Terms of Use

Welcome to the website of Melanie Ross Designs (referred here as “this website"). please review the following basic terms that administer your use of purchase of products from this website. Please note that your use of this website constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by those terms (the "agreement"). these terms and conditions have been created to inform you what information we collect on this website, how we use your information and the choices you have about the way your information is collected and used. please read these terms and conditions carefully. Your use of this website indicates that you have read and accepted our privacy practices, as outlined in these terms and conditions.

Website Content

The contents of this website and the website as a whole, are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use by the users of this website. you may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the contents, the website, or any related software.

Privacy

This website is hosted by Squarespace if you would like to take a look at their privacy policy, please follow this link. We respect your privacy and do not and will not give away or sell any of the information you provide when using this website or our services.

When you place an order through the 'shop' area of this website, we ask for your name, email address, phone number, billing address, shipping address and payment information. we will use this information to fulfill your order and to communicate with you about it - that's it. in order to receive information about shop updates, such as new product releases, sales etc, you must subscribe separately to our vip mailing list.

Unless required by law, we will and do not share your personal data with any third parties outside our business and you have the right at any time to request what personal information we hold, request corrections to errors in your personal information or request the deletion of your personal information. We will always do everything within our ability to uphold your rights and requests regarding your personal information.

Except for cookies, personal information collected may be stored indefinitely or until you ask us to delete it. basic financial transaction information must be stored for seven years to comply with local tax laws. this privacy policy may change without notice. rest assured our principles of respecting your privacy are unlikely to change.

If you have any questions about this policy, have suggestions for policy changes or would like to exercise your rights over your personal information, please get in touch info@melanierossdesigns.com

Cookies

This website uses cookies necessary for it to operate and provide optimal user experience. We would like to provide you with the opportunity to learn more about the cookies we use:

- to learn more about cookies, (please follow this link.)

- to learn how to delete/disable cookies, (please follow this link.)Prohibited use

In addition to any other prohibitions, you must not, under any circumstances use this site or its content:

a. for any unlawful purpose;

b. to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts;

c. to violate any international, federal, or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;

d. attempt to change, remove, deface, hack or otherwise interfere with this Site or any material or content

displaced on this site;

e. hack into any aspect of the service; corrupt data; cause annoyance to other users;

f. infringe upon the rights of any other person’s proprietary rights;

g. send any unsolicited advertising or promotional material, commonly referred to as “spam”; or

h. attempt to affect the performance or functionality of any computer facilities of or accessed through this site.

Intellectual property

This site, products and services contain intellectual property owned by Melanie Ross or by third-parties that license the content to us (“third-party licensed intellectual property”), including, without limitation, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, designs, patents and other intellectual property rights, as well as the business name, logo, images. All designs, text, videos, audio files, graphics, other files, and software (“content”). your use of the site, the products and/or the services and access to any content does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest to you in relation to this site, the products or the services or the content.

No commercial use

You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever the site, the products and/or services or the content, our Intellectual property and third-party licensed intellectual property in whole or in part without our prior written consent. we reserve the right to immediately remove your access to our site, products and services, content, without refund, if you are found to be violating these terms.

Art Licensing

Please note that as the original artist, Melanie Ross retains full copyright to all of her artwork and derivatives, including custom designs and products that she produces. Please be aware that a client’s creative input does not equate to copyright ownership. nor does licensing an artwork mean that you have copyrights to the artwork. If you wish to buy the copyright to an artwork, you will need to contact Melanie Ross directly and request a full copyright buyout.

While using Melanie Ross’s designs as ‘inspiration’ to inform your designs may not directly breaching copyright, it does have a host of ethical + moral issues. if Melanie Ross’s work informs your own and you then monetise it, ethically that’s is a big fat no no and may impact your authenticity and credibility as an artist.

Artistic Style

Melanie Ross has worked hard over many years to develop a strong signature style. this means that invariable she may use similar elements, motifs and colour palettes across a range of different designs. she therefore reserves the right to create designs of a similar nature, in her signature style, for licensed and custom artwork.

Warranties and disclaimers

This site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and to the fullest extent permitted by law we make no representations or warranties about this site or the products or services including that:

a. they are suitable, reliable, complete, secure, accurate or fit for any particular purpose;

b. access will be free of any harmful components (including viruses) or other code that is harmful or may assist in

causing harm; or

c. there is no possibility of failure to store communications or other data.