BY VISITING AND USING SNOOTME.COM PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE HEREIN.
Welcome to snootme.com !
Our platform, Snootme.com, is operated by Luminaries Web-RTV srl, a Belgian company.
Dedicated to photography enthusiasts, pro or amateurs, and content creators of all practices, fields, and backgrounds, Snootme™ offers a diverse panel of experts capable of meeting the needs of demanding photography lovers, content creators, and artists.
Our primary mission is to curate a varied panel of professionals, known as "Reviewers," from the image industry. They assist users in advancing their photography skills, aligning their work with their target market, and providing career guidance and professional advice.
Snootme democratizes portfolio reviews by making them routine and accessible year-round, eliminating travel costs, print expenses, and entry fees. We tailor each review session through careful selection of experts, ensuring a personalized experience.
In developing Snootme.com, we aimed to replicate the in-person photography review experience and selected experts who foster artistic growth through warm, constructive feedback. Our platform facilitates dialogue between artists and markets, helping artists earn a living.
Snootme.com emphasizes continuous improvement in comment relevance, constructive feedback, tact, punctuality, and preparation. All review sessions are recorded and randomly audited by our internal quality service to ensure high standards.
Users must communicate respectfully and avoid hateful or unlawful content. They are responsible for all uploaded content, agree to Snootme's right to remove content, and acknowledge no obligation for long-term storage of uploaded materials. Disputes with Reviewers can be addressed via zoomin@snootme.com, within 5 working days for arbitration by Snootme within 15 days.
User declares and warrants been entitled to upload the Content and to use it without any breach of agreement or law.
User declares and warrants that it will not upload unlawful, offensive or degrading Content.
In case a dispute arises with the Reviewer about his/her service, User may complain by sending grievances to zoomin@snootme.com, within 5 working days from the day the dispute arises and Snootme shall arbitrate the dispute within 15 days from the referral.
The User expressly acknowledges that he/she has been validly notified via the email address that he/she will have entered in his/her registration on the platform.
Snootme.com provides online services, such as Overall Review, Editing&Selection, Sequencing&Storytelling or Artist Talk&Career Guidance Plans provided by Award-Winning Photographers as well as Experts From Art Industry.
By subscribing to a service provided by a Reviewer on snootme.com, User and Reviewer enter into a Review Service Agreement.
Snootme only provides and promote a digital market place, where selected Reviewers and Users can meet, and manage payments.
User selects a Reviewer via the platform to assign a work (“Plan”). By doing so, User fully assumes the choice of the reviewer’s profile.
The role of the platform is limited to putting selected Reviewers' profiles online and it is up to the User to choose the one that seems to suit him/her best, given his/her expectations, practice and goals.
As soon as User pays the fee, User is allowed to propose a meeting date to his/her reviewer, via the platform calendar.
User will pay for each new project assigned to a Reviewer of the platform.
User acknowledges and agrees that :
However, Snootme makes no additional evaluation or investigation or otherwise conduct any due diligence regarding Reviewers, other than the Reviewer’s own statements; Snootme only collects information about Reviewer’s credential, experience and background directly from the Reviewer him/herself, and makes no additional cross check.
To solicit directly one of our Reviewer in order to save a few bucks by circumventing the platform puts User at risk :
Note that contacting the Reviewer directly puts both User and Reviewer at risk, potentially violating platform rules. Direct contact may leave traces that could lead to consequences, such as the Reviewer's exclusion from the platform, resulting in lost regular and pending incomes, including penalties. So, Reviewer may not appreciate such a direct contact.
So, just play the game.
By surfing on the platform, User agrees that :
We understand by Means, without limitation, phone number, email address, physical address, a link to a contact form or form requesting contact information, any link to an applicant management system or means to submit a proposal or application outside of the platform, or any information that would enable a User to contact Reviewer on social media or other website or platform or application that includes a communications tool, such as Skype, Whatsapp, Meet, Wechat, Instagram, Facebook,….
User acknowledges and agrees that a violation of this section is a material breach of the Terms of Use and User’s account may be permanently suspended for such violations.
By breaking this rule, either by Reviewer or User :
Fees Payment
Snootme does not provide free services or free account.
The Service User subscribes is billed in advance.
User will be charged for the Reviewer’s service plan, accordingly.
There will be no refunds or credits for partial upload (e.g. User subscribes a Plan for 35 images, but only uploads 20) or partial review time (e.g. User subscribes a Plan for 20’ review time, but terminates the session after 15’), other than cases listed down below under “Reimbursement” section.
Price’s may be taxes excluded (such as for Users located in US for instance) or included (such as for Users located in EU for instance), without prejudice to additional payment charges or foreign exchange costs detailed in User’s count before payment.
By selecting a review service subject to additional fees or charges, User thereby authorizes Snootme to charge and collect from User any fees, charges, or taxes as listed on the count or the invoice before User proceeds to payment.
Therefore, User agrees to use the Snootme platform as exclusive method to request services from our Reviewers and make all payments for similar services through the platform and not to circumvent the platform and payment method.
Reimbursement
The request for reimbursement will only be granted if the request reached us at zoomin@snootme.com within 24 hours from one of the following condition occurs :
Anyway, User and Reviewer shall use their best efforts to hold the review, taking the convenience of the other party, each acting in good faith and without ill will.
What matters to us is to be fair, both to our Reviewers and our clients. Therefore, although User may not meet one of these conditions, if feels bitter and unfair, please tell us by emailing to zoomin@snootme.com and we will try to find a solution together on a case-by-case basis.
In case of a refund claim, for whatever reason, including expressly cases of credit card fraud, the user expressly authorizes Snootme to disclose the video recording of the review session to the payment card issuer or to the payment intermediary responsible for ruling on the dispute, insofar as the video disclosure is of such a nature as to establish the truth and clear up the dispute.
A valid payment method is required for paying subscriptions.
We are using payment API able to determine the currency User uses and to display converted prices according to your location (IP address).
If a User’s payment method is denominated in a currency other than the one showed by snootme.com and therefore is required by card or payment method issuer to make currency conversion, the system will display foreign currency conversion rates and/or amount.
The User is informed and acknowledges that his/her card issuer or payment method provider e.g. PayPall, Visa, Amex… may apply a foreign currency conversion rates that may not be the best rate available on the market.
The User’s payment method provider or card issuer may also charge fees directly to the User and this, even when no currency conversion is involved.
The User, at its sole discretion and risk, authorize its payment method provider or card issuer to charge, debit or credit its payment method in a supported foreign currency, at the foreign conversion rate and/or amount displayed, and any additional fee and cost his/her payment provider or card issuer may charge.
The User’s authorization discharge Snootme from all this extra fee and cost, which remain at the User’s sole expense.
Snootme will never claim any ownership on original Content User submits and all our Reviewers are bound by the Non-Disclosure Undertaking available on the platform.
However, in order to provide the service User subscribes, we need a limited license to host and display the Content to the Reviewer, as specified below, as long as User hosts it on the platform.
This limited license is required due to the nature of Snootme’s services.
Therefore, by uploading Content on Snootme.com, User grants to Snootme a limited license, in order to display the Content to the selected Reviewer, and limited to the time User’s let its Content stored on the platform.
The limited license terminates with the review session.
Information about User is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, please read our Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy available on the platform.
User is solely responsible for properly canceling the account, by sending an email to zoomin@snootme.com.
Snootme reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, one or more Services with or without personal notice.
User agrees that Snootme shall not be liable for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service offering.
User is warned and agrees that Reviewers are free to unsubscribe from the platform or to suspend their services offering to meet other temporary requirements, without any right for User to compensation.
Snootme may change the Terms of Use from time to time and at any time, and without personal notice to User.
Updated Terms of Use will always be available on the platform and will apply to all new Plan subscription, from the Terms of Use publication date on the platform.
Upon Snootme request, User will defend, indemnify and hold Snootme and its Delegates harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from User’s use or misuse of the platform and/or the Services e.g. upload unauthorized Content, Content belonging to third party or unlawful Content.
Without recognition of User’s liability disclaimer, Snootme reserves the right to assume its own defense, in which event User will cooperate with Snootme in asserting any available defense.
Backlink to snootme.com
User may will to backlink to snootme.com from another website or web content.
Although backlink may increase SEO, it can be damaging too if backling shows in inconsistent website according to Snootme business. Therefore, please ask us beforehand to cracklingflashes@snootme.com.
We reserve the right to rescind any permission previously granted by us, at our discretion at any time.
Backlink from snootme.com
On the other hand, Snootme or its Reviewers may refer to third party website.
These backlinks do not imply Snootme endorsement of or association with the linked sites.
Snootme reserves the exclusive right, at its sole discretion, to add, change, decline or remove, without notice, any feature or link to any of the Linked Sites from the platform.
a. THE PLATFORM AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "WHERE IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, SNOOTME AND ITS AFFILIATES, REVIEWERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, APPROPRIATENESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS, OR OTHERWISE OF THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES; AND (2) ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, SECURITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
b. THE USER IS SOLELY AND ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE OF THE SELECTION OF REVIEWER HE/SHE DOES AND TO WHOM HE/SHE DECIDES TO SUBMIT HIS/HER WORK. ALSO, THE USER IS SOLELY AND ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE OF THE QUESTIONS HE/SHE MIGHTS ASK TO THE REVIEWER AND WHAT HE/SHE MIGHT DO OR NOT DO CONSEQUENTLY TO THE REVIEWER’S ANSWERS, OPINIONS OR ADVICES. SNOOTME.COM CAN IN NO WAY BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, CAUSED BY THIS CHOICE OR THE REVIEWER’S ANSWERS, OPINIONS OR ADVICES. USER MUST ALWAYS REMAIN CRITICAL, QUESTIONNING AND VIGILANT REGARING REVIEWERS COMMENTS, WHICH ARE NEVER MORE THAN A EXTERNAL PERSONNAL POINT OF VIEW AND MUST BE CONSIDERED AS SUCH.
c. THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY THE USE OF THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION AS A RESULT OF (1) ANY ERROR, OMISSION, DELETION OR DEFECT IN THE CONTENT, OR (2) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, DEFAMATION OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.
d. ALTHOUGH WE MAKE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO AVOID IT, SNOOTME.COM DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE (1) THAT ANY PORTION OF THE PLATFORM WILL BE FREE OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR ANYTHING ELSE MANIFESTING CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES; OR (2) THAT ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
e. SNOOTME.COM DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS PLATFORM. USER (RATHER THAN SNOOTME.COM OR ANY OF ITS AGENTS) ASSUMES THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
f. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO USER.
g. THE LINKED SITES MAY CONTAIN CONTENT AND GRAPHICS THAT CONTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL UNSUITABLE FOR MINORS, OR THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE OFFENSIVE. IF YOU ENTER THESE LINKED SITES, YOU ASSERT THAT YOU ARE OF LEGAL ADULT AGE IN YOUR JURISDICTION TO VIEW SUCH MATERIALS AND THAT THE VIEWING, READING, AND/OR DOWNLOADING OF CONTENT FROM THESE LINKED SITES DOES NOT VIOLATE THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS OF YOUR LOCALITY, CITY, TOWN, COUNTY, STATE, PROVINCE, COUNTRY OR OTHER COMMUNITY TO WHICH YOU BELONG, AND/OR FROM WHICH YOU ACCESS THESE LINKED SITES.
IT IS THE USER SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE APPROPRIATE TERMS OF USE OF THESE LINKED SITES. IN NO EVENT SHALL SNOOTME BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO ANYONE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE LINKED SITES OR INFORMATION OR MATERIAL ACCESSED THROUGH THESE LINKED SITES.
h. BY UPLOADING CONTENT ON SNOOTME'S WEBSITES USER AGREES NOT TO VIOLATE ANY LAW, REGULATION OR AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT WHICH MAY APPLY, AND USER FURTHER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS, SNOOTME, IT'S OWNERS, AGENTS, REVIEWERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ALLEGING VIOLATION OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
i. Each person who uses our Services must register for their own Account with a user(nick)name and password. User is responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of these credentials, and agree not to share with anyone. User agrees to notify snootme.com immediately if he/she suspects or becomes aware of any unauthorized use of his/her Account or any unauthorized access to his/her password. User further agrees not to use the Account or log in with the user(nick)name and password of another User.
j. User acknowledges and agrees that snootme.com does not supervise, direct, control, or monitor reviewers in the performance. (a) snootme.com is not responsible for ensuring the accuracy or legality of any User Content, for which Users are solely responsible; (b) snootme.com is not responsible for the offering, performance, or procurement of reviewer Services, (c) snootme.com does not make any representations about or guarantee any particular reviewer’s offered Services, and (d) nothing will create an employment, agency, or joint venture relationship between snootme.com and any Reviewers offering Services. While snootme.com may provide certain badges on snootme.com, such badges are not guarantees, including of quality or ability or willingness of the badged Reviewer to perform a Service.
a. IN NO EVENT WILL SNOOTME.COM, ITS SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, REVIEWERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY (i) FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE AVAILABILITY, USE, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE, EVEN IF SNOOTME.COM OR ITS REVIEWERS SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE; OR (ii) FOR ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN, OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE WEB SITE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU AGREE TO WAIVE AND DISCHARGE ALL CLAIMS, RELEASE SNOOTME.COM FROM ALL LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SNOOTME.COM, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PARENT COMPANY, OFFICERS, REVIEWERS, AGENTS, AND OTHER PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY ON ACCOUNT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RESULTING FROM INJURIES AND DAMAGES IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES. YOU AGREE AND UNDERSTAND AND INTEND THAT THIS ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND RELEASE IS BINDING UPON YOU AND YOUR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, AGENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND ASSIGNS, AND INCLUDES ANY MINORS ACCOMPANYING THE USER AT THE EVENTS.
b. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, SNOOTME.COM'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
a. User agrees to comply with all local rules and laws regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, User agrees to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from EU, Belgium or any other country in which User resides.
b. Notwithstanding local rules or laws regarding User’s use of the platform, User agrees that the laws of the EU and Belgium shall govern these Terms of Use. User expressly agrees that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with SNOOTME.COM or relating in any way to User’s use of the platform shall be in the European or Belgian courts located in Brussels (French chambers), and User further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in such courts in connection with any such dispute, including any claim involving SNOOTME.COM or its Delegates.
c. Snootme operates the platform from our offices in Brussels, Belgium. We do not represent that materials on the site are appropriate or available for use outside of country. Persons who choose to access this platform from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Any inquiries concerning these Terms of Use should be directed to us through our email address legal@snootme.com .
If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be deemed to create any rights for any third-party beneficiary.
The section titles in these Terms of Use are for convenience only, and have no legal or contractual effect.
Any disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms of Use, or any other related legal documents such as Privacy Policy, Personal Data Protection or Cookies Policy shall be subject to the following dispute resolution steps, bearing in mind that mediation is not a prerequisite for referral to judicial or arbitral courts.
Amicable solution.
In the event of a dispute relating to the validity, interpretation or performance of the Undertaking, the Parties undertake to use their best efforts to reach an amicable solution.
Mediation
If the dispute cannot be settled amicably within a month, the parties may without prejudice to any other proceedings, seek to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with the present Undertaking in accordance with the ICC Mediation Rules or by sending a request for mediation directly to legal@snootme.com as Mediator. Mediation Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce will be in force.
Court
Dispute under 10,000 $
In case the plaintiff wishes to take the case to a Court and the amount in dispute does not exceed US$ 10,000, the dispute shall be submitted to the courts of the district of the registered office of snootme (Belgium, Brussels, French chambers).
Dispute between 10,000 $ and 100,000 $
In case the plaintiff wishes to take the case to a Court, pursuant to Article 30(2)(b) of the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Expedited Procedure Rules shall apply provided the amount in dispute does not exceed US$ 100,000 at the time of the communication referred to in Article 1(3) of the Expedited Procedure Rules.
Dispute above 100,000 $
If the case exceeds this amount of US$ 100,000, disputes shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce.
Regardless the amount in dispute, cases will always be conducted in English by one Arbitrator appointed in accordance with the said Rules and no award or procedural order made in the arbitration shall be published.
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