Terms of Service

OVERVIEW

Welcome to Saskia van der Velden. The terms "we," "us," and "our" refer to Saskia van der Velden, an interior design studio based in the Netherlands. We operate this website to present our portfolio of original interior design projects and to allow prospective clients to learn about and enquire into our design services (the "Services"). Our website is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") describe your rights and responsibilities when you access or use this website. Please read these Terms carefully, as they include important information about your legal rights, including warranty disclaimers, intellectual property rights over our work, and limitations of liability.

By visiting, interacting with, or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use this website.

SECTION 1 — ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

This website serves as a digital portfolio and point of contact for Saskia van der Velden interior design services. It is not a webshop. We do not sell physical goods or process commercial transactions through this site. Any design services, consultations, or projects are arranged separately through direct communication and are subject to separate written agreements between you and us.

By using this website, you acknowledge that submitting an enquiry, viewing project galleries, or otherwise interacting with the site does not create a contractual relationship for design services. Any such relationship is established only upon mutual written agreement on the scope, fees, and terms of a specific project.

SECTION 2 — ACCESS

By using this website, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your country of residence and that any information you provide to us (for example, via contact or enquiry forms) is accurate, current, and complete.

You agree to use the website only for lawful purposes — to view our work, learn about our practice, and contact us in good faith about potential collaboration.

SECTION 3 — OUR PROJECTS AND IMAGERY

All projects, photographs, renderings, drawings, plans, design concepts, mood boards, and other visual or written materials presented on this website are original works produced by, or commissioned exclusively for, Saskia van der Velden. Every image displayed represents a real project on which we hold full intellectual property and usage rights.

Colors, materials, finishes, and spatial perception may appear differently on your screen than in the realized project, depending on your device and its settings. The images on this site are representations of our work and do not constitute offers, specifications, or guarantees of any future design outcome.

SECTION 4 — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IMPORTANT)

All content on this website — including but not limited to project photographs, renderings, design drawings, sketches, written text, the website design itself, the Saskia van der Velden name and logo, and the selection and arrangement of all materials — is the exclusive intellectual property of Saskia van der Velden and is protected under Dutch, European, and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.

You may not, without our prior written consent:

- copy, download, reproduce, republish, redistribute, or store any image, drawing, text, or other material from this website;

- use any of our project imagery on social media, websites, marketing materials, presentations, or portfolios (including AI training datasets);

- modify, adapt, crop, recolor, or create derivative works based on our materials;

- screenshot, screen-record, or capture our work for commercial use, competitive analysis, or to imitate our designs;

- remove or alter any copyright, trademark, watermark, or attribution notice.

Limited personal, non-commercial viewing of this website is permitted. Sharing a link to our website is permitted. Any other use of our materials — including by individuals, companies, agencies, publications, or AI tools — requires our prior written permission.

Unauthorized use of our work may result in legal action, including claims for damages, injunctive relief, and recovery of legal costs.

If you wish to feature our work in editorial, press, academic, or other contexts, please contact us at info@saskiavandervelden.com to request permission.

SECTION 5 — PROJECT ENQUIRIES

When you submit an enquiry through this website, you are expressing initial interest in our services. Submission of an enquiry does not constitute a binding agreement, a guarantee of acceptance of your project, or any commitment on our part to provide services.

We reserve the right to decline any enquiry or potential project at our sole discretion, without obligation to provide a reason. We may also limit our services geographically, by project type, or by capacity.

Should we agree to work together, the terms of our engagement — including scope, fees, timeline, deliverables, and intellectual property arrangements specific to your project — will be set out in a separate written agreement.

SECTION 6 — NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

The content on this website is presented for informational and portfolio purposes only. Nothing on this website constitutes professional design, architectural, engineering, construction, or legal advice. Any decisions you make about your own space, property, or project based on the inspiration shown here are entirely at your own risk.

Professional design recommendations are provided only within the scope of a signed engagement between you and Saskia van der Velden.

SECTION 7 — THIRD-PARTY LINKS

This website may contain links to third-party websites, press articles, suppliers, or social media platforms. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of those third parties. Visiting linked sites is at your own risk, and any transactions, agreements, or communications you enter into with third parties are solely between you and them.

SECTION 8 — RELATIONSHIP WITH SHOPIFY

This website is powered by Shopify, which provides the technical platform that enables us to operate the site. Shopify is not responsible for the content of our website, our project work, or any communication between you and Saskia van der Velden. You acknowledge that Shopify is a separate entity and release Shopify and its affiliates from any claims arising from your use of this website or any interaction with us.

SECTION 9 — PRIVACY

All personal information collected through this website (for example, via contact or enquiry forms) is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy [LINK] and applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Because our site is hosted by Shopify, certain technical information may also be processed by Shopify in accordance with Shopify's Privacy Policy.

SECTION 10 — FEEDBACK

If you send us ideas, suggestions, feedback, or other content (collectively, "Feedback"), you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that Feedback for any purpose, including refining our services and marketing. We are under no obligation to maintain Feedback in confidence or to compensate you for it.

You represent that any Feedback you submit is your own, does not infringe any third-party rights, and is not unlawful, abusive, or misleading.

SECTION 11 — PROHIBITED USES

You agree not to use this website to:

- engage in any unlawful or malicious activity;

- infringe our intellectual property rights or those of any third party;

- harass, defame, threaten, or harm us, our staff, our clients, or anyone else;

- transmit viruses, malicious code, or anything designed to disrupt the operation of the site;

- scrape, harvest, or extract content, images, or data from the website using bots, AI tools (including agentic AI), or any automated means;

- attempt to bypass any security, access control, or technical protection on the site;

- impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone;

- use our content to train, fine-tune, or evaluate any artificial intelligence or machine learning system.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access to the website for any user who violates these Terms.

SECTION 12 — AGENTS AND AUTOMATED ACCESS

Any software agent, bot, crawler, or AI system that accesses this website must identify itself clearly (for example, via a "Agent/[name]" user-agent string), must not mimic human behavior to evade detection, and must respect any technical measures we use to limit automated access. AI systems may not use, store, train on, or reproduce content from this website without our prior written consent.

SECTION 13 — ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS

We make every effort to keep this website accurate and up to date. However, the site may occasionally contain typographical errors, omissions, or outdated information. We reserve the right to correct any such errors and to update or remove content at any time without prior notice.

SECTION 14 — DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

This website and all content on it are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of viruses, or that any information presented will be complete, accurate, or current.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

SECTION 15 — LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Saskia van der Velden, its owners, employees, contractors, partners, and Shopify and its affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including lost profits, lost data, or business interruption — arising from your access to or use of this website, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total liability arising from your use of this website, under any theory of liability, shall in no event exceed one hundred euros (€100).

This limitation does not exclude or limit liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under Dutch law.

SECTION 16 — INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Saskia van der Velden, Shopify, and their respective affiliates, employees, contractors, and partners from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of these Terms, your violation of any law or third-party right, or your misuse of this website or our content.

SECTION 17 — SEVERABILITY

If any part of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remainder will continue in full force and effect.

SECTION 18 — ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any separate written agreement for design services, constitute the entire agreement between you and Saskia van der Velden regarding your use of this website, and supersede any prior agreements.

SECTION 19 — GOVERNING LAW

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. Any disputes arising from your use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Netherlands, except where mandatory consumer protection law provides otherwise.

SECTION 20 — CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may update these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on this page. The "last updated" date will be revised accordingly. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of those changes.

SECTION 21 — CONTACT

Questions, permission requests, or concerns about these Terms can be sent to:

Saskia van der Velden Email: info@saskiavandervelden.com Address: v/d Poelstraat 3a
5761 BW BAKEL
The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)6 150 34 999