Terms Of Use - AppleGreen Cottage

General

These Terms Of Use refer to www.applegreencottage.com, shop.applegreencottage.com and its other subdomains (‘Website’). www.applegreencottage.com is a sewing site and blog written and edited by me, Damjana. https://shop.applegreencottage.com is a shop on Payhip platform where our products are sold. For questions and inquiries, please contact me at: damjana (at) applegreencottage (dot) com.

By using this Website, you signify your consent to these Terms Of Use. If you do not agree to all of these Terms Of Use, please do not use this Website. Terms Of Use may be updated from time to time. Your continued use of the Website shall mean you accept those changes.

Access to this Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the services without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts or entire website.

This Website may contain links to other websites (the “Linked Sites”), which are not operated by www.applegreencottage.com. The Website has no control over the Linked Sites and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Your use of the Linked Sites is subject to the terms of use and service contained within each such site.

Intellectual Property, Software, And Content:

The intellectual property rights in all software and content (including photographic images) made available to you on or through this Website shall remain property of www.applegreencottage.com or its licensors and are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved by the Website and its licensors. You may store, print and display the content supplied solely for your own personal use. You are not permitted to publish, manipulate, distribute or otherwise reproduce, in any format, any of the content or copies of the content supplied to you or which appears on this Website nor may you use any such content in connection with any business or commercial enterprise. The only exception to the use of content on this Website is set out in the ‘Link Policy’ below.

Link Policy

We are happy if you choose to link to AppleGreen Cottage. If you would like to share an image feel free to use one image of a finished item with a direct link to its original post. Do not crop out a watermark and please provide a link back to the original post. You may not use in-process project photos. If linking to one of our free printables or templates, only link to the blog post, not to the printable pdf link. Free printables may not be sold, altered in any way, or hosted on any other websites. Thank you!

Please do not repost the blog post (full or in parts) or distribute printed out content or photos without written permission from the original author.

Any free tutorials, patterns and printables published at www.applegreencottage.com are for your personal use only and are not to be (re-)sold anywhere.

Can I Personally Sell Items Made from AppleGreen Cottage patterns?

You are more than welcome to sell items you personally sew from our patterns, on a handmade scale. Mass production not allowed.

Can payable AppleGreen Cottage patterns be used in group courses?

Unless expressly permitted by us in writing, payable patterns are not allowed to be used in courses - except when each student purchases their own pattern copy in our shop. Thank you. (We are working on a solution for a group license use of patterns.)

Terms of Sale:

By placing an order you are offering to purchase a product on and subject to the following terms and conditions.

In order to contract with the Website, you must be over 18 years of age and possess a valid PayPal account. The Website retains the right to refuse any request made by you. When placing an order you undertake that all details you provide to us are true and accurate, that you are an authorized user of the PayPal account used to place your order and that there are sufficient funds to cover the cost of the products.

Refunds:

Because products sold in the shop are digital and instantly downloadable, all sales are non-refundable. But please contact us if you have any issues with your order.

Coupons and discounts:

Buyers eligible for a discount or coupon can use it in one of their next purchases in the AppleGreen Cottage shop, but those cannot be combined with any other promotional offers. Previous purchases are not eligible for adjustments. Codes and discounts are only valid in the AppleGreen Cottage shop.

Complaints:

We operate a complaints handling procedure which we will use to try to resolve any disputes when they first arise. Please send us an email to applegreencottage@gmail.com if you have any complaints or issues.

No dispute resolution body has been appointed by us as an alternative, out-of-court dispute resolution option for consumers located in the EU area. Pursuant to the Out-of-Court Resolution of Consumer Disputes Act, we are providing the link to the European Online Dispute Resolution platform for EU based consumers, which is here.

Waiver:

If you breach these terms and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these terms.

Liability:

The use of the Website is at your own risk. In no event shall the Website, its authors, or any third parties mentioned on the Website be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, incidental or consequential damages, personal injury/wrongful death, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use or inability to use the Website or the content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory, and whether or not, www.applegreencottage.com, its authors, its suppliers or any third parties mentioned on the Website are advised of the possibility of such damages. The information provided is not intended as medical, legal, or other professional advice.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of this website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Governing Law

These Terms Of Use and any related agreements with www.applegreencottage.com shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Slovenia, with competent court in Ljubljana.

Affiliate Disclosure

The Website contains affiliate links, meaning we may receive a commission at no cost to you if you choose to purchase something using these links. Any post containing affiliate links will be clearly labeled. Thank you for your support.

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases: AppleGreen Cottage is also a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

Advertizing

This Website accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, or other forms of compensation. We may be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and other topics. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content. Even though we may receive compensation for posts or advertisements, we will always give honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on products we write about.

The views and opinions expressed on this Website are purely ours. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

GDPR Compliance

In accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, the Website has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that data processing is performed in a secure manner. We aim to protect Your personal information you provide to us from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure.

Privacy Policy

Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy - please refer to Privacy Policy (link) for more information.

No Artificial Intelligence (AI)

As the owner of this website, we do not consent to the content on this website being used or downloaded by any third parties for the purposes of developing, training, or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems (“Artificial Intelligence Purposes”), except as authorized by the owner in writing (including written electronic communication). Absent such consent, users of this website, including any third parties accessing the website through automated systems, are prohibited from using any of the content on the website for Artificial Intelligence Purposes. Users or automated systems that fail to respect these choices will be considered to have breached these Terms of Use.

SUBSCRIBER MAILING LIST

If you sign up for our mailing list, you will be required to give your email address and first name. We usually send two emails per week, with blog tutorials, promotions, and freebies. Occasionally we will send additional emails about special offers. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us or use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence, and you will stop receiving any mail from us.