Privacy Policy | Designs by Vee

Who we are

Our website address is: designs-byvee.com

At Designs by Vee, the privacy of my audience is important to me. I do collect Email addresses for the Designs by Vee newsletters. The only E-mail addresses collected are the ones entered by choice when you sign up for the newsletter.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Affiliate Disclosure Policy

This blog uses affiliate programs for monetization, which means when you click on links to various sites that I recommend in my posts and make a purchase, this can result in a commission that is credited to this site.

Some affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, Commission Hot Miami Shades, The Great North, Laylow Apparel, and Abella Eyewear. I have chosen to only recommend products in my articles that I use or have thoroughly researched or am using myself. If I haven’t used the product before, I will tell you. As a consumer, it is your job to do your own due diligence before making any type of purchase online. I try my hardest to give you all the details you need to know before making an investment. My credibility means a lot to me and I will NEVER attempt to sell you something just to make a quick buck. It’s NOT my style. If you have any questions about any affiliates on this website, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Giveaway Policy

Giveaways are open to readers 18 years or older with U.S. shipping addresses only, unless otherwise stated. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Winners will be selected in a random number generator, those decisions are final and binding in all respects relating to the Giveaway. Winners will be notified by email or via Instagram direct message. If I am unable to contact a winner at their given email or social media account within 48 hours, the prize is forfeited and an alternate winner will be drawn from all remaining eligible entries. Not following the rules, or spamming will get you disqualified from entering any future giveaways.

Business Collaborations and PR Contact

I appreciate your interest in my fashion and design blog. If you feel my content would be a good fit for your Product or Brand, please contact me at vnewtondesigns@gmail.com

Copyright Policy

You may not use any content, or images from Designs by Vee website without given permission. All images are taken, and owned by the founder of this blog Velma Newton.

FTC Policy

All profits made help keep the Designs by Vee website running. Sometimes brands send me products to review if I feel they are a good fit for my content, and I will disclose that they were sent to me complimentary. The views and opinions expressed on my blog are solely my opinions. If for some reason I end up not liking a product, there is no guarantee that it will be blogged about, however, if I enjoy your product, I will share it with my audience. Please consider the time it takes to create a quality post with swatches, etc. I also create some sponsored content and run affiliate links on certain posts. Any commission made is greatly appreciated and used to help maintain this website. As usual, you will know when a post contains these links because it will be stated in the text. I do NOT write positive reviews for payment. I only share products that I truly use, and love.

Social Media Graphics

Terms of Service

These Terms of Service are applicable to your purchase of any Photos, on the Designs by Vee online store. These Terms of Service may not be altered, supplemented, or amended by the use of any document, such as purchase orders, and all sales are expressly conditioned upon your agreement to these Terms of Sale. In the event of any conflict between these Terms of Service and the other provisions of the Terms of Use, these Terms of Service will control. By purchasing any products on Design by Vee, you, the Purchaser, are agreeing to these terms:

Refunds

We stand behind our products and your satisfaction with them is important to us; therefore, all download sales are final. Because our products are digital goods delivered via Internet download, we generally offer no refunds. However, want you to be fully satisfied with your purchase. If for any reason you are not satisfied, please email us at vnewtondesigns@gmail.com and we will address your concerns. Refund requests made after you have downloaded our product are handled on a case by case basis and are issued at our sole discretion. Refund requests, if any, must be made within (7) days of your original purchase.

Limitation of Liability

This site and all information, content, materials, and products included on or otherwise made available to Purchaser through this site are provided by Designs by Vee on an “as is” and “as available” basis, unless otherwise specified in writing. Designs by Vee, nor Velma Newton makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials or products on or otherwise made available to you through this site. Purchaser expressly agrees that Purchaser’s use of this site is at your sole risk.

To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Designs by Vee, nor Velma Newton shall accept responsibility that the website, its servers, or email sent from the website are free of viruses or other harmful components. We will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the website, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages.

The contents of this site do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making, or refraining from making a decision. Purchaser further acknowledges that any information or materials on this site may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted.

Certain state laws do not allow limitations as contained in this clause. If these laws apply, some or all of the above limitations may not apply to you and you might have additional rights.

Product download

Downloads from our servers are closely monitored to ensure you are able to successfully access our products. While we are flexible and allow you to complete a reasonable number of downloads we will not tolerate download abuse. We reserve the right to terminate your access to our download servers if we suspect any kind of abuse.

Once Purchaser has purchased downloads, Purchaser is encourage to download it promptly and to make a backup copy of it. If Purchaser is unable to complete a download after having reviewed the online help resources, Purchaser shall contact Designs by Vee customer service for assistance at vnewtondesigns@gmail.com. Purchaser bears all risk of loss after purchasing including any loss of the downloads as a result of downloading, or loss due to a computer or hard drive crash.

Acceptance of order

We reserve the right to refuse or cancel any order or custom photo request made at any given time. In such event, your sole recourse shall be the return of amounts paid by you related to such order (if any).

Electronic Communications

You consent to receive communications from us by email. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you by email satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Trademarks

Certain graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks, service marks, or trade dress of our company or our affiliated companies. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used for any commercial or other purposes without our prior written consent. All other trademarks and service marks not owned by Velma Newton, Designs by Vee, or our affiliated companies that appear on the website are the property of their respective owners and may or may not be used without their prior written consent.

Modification And Severability

We reserve the right to make changes to our website, our policies, our Terms of Use and these Terms of Service at any time and in our sole discretion. Therefore, you should review our policies, terms and conditions each time you visit the website. Your continued use of the website after we make any such changes constitutes your binding acceptance of those changes. If any of the terms or conditions herein shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that term or condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining term or condition.

Digital Image Usage and Licensing

Purchased photo downloads may be included as part of the initial service contract or purchased from Designs by Vee online store. Designs by Vee and Velma Newton grants Purchaser a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual limited-use license to download and copy the accompanying image(s) subject to the following restrictions: This license can be used for personal or commercial use; copyright, title ownership, and all rights now and in the future, remain exclusively with Velma Newton. There are no warranties, express or implied. Photographs are provided ‘as is.’

Neither Designs by Vee nor Designs by Vee’s vendors will be liable for any third party claims or incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of this license or buyer’s use of our products.

What you can do:
Purchaser may:

Display on personal websites and computers.
Use the images in digital or print advertisements.
Crop the image and overlay with Purchaser’s text, graphics, or pdfs.
Make image prints for personal or commercial use.
Use the images to promote your own products and services on your website and social media channels.

What you may not do:
Purchaser may not:

Resell, relicense, sub-license, redistribute without express written permission from Alicia Powell.
Use the photographs in a pornographic, obscene, illegal, immoral, libelous or defamatory manner.
Scan, copy, duplicate, distribute, or otherwise reproduce the images, to allow a third-party to use the images in any way.
Use this purchase to promote photography styling related workshops, classes, or any on or offline photography-related training.
Incorporate photographs into trademarks, logos, or service marks.
Make available for download.

For GRAPHIC/WEB Designers:

You may use the images as part of a graphic design or web design project for an individual paying client.
You MAY NOT resell or freely distribute single images to your client, apart from a design project. Note that design projects are classified as digital or print projects that require MORE design elements than a single image, such as, a new website, social media design cover or print brochure.
You MAY NOT create derivative products from the images such as digital templates, screensavers, printables, desktop calendars, wallpapers, art prints, mugs, calendars, clipart/vectors, invitations, or any such products, either for sale or to give away for free. For example, these products are typically posted on multi-vendor websites like Society6, Envato or Creative Market.

Velma Newton with Designs by Vee retains all rights, license, copyright, title and ownership of the photography on Designs-ByVee.com.