Terms of Service

PhotoContest.co Terms of Service

Welcome to PhotoContest.co! By accessing and using our website, you agree to comply with these Terms of Service. Please read them carefully.

1. Use of the Website:

PhotoContest.co is a platform for showcasing photography, discovering contests, and participating in prize draws and photo competitions. You may use our website for lawful purposes only. You agree not to:

  • Upload or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.  
  • Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the website or the servers or networks connected to the website.  
  • Violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.
  • Collect or store personal data about other users without their express consent.  
  • Use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the website for any purpose without our express written permission.  

2. User Content:

You are solely responsible for any content you upload or submit to PhotoContest.co, including photos, captions, and comments. You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to use and authorize us to use all User Content that you upload or submit.

By submitting User Content, you grant PhotoContest.co a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, and display such User Content on our website and in our marketing materials. You retain ownership of your User Content, but this license allows us to showcase your work and promote PhotoContest.co.

3. Contests and Prize Draws:

PhotoContest.co may host its own contests and prize draws, and we may also list contests hosted by other organizations. Specific rules and eligibility requirements will apply to each contest, and it’s your responsibility to review these rules before entering. We reserve the right to disqualify any entry that violates the rules. For contests hosted by other organizations, PhotoContest.co is not responsible for the administration of the contest, the selection of winners, or the awarding of prizes.

4. Intellectual Property:

All content on PhotoContest.co, including text, graphics, logos, images, and software, is the property of PhotoContest.co or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not use any content from our website without our prior written consent.  

5. Disclaimers:

PhotoContest.co is provided “as is” and “as available” without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any defects will be corrected. We are not responsible for the content of any third-party websites linked to from PhotoContest.co.  

6. Limitation of Liability:

To the fullest extent permitted by law, PhotoContest.co shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, arising out of your access to or use of the website.  

7. Governing Law:

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.  

8. Changes to these Terms:

We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. We’ll post any changes on this page, so please check back periodically.

9. Contact Us:

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us