Terms and Conditions of Commissioning and Reproduction of Images.
This agreement is made between Headshot Company and the Client.
- Definitions
In this Agreement the terms
(a) image includes a digital image, digital scan, photograph, transparency, negative, design, artwork, painting, montage drawing, engraving or any other item which may be offered for the purposes of reproduction: (b) reproduction includes any form of publication or copying of the whole or part of any image and whether or not altered by printing, photography, slide projection (whether or not to an audience) xerography, artist’s reference, artist’s illustration, layout or presentation, electronic or mechanical reproduction or storage by any other means (c) the Client is the person or organisation to whom the invoice is addressed (whether or not the Client is acting for a third party). - Copyright
(a) The entire copyright in the images is retained by Headshot Company at all times throughout the world.
(b) Headshot Company supplies the technical and artistic ability to illustrate an idea photographically, and sells the right to reproduce those images in a given context. No property or copyright in any images shall pass to the Client whether on its submission, or on Headshot Company’s grant of reproduction rights in respect thereof.
(c) Any reproduction rights granted are by way of licence and no partial or other assignment of copyright shall be implied. - Use
(a) The Licence to Use comes into effect from the date of payment of the relevant invoice(s). No use may be made of the images before payment in full of the relevant invoice(s) without the express permission of Headshot Company. Any permission which may be given for prior use will automatically be revoked if full payment is not made by the due date or if the Client is put into receivership or liquidation.
(b) Reproduction rights granted are personal to the Client and may not be assigned, nor may any image submitted to the Client be loaned or transferred to third parties save for the purpose of the exercise by the Client of such reproduction rights.
(c) Headshot Company reserves the right to refuse to supply or grant a reproduction licence to a third party when requested to do so by the Client.
(d) Reproduction rights are not issued exclusively to the Client except when specified on the invoice.
(e) Permission to use the images for purposes outside the terms of the Licence will normally be granted upon payment of a further fee, which must be mutually agreed (and paid in full) before such further use.
(f) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, all further Licences in respect of the images will be subject to these Terms & Conditions.
(g) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Headshot Company reserve the right to reproduce images for it’s own marketing purposes, this may include use on our social media channels, website portfolio, paid advertising and online portfolio. - Client Confidentiality
(a) Headshot Company will keep confidential and will not disclose to any third parties or make use of material or information communicated to them in confidence for the purposes of the photography, save as may be reasonably necessary to enable Headshot Company to carry out their obligations in relation to the commission. - Indemnity
(a) While Headshot Company takes all reasonable care in the performance of this agreement generally, they shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the Client or by any third party arising from use or reproduction of any image or its caption.
(b) The Client agrees to indemnify Headshot Company in respect of any claims or damages or any costs arising in any manner from the reproduction without proper reproduction rights of any image supplied to the Client by Headshot Company.
(c) It is the Client who must satisfy himself that all necessary rights, model releases or consents which may be required for reproduction, are obtained and it is acknowledged that Headshot Company gives no warranty or undertaking that any such rights, model releases or consents have or will be obtained whether in relation to the use of names, people, trade marks, registered or copyright designs or works of art depicted in any image. In the event that the image issued or reproduced by or with the authority of the Client then the Client shall indemnify Headshot Company against any loss or damage, proceedings or costs where such rights, releases or consents have not been obtained. - Payment
(a) Payment terms for headshot sessions are strictly 50% of agreed booking fee to secure a date and time and the final balance is due on the day of the shoot. Virtual headshots require full payment up front. Payment must be made by automated credit transfer (BACS). BACS details will be supplied with our invoice. Proof of postage of remittances is not considered proof of receipt, and clients are advised to send payment by any method affording proof of delivery. We understand and will exercise our statutory right to claim interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment of commercial debts act if we are not paid according to agreed credit terms.
(b) If payment is not made in accordance with (a) above then Headshot Company may rescind this Agreement and recover damages, or, at their option, may exercise their statutory right to interest under the Late Payment Of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
(c) If any invoice issued to the Client is not paid by the Due Date, then all unpaid invoices issued to the Client become due of immediate effect, even if it is less than 30 days from the issue date, and that Headshot Company may consider these invoices as overdue when pursuing legal action for the recovery of said debts.
(d) A fee of £15.00 will be charged for each account reminder, duplicate invoice, or any other paperwork, correspondence or phone calls involved with the pursual of a debt. This fee is non-refundable, and represents the additional time spent pursuing overdue invoices.
(e)Headshot Company reserves the right to suspend ongoing services, such as (but not limited to) the Downloadable Web Page or other distribution of images, once any invoice issued to a Client becomes overdue, and also reserves the right to inform the reason of this to third parties to whom this suspension of service affects.
(f) On the Client’s death or bankruptcy or (if the Client is a company) in the event of a Resolution, Petition or Order for winding up being made against it, or if a Receiver is appointed, Headshot Company may at any time thereafter inspect any records, accounts and books relating to the reproduction of their images to ensure that the images are being used only in accordance with the reproduction rights granted to the Client. - Expenses
(a) The Client agrees to pay travel costs based on the Headshot Company travel expenses fees which are publishedhere. The travel cost will be added to the final invoice.
(b) Where extra expenses or time are incurred by Headshot Company as a result of alterations to the original brief by the Client, or otherwise at their request, the Client shall give approval to and be liable to pay such extra expenses or fees at Headshot Company’s normal rate in addition to the expenses shown on the proposal as having been agreed or estimated. - Rejection
(a) Unless a rejection fee has been agreed in advance, there is no right to reject on the basis of style, composition or editing. - Booking, Cancellation & Postponement
(a)Bookings are not confirmed until the Client has 50% of the agreed total booking fee to Headshot Company.
(b) Once the Client has paid 50% of the agreed total fee, Headshot Company will not accept any other work from other clients for those times and dates.
(c) As a result, if a booking is subsequently cancelled, for any reason, a cancellation fee will be charged to the client according to the following schedule. When a client cancels a booking within two weeks of any confirmed date, a fee of 50% of the remaining balance will be charged. When a client cancels a photography booking within one week of any confirmed date, a fee of 100% of the remaining balance will be charged. In addition to this cancellation fee, the client will be charged for any expenses already incurred by Headshot Company.
(d)In the case of virtual headshots, refunds will not be given due to non-submission of images. For instance, if the Client has ordered and paid for ten virtual headshots, but only nine headshots are submitted, a refund will not be granted for the missing image. It falls upon the Client to ensure all of their employees for whom they have purchased a virtual headshot complete the process. - Electronic Signatures
(a)You consent and agree that your use of a key pad, mouse or other device to select an item, button, icon, checkbox, to enter text, or to perform a similar act/action, while using any electronic documents, web pages or services offered by Headshot Company for the purpose of accessing or making any transactions regarding any agreement, acknowledgment, consent, terms, disclosures or conditions, constitutes your signature, acceptance and agreement as if actually signed by you in writing. You further acknowledge and agree that the taking of any such actions by you evidence your intent to sign any such agreement, acknowledgment, consent, terms, disclosures or conditions. You also agree that no certification authority or other third party verification is necessary to the validity of your electronic signature; and that the lack of such certification or third party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your signature or any resulting contract. - Right to a credit
(a) If the box on the ‘Licence to Use’ marked “Right to a Credit” has been ticked, Headshot Company’s name will be printed on or in reasonable proximity to all published reproductions of the images. By ticking the “Right to a Credit” box Headshot Company asserts their statutory right to be identified as the author of the work in the circumstances set out in Sections 77 to 79 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or any amendment or re-enactment thereof.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed in writing if any image reproduced by the Client omits the copyright notice or credit line specified by Headshot Company any fee payable by the Client shall be subject to an increase specified by Headshot Company, and in any event an increase of not less than 25%. - Storage
(a) Every effort will be made to archive the images indefinitely by Headshot Company. However, Headshot Company makes no warranty about the nature of its archive past the date of first delivery of final images. Clients should treat the delivered files carefully, and we recommend that you keep a safe copy for the duration of the licence. - Applicable Law
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England & Wales. - Variation
(a) These Terms & Conditions shall not be varied except by agreement in writing.
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 15th 2020
Headshot Company (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the www.headshotcompany.co.uk website (the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from www.headshotcompany.co.uk
Information Collection And Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Cookies and Usage Data
Usage Data
We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
Headshot Company uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
- To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Transfer Of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United Kingdom and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Headshot Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure Of Data
Legal Requirements
Headshot Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Headshot Company
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Security Of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
- Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Links To Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: james@headshotcompany.co.uk
