Global Legal Notice
This Legal Notice and Terms of Use (the "Legal Notice") governs the access to and use of the website, mobile applications, and digital platforms (collectively, the "Platform") operated by Nideon One AB (the "Company"). By accessing, browsing, or using the Platform, the visitor (the "User") acknowledges that the User has read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Legal Notice. If the User does not agree to these terms, the User must immediately cease all use of the Platform.
1. Corporate Identification and Regulatory Information
In accordance with Section 8 of the Swedish Electronic Commerce Act (SFS 2002:562), the EU E-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC), the UK Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, and other applicable cross-border e-commerce transparency rules, the corporate identity and direct contact details of the Platform operator are disclosed below:
Full Legal Entity Name: Nideon One AB, a private limited liability company (Aktiebolag) organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden.
Corporate Registration Number (Organisationsnummer): 559439-4719
Registered Office Address: Viktoriagatan 15E, 41125 Gothenburg, Sweden
Direct Email Address: contact@kindredbase.com
Telephone Number: +46 708 70 61 90
Value Added Tax (VAT) Registration Number: SE559439471901
Regulatory Status: The Company is an independent information publisher and affiliate aggregator. It is not a licensed financial institution, broker-dealer, investment advisor, or credit institution. It is not supervised by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) or any other financial regulatory body, as its activities do not constitute regulated financial services.
2. Global Affiliate Relationship and Material Connection Disclosure
The Platform operates as a commercial entity that receives compensation from third-party financial service providers featured on the Platform. This section serves as the Company's explicit disclosure of its material connections in compliance with Section 5 of the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, the FTC Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255), the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) social media guidance (FG24/1), and EU consumer protection regulations.
Commercial Relationships: The Platform features comparison tables, ratings, articles, and reviews of various third-party financial products, including investing applications, neobanks, credit card issuers, and cryptocurrency exchanges. The Company maintains affiliate, referral, and advertising relationships with some or all of these providers (the "Affiliate Partners").
Nature of Compensation: When a User clicks on an outbound link on the Platform and subsequently registers an account, makes a deposit, or purchases a service from an Affiliate Partner, the Company receives a financial reward, commission, or lead-generation fee. This compensation may take the form of cost-per-acquisition (CPA) payments, cost-per-click (CPC) payments, revenue-sharing arrangements, or flat-fee advertising placements.
Impact on Content and Rankings: The financial compensation received by the Company may influence which products are featured on the Platform, the placement and ordering of products within comparison tables, and the overall volume of coverage dedicated to specific providers. However, the Company's editorial reviews and analytical comparison data are generated independently, based on objective criteria determined by the Platform's editorial team.
User Acknowledgment: The User acknowledges that any interaction with an Affiliate Partner via links provided on the Platform is subject to this commercial arrangement, and that the Company's financial interests may conflict with the User's selection of a financial product.
3. Non-Advisory and Financial Services Exclusion Disclaimer
The Platform is strictly a general information resource, comparison site, and affiliate aggregator. It does not provide, and must not be construed as providing, any regulated financial, investment, credit, tax, or legal advice.
No Investment Advice: All information, comparative metrics, reviews, and editorial content published on the Platform are general and impersonal in nature. The content has not been prepared with reference to the specific investment objectives, financial situation, risk tolerance, or portfolio needs of any individual User. No content on the Platform constitutes a "personal recommendation" to buy, sell, or hold any financial instrument under the European Union Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), or advice on investments under the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.
No Brokerage or Order Transmission: The Company does not act as a broker-dealer, broker-dealer representative, credit broker, or custodian of assets. The Platform does not execute trades, receive or transmit client orders for financial instruments, handle client funds, or participate in the clearance or settlement of any financial transaction. Any transaction initiated by the User is executed solely within the systems and under the terms of the respective regulated Affiliate Partner.
United States Publishers' Exclusion: The Platform operates as a financial publication of general and regular circulation. It relies upon the "publisher's exclusion" from the definition of an "investment adviser" under Section 202(a)(11)(D) of the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the holding of the Supreme Court in Lowe v. SEC.
Risk Warning: All financial decisions involve risk. Past performance of a financial product, application, or strategy is not a guarantee of future results. The User is solely responsible for conducting independent research, verifying the regulatory status of any financial provider, and consulting a licensed financial advisor, legal professional, or tax specialist before executing any transaction based on information obtained from the Platform.
4. Accuracy of Third-Party Offers and Limitation of Liability
The Platform aggregates and presents third-party financial offers for informational purposes only. The Company does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any third-party information displayed on the Platform.
Fluctuations in Terms: Interest rates, signup bonuses, fee schedules, promotional referral terms, cashback rewards, and other financial parameters offered by Affiliate Partners fluctuate frequently. The Company exerts reasonable efforts to update comparison tables and reviews, but cannot guarantee that the terms displayed on the Platform are identical to the terms active on the Affiliate Partner's website at any given moment.
No Warranty of Third-Party Terms: The promotional terms, bonuses, and rewards displayed on the Platform are subject to the specific terms and conditions, eligibility requirements, and verification procedures of the respective Affiliate Partner. The Company has no control over, and assumes no liability for, an Affiliate Partner's unilateral refusal to honor a promotional offer or bonus code.
No Responsibility for External Content: The Platform contains hyperlinks to external websites and digital applications operated by third parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to the User. The Company does not endorse, monitor, control, or assume any liability for the content, privacy policies, data security, operational reliability, or business practices of any third-party website or service.
5. Intellectual Property Rights and Prohibited Content Exploitation
All content, software, design, logos, trademarks, database rights, and intellectual property on the Platform are the exclusive property of the Company or its licensors.
Permitted Personal Use: The Company grants the User a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access, view, and print content from the Platform solely for personal, non-commercial, informational purposes.
Prohibited Commercial Exploitation: The User must not copy, modify, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from the Platform.
Prohibited Data Harvesting: The extraction of data from the Platform via automated means, including "web scraping," "data mining," "spidering," "crawling," or any other systematic retrieval of comparative data, rankings, or reviews for commercial directories, competing platforms, or database population, is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the Company.
6. Governing Law, Territorial Scope, and Cross-Border Dispute Resolution
This Legal Notice, and any dispute, claim, or non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Primary Jurisdiction: Subject to applicable mandatory local consumer protection laws, any legal action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Legal Notice or the use of the Platform shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the District Court of Stockholm (Stockholms tingsrätt) as the court of first instance.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (EU/EEA Consumers): If the User is a consumer resident in the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA) and has a dispute with the Company that cannot be resolved through direct consultation, the User has the right to submit a complaint via the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform. The ODR platform can be accessed at: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
National Board for Consumer Disputes (Sweden): In Sweden, consumer disputes may also be submitted for impartial resolution to the National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden or ARN), located at Box 174, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden (website: www.arn.se). The Company will evaluate its participation in such proceedings on a case-by-case basis.
United States Jurisdiction and Class Action Waiver: For Users accessing the Platform from the United States, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the User and the Company agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted solely on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. The User waives any right to participate in consumer class actions or class-wide arbitration.
7. Global Geolocation and Localized Regulatory Disclosures
The Platform is accessible globally, but is structurally tailored to comply with the distinct legal standards of the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Localized Disclosures: The Company utilizes geolocation technology to present specific regulatory disclosures (such as localized FTC affiliate disclosures, FCA risk warnings, and EU ODR details) based on the User's IP address.
Circumvention Prohibited: The User must not attempt to circumvent, disable, or alter any geolocation tracking or compliance overlays implemented on the Platform. Any attempt to access content under false geographic representation is a violation of this Legal Notice.
Severability: If any provision of this Legal Notice is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions, which shall continue in full force and effect.
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The KindredBase Team