Imprint, Privacy & Copyright
1. Purpose of this website
The purpose of this non-commercial private website (https://vincentdegroot.com) is to show the work of Vincent de Groot. The the content shown on this website is fine-art and reportage (photojournalism).
2. Legal responsible person (§ 5 TMG)
The owner and administrator of this website is Vincent de Groot, he can be reached via the contact form of this website or via the coordinates bellow:
Vincent de Groot
Holzgasse 39B, 79539 Lörrach, Germany
Phone: O7621 9355737
Mail: INFO(at)VINCENTDEGROOT(dot)COM
3. Liability for content and links
As a website provider, we are responsible for own published content (acc. to § 7 Para.1 TMG and general German laws). However, according to §§ 8 .. 10 TMG, we are not obliged to monitor information from third parties (users) we also are not obliged to investigate activities that indicate illegal activity.
Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general laws remain unaffected. However, any liability in this respect is only possible from the time of knowledge of a concrete violation of the law. If we become aware of corresponding infringements, we will remove this content immediately.
Our offer contains links to external, third party owned websites, on whose content we have no influence.
Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external content. The linked external content has been checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content not has been recognizable at the time of linking.
A permanent control of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement.
infringement is not reasonable. If we become aware of any violations of the law, links will be removed immediately.
4. Copyright
The content and work created by the site owner (Vincent de Groot) are subject to German copyright law.
The reproduction, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright
copyright require the written consent of the respective author or creator.
Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use.
Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. At we will remove such content immediately.
5. Privacy policy
You are a valuable visitor it is important to take care about YOUR personal data. The privacy policy of this website shall make transparent, what personal data is collect and disclosure the reasons. If you have any concern, please use the contact form on this website.
5.1 What personal data we collect and why is it collected?
5.1.1 Comments provided by you
When you leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comments form of this website. In the backend your IP address and browser user agent string is used to help spam detection, this information is NOT provided any the visitor of the website and NOT sold to 3rd party.
An anonymized string created from your e-mail address (also called a hash) is provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The so called Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Your e-mail address will NEVER be published on our website.
After the approval of your comment, your Gravatar profile picture, the provided comment and website you submitted will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Comments are moderated by us. If you want a comment to be deleted use the contact form or a reply to the own comment to request this. This also can be done if a comment refers you your personal data.
5.1.2 Contact form
The contact form sends an e-mail to the administrator (Vincent de Groot) of this website. In the backend your IP address and browser user agent string is used to help spam detection.
5.1.3 Cookies stored on your side
If you leave a comment on our site your name, e-mail address and website are stored in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies are discarded after one year.
If you have a user account for this website and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in as a user of this website, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
5.1.4 How long we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. If you want a comment to be deleted use the contact form to request this.
5.1.5 User accounts
For users that register for a user account, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Registered users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). The website administrator can also see and edit that information.
If you have a user account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
5.1.6 Third party websites collecting your data
We use several 3rd party services that might collect your data. This section lists the 3rd party services and their privacy policy or terms and conditions.
5.1.6.1 Google Fonts and Analytics
This website uses Google Fonts and Google Analytics. The Google privacy policy can be found here.
5.1.6.2 YouTube
This website includes YouTube videos. After clicking on the video embedded content hosted by YouTube is made visible, this video behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the YouTube website. By using this website you agree to the YouTube Terms and conditions.
YouTube may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5.1.6.3 WordPress Likes and Follow
If on this website you use the WordPress Like and Follow feature you are logged in in WordPress.com, by this you have agreed to the Automattic terms and conditions.
5.1.6.4 Subscribe newsletter
We use Mailpoet, their terms and conditions can be found here.
6. What to do if you don’t like to see a picture on this website?
This website shows images (photos, videos) of people in a fine-art or reportage (photojournalism) context. In case you find an image you would like it to be removed; please use the contact form on this website to get it removed.
8. Miscellaneous
We tried to be as transparent as possible, if you feel we’ve missed something or have any concern please use the contact form on this website. We are more than happy to solve any issue, again YOUR privacy is important to us.
— Lörrach, Germany, December 28th, 2020
