Access to and use of this site ('www.noorimages.com' and "www.noorimages.org") is provided by Noor Images B.V. and Stichting Noor Foundation (Noor) subject to the Noor website terms of use and privacy policy. Please ensure you read our terms of use and privacy policy prior to using this website.

By using this site you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of this site. If you do not agree to be legally bound by the following terms please do not access and/or use www.noorimages.com and www.noorimages.org.

Noor may change these terms of use and the privacy policy at any time by posting changes online. Please review this text regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.

If you have questions about our website terms of use and privacy policy, or suggestions, please contact us by sending an e-mail to office@noorimages.com or call +31.20.616.4040 or send a letter to: Noor, P.O. Box 15666, 1001ND, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

These terms apply to you, and if you are using this website on your employer's behalf, to you and your employer. If you are acting within the scope of your employment as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, you warrant that such party has full knowledge of your actions and has consented thereto.

Content means: all photographs, video, images and any other multi-media content, including related text, captions, or information. After you have clicked a link to our archive host, you enter the party where you are able to request to buy Content.

Noor photographers produce in-depth visual reports on social, political, environmental and cultural issues, each with a highly personal visual style. Besides catering to the (inter-)national editorial market by contributing to (inter-)national publications, Noor photographers welcome assignments and collaborations with non-governmental organisations and sponsors to undertake documentary projects relating to global concerns to involve audiences and widen world-views.

At the same time that Noor photographers and the managing director established Noor Images B.V., they established Noor Foundation. Noor Foundation is a foundation established under the laws of The Netherlands to provide the impetus to spread the Noor Foundation philosophy and to attract and find funds to finance and to undertake documentary projects. Noor Foundation is registered in the trade registry of the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam, The Netherlands under number 342.80.974.

Noor Images B.V. is a limited liability company, established under the laws of The Netherlands and registered in the trade registry of the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam, The Netherlands under number 342.695.88.

Noor's address is: P.O. Box 15666, 1001ND, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

This website is owned and operated by Noor. All Content (photographs, video, images and any other multi-media content, including the texts, captions, or information) is owned by our Photographer and/or Photographers and/or by us and is protected by international intellectual property rights. Except as explicitly permitted under the applicable Noor Content Buying License (if any), no part or element of this website or its Content may be copied or retransmitted via any means, and all related rights remain the exclusive property of Noor.

For the protection of Noor and its image sources, Content may be visible, invisible or electronically watermarked. You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Content, caption information, or any other material, on this website.

Additionally, unless authorised by Noor in writing, you may not:

1. Use the Content.

2. Deep-link or employ software or any automatic device, technology or algorithm to "crawl", "scrape", search or monitor the website and/or retrieve or copy Content or related information; or

3. Violate the mechanical restrictions of the website, or bypass other measures employed to prevent or limit access to the website or Content by hacking or other means; or

4. Copy, redirect, or exploit the website or any Content; or

5. Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the website or of the network supporting the website, or seek information on visitors to the website or personal information of Noor's customers; or

6. Use any device, software or routine that would interfere with the proper functioning of the website, or any transaction conducted via the website.

If you do not consent to the above, do not use the website or any Content found therein. You will not knowingly disable any technology or tool.

Your use of this website must comply with all applicable laws.

Noor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove Content from the website for any reason.

To buy the right to use Content, you must enter Noor's picture archive, which is currently hosted by Picturemaxx at noor-gate.picturemaxx.com. Click the "buy pictures" button on the splash page of our website for information and register for a Noor account with Picturemaxx. Noor reserves sole discretion over whether to grant you an account.

The order process through our digital archive consists of the following steps:

1. Noor's picture archive is hosted by PictureMaxx. Once you are logged into and inside Noor's picture archive to buy images, you will be required to request the images you wish to buy, sharing applicable usage details.

2. You will be asked to fill out an image request form, in which you are required to enter motivational message for your request. After sending this you will receive a notification that your e-mail has been sent. An automatic e-mail is sent to Noor which will state the number of your Image Request which serves to identify your order.

3. After Noor has received your request, Noor will acknowledge the receipt of your order without undue delay by e-mail. In this e-mail, in case required, Noor will ask you to answer questions relating to your use of the image.

4. Based on your answers, Noor will e-mail you (a) the agreed price and (b) the scope of the license to be granted by Noor for your use of the image and (c) the Noor Content Buying Licence.

5. Noor will send you the link or an e-mail with a ZIP file where you may download the image(-s) from Noor's picture archive after Noor has received either your confirmation by email and/or a signed and scanned version of the Noor Content Buying Licence.

Noor may immediately terminate the granted right for the usage of the material without notification, in case you fail to comply with any provision of the Noor Content Buying Licence applicable to your use.

For convenience, our website may link to other sites that may be of interest to you but are not under Noor's control. These links do not imply endorsement by Noor and Noor is not responsible for the availability of or the content contained in any linked site.

Noor provides you with the website and Content on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Except for any liability which cannot by law be excluded or limited, neither Noor nor any of the Noor photographers or licensees will be liable to you for any other third party claiming through you for direct or indirect, incidental, special, punitive, statutory or consequential, damages arising out of, or relating to, this Content or this website. In no event will Noor or its photographers' or licensees' liability exceed EUR 500.

Despite our efforts to provide accurate information, this website may contain technical or other mistakes, inaccuracies or typographical errors. In addition, this website and its Content may include historically and culturally important images and text that may contain subjects that reflect the social attitudes and circumstances of a particular time or location. You should be aware that your search may display results containing content that may seem inappropriate to its context, or text that could be potentially offensive. You are solely responsible for determining whether your use of this website requires the consent of any third party, and you should not rely solely on the information provided by Noor.

If you believe that Content on this website has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send us a notice and we will get in touch without undue delay to discuss the steps to be taken.

Noor can be reached at the following address for notice of claims of copyright infringement: Noor, P.O. Box 15666, 1001ND, Amsterdam, The Netherlands or via e-mail: claudia@noorimages.com

1. Privacy
Noor's privacy policy (below) applies to the use of this website, and its terms. Please consult Noor's privacy policy for specific information on Noor policies for use of your personal information. You understand that any message or information sent to the website may be viewed or intercepted by third parties.

2. Data protection
Noor will treat your personal data (e.g. sent for registering for our newsletter) strictly confidential and in line with all applicable data protection laws. Noor will not sell personal data to third parties. You have the right to obtain confirmation from us as to whether or not data relating to you is being processed and for which purposes. Further, you have the right to request us to correct, adapt or erase the data. When you have a legitimate individual interest, you can raise objections against data processing.

3. Events outside our control
Noor will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in the performance of, any of our obligations under an agreement that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure Event).

4. Severability
If any of these Website Terms of Use are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such terms will - upon notification - to that extent be withdrawn from the remaining terms, which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

5. Applicable law and jurisdiction
Terms for the use of our website are governed by Dutch law. Any dispute arising from, or related to, such agreements is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, notwithstanding your right to bring any dispute before the court of the country where you have your habitual residence and/or registered offices.

1. Noor's commitment to your privacy

We are committed to protecting your privacy.

This online Privacy Policy describes the ways in which we collect information from you when you use the Noor website, and what we may use it for.

In registering on this website (e.g. for the newsletter) you agree we may collect and use your personal data as set out in this privacy policy and the terms of use (above). Only register if you consent to this use of your personal data.

If you have any questions or need further information about our privacy practices, please contact us via office@noorimages.com

2. What data do we collect from you?

We may collect data from you ("User Data") in various ways:

a. By our use of cookies (see section 3 below);
b. During the course of your use of the website; and
c. When we request further information from you from time to time following your registration with the Noor archive hosted by Picturemaxx.

Some of it will inevitably comprise personal data about you. This privacy policy describes how we fulfil our obligations under applicable data protection laws.

3. We do not sell or exploit User Data commercially through third parties

We will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make User Data commercially available to any third party.

4. Right to object / access / rectification
At all times you can object to the use of your data for direct marketing purposes. At all times you can request access to and/or rectification and/or deletion of your data. For these purposes, please send us an e-mail to office@noorimages.com.

5. Use of cookies

Cookies allow our web server to recognise your computer on connection to our website, which in turn allows the server to make downloading of pages faster than on first viewing. The data collected by our servers and/or through cookies will not be kept for longer than is necessary.

Navigation data about site viewers is automatically collected by our servers. If you do not wish to have this navigation data collected, we recommend that you do not use this website. Information generated by the use of cookies will not be disclosed to third parties. Information may be used by us in aggregate form so that no individual can be identified.

You may choose to not receive a cookie file by enabling your web browser to refuse cookies. However, for optimal use of this website, we recommend that you do not block the recording of cookies on your computer.

6. Our use of User Data

We will use User Data we collect from you only in accordance with the following guidelines:

(a) To provide the website to you

(b) To include User Data in anonymous statistics

(c) Marketing activities

If you have registered to receive marketing materials from us we may use your data in order to send you in electronic and or paper form marketing and other materials relating to Noor, our products and or services. We may use the data provided by you to update records held by Noor. You may withdraw your consent to the receipt of marketing materials on request by sending an e-mail to office@noorimages.com

(d) If Noor ceases to trade or goes insolvent

If we, or our service provider, cease to trade, or become insolvent, enter into receivership or any similar or equivalent event occurs, those acting on our behalf or on behalf of our service provider may sell the business or parts of it to a third party, in fulfilment of legal or business requirements. In these circumstances, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you in advance of us or our service provider disclosing your data to that third party, but you acknowledge that this might not be technically or commercially feasible in all the circumstances.

(e) Withdrawal from Noor registration (if any)

If you wish to cease to participate in the Noor registration (if any) please e-mail us at office@noorimages.com

7. Transfer of User Data outside the European Economic Area ("EEA")

The Internet is a global environment. In order to provide this website we need to transfer User Data to locations outside the European Economic Area "EEA" and process User Data in locations outside the EEA. Any data sent or uploaded by you will be accessible in jurisdictions outside the EEA. By accepting this Privacy Policy and our Website Terms of Use you consent to such transfers.

8. Legal Requirements

While it is unlikely, we may be required to disclose your User Data by a court order or to comply with other legal or regulatory requirements. We will use reasonable endeavours to notify you before we do so, unless we are legally restricted from doing so.

9. Linked sites
Please be aware that our privacy statement does not apply to other websites, also: if you access these other sites using a link on our website; or if you link to our site from another website.