Website Terms and Conditions

Effective Date: November 2025

Introduction

Thank you for visiting the FDIstats website. This website is owned and operated by FDIstats (ABN [to be assigned]). By accessing and/or using this website and related services, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, which include our Privacy Policy (available at /privacy). You should review our Privacy Policy and these Terms carefully and immediately cease using our website if you do not agree to these Terms.

In these Terms, 'us', 'we' and 'our' means FDIstats.

About Our Services

FDIstats provides economic research and technical advisory services focused on foreign direct investment, international trade, and economic policy analysis. Our services are primarily provided to government agencies, multilateral institutions, research organizations, and policy analysts.

We do not provide financial advice to private investors, offer investment management services, or make recommendations regarding specific investment decisions.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect personal information about you in order to respond to your enquiries, provide our services, and send you updates about our research and publications. We may disclose that information to third parties that help us deliver our services (including information technology suppliers and communication suppliers) or as required by law.

Our Privacy Policy (available at /privacy) explains how we store and use your personal information, how you may access and correct it, and how you can lodge a complaint regarding the handling of your personal information. If you would like any further information about our privacy practices, please contact us at andrew@kintra.com.au.

By providing your personal information to us, you consent to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of that information as described in the Privacy Policy and these Terms.

Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information

The information on our website is not comprehensive and is intended to provide a summary of our services, research focus areas, and general information about economic topics. While we use all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information on our website, we make no warranty regarding the information on this website. You should monitor any changes to the information contained on this website.

Economic data, research findings, and analysis presented on this website represent our professional judgment and interpretation of available information at the time of publication. Economic conditions, data sources, and analytical frameworks may change over time. Any research findings or data visualizations should be understood in their appropriate temporal and methodological context.

We are not liable to you or anyone else if interference with or damage to your computer systems occurs in connection with the use of this website or a linked website. You must take your own precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use from our website is free of viruses or anything else that may interfere with or damage the operations of your computer systems.

We may, from time to time and without notice, change or add to the website (including these Terms) or the information, products or services described in it. However, we do not undertake to keep the website updated. We are not liable to you or anyone else if errors occur in the information on the website or if that information is not up-to-date.

Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, we own or license from third parties all rights, title and interest (including copyright, designs, trademarks and other intellectual property rights) in this website and in all of the material made available on this website, including all text, graphics, data visualizations, research publications, analysis, and software (Content).

Your use of this website and use of and access to any Content does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest to you in relation to this website or the Content. However, we do grant you a license to access the website and view the Content on the terms and conditions set out in these Terms.

Any reproduction or redistribution of this website or the Content is prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. In addition, you must not copy the Content to any other server, location or medium for publication, reproduction or distribution unless expressly authorized by us in writing.

You may download, print and make one copy of reasonable portions of publicly available research publications and analysis for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials.

No Commercial Use

This website is primarily for informational and educational purposes. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any Content, software, or services contained within this website without our express written permission.

You may not use this website, or any of its Content, to further any commercial purpose, including any advertising or advertising revenue generation activity on your own website, without our prior written consent.

Research and Data Disclaimers

Research publications, economic analysis, and data presented on this website represent professional economic research and should be understood as such. While we employ rigorous methodologies and quality control procedures:

• Economic forecasts and projections are inherently uncertain and actual outcomes may differ materially from projections
• Historical data and analysis are based on available sources at the time of publication and may be subject to revision
• Statistical analyses are subject to the limitations of the underlying data and methodological assumptions
• Research findings should not be relied upon as the sole basis for policy decisions or business strategies

Users of our research should exercise independent judgment and consider multiple information sources when making decisions. We recommend consulting with qualified professionals regarding specific policy, business, or investment decisions.

Linked Sites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties, including links to data sources, research institutions, and government agencies. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we do not endorse and are not responsible for the content on those linked websites and have no control over or rights in those linked websites.

Acceptable Use

You must not engage in any activity that we would deem to be inappropriate, unlawful or prohibited by any laws applicable to our website, including but not limited to:

• any act that would constitute a breach of either the privacy (including uploading private or personal information without an individual's consent) or any other legal rights of individuals
• using this website to defame or libel us, our employees or other individuals
• uploading files that contain viruses that may cause damage to our property or the property of other individuals
• posting or transmitting to this website any unauthorized material including material that is likely to cause annoyance, or which is defamatory, racist, obscene, threatening, pornographic or otherwise detrimental to our systems or a third party's systems or network security
• using automated systems or software to extract data from this website for commercial purposes (screen scraping)

We reserve the right to take down or restrict access to any content or information posted to our website at our sole discretion and without notice.

Warranties and Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, including the Australian Consumer Law, we make no warranties or representations about this website or the Content, including but not limited to warranties or representations that they will be complete, accurate or up-to-date, that access will be uninterrupted or error-free or free from viruses, or that this website will be secure.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or terminate without notice your access to this website, any Content, or any feature of this website at any time and we will not be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or liability that may arise as a result.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, including the Australian Consumer Law, in no event shall we be liable for any direct or indirect loss, damage or expense – irrespective of the manner in which it occurs – which may be suffered due to your use of our website and/or the information or materials contained on it, or as a result of the inaccessibility of this website and/or the fact that certain information or materials contained on it are incorrect, incomplete or not up-to-date.

This limitation of liability applies to the fullest extent permitted by law and includes, without limitation:

• any economic losses or damages arising from reliance on research, data, or analysis provided on this website
• any losses arising from decisions made based on information obtained from this website
• any losses arising from inaccuracies, errors, or omissions in data or research
• any losses arising from delays, interruptions, or unavailability of the website or its content

Jurisdiction and Governing Law

Your use of this website and these Terms are governed by the law of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in the Australian Capital Territory.

Changes to Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The revised Terms will apply from the date of publication on this website. We encourage you to check this page periodically to review the most current version of these Terms.

Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us: