Terms of website use

This site is operated by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco. Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use this site. By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using this site. These terms of use are governed by Monegasque law.

Reliance on information posted and disclaimer

The materials contained on our site are provided for general information purposes only and do not claim to be or constitute legal or other professional advice and shall not be relied upon as such. We do not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on the information on this site and to the fullest extent permitted by Monegasque law, we exclude all liability for loss or damages direct or indirect arising from use of this site.

Information about us

www.mbartfoundation.com is a site operated by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco (“We”); we are a non-profit organisation registered in Monaco under registration number RCI: NA00717. Our headquarters are located at 21 Boulevard d’Italie, 98000 MONACO.

The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation website is hosted with Fasthosts Internet Limited. Company registration No. 3656438. Registered in England and Wales. VAT No. 720821857. Registered office: Discovery House, 154 Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2EX, United Kingdom.

Intellectual property rights

The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation (“we”, “our” and related expressions) is the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in this site (including its layout, design, graphics, videos and interactive elements), subject to the qualification mentioned in the next paragraph, in all materials published on it. Those works are protected by Monegasque intellectual property laws. All such rights are reserved. Many photographs of Francis Bacon’s works are reproduced on this site. All images are copyright of The Estate of Francis Bacon (with which we have a licence agreement) except where otherwise indicated. We have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that we are the owner or licensee of the copyright in each photograph reproduced on this site. However, given the large volume of published photographs of Francis Bacon’s works in public circulation generally, it is possible that we may have inadvertently reproduced a photograph which we are not authorised to do. No permission is given by the copyright owner of any such unauthorised photograph and any visitor to this site who uses or downloads it may infringe the owner’s rights. If you believe that you are the copyright owner of a photograph reproduced on this site without your authority, please contact info@mbartfoundation.com. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal non-commercial use only and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way or create any derivative material from it. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, if requested, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Our site changes regularly

We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Exclusion of liability

This site and the material displayed on it is provided on an “as is” basis without any guarantees or warranties of any kind, express or implied. To the extent permitted by law, we, our employees and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it (including, without limitation any liability for loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of profits or contracts and loss of goodwill) and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable. This does not affect our liability for negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Information about you and your visits to our site

We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. We invite you to check out our privacy policy following the link highlighted in orange.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Links from our site

Links to this website must be priorly authorised by us. To this end, please send an email at info@mbartfoundation.com. Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. When accessing a site via our website we advise you check their terms of use and privacy policies to ensure compliance and determine how they may use your information.

Variations

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

Your concerns

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact info@mbartfoundation.com.

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