Legal.

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Terms of use

By using this website you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please stop using the site.

• You may view the site and its publicly available photography for personal, non-commercial browsing.
• You must not attempt to bypass authentication, disrupt the service, misuse the contact form, or access administrative functionality without permission.
• These terms may be updated when the website, services or applicable requirements change.

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Copyright and image licensing

Unless expressly stated otherwise, photographs, text, graphics and branding on this website are owned by Dave Lynes Photography or used with permission and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

• Displaying an image in the public gallery does not grant permission to copy, download, reproduce, modify, publish or distribute it.
• Personal or commercial use requires prior written permission or an appropriate licence.
• Client usage rights are governed by the agreement supplied for the relevant commission or image licence.
• Third-party names and marks remain the property of their respective owners.

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Image publishing

Image-upload and gallery-management tools are private administrative facilities operated solely by Dave Lynes Photography. Website visitors, clients and other members of the public cannot submit or upload images.

Images selected by Dave Lynes Photography may be processed into display-sized versions and thumbnails before being published in the public gallery. Publication does not transfer ownership or grant visitors a licence to reuse the images.

Privacy notice

Dave Lynes Photography is responsible for personal information collected through this website. You can contact me through the contact page.

Information collected

When you submit an enquiry, I collect your name, message and whichever contact details you choose to provide. Technical information such as an IP address may also be processed temporarily for security, rate limiting and service operation.

Why it is used

Enquiry information is used to read and respond to your message, discuss requested services, take steps connected with a potential booking, maintain service security and meet applicable legal obligations. Depending on the context, this processing is based on legitimate interests, steps requested before entering a contract, performance of a contract, or legal obligations.

Recipients and retention

Contact submissions are delivered through the website’s hosting and email providers to nominated Dave Lynes Photography mailboxes. Information is not sold. It is retained only for as long as reasonably needed to answer the enquiry, administer any resulting relationship, meet legal or accounting requirements, and resolve disputes.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion or restriction of your personal information, and to object to certain processing. Contact me to make a request. You may also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Cookies

The public gallery, services, legal and contact pages do not currently use analytics or advertising cookies.

When an authorised user signs in, the site uses a short-lived, secure, HTTP-only and same-site authentication cookie. It is strictly necessary to keep the private upload and gallery-management areas signed in and is not used for advertising or cross-site tracking. Blocking it prevents authenticated features from working.

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Availability and liability

Reasonable care is taken over this website, but uninterrupted availability and complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Dave Lynes Photography is not liable for losses arising solely from reliance on, or temporary inability to access, this website.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

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Governing law and contact

These terms are governed by the applicable laws of the United Kingdom. Any dispute will be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent UK courts.

For questions about these terms, privacy, image licensing or permitted use, please use the contact page.