Terms and conditions of use

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR OPEN EYE FILM WEBSITE http://www.openeyefilm.com AND BLOG https://wildopeneye.wordpress.com

Henceforth referred to collectively as ‘this site’ or ‘my site’.

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Last Update: Oct. 10, 2018.

New Privacy Rules in Europe and California require me to state that I value your privacy rights and will not compromise them. I have never sold your personal information to third parties, nor will I. Read on for more reassuring material.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS PAGE UPDATES

I may update the contents of this page at any time. Users are expected to check this page periodically to note any changes that I make, as they are legally binding on us all. The date of the last update shows when modifications have been made, but be advised that some provisions on this page may be superseded by information published elsewhere on our site or on our blog. This site and all its contents are governed by applicable laws and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in any manner connected with them, including but not limited to non-contractual disputes or claims, shall be undertaken according to the local law of Louisiana and under the jurisdiction of local courts. In the event of any perceived grievance Charles Paxton of The WebCat (henceforth referred to in this document collectively as I and me )insists that the aggrieved should attempt to address any perceived problem directly with me first before resorting to legal action.

Thank you for visiting. Any and all use of this website is only permitted upon the basis of the user agreeing to be bound by its terms and conditions of use , please read the details as outlined below. They are not unreasonable or negotiable.

If you disagree to abide by these terms and conditions then please do not use this website.

The webmaster and the data controller is Charles Paxton of www.thewebcat.biz .

Thank you for visiting. We hope that you enjoy using this site within the parameters of our terms and conditions as set out below.

Any comments or complaints about our site design, function, its content or external links should be addressed to:

Charles Paxton,

The WebCat

1209 West Port Union Road, Farmerville, LA 71241

or by email any time.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This page and the documents referred to on it tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of openeyefilm.com and its associated Blog (henceforth referred to here collectively as “this site”). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site. These terms and conditions and policies apply to all users of and visitors to this site, henceforth referred to as ‘you’. Use of this site indicates that the user accepts these terms of use, the acceptable use policy and the privacy policy, set out below and that the user agrees to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using this site.

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SITE

Our site is run by its webmaster, Charles Paxton of The Webcat (henceforth referred to here collectively as "I" or "me" or “the webmaster”). Interested parties can find out more about Open Eye Film by viewing this website.

VISITING MY SITE

I only allow access to this site on a temporary basis and reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service I provide on this site and associated sites without notice. The webmaster will not be liable if for any reason this site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

When using this site you must comply with applicable laws and my parameters of acceptable use (see below). Failure to abide by these terms will result in automatic revoking of my permission for you to use this site and I may take further action as I see fit including, but not limited to reporting any such breach to the Police and/or taking legal action.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

I am the owner, or the licensee, of all intellectual property rights in this site, and of the material published on it. This site and its contents are protected by global copyright laws. All such rights are retained and reserved by the original authors, owners and licensors of their respective works.

RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED

This site is informational only and though I intend that the information published here is correct at time of publication I make no guarantees of its veracity, and I reserve the right to remove, replace and/or revise any of it, at any time, without notice. Though material on this site may be out of date at any given time, I am under no obligation to update such material instantly - my best available response must suffice.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

By using this website you agree to indemnify me to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law against any liability for any losses or damages incurred by any user in connection with this site or in connection with the use or inability to use this site, or for the results of the use of this site, any websites I link from it and for any materials posted on this site. This does not limit my potential liability under applicable law, e.g. for causing death or injury from negligence, nor my liability in any case of fraudulent action.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO THIS SITE

I process information about you in accordance with my privacy policy (see PRIVACY POLICY below). Your use of my website is contingent upon your consent to such processing.

LAW

This web site and its use is subject to and governed by the applicable laws of Louisiana, is informational only and is provided by me, for your optional, free use, on an as-is basis with no warranties attached of any sort. You use it entirely at your own risk on condition that your use lies within parameters that I define as acceptable. Likewise, any email communications from you to me are also conducted entirely at your own risk.

I make no express or implied representations, endorsements or warranties of any kind with respect to the site, its contents or any other site linked to it and will not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising from or in connection with the use of this site or any site linked to this one to the extent allowable by applicable laws. In any case of any perceived grievance, complaint or suit, your first recourse should be to cease using the site and to contact the webmaster requesting a perceived course of remedial action. Regardless of the circumstances, any legal case brought in relation to this site can only be conducted within the provisions of the laws local to the webmaster. In the case of any perceived grievance I insist that you contact us for remedy in the first instance prior to any legal action.

PARAMETERS OF ACCEPTABLE USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

This site and all materials accessible from it are made available for temporary reference via online browsing for personal use in real-time only. Unless expressly stated otherwise on pdf documents accessible from my web pages I do not allow copying or printing of any of the media material except for the purpose of promoting my or my clients’ activities and then only with our express permission.

We forbid any form of electronic or physical interference with this website or any of the equipment or software that enables its publication or related data storage. The deliberate introduction of malicious software and/or spyware to any of our systems is expressly prohibited and we will report any such attacks to the relevant authorities and assist where we can in any offenders’ prosecution.

Any one of the following behaviours would also constitute a breach of my terms of use for this website: illegal access to the site (hacking), any deliberate presentation of false information with the intention to mislead, the use of a false identity, any attempt to defraud me, my suppliers or my customers, any attempt to defame or misrepresent us aforementioned.

Links from and to this website

We are not responsible for the quality of any sites linked to from this website, their quality is the sole responsibility of their creators and all such sites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies.

Other websites may link to this site with our permission and provided that they make no false claims of relationship or endorsement.

I take privacy issues seriously and this section details what kind of information I may collect from you and how I may share it.

I will not share your details with third parties for the purposes of their direct marketing.

I may compare visitor statistics month by month with information provided by my server with a view to improving this site’s function and popularity, I may collect, store, and analyse data from visitors. In addition to viewing visitor numbers, I may also collect, store and analyse such simple, aggregated visitors’ statistics that are made available to us such as frequency and dates of visits to this site (the options include I.P. Addresses and referring sites where relevant) and I may use this data to improve my services and also in aggregated form in relation to interaction with advertisers if I choose to place advertisements on any of our pages. I shall not use this data to identify any individual except in the case where it might prove useful for my legal defence and would only ever publish this information as aggregated statistics or to Police authorities’ reasonable request.

Contact details provided via the contact form may be used by me to communicate with those members of the public who wish to contact us, all personal details submitted are stored securely, are not retained for longer than necessary to serve their purpose and will be destroyed when no longer necessary.

In addition to the above uses, we may supply any information to law enforcement agencies that we are obliged to provide them by law. We may also use any information made available to us in any situation where it could constitute evidence useful in our defence in case of a dispute.

This website doesn’t use cookies at the moment but we may use Flash cookies in the display of images in the galleries and html cookies in the operation of its associated blog. If we do, these files are stored in your computer and used to relay information from your computer to a remote server in order to make interactive elements work correctly.

You may control the storage of these Cookies on your computer by different methods and may choose to block the servers from storing Cookies on your hard drive.

Flash Cookies for image galleries

This website uses Adobe’s Flash technology to display some images via Adobe SlideShowPro Director to media players and uses Flash Cookies in its proper operation. Acceptance of these Cookies is optional but options aren’t controlled through your browsers’ preferences settings, controls are available from Macromedia’s website to block their operation if you wish, though such action may affect your user experience of this site. Click here for Adobe’s Website Storage Settings control panel.

Html Cookies

Our Blog is provided by Automattic via Wordpress.com. The blog uses html Cookies to provide its interactive functions. Click here to view Automattic’s Privacy Policy . You may choose to use this website without html Cookies by selecting to block your browser’s acceptance of Cookies via your browser’s preference settings if you wish. Seek instructions on how to do this via your chosen browser’s ‘Help’ facility as the method to block Cookie files varies by browser type. If you need more help, please see aboutcookies.org.uk for help with changing settings on different browsers.

Blocking Cookies may affect your user experience of our Blog and watching films on Youtube.

Interactive elements of this site

I will never ask you to email your banking or credit card details to us.

I ask you not to submit any sensitive or illegal data through any interactive elements on my site, for example: email, interactive forms and blog. All postings to the blog are subject to moderation prior to publishing, but I am not obliged to publish anything submitted via the blog. The Blog also records visitor statistics and referring pages and every comment is submitted along with the IP address and email address of the correspondent. We would not share or publish such information unless it is our legal duty to do so, or it is necessary to resolve a dispute.

Submission of Data to this Site

This entire site is copyright © 2017-18 Open Eye Film and Licensors. The contributing artists and authors retain and assert copyright of all their original works. All original materials on this site, including, and not limited to, design, text, graphics, logos, images, audio and video, are rights managed, and may only be downloaded for your personal use. Where social media share buttons are placed, we would be grateful for users to share our web content on their social media, please note that the in all instances the original authors of all media retain copyright for their respective works. Any further distribution for sale or any other use is expressly prohibited without their permission. Modifying, distributing, re-publishing, publicly performing or broadcasting any of the recordings, text, graphics or images included on this site without express written consent from me is also prohibited.

All material submitted to the site is considered to be intended for publication unless expressly stated otherwise, and must comply with applicable laws and current social and political correctness, including, but not limited to not infringing copyright, not defaming any persons, not presenting danger to minors and not promoting discrimination, violence or hatred. Don’t submit material to the site or blog that you do not want published. Materials submitted to this site and blog are subject to moderation.

Though we try to make sure that all information published is true and correct at time of publication we accept no liability for any errors or omissions and reserve the right to change information at any time without notice. It is the visitors’ responsibility to be aware of changes to these terms, the last updated notice at the top of this page is indicative of whether or not alterations have taken place since you last visited.

Accessing Data, If Any, That We May Hold About You

I only keep personal data in the form of contact details and photographic or video media in relation to my work projects and only with permission of the data subjects. I’m British and the British Data Protection Act allows you to see the full extent of the personal data that I may hold about you within 20 days of my receipt of your request for it, provided that you pay an acceptable fee and provide proof of your genuine identity. I will provide this service free if if’s easy or for a fee of £20 or $25 if it is time consuming.

Don’t be surprised if I have no personal data of yours.

I promise to respect all your human rights including rights to data privacy including but not necessarily limited to:

A) your right to have any amount of personal data removed, moved or destroyed

B) your right to have less of it used

C) your right to have it kept securely

If you wish to contact me for any reason related to this website or a film of mine, please email Charles at contact@thewebcat.biz

or write to The website manager : Charles Paxton

Thank you