Terms of Service

1.1 We grants you the non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited right to access and use the Website. In order to gain full access and use of the Website, you must create a profile and register as a user (hereinafter referred to as "Registered User").

1.2 You are only permitted to register one profile per person on the Website. The profile is personal and you must not transfer it to others.

1.3 In order to become a Registered User, you need a password. You choose your own password which must be used with your email address when logging onto the Website. Alternatively, we send the password to you. The password is personal and you must not transfer it or in other ways make it available to others. It is your responsibility to ensure that the password does not fall into the hands of a third party. If you become aware that the password is or may have been compromised, you are obligated to inform us hereof. We can and will change the password if there is a risk that the password has been compromised or is used in violation of the User Terms.

1.4 During the registration process, you must choose a username. The username will be shown on the Website whenever you write or comment on reviews or produce user-generated content (see 2.1 below) on the Website. Therefore, you must consider whether you wish to use a username from which you can be identified by others. The username must not (i) be offensive or in other ways insulting, (ii) contain the terms "Guest", "Admin", ".dk", ".com", etc. or (iii) contain characteristics which belong to a third party, including names of famous persons, or personal names to which you do not own the rights. You warrant that your username does not infringe on any rights (including any intellectual property rights) belonging to any third party and/or pertaining to the User Terms.

1.5 Changes to the username may only be made by us. If you want to change your username, please contact us at info@derivtrust.com

1.6 We are entitled at any time, without notice and without prejudice, to delete, suspend or change your profile in the event of your violation or suspected violation of these User Terms or applicable law. When deleting your profile, you will no longer have access to services on the Website which require your registration and/or login as a Registered User. When deleting your profile, we reserve the right to delete the user-generated content (see 2.1) you have made on the Website.

1.7 Furthermore, we reserve the right, at any time and without notice or explanation, to delete your profile and user-generated content (see 2.1). In this case, our disclaimer applies without limitations.

1.8 You are not permitted to gain access or attempt to gain access to the parts of the Website requiring user registration if you are not a Registered User.

2. User-Generated Content from Registered Users

2.1 You hereby grant us the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right and license to publish, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of and commercially exploit any material, information, notifications, reviews, articles or other types of communication (hereinafter referred to as the "User-Generated Content" or "UGC") which you create on the Website as a Registered User. We may freely use and transfer the UGC and disclose the UGC to third parties.

2.2 Registered Users are liable for the UGC they publish on the Website.

2.3 Registered Users warrant that all UGC posted on the Website is correct and true (where they state facts) or genuinely held (where they state opinions).

2.4 UGC must relate to a company or organization from which the Registered User has purchased or can otherwise document using the company's or organization's products or services.

2.5 You may not publish UGC regarding companies to which you have personal or professional relations.

2.6 Registered Users must not, and must not allow any third party to, publish UGC on the website which:

  • is of a marketing nature or has marketing purposes,
  • is unlawful, deceptive, misleading, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, tortious, obscene, pornographic or profane, has sexist, political or racial character, violates other people's rights, including any intellectual property rights, rights of privacy and/or rights of publicity,
  • is offensive or in any way breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation,
  • violates these User Terms, including the User Guidelines, reveals any personal information about another individual, including another person's name, address, phone number, email address, credit card information or any other information that could be used to track, contact or impersonate that person,
  • has a disloyal or unlawful purpose and/or content (or promotes unlawful purposes), or
  • is technically harmful (including without limitation computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software, harmful data or conduct).

2.7 Contributors of UGC warrant in every context that the UGC is lawful and in compliance with the User Terms. If Derivtrust receives notice or otherwise becomes aware that UGC violates current legislation and/or the User Terms, we may delete the UGC without any notice, and we - dependent on the character of the violation - may inform the violated party and/or the authorities of the violation. Our right to delete will not be conditioned on an explanation, although we will strive to inform the Registered User about the deletion and the reason hereof.

2.8 The Registered User hereby grants us the right to initiate and take any legal actions which we deem necessary in case of infringement of the Registered User's UGC.

The Registered User must guarantee to indemnify us for any claims which may be made against us as a consequence of the Registered User's violation of the User Terms or current legislation. The Registered User must indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any claim or loss due to third party claims against us resulting from the UGC of the Registered User.

2.9 We may at any time request information about the UGC from the Registered User, including documentation supporting the information included in the UGC, e.g. documentation evidencing that the UGC is based on an actual buying experience in an actual customer relation to the company to which the UGC relates.  

3. Rights

3.1 The Website and the services we offer via the Website, including all underlying technology and intellectual property rights embodied therein, are and remain our sole and exclusive property, and no license or any other right is granted to any such underlying technology. If you provide feedback, ideas or suggestions regarding the Website or the services offered on the Website ("Feedback"), we are free to fully exploit such Feedback.

3.2 The content on the Website, including but not limited to the intellectual property rights, text, characteristics, graphics, icons, photos, calculations, references and software is or will be our property or the property of a third party (other than the Registered User) and is protected by U.S. and applicable international legislation, including without limitation applicable copyright and trademark laws.

3.3 Unauthorized copying, distribution, presentation or other use of the Website or part hereof is a violation of U.S. law and may thus result in civil and/or criminal penalties.

3.4 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights to free use of the UGC are transferred to us irrevocably, without any time limitation and without territorial limitations, by submitting the UGC to us.

3.5 Downloading and other digital copying of the content on the Website or parts hereof are only permitted for personal non-commercial use unless otherwise agreed with us in writing or allowed under applicable mandatory law.

3.6 All company names, trademarks and other business characteristics on the Website is or will be our property or the property of a third party (other than the Registered User) and must only be used for business purposes upon prior approval from us or the third party owner, respectively.

4. Personal data

4.1 We perform different types of processing of personal data in connection with the use of the Website. Our processing of personal data takes place under observance of our Privacy Policy.

By accepting these User Terms, you confirm to have read and accepted our Privacy Policy.

5. Disclaimers

5.1 THE WEBSITE, CONTENT AND SERVICES OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND AS AVAILABLE WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. DERIVTRUST EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES MAY BE MODIFIED, UPDATED, INTERRUPTED, SUSPENDED OR DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY.

5.2 We make no representations or warranties with respect to any UGC published on the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Derivtrust pilo may at all times investigate and edit (including anonymizing) UGC, e.g. if such actions are (i) prompted by third party requests,  required under applicable law or  necessary for the UGC's compliance with our User Guidelines.

5.3 We disclaim all liability for the content of UGC. Our non-liability applies, without limitation, to any UGC, including UGC which has been edited by us (see 5.2). We are not liable for any links to third party websites in the UGC, including for the content of the page to which the UGC links.

5.4 Recommendations, reviews, comments, etc. of specific companies, services, e-businesses, etc. on the Website are provided by Registered Users and are not endorsements made by us. We disclaim all liability for the content of the Website. The use of our services is in any respect the sole responsibility of the Registered Users. We cannot be held liable for the availability of the Website.

When we talk about fake reviews, we mean reviews that don’t reflect a genuine service or buying experience with a business, and have been left in a deliberate attempt to manipulate consumer perception or behaviour. Examples of fake reviews include:

  • where a business leaves a review on its own Derivtrust profile;
  • reviews that have been paid for in an effort to manipulate a business’ rating on Derivtrust;
  • reviews left on a competitor’s Derivtrust page in a deliberate attempt to undermine their rating on Derivtrust;
  • advertising or promotional messages of any kind that are disguised as reviews.

There’s no place for fake reviews on Derivtrust. Where we detect fake reviews, we’ll remove them and take action.

Any business or user on our site can report or flag a review they think breaches our Guidelines. Users can flag a review by clicking the flag icon displayed on every review on Derivtrust. Businesses can report a review  via their Business Account on Derivtrust, or if you don’t have a Business Account, by getting in touch with our Content Integrity team.

Reviews can be reported where they:

  • - contain harmful or illegal content;
  • - contain personal information;
  • - contain advertising or promotional information;
  • - are not based on a genuine experience;
  • - are about a different business (only businesses can report for this reason).

Where a review is reported, and the report is valid, we’ll remove the review because it breaches our Guidelines.

All businesses and users of our site have the ability to report a review that breaches our Guidelines. Occasionally, we see our reporting tools being misused through inconsistent reporting, or unfairly reporting reviews that don’t breach our Guidelines. Examples of misuse of our reporting tools include:

  • Rapidly reporting reviews; this would indicate that the reviews are not being properly considered or assessed;
  • Reporting a large proportion of genuine negative reviews in an effort to get these removed from their profile;
  • Reporting the same review over and over again to try and get it removed from their profile.
  • We understand the importance of handling sensitive information with care. We require our employees and those working with us to preserve the confidentiality of all non-public information about our business, our customers and users of our community.

    We’re committed to maintaining the highest degree of integrity in our relations with our community of customers, consumers and businesses, as well as our suppliers, vendors and other third parties – both in terms of general commercial confidentiality, and regarding the protection of all personal information received while providing our services.

    Our Privacy Policy, on Derivtrust’s website, explains how we handle and process data, and safeguard the privacy of personal data in our possession.

    We expect our community and anyone doing business with us to also maintain a high level of integrity, and to protect and maintain the confidentiality of non-public information.