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Terms & Conditions

Details on how you can use Iconduck
May 2024

This website is operated by Freepik Company, S.L., registered in the Commercial Registry of Málaga, volume 4994, sheet 217, page number MA-113059, with Tax Number B-93183366 and registered office at 13 Molina Lario St., 5th floor, 29015, Málaga, Spain ("Company").

These terms of use ("Terms") govern the access, browsing and use by the users ("User" or "Users", as applicable) of https://www.iconduck.com/, including any of its subdomains and/or sections ("Website"); as well as the services rendered through the Website ("Service" or "Services", as applicable) which include the download and use of certain content.

Accessing and using the Website implies that the User has read and accepts to be bound by these Terms without exception. In case the User does not accept the Terms or has any objection to any part of the present Terms, the User must not use the Website.

The Company may modify the Terms at any time and thus we recommend that the Terms are reviewed regularly by the User. The date at the beginning of these Terms refers to the latest update of these Terms, which will be applicable from the date of publication.

Likewise, concerning the collection and processing of personal data, the Privacy Policy will apply.

1. Services Offered

Through the Website, it is offered to the User open source graphic resources, such as icons and illustrations, as well as specific information related to such content.

The Services may offer content owned by third parties offered through the Website ("Iconduck Content") which can be downloaded through the Website.

2. Authorized Use

The User is only authorized to use the Website and the Services in accordance with the Terms and in good faith. In particular and without limitation, Users (irrespective of whether they have purchased a Subscription or not) undertake that any access or downloads of any content available in the Website or through the Services will always be the result of a genuine legitimate interest of the User and acknowledges that any method which artificially increases the number of downloads, accesses or clicks over such content is strictly prohibited under these Terms (including, without limitation, the generation of downloads, accesses or clicks over such content through any robots, spiders or any other mechanism, mobile application, program or tool) and will result in the cancellation of the User’s account by the Company and the obligation for the User to indemnify the Company for all damages suffered as a result of the User’s breach of this undertaking.

The User agrees not to use the Services negligently, for fraudulent purposes or in an unlawful manner. Likewise, the User agrees not to partake in any conduct or action that could damage the image, interests or rights of the Website or third parties.

The User will not interfere with the functioning of the Website or in the Services, in particular, he/she/it will not impersonate another user or person. The User agrees not to carry out any action that may damage, make unavailable, overload, deteriorate or impede the normal use of the Website or the Services, which may impact the security of the Website or the Services, or which may in any way interfere with the Services offered by the Company. The use of robots, spiders or any other mechanism, mobile application, program or tool to access, copy or control any part of the Website or the Services in any way which is contrary to the ordinary use of the Website or which infringes the Company’s interests (without its express prior authorization) is strictly prohibited. Likewise, obtaining or attempting to obtain the contents of the Website using any method or system not expressly authorized by the Company or which is not the ordinary method of accessing the Website is also strictly prohibited.

The User shall be responsible for any costs required for the Services’ use and for ensuring, before using the Services, that the Services’ features meet the User’s needs and that he/she/it meets all requirements and has all the equipment and software necessary for this purpose.

The rights granted to the User under these Terms are personal and shall not be assigned to any third party (including affiliates or entities part of the same group of companies) totally or partially, by any means, without the prior, express and written consent from the Company.

3. Registration

In order to use certain Services, the User must register, using an email address and password and activating an account. To this end, the User must provide a valid email address where the User will receive notifications related to the Services. If the User is a legal entity or business, the person registering on behalf of the legal entity or business declares that he/she is duly authorized to bind such legal entity or business and that such legal entity or business shall be bound to these Terms.

The User agrees to provide the mandatory information required for registration and also acknowledges that such information is true, complete and up to date. The User is solely responsible for keeping such information updated. Should the User provide false, outdated or incomplete information, or should the Company have reasons to suspect it, the Company reserves the right to suspend or cancel the User’s account.

The User must protect and keep the account password confidential and must not disclose it to third parties. The User must neither allow other Users to access the Services through the User’s account nor use the account of another User to access the Services.

The User is responsible for all operations carried out through the User’s account through any device. If the User suspects that another User is using his account, he/she/it should immediately inform the Company.

The Company may suspend or cancel the User’s account if it considers that the User has breached these Terms.

4. Content

The Services allow Users to search and download the Iconduck Content.

If you have any questions regarding any content or believe that it infringes any right, that it does not comply with these Terms, or that is inappropriate, you can do so by contacting the Company as indicated in these Terms or following the instructions provided on the Website for a copyright complaint.

Iconduck Content is offered in the terms stated at the relevant time in the Website (including, without limitation, the kind of license under which they are offered), and its use is allowed in the terms set out or referred to in these Terms, as applicable.

When offering Iconduck Content, the Company acts as a mere intermediary between the User that downloads such content and the original author or licensor, providing the User with access to the Iconduck Content.

The Company makes reasonable efforts to guarantee the lawfulness and quality of the Iconduck Content. However, the Company cannot monitor or control all Iconduck Content. Therefore, the User acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall not be responsible for evaluating the originality, the non-infringement of third-party rights, or the lawfulness of Iconduck Content and that the Company does not guarantee nor is liable in respect of any such contents, except for those cases expressly provided in the applicable regulations.

5. Storage and Offer of Iconduck Content

The Company limits itself to solely hosting the Iconduck Content and, therefore, it has no obligation to edit, select, check, or control the Iconduck Content nor does it guarantee, approve or necessarily agree with the Iconduck Content. If you wish to make an inquiry related to the Iconduck Content or if you believe that the Iconduck Content violates any rights, or does not meet these Terms, or is inappropriate, you can contact the Company as indicated below.

6. Liability

The User acknowledges and agrees that he/she/it uses the Website and its Services at the User’s own risk and under the User’s responsibility and, therefore, the Company does not accept any responsibility for misuse or use in breach of these Terms.

The User will be responsible for any damages to the Company resulting from the User’s use of the Website and the Services in breach of the Terms and accepts to indemnify the Company and its directors, employees, agents and representatives from any liability in which they may incur as a result of the User’s breach of these Terms.

The Company does not warrant the availability or continuity of the Website or the Services, nor its reliability, quality, completeness, accuracy or whether they are fit for a specific purpose or activity.

As way of example and without limitation, the Company shall not be liable for any damages that may result from:

  • Interruptions, viruses, technical problems, interferences, omissions, unavailability, power cuts, failure of the telecommunication networks or the User’s equipment which are not the Company’s responsibility.
  • Delays or unavailability of the Website and the Services due to deficiencies or traffic overload on the Internet, in the communication network or the electricity grid.
  • Third-party actions.
  • Unavailability of the Website and the Services due to maintenance or software updates.
  • Any other event beyond the Company’s direct control.

SAVE FOR THE COMPANY’S WILFUL MISCONDUCT AND THOSE CASES IN WHICH DUE TO THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE USER INVOLVED OR THE NATURE OF THE MATTER, APPLICABLE LAW PROVIDES THAT LIABILITY CANNOT BE LIMITED BY AGREEMENT, USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES IS AT SOLE RISK OF THE USER AND THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OF ANY KIND CAUSED TO THE USER AS A RESULT OF USING THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE SERVICES.

The insertion of links in the Services does not imply any relationship, recommendation or supervision by the Company of the linked website and, accordingly, the Company does not accept any liability concerning the content of any linked website except in the specific circumstances provided by the applicable law.

The Company will make reasonable commercial efforts to ensure the accuracy of keywords and descriptions, as well as the identification of content as exclusively for editorial use or equivalent. However, THE COMPANY NEITHER WARRANTS NOR MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING ANY KEYWORD, TITLE, OR DESCRIPTION; OR THE IDENTIFICATION OR LACK OF IDENTIFICATION OF ANY CONTENT AS EXCLUSIVELY FOR EDITORIAL USE. For this reason and notwithstanding any other liability limitation that may be applicable under these Terms, the Company shall neither indemnify nor assume any liability in connection with any claim resulting from inaccurate keywords, titles, or descriptions, or from the use of the visual content identified as exclusively for editorial use.

7. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights over the Website, Iconduck Content, the Services, its design, and source code, and all content included in any of them (including without limitation text, images, animations, databases, graphics, logos, trademarks, icons, buttons, pictures, videos, sound recordings, etc.) belong or are licensed to the Company.

Except as expressly authorized under these Terms, the reproduction or distribution, as well as transformation, producing any derivative works of any kind, public communication, making available, extraction, reuse or any other use of the Website, the Services, the Iconduck Content or any of its parts, is strictly forbidden.

If you believe that any content infringes third-party rights or does not comply with these Terms, you can report it to the Company by sending an email to support@iconduck.com.

8. License Agreement for Iconduck Content

Subject to the terms outlined in this Section, the Company hereby grants the User a limited, non-exclusive license to download and use the Iconduck Content. The Company and its licensors retain all rights not expressly granted to the User under this license in relation to the Iconduck Content.

The Company shall notify the User of the specific type of license applicable to each Iconduck Content. The User is required to adhere to the terms of such license. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that the Company's role is limited to informing the User about the licensing terms established by the author of the Iconduck Content; the Company does not possess the authority to amend these licensing terms.

The User bears sole responsibility for reviewing the terms of the license associated with any Iconduck Content that is downloaded and must ensure that their use of the Iconduck Content is in compliance with these terms.

The following uses of Iconduck Content by the User are strictly prohibited:

  • Use the Iconduck Content in a manner that suggests an association or endorsement of any kind by the Company or the Website;
  • Include the Iconduck Content or any derivative work (in whole or in part) in a database, archive or in any other media/stock product, collection, set of clips, or library, for distribution or resale or used in any other way that could prevent or limit future visits or downloads from the Website;
  • Resell, assign, transfer or sublicense the Iconduck Content or any derived work from the Iconduck Content;
  • Use the Iconduck Content (totally or partially) in any trademark, or part of the same, which may be used by any other means to guarantee or to imply a warranty of any product and/or service, unless the Iconduck Content used in such cases is modified in such a way as to be a new and different content not confusingly similar with the original Iconduck Content;
  • Use the Iconduck Content (including any caption information, title, keywords or other metadata associated with the Iconduck Content) for any machine learning and/or artificial intelligence purposes, or for any technologies designed or intended for the identification of natural persons.
  • Does not make any use of the Iconduck Content which might be considered defamatory, libelous, obscene, immoral or illegal, and;
  • Does not make any use of the Iconduck Content to slander, libel or to vilify a person, race, sex, culture, sexual orientation, religion, country, region, town, village or any other place, or any other human group.

The User’s rights under this Section will end automatically without any notice if the User breaches any of the Terms. In case of termination of the rights hereunder, the User shall cease using content in the Iconduck Content and will destroy every copy, whether total or partial, thereof.

12. Changes and Closure of the Website

The Company may, at any moment, and without incurring in any responsibility towards the User, modify the content of the Website or the Services, limit or modify the conditions or cease to provide some or all the Services and features available or deactivate and delete all or some of the User accounts and their corresponding information. However, the Company will comply with its obligations regarding the keeping of records in relation to certain transactions for the relevant period as provided by applicable law or refund the Users of Subscriptions in force at that time with the proportional part of the price not accrued before the termination.

13. General and Contact Information

The use of the Website and the Services and the interpretation and application of these Terms shall be governed by Spanish Law. Except for those cases in which the applicable law impose a specific jurisdiction, any dispute in connection with these Terms shall be resolved by the Courts of Málaga (Spain), and the parties expressly waive any other applicable jurisdiction.

Following the provisions of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 524/2013, the Users are informed that, in the cases in which it is applicable due to the condition of the User as a consumer, the European Commission has an online dispute resolution platform, which is available at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

If any provision in these Terms is declared to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be substituted or deemed as not included. The remaining provisions in these Terms shall not be affected in any way.

You may contact the Company for any query or claim at support@iconduck.com.