Intellectual property and legal notice

01 · Copyright

Copyright

© Ridge Ratings. All rights reserved.

Copyright is asserted in the original works Ridge creates, including:

• the Ridge methodology document: the written rulebook, its prose, structure, worked examples, tables and diagrams;
• the Ridge software: the analysis engine and web application, in source and compiled form;
• the compiled Ridge database: the curated, de-duplicated warehouse and the derived per-community and per-building rating records, protected as an original compilation by reason of the selection, arrangement and verification effort invested in it;
• the Ridge ratings, index and reports, including the layout and presentation of Rating Reports.

Under UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 38 of 2021 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, protection in these works arises automatically on creation; registration is not required for the rights to exist. Where copies are deposited with the Ministry of Economy, this serves as dated evidence of authorship and ownership.

02 · Marks

Trademarks

Ridge Ratings™, the Ridge name and logo, and the Ridge rating-scale marks (the "Ridge"-prefixed grades) are trademarks of Ridge Ratings.

You acquire no ownership of, or licence in, these marks by accessing this site or citing Ridge's work. You may not use them in a way that implies endorsement or affiliation, or that suggests your product is a Ridge rating, index or service when it is not. Until a mark is registered the ™ symbol is used; ® will be used only once registration is confirmed.

03 · Sources

Data, sources and attribution

Ridge ratings and the Ridge indices are built on Dubai Land Department registered transactions (and, for Abu Dhabi, registered transactions, labelled as a preview), together with other public records. Every source and how it is used is listed at /data-sources.

Ridge does not own, and does not claim to own, those underlying public facts. They belong to their sources and remain freely available to everyone from those sources. What is Ridge's, and what is protected, is the work added on top of the facts: the curation, de-duplication and verification; the selection, structuring and arrangement of the data; and the ratings, indices and presentation derived from it. Anyone is free to return to the source and re-derive their own analysis.

04 · Citation

Permitted use and citation

Ridge wants its ratings to be cited; a public benchmark only works if people can refer to it. You may cite a Ridge rating, figure or short extract for journalistic, analytical, academic or commentary purposes, provided that you:

• quote briefly: use only as much as needed to make the point;
• attribute clearly: credit "Ridge Ratings" and, where applicable, the relevant rating reference or Report ID; and
• link back to the source page on ridgeratings.com where the rating is published.

Example: "Building X holds a Ridge Aa rating (Ridge Ratings, methodology v1.5)", with a link to the source page. This permission is for fair, attributed reference, not a licence to reproduce Ridge reports, datasets or the methodology document in whole or in substantial part. For that, talk to the desk.

05 · Restrictions

Prohibited use

To protect the integrity of an independent benchmark, the following are not permitted without Ridge's prior written consent:

• Bulk extraction or scraping: no automated harvesting, crawling, bulk downloading or systematic extraction of Ridge ratings, reports or database;
• Redistribution or resale: no copying, republishing, repackaging, redistributing, reselling or sub-licensing the Ridge data, ratings, index or reports, or any feed derived from them;
• Competing products: no using Ridge outputs to build, train or seed a competing rating, score, index or dataset;
• Removing notices: no removing, obscuring or altering any copyright notice, trademark, attribution or rating reference; and
• Implying endorsement: no use of the Ridge name or marks suggesting Ridge endorses, is affiliated with, or has reviewed your product, service or transaction when it has not.

These restrictions apply to Ridge's curated outputs and presentation. They do not, and cannot, restrict your independent use of the underlying public registry data obtained from registry sources.

06 · Independence

Independence and no warranty

A Ridge rating is an independent analytical opinion, derived from public registry data according to the published methodology. It is not investment, financial, valuation, legal or transaction advice, and not a recommendation to buy, sell, hold or finance any property or interest.

The information on this site is provided "as is", for general informational purposes. While substantial care is taken in curating and verifying the data, Ridge does not warrant that it is complete, accurate or current, and you rely on it at your own discretion. Make your own enquiries and seek your own professional advice before acting.

07 · Permissions

Licensing, permissions and takedown

For licensing, permission requests, attribution questions, corrections, or to raise a good-faith concern or takedown request regarding any content on ridgeratings.com, contact [email protected]. Ridge responds to legitimate requests promptly and in good faith. Corrections and appeals against a rating action follow the mechanism at /governance#appeals.