www.merlevandenboschphotos.com  is a site operated by myself, Merle Van den Bosch. To contact me, please email info@merlevandenbosch.com.

BY USING THIS SITE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS

By using this site, you confirm that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use the website.

I recommend that you print a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.

PURPOSE OF THE SITE

This site is intended to showcase personal photographs taken by myself over decades.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

I may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use this site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

CHANGES TO THE SITE

This site may be updated and/or changed from time to time at my sole discretion.

SUSPENDING OR WITHDRAWING THE SITE

This site is free of charge for users in any country. I may, at any time, suspend or withdraw all or part of the site, as I deem fit. Accordingly, please refer to these terms of use this site each time you use it and note that the terms of use which appear at the time that you access the website will apply to the altered version of the site (where part of the site is suspended or withdrawn).

USAGE OF ANY MATERIAL ON THE SITE

I am the sole owner and licensee of all intellectual property rights on this site, and all material published in it. All works presented on the site (including images) are protected by the relevant provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which protects copyright in the UK, and any equivalent previous legislation. All such rights are reserved. You must not modify any of the photographs which feature on my website, without first seeking my approval. My status as the sole author of the content on this site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the content on this site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from myself or any licensors which I may appoint (these licensors may also be changed by myself from time to time). If you print off, copy, or download all or any part of this site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use this site will immediately cease to exist, and you must, at my request, return or destroy any copies of any materials you have produced.

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to merlevandenbosch.com (the Website) or any services provided via, or in relation to, the Website. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

(a) Any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Website or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.

(b) Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Where my site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided solely for information purposes. These links should not be taken as approval/endorsement by myself of those linked websites, or information you may obtain form them. I will also not be held personally responsible for the contents of these sites.

VIRUSES

We do not guarantee that this site will be free from bugs or viruses. You must not knowingly introduce any virus to this website. You should also take reasonable steps to ensure that you do not unknowingly introduce any virus to this website, by using your own virus protection software. You are responsible for carrying out your own virus scans on your personal device (whether this is a P.C. or mobile phone) prior to accessing the site. You must not knowingly introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious and/or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site, the server on which our site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to this site. Should you introduce any viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious and/or technologically harmful to the site, your right to use the site will be terminated instantly.

RULES ABOUT LINKING TO THIS SITE

You may provide links to this website, provided that this is done in a way which is fair and legal and does not damage my reputation or take advantage of it. You must not provide a link to imply any association, approval or endorsement on my part where none exists. I reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to link to or make any use of content on this website other than that set out above, please contact me on the email address listed above in the personal details section of these terms of use.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU

Whilst we do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so, please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use and by using our site you agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION IN RELATION TO DISPUTES

Should any disputes arise, these will be subject to English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.