Terms and Conditions of Use for the Website of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

Terms and Conditions of Use for the Website of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

This website is owned by The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima (henceforth: The Shrine of Fatima), with headquarters in Fatima, with the following contacts: phone +351249539600; fax +351249539605; email: [email protected].

By accessing this Shrine of Fatima website, the user acknowledges having read, understood and accepted the Terms and Conditions of Use described below, without requiring any further action or consent.

1. The Shrine of Fatima website includes a set of contents such as logos, texts, news, images, photos, audio and video materials, web design and software.

2. The intellectual property rights of this institutional website and all its contents are property of the Shrine of Fatima and are protected in the general law terms and by the national and international laws of intellectual property protection, copyright and related rights protection, as well as by the legislation of computer-related crimes.

3. This website and the website contents – logos, texts, news, images, photos, audio and video materials, web design and software, as well as any direct broadcasts from the website, namely the Little Chapel of the Apparitions – cannot be copied, altered o distributed, without the express consent of the Shrine of Fatima and after a prior written request from the interested party. 

4. The copying, change, reproduction, exhibition, dissemination, distribution, transmission or use of the contents of this website is strictly forbidden, by any means or for any purpose, even non-commercial uses, without the previous express permission from the Shrine of Fatima.

5. The copying, change, reproduction, exhibition, dissemination, distribution, transmission or use of the contents of this website implies on the part of the applicant party and after express written permission, the reference and identification of the source, that is: "Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima" or "Shrine of Fatima".

6. The Shrine of Fatima reserves the right to take legal action against the authors of any unauthorised copying, reproduction, dissemination or commercial use, or any other misuse of the website and of the website's contents, rejecting any responsibility for any misuse of the website by third parties.

7. The contents available at the institutional website of the Shrine of Fatima are destined for the sole and exclusive use of the pilgrims of Fatima, and this use is of their entire responsibility.

8. The Shrine of Fatima reserves the right to make changes and corrections, suspend, interrupt or close the website when it deems appropriate, without the need for prior notice and for as long as deemed necessary, for any reasons, including but not limited to technical or administrative reasons, and we therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility.

9. Sharing hyperlinks from the website of The Shrine of the Rosary of Fatima to third-party websites is strictly forbidden.

10. The user of the institutional website of The Shrine of Fatima undertakes not to perform any operations which may impair the functioning of the debate areas of the website, and not to access any area/account and its contents without the corresponding permission, test, evaluate or break the vulnerability of the installed safeguards.

11. Failure to comply with the ethical rules of use and good education implies the user's removal from the mentioned services, usurpation being punished under the terms of the legislation in force.

12. The use of the website and its contents, including public use, violating the terms and conditions outlined above, shall not be considered at any moment as tacit consent by the Shrine of Fatima.

13. The user will be responsible for not complying with any of the Terms and Conditions of Use of this website in accordance with the applicable civil and criminal law.

14. The Terms and Conditions of Use outlined above shall be governed and construed in accordance with Portuguese law, and the user agrees to irrevocably accept the jurisdiction of Portuguese courts to resolve any conflict arising out of or related to the Terms and Condition of Use of this website.