Terms of Service

1) Acceptance, Eligibility, and Minimum Age

You may use the Site only if you are at least 16 years old and capable of forming a binding agreement. If you are under 18, you confirm that you have permission from a parent or legal guardian to use the Site and to submit requests through our forms. We do not knowingly request personal data from individuals under 16.

Our Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into these Terms. If you use the Site, you agree that we may process personal data as described in the Privacy Policy, including the use of essential cookies and optional cookies based on your preferences.

2) Educational Nature of Services and Disclaimers

Atelier Noord Art Courses provides educational art instruction and course information. The Site content is intended for general informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on the Site should be interpreted as a guarantee of artistic, academic, career, or financial outcomes.

Progress in art is influenced by many factors, including practice time, consistency, prior experience, materials, and individual learning pace. We may describe typical course structures (for example, weekly drills, critique checkpoints, value studies, edge hierarchy, composition exercises, and portfolio sequencing). Those descriptions explain our teaching approach; they do not promise any specific result.

Where the Site references feedback, “case notes”, or learning moments, they are presented as examples of process changes and teaching methods. They are not assurances of similar outcomes for every participant.

3) Description of the Site and How It May Change

The Site provides information about our art courses and the ways to request course availability, including studio-based sessions in Rotterdam and online participation within the Netherlands. The Site may include pages describing course formats, scheduling principles, and materials guidance, along with a contact form used to request availability or recommendations.

We may update, reorganize, or discontinue any part of the Site at any time, including pages, course descriptions, or form fields. We do not guarantee that any specific content will remain available or that the Site will be accessible without interruption.

4) Requests, Communications, and No Obligation to Enroll

When you submit a request through our forms, you are asking us to contact you with information about course availability, start dates, and suitable course tracks. Submitting a request does not create a binding enrollment or purchase agreement by itself.

You agree to provide accurate contact details and to avoid submitting information that is misleading, unlawful, or intended to impersonate another person. We may decline to respond to requests that appear abusive, automated, or unrelated to our courses.

We aim to respond within one business day during Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00 Netherlands time. Response time may vary during holidays, high-demand periods, or when clarifications are required.

5) Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse the Site. In particular, you must not, and must not attempt to:

• Access the Site through automated means intended to extract content at scale (scraping, crawling, or harvesting) without our prior written consent.
• Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site or bypass any security or authentication measures.
• Send malware, engage in phishing, or attempt to introduce malicious code, scripts, or payloads through any form fields.
• Interfere with normal Site operation, including by excessive requests, denial-of-service behavior, or abuse of the contact form.
• Impersonate another person or provide inaccurate contact details with the intention to mislead.
• Use the Site for unlawful purposes, including activity that violates applicable sanctions, export controls, or Dutch/EU law.

We may restrict or block access if we believe that your use violates these Terms or poses a security or operational risk. Such actions may be taken without prior notice where necessary to protect the Site, our users, or our systems.

6) Intellectual Property

The Site and its content, including text, layout, branding, course descriptions, and other materials, are owned by or licensed to Atelier Noord Art Courses B.V. and are protected by intellectual property laws. You may view and use the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes related to learning about our courses.

Except as expressly allowed by law, you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, or otherwise exploit the Site content without our prior written permission. Any permitted use must keep all copyright and proprietary notices intact.

7) Third-Party Services and Links

The Site may enable you to open external services such as map providers for directions to our Rotterdam location. These services are provided by third parties and are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, availability, or practices.

8) Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no warranties or representations of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, or availability.

We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of harmful components. Any reliance you place on Site content is at your own discretion and risk.

9) Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Atelier Noord Art Courses B.V. shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunities, arising out of or related to your use of (or inability to use) the Site, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the extent that we are liable for any claim arising out of or relating to the Site, our total aggregate liability shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid to us in the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) €100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded under Dutch law, including liability for intent (opzet) or gross negligence (grove schuld), or for death or personal injury caused by negligence where such limitation is prohibited.

10) Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Atelier Noord Art Courses B.V., its directors, employees, and contractors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from or related to: (a) your misuse of the Site; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your submission of unlawful, infringing, or malicious content through the Site.

11) Force Majeure

We will not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, labor disputes, pandemics, governmental actions, power outages, internet or network failures, cyberattacks, and failures of hosting or cloud infrastructure.

12) International Use

The Site is operated from the Netherlands. We make no representation that the Site or any content is appropriate or available for use in all locations. If you access the Site from outside the Netherlands, you are responsible for complying with local laws that may apply to your access and use.

13) Governing Law and Jurisdiction (Netherlands)

These Terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them, are governed by the laws of the Netherlands.

Unless mandatory consumer protection rules provide otherwise, the courts of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Site.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, you may also benefit from mandatory provisions of the consumer protection laws of your country of residence, which remain unaffected by this clause.

14) Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, created risk for other users, or threatened the security or integrity of the Site.

The following sections will survive termination: Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law and Jurisdiction, and any other provisions that by their nature should survive.

15) Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

16) Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Atelier Noord Art Courses B.V. regarding the Site and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications, or understandings.

17) Assignment

We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, or by operation of law. You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.

18) No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of our right to enforce that provision. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Atelier Noord Art Courses B.V.

19) Modifications to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Changes become effective 14 days after posting, unless a change is required by law or relates to security, in which case it may take effect immediately.

Continued use of the Site after the effective date of a revised version means you accept the updated Terms.

20) Electronic Communications

By using the Site and communicating with us electronically, you consent to receive communications from us in electronic form, and you agree that such communications satisfy legal requirements for written communication where permitted under applicable law.

21) Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact:

Atelier Noord Art Courses B.V.
Botterstraat 3
3028 RL Rotterdam, Netherlands
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +31 10 261 9847