The following Terms and Conditions of Service apply to all products and services provided by Paul Appau and in the event of any dispute are governed by the laws of The Netherlands.

All work is carried out by Paul Appau on the understanding that the client has agreed to our terms and conditions.

Copyright is retained by Paul Appau on all design work including words, pictures, ideas, visuals and illustrations unless specifically released in writing and after all costs have been settled.

If a choice of designs is presented and one is chosen for your project, only that solution is deemed to be given by us as fulfilling the contract. All other designs remain the property of Paul Appau, unless specifically agreed in writing.

By supplying text, images and other data to Paul Appau for inclusion in the customer’s website or other medium, the customer declares that it holds the appropriate copyright and/or trademark permissions. The ownership of such materials will remain with the customer, or rightful copyright or trademark owner.

Any artwork, images, or text supplied and/or designed by Paul Appau on behalf of the customer, will remain the property of Paul Appau and/or its suppliers unless otherwise agreed in writing. A licence for use of the copyright material is granted to the customer solely for the project defined in the scope or request and not for any other purpose.

The customer may request in writing from Paul Appau, the necessary permission to use materials (for which Paul Appau holds the copyright) in forms other than for which it was originally supplied, and Paul Appau may, at its discretion, grant this and may charge for the additional usage. Such permission must be obtained in writing before any of the aforesaid artwork, images, text, or other data is used.

Any software, code, plugin or other third party material used in a web or digital project remains the property of the creator and any ongoing licence fees or fees for upgrades are the responsibility of the client, not Paul Appau.

By supplying images, text, or any other data to Paul Appau, the customer grants Paul Appau permission to use this material freely in the pursuit of the design.

Should Paul Appau, or the customer supply an image, text, audio clip or any other file for use in a website, multimedia presentation, print item, exhibition, advertisement or any other medium believing it to be copyright and royalty free, which subsequently emerges to have such copyright or royalty usage limitations, the customer will agree to allow Paul Appau to remove and/or replace the file on the site.

The customer agrees to fully indemnify and hold Paul Appau free from harm in any and all claims resulting from the customer in not having obtained all the required copyright, and/or any other necessary permissions.

Charges for design services to be provided by Paul Appau will be set out in the written estimate or quotation that is provided to the customer. At the time of the customer’s signed acceptance of this estimate or quotation, indicating acceptance of the Terms & Conditions, a non-refundable payment of 50% of the quoted fee will become immediately due.

Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all design services require an advance payment (if the quotation amount is above €100,- a minimum of fifty (50) percent will be required) of the project quotation total before the work commences or is supplied to the Client for review. The remaining fifty (50) percent of the project quotation total will be due upon completion of the work prior to upload to the server or release of materials.

Charges for any additional services requested during the project that are over and above the estimated time or out of scope, will become fully payable (100% of the quoted amount) at the time of estimate or quotation acceptance.

The customer agrees that changes required over and above the estimated work, or in addition to the agreed scope, or where the client makes changes to the supplied copy or changes required to be carried out after acceptance of the draft design, will be liable to a separate charge.

The customer also agrees that Paul Appau holds no responsibility for any amendments made by any third party, before or after a design is published.

Any design, copywriting, drawing, idea or code created for the customer by Paul Appau, or any of its contractors, is licensed for use by the client on a one-time only basis and may not be modified, re-used, or re-distributed in any way or form without the express written consent of Paul Appau and any of its relevant sub-contractors.

All design work – where there is a risk that another party make a claim, should be registered by the client with the appropriate authorities prior to publishing or first use or searches and legal advice sought as to its use.

Paul Appau will not be held responsible for any and all damages resulting from such claims.

Paul Appau is not responsible for any loss, or consequential loss, non-delivery of products or services, of whatever cause. The customer agrees not to hold Paul Appau responsible for any such loss or damage.

Any claim against Paul Appau shall be limited to the relevant fee(s) paid by the customer.

The client agrees to allow Paul Appau all necessary access to computer systems and other locations, as required, in order to complete a website project and until all due funds are cleared, including the necessary read/write permissions, usernames and passwords.

The customer also agrees to allow Paul Appau access to any computer systems, usernames and passwords required to remove data and/or sites for failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions.

The customer agrees to supply Paul Appau with all necessary materials, electronic, or otherwise, required to create and complete the project, and to supply them in a timely manner.

Any indication given by Paul Appau of a design project’s duration is to be considered by the customer to be an estimation. Paul Appau cannot be held responsible for any project over-runs, whatever the cause. Estimated project duration should be deemed to be from the date that cleared funds are received by Paul Appau for the initial payment or by date confirmed in writing by Paul Appau.

The customer agrees to allow Paul Appau to place a small credit on printed material exhibition displays, advertisements and/or a link to Paul Appau own website on the customer’s website. This will usually be in the form of a small logo or line of text placed towards the bottom of the page.

The customer also agrees to allow Paul Appau to place websites and other designs, along with a link to the client’s site on Paul Appau’s own website for demonstration purposes and to use any designs in its own publicity and portfolios.

Paul Appau makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, for any and all products and/or services that it supplies. Paul Appau will not be held responsible for any and all damages resulting from products and/or services it supplies. Paul Appau is not responsible for any loss, or consequential loss of data, or non-delivery of products or services, of whatever cause. While we take reasonable steps to investigate the materials we recommend, we accept no responsibility for the performance or quality of materials or any consequential loss arising from their failure. The customer agrees not to hold Paul Appau responsible for any such loss or damage. Any claim against Paul Appau shall be limited to the relevant fee(s) paid by the customer.

Paul Appau reserves the right to use the services of sub-contractors, agents and suppliers and any work, content, services and usage is bound by their Terms and Conditions. Paul Appau will not knowingly perform any actions to contravene these and the client also agrees to be so bound.

Paul Appau and its clients agree to comply with Printers Terms and Conditions which include disclaimers for non-completion on time and the flexibility to supply quantities within 10% of the total ordered. Paul Appau recommend that if an exact quantity is required, then 10% extra is added to the quantity and extra time made available should the job be delayed.

These Terms and Conditions supersede any previous Terms and Conditions distributed in any form. Paul Appau reserves the right to change any rates and any of the Terms and Conditions at any time and without prior notice.

Cancellation of orders may be made initially by telephone contact, or e-mail, however, following this, Paul Appau will need formal notification in writing to the company’s postal address. The client will then be invoiced for all work completed over and above the non-refundable deposit that will have been made at the time of first ordering. The balance of monies due must be paid within 30 days. Please note: any cancellation which is not formally confirmed in writing and received by Paul Appau within 14 days of such instruction being issued, will be liable for the full quoted cost of the project.

The placement of an order for design and/or any other services offered by Paul Appau, by email, whatsapp, any social media platform, via the website, verbally or in writing, is deemed to be acceptance of these terms and conditions, which are freely available at www.paulappau.nl.

An estimate validated by the customer’s signature on the estimate or quotation form, or by email, constitutes acceptance of the estimate or quotation and agreement to comply fully with all the Terms and Conditions and forms a Contract for Business between the signatory and Paul Appau.

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