These terms govern the use of the website vestigeawards.com and the platform app.vestigeawards.com. The rules of each contest (eligibility, fees, judging, prizes and the licence for the works) are in that contest’s rules, which prevail over these terms on anything specific to the contest.
1. Who we are
Vestige Awards is an international photography award organised and run by WAW ART, a company being incorporated in Brazil, represented by Juan Carlo Jacques de Araujo. Contact: contato@vestigeawards.com.
2. Acceptance
By creating an account, signing in with Google, joining the waitlist, entering a work or voting, you accept these terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the platform.
3. Account
- You must be 18 or older to create an account.
- Each person has a single account, in their own name, with true and up-to-date details. The country you give sets your price table and may be checked.
- You look after your password and are responsible for what is done with your account. If you suspect misuse, write to us.
- When you sign in with Google, you access the Vestige account that has the same email as your Google account, or create one.
4. Entries
Entering works, judging, the public vote and the prizes follow the contest rules published on the website. An entry is valid only once payment is confirmed.
5. Your works
- You keep all rights to the images you send.
- By entering a work, you grant us the licence described in the rules, to judge, show and promote the award, always with your name.
- You declare that you are the author, that you hold the necessary rights and permissions, including from the people portrayed, and that the image breaks no law and infringes no one’s rights.
- We may refuse or remove content that breaks the law, these terms or the rules.
6. What is not allowed
- creating fake accounts or more than one account for the same person;
- using bots, scripts or any automation to sign up, vote or browse the platform;
- buying, trading or rigging votes;
- entering images made by someone else, generated by artificial intelligence or that infringe third-party rights;
- contacting jurors about an entry;
- trying to access areas, data or accounts without permission, testing for security flaws without our permission, or overloading the platform;
- copying the site’s content in bulk, including the works, or using it beyond what the law allows.
Breaches may lead to account suspension, cancelled votes and disqualified entries, under the rules.
7. Public vote
To vote you must be 18 or older and confirm an email address. Each person votes once per image per day, and the count stays hidden until the announcement. Suspicious votes are cancelled.
8. Payments and refunds
Payments are processed by Stripe, by card or Pix, in the currency and for the amount shown before you confirm. Taxes and fees charged by your payment method are your responsibility, as the rules provide. Refunds follow the rules, without prejudice to the rights guaranteed by consumer protection law.
9. Our intellectual property
The Vestige Awards name and brand, the logos, texts and design, and the platform’s software belong to WAW ART or to those who licensed them to us. The works on display belong to their authors. Nothing in these terms transfers those rights to you.
10. Availability and changes
We work to keep the platform online and secure, but it may go through maintenance and outages. We may change, suspend or discontinue features, with prior notice when a change affects entries in progress. If a proven platform failure prevents an entry, the rules apply.
11. Liability
We are liable for the damage we cause, within the limits of the law. We are not liable for failures of services we do not contract, such as your internet provider or your bank, nor for what other people do with works you published yourself. Nothing in these terms limits the rights guaranteed by consumer protection law.
12. Closing your account
You may close your account at any time by asking at contato@vestigeawards.com. We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms or the rules. Before doing so, we notify you by email and give you time to reply, except in cases of evident fraud. Paid entries follow the rules.
13. Communications
We send by email the notices about your account, entries and results. News and the newsletter are sent only with your consent, as the Privacy Policy explains.
14. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The new version is published on this page, with its date. Significant changes are announced by email before they take effect and do not reduce the rights of people who have already entered.
15. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by Brazilian law. The courts of the judicial district where WAW ART has its seat, in Brazil, have jurisdiction, without prejudice to the consumer’s home courts and to the mandatory protections of the participant’s country of residence, where applicable.
16. Languages
These terms are published in Portuguese, English and Spanish. In case of any discrepancy, the Portuguese version prevails.