through the Website.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

The applicable law in case of dispute or conflict of interpretation of the terms that make up this Legal Notice, as well as any matter related to the services of this Platform, shall be Spanish law.

For the resolution of any conflict that may arise on the occasion of the visit to the Platform or the use of the services that may be offered therein, Araua RegTech and the User agree to submit to the Courts and Tribunals of the User's domicile, provided that the same is located in Spanish territory.