website conditions

the following conditions:

1. (1) the provision of information by means of a website must be appropriate to the context in which the business between the firm and the client is, or is to be, carried on (that is, there is evidence that the client has regular access to the internet, such as the provision by the client of an e-mail address for the purposes of the carrying on of that business);
2. (2) the client must specifically consent to the provision of that information in that form (in respect of the provision of information to a client in relation to MiFID, equivalent third country or optional exemption business pursuant to rules in COBS 6.1ZA, COBS 8A, COBS 11.2A.25R or COBS 14.3A,  only if the client is a retail client;
3. (3) the client must be notified electronically of the address of the website, and the place on the website where the information may be accessed;
4. (4) the information must be up to date; and
5. (5) the information must be accessible continuously by means of that website for such period of time as the client may reasonably need to inspect it.

[Note: article 23(5) of the IDD]