General terms and conditions

The use of this website is subject to certain general terms and conditions, which are set out below. By using this website, you confirm your acceptance of these general terms and conditions.

1 Purpose of this website

This website is intended to help you find information about the services provided and policies observed by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 (MMP1917). MMP1917 aims to provide simple, quick and improved access to this information.

The information on this website and other municipal websites to which it refers is general in nature. The information is not tailored to personal or specific circumstances, and should therefore not be viewed as personal, professional or legal advice to the user.

If you require specific or personal advice, please contact the relevant service. The staff at the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 will be able to help you find the relevant service or person.

Please note that the information and documents available on or through this website should not be regarded as authentic reproductions of officially adopted texts. Only official texts published in the Belgian Official Gazette will be regarded as authentic. In case of any differences between electronic and print versions, the official text printed in the Belgian Official Gazette will always prevail.

2 Content and availability of the website

MMP1917 makes every effort to ensure that the information provided is complete, correct, accurate and up to date. Despite these efforts, the information provided may still contain inaccuracies. If the information provided on or through this website contains any inaccuracies or if certain information on or through this website becomes unavailable, MMP1917 will make every effort to rectify the situation as soon as possible.

MMP1917 will also make every effort to avoid any interruptions due to technical faults as far as possible. Regardless of this, MMP1917 cannot guarantee that this website will remain completely free from interruptions or other technical problems.

If you notice any inaccuracies in the information available on or through this website or would like to raise a query, please contact the Communications department by e-mailing communicatie@zonnebeke.be.

This website contains links to the websites of authorities, public bodies, organisations and businesses, the content and technical performance of which are fully out of the control of MMP1917. As a result, MMP1917 cannot provide any guarantee regarding the completeness or correctness of these websites, nor their availability.

3 Liability

All users who use the information following this notice will waive the right to all complaints of any nature whatsoever regarding the use of material or information made available on this website, regardless of whether such complaints are addressed to MMP1917 or any other person who provides or has provided material, information or applications for this website. MMP or any other party providing information through the system may in no event be held liable for any direct or indirect damage suffered by a user or a third party.

All users who use the information following this notice agree that all risk (including the risk of damage to computers, software or data as a result of a virus passed or activated by the system or by accessing the system) relating to the use of the system is borne by them, and agree not to raise complaints against MMP1917 or any other party who provides the system with material or information.

By viewing or using this website in any of the languages provided, the user accepts the above limitation of liability on the part of MMP1917 or any other party who provides or has provided material, information or applications for this website.

4 Copyright

Unless indicated otherwise, the information available on this website [www.passchendaele.be] is rights-free. The information may be used free of charge for personal use only, on the condition that its source is referenced. If prior permission is required for the use or reproduction of certain information, the limitations on use will be explicitly stated. The use and reproduction of multimedia information (including but not limited to images, audio and software applications) is at all times subject to prior permission.

The Municipality of Zonnebeke and/or others reserve all intellectual property rights to this website [www.passchendaele.be]. Certain software applications and graphic elements that can be viewed on or through the website are supplied by third parties and may therefore be protected by copyright, meaning use and reproduction thereof is subject to limitations and the prior permission of the author.

All images made by MMP1917 on all media of MMP1917 or its partners may only be used in non-commercial publications. Commercial projects are not permitted, unless agreed with the author of the images or the communication official of the municipality.

5 Personal Data

The municipality of Zonnebeke does not collect personal data from the website unless you provide it on a voluntarily. When you provide personal data to the municipal authorities, it is saved in a secure environment , not accessible to the public. The information will be processed for internal purposes only. The municipal authorities processes personal data in order to provide an optimal service and to be able to contact him or her. The personal data will not be used any longer than necessary for the provision of the concerning service or the use of the concerning function. Personal data are generally not passed on to any other organization, except to comply with legal requirements and in case the juridical authorities or police services explicitly request it. If, in an exceptional case, the municipal authorities does pass on personal data to any other organization, this will be explicitly mentioned or the explicit consent of the user will be explicitly requested. By providing personal data, the user gives the municipal authorities his/her explicit approval to process it for above-mentioned purposes. On request, the municipality of Zonnebeke grants visitors of the website access to any information that is kept of them. The user has the right to correct or have his/her personal data removed from the database. To this end, the municipal authorities can be contacted at communicatie@zonnebeke.be.

6 Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service which is offered by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics makes use of cookies (small text files stored on your computer) to help the website operator analyse the use of its website. The information generated about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transferred and saved by Google on servers in the United States of America. Google uses this information to keep track of how you use the website, to create reports on website activity for website operators and to offer other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may pass this information on to third parties when legally required to do so or if these third parties process information on Google's behalf. Google will not combine your IP address with other information available to Google. You can block the use of cookies by choosing the relevant settings in your browser. However, by doing this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website, you agree to the processing of information by Google in the manner and for the purposes as described above.

7 Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small data files that are automatically stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow for easier, quicker and more efficient access and navigation of this site. The information in these cookies will not be used for commercial purposes.

Essential cookies

These cookies are essential for visiting our website and using certain parts of it. They may allow you to navigate between the different sections of this website, or complete forms, for example. If you block these cookies, certain parts of this website will not work, or not work properly.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies are cookies that improve the functioning of our websites and make your experience as a user more pleasant by allowing more personalised surfing. This may include cookies that remember your preferences, or record whether you have already responded to a survey, so we do not need to keep presenting you with the same survey.

Performance cookies

We use performance cookies to collect information about the way visitors use our websites, with the aim of improving the content and user-friendliness of our websites and tailoring our websites to the requirements of our users. For example, this includes a cookie that helps to count the number of unique visitors and a cookie that keeps track of which pages are the most popular. For this website, MMP1917 uses Google Analytics by Google to measure and analyse visitor information. Data including internet traffic, your browser type and computer type will be collected for this purpose, based on your IP address. We do not use this information for personal identification.

Cookie management

Cookies can be blocked via your browser settings. The following website lists the methods to block cookies in the most common browsers: http://www.aboutcookies.org/

You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer or mobile device at any time.

8 Disclaimer

This message, including any attachments, is not binding on MMP1917 unless agreed otherwise in a written agreement or confirmed otherwise at a later stage in a letter signed in accordance with the relevant legal provisions. MMP1917 also does not accept any liability pursuant to the contents of this message or its attachments.