Terms of use

Last updated on and effective as of 29.11.2021.

Welcome to our Terms of Use!

Our Website, located at https://visitdistrikt.rs/ is in the ownership of Foundation Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture, with a registered seat on the address Trg slobode 3, Novi Sad, the Republic of Serbia, CIN 28829922, TIN 109849130.

This Terms of Use, coupled with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute a legally binding Agreement applicable to you as a user, once you access or use our Website.

Therefore, if you do not agree with any content below, please stop using our Website without delay.

In case you are interested in finding out more closely how do we process your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. 

1. Defined terms
2. Intellectual property
3. Disclaimer
4. Indemnification
5. Changes to our Website
6. Modifications of Terms of Use
7. Newsletter
8. Severability and entire agreement
9. Applicable law and Dispute resolution
10. Contact us

Defined terms

In the Agreement, the listed terms will have the following meaning:

Intellectual property

We are very honoured to have you visit our Website and that you are interested in the content we share. However, we have invested a great effort in creating the Website and all the other intellectual property implemented in the Website, so we wish to protect it adequately in order to maintain its quality and be able to further upgrade it for our users.

With that in mind, please note that the Website and the entire content of Website, including text, graphics, trademarks, button icons, images, audio clips, videos, etc., is owned and protected by us, or a third party who licensed us the right to use such content.

Unless we explicitly declare otherwise in our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, all the materials on Website are protected by intellectual property rights. It is strictly forbidden to use, copy, or download any materials from our Website, entirely or partially, without our explicit previous consent.

For instance, you are forbidden to copy and publish any of the photos from our Website, unless by sharing them directly with referring to our Website as the source.

Additionally, your right to access and use our Website does not in any way imply that we have granted you any license on any of the content of the Website.

Any unauthorized use of any content of our Website, without our permission, shall be deemed an infringement of intellectual property rights and we shall take all legal remedies to protect our intellectual property rights immediately upon the knowledge of such infringement.

Any intellectual property rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy are reserved by us.

In case any third-party’s intellectual property is published on our Website, we do not guarantee that its use by you will not represent intellectual property infringement and we do not have any responsibility in that regard.

Names and logos

Our name and logo may not be used without our prior written consent unless such use is explicitly permitted by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Names and logos of third parties that can be seen on our Website represent the intellectual property of such third parties and may not be used without their permission. Additionally, such logos are subject to their owners’ own terms which we do not control and we are not authorized to provide any rights to you in respect of such logos.

Content and feedback you provide

In case you provide us with any information or material, including but not limited to suggestions, ideas, images, feedback, or any other content via any email address published on our Website or otherwise, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right to use such material for any purpose (including modifying or creating derivative works), and you irrevocably waive any and all intellectual property rights in such materials.

Third-Party Websites

Our Website may contain links to Third-Party Websites. Please note that Third-Party Websites may have their own terms of use and privacy policies, which may not be in accordance with our policies.

We have no control over Third-Party Websites and we do not carry any responsibilities neither for the availability of those websites nor for the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to their visitors and users.

We do not carry responsibility for any information originating from another service provider accessed through the link on our Website.

By placing links to Third-Party Website on our Website we do not necessarily recommend or approve services or products offered through such websites.

Disclaimer

Information published on the Website

Any information and other content included or otherwise made available through our Website are provided on “as is” and “as available” basis, free of charge and for informational purposes only.

We attempt to ensure that all such information is correct at the time of publication. However, such information shall not be relied upon and we do not guarantee its accuracy, timeliness, completeness, performance, or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not accept any liability for any error, omission, inaccuracy, or any other damages arising from the use of the information and other content available on our Website. Furthermore, we hold the right to update or change any information published on our Website at any moment without prior notice to you, as explained under sections “Changes to our Website” and “Modifications of Terms of Use”.

Functionality of the Website

We do not guarantee that Website or any information and content on it will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any existing irregularities will be rectified. Any liability resulting from or related with the use of the information and content on Website or any links contained on our Website is excluded.

In case you need advice or services on a specific matter, you may contact us directly via our email address: gdpr@visitdistrikt.rs

Indemnification

By entering into this Agreement, you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all demands, losses, liabilities, claims, or expenses (including any attorneys’ fees) made against us by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with the use of our Website, including, but not limited to any intellectual property infringement claim regarding the content you have provided us via our Website.

Upon our notice on such an event, you shall be obliged to defend us from such demand or claim at your sole expense, whereas we will reasonably cooperate with you in such defence.

Changes to our Website

We always aim to make our Website updates and accurate for our users.

Thus, Foundation reserves the right to update the Website at its discretion, without notifying you. The changes may include amending the content, discontinuing, or withdrawing any part of the Website. Therefore, in those situations, our Website may be temporarily unavailable for use. We will do our best to minimise such period of unavailability and re-enable the Website so that you can continue with its use.

Modifications of Terms of Use

 We hold the right to modify our Terms of Use without prior notice to you, and consequently, we recommend you review our Terms of Use occasionally. Any changes shall enter into force upon their publishing on our Website. You can access the current version of our Terms of Use by clicking on the “Terms of Use” button located at the footer of our Website.

In case you continue to use our Website once any such change is made, it shall be deemed that you have accepted such changes. Hence, if you disagree with any of the changes in Agreement, please stop using this Website immediately.

Newsletter

If you are interested in receiving relevant news in regard to the events and places we recommend, you can sign up for our Newsletter by entering your email address into a newsletter field located at the bottom of our Home Page. We will not include you in our email list unless we have your explicit consent to do so.

If you decide to subscribe to our Newsletter, we will collect your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

At any moment you can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from Newsletter, by following the instructions found at the end of any email you received from us as a part of our Newsletter. Please note that in case you unsubscribe, your personal data will be deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Severability and entire agreement

Severability

If any provision of Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, that shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

In case any provision of this Agreement violates any mandatory rule of the applicable law, resulting in such a provision being void, such provision shall be deemed to have been amended, in that particular respect in which it is void so that it is compliant with the law. Such amendments shall retain as much of their original meaning as possible, and their extent shall be limited to the minimum necessary to make the Agreement valid.

Entire agreement

This Agreement, including all the eventual amendments, represents the entire agreement between you and Foundation with respect to subject matter hereof, and it shall supersede all prior written or oral understandings and agreements between you and Foundation.

In case of a disagreement between the provisions of this Agreement and any understanding, statement, representation, information, the content available on our Website, or other data contained in any other material and correspondence between you and Foundation, this Agreement shall prevail.

Applicable law and Dispute resolution

This Agreement and any matter or dispute arising out of or related to the subject matter of Agreement shall be governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Serbia, excluding the conflict of laws rules.

Any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be settled by the competent court at the seat of the owner of Website.

Contact us

In case you have a question regarding our Website, please contact us via our email address: gdpr@visitdistrikt.rs.