Terms of Use

Welcome to md-imprint.com.

These Terms of Use explain the terms on which you may access and use the MD Imprint / Lasting Imprint with MD website (“the Website”), including its content, book excerpts, illustrations, resources and other materials.

Please read these Terms carefully. By using the Website, you agree to use it in accordance with these Terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the Website.

1. About Us

The Website is operated by:

MD Imprint / Lasting Imprint with MD

Website: md-imprint.com

Email: hello@md-imprint.com

MD Imprint publishes and presents books, resources and content relating to parenting, family relationships, emotional connection, children's development and related subjects.

2. Purpose of the Website

The Website provides information about MD Imprint, our books, publications, projects and related content.

It may include, among other things:

• information about our books and publications;
• book excerpts and sample pages;
• illustrations and graphics;
• parenting and family-related content;
• MD Imprint KIDS content and resources;
• downloadable or printable materials where made available;
• information about the author and MD Imprint;
• newsletter subscription facilities;
• contact facilities;
• links to booksellers, social media platforms and other third-party websites.

We may add, remove, update or change Website content and functionality from time to time.

3. Informational and Educational Content

Content relating to parenting, children's development, emotions, relationships, wellbeing or family life is provided for general informational and educational purposes.

It is not intended to constitute individual medical, psychological, therapeutic, psychiatric, legal or other professional advice.

Every child, parent and family is different. Information presented on the Website should therefore not be treated as a substitute for advice from an appropriately qualified professional where individual professional support is required.

Nothing on the Website is intended to diagnose, treat or prevent any medical or psychological condition.

If you have concerns about your own health, a child's health, safety or wellbeing, you should seek appropriate professional assistance.

4. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its original content are protected by applicable copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws.

This may include:

• written content;
• book titles and book excerpts;
• sample pages and spreads;
• illustrations;
• graphics and artwork;
• photographs where rights are owned or licensed by us;
• downloadable and printable materials;
• educational resources;
• MD Imprint KIDS materials;
• logos, branding and visual identity;
• page design and original website elements;
• other original materials made available through the Website.

Copyright or other rights in individual materials may belong to MD Imprint, the author, an illustrator, photographer or another rights holder and may be used on the Website under licence or other permission.

The presence of material on the Website does not mean that it is in the public domain or available for unrestricted use.

5. Permitted Personal Use

You may view and use publicly available Website content for your own lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes.

Where we specifically provide a resource as downloadable or printable, you may download or print it for the purpose expressly stated in connection with that resource.

Unless we expressly state otherwise, this does not give you ownership of the material or permission to reproduce or distribute it beyond the permitted personal use.

Any rights not expressly granted remain reserved.

6. Prohibited Use of Our Content

Unless permitted by law or expressly authorised by us in writing, you must not:

• copy or reproduce substantial parts of our Website or content;
• republish our content on another website, platform, publication or service;
• distribute, sell, license or commercially exploit our content;
• modify, adapt or create derivative commercial materials from our content;
• remove copyright, attribution or other rights notices;
• reproduce or distribute book excerpts, illustrations or sample pages beyond permitted personal use;
• present our content as your own;
• use our branding, logos or materials in a way that suggests endorsement, partnership or affiliation where none exists.

If you would like to use MD Imprint material for educational, publishing, media, professional or commercial purposes, please contact us for permission.

7. Artificial Intelligence, Automated Extraction and Data Mining

We reserve our rights in relation to automated access to and use of our content to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Unless we have given prior written permission, Website content may not be systematically scraped, harvested, crawled, extracted, copied or compiled for the purpose of:

• creating or expanding datasets;
• training, developing or improving artificial intelligence systems;
• training, developing or improving machine-learning models;
• generating competing or derivative content at scale;
• text and data mining for commercial AI development;
• reproducing or redistributing substantial portions of our content through automated systems.

This restriction applies to text, book excerpts, illustrations, artwork, graphics, downloadable resources and other protected content available through the Website.

Nothing in this section is intended to restrict an activity where applicable law does not permit us to restrict it.

8. MD Imprint KIDS and Children's Materials

The Website may contain books, activities, illustrations or educational resources intended for use with children.

The Website itself is primarily directed towards adults, including parents, carers, educators and other adults interested in our publications and resources.

Adults are responsible for deciding whether a particular activity, resource or piece of content is suitable for an individual child, taking into account the child's age, abilities, circumstances and needs.

Where activities require adult supervision, appropriate supervision should be provided.

9. Downloads and Free Resources

From time to time, we may make worksheets, printable resources, extracts or other materials available to download.

Unless a particular resource states otherwise, such materials are provided for personal, non-commercial use only.

They may not be sold, redistributed, uploaded to another website, included in another product, altered for resale or commercially reproduced without prior written permission.

Additional licence terms may apply to particular resources. Where this is the case, those specific terms will apply alongside these Terms of Use.

10. Newsletter

Visitors may have the option to subscribe to The Quiet Letter.

Subscription is voluntary and may require confirmation through a double opt-in process.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe facility included in newsletter communications.

Information about how personal data is handled in connection with newsletter subscriptions is provided in our Privacy Policy.

11. Contact Forms and Communications

If you contact us through the Website, you agree not to submit content that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, fraudulent, malicious or that infringes another person's rights.

Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive, confidential or highly personal information through Website forms.

Submitting an enquiry does not create a professional, therapeutic, advisory or contractual relationship unless we expressly agree otherwise.

12. External Links and Third-Party Services

The Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties, including booksellers, social media platforms and other external services.

These links are provided for convenience and information.

Once you leave our Website, the external website is governed by its own terms, privacy policy and other applicable policies.

We do not control third-party websites and, to the extent permitted by law, are not responsible for their content, availability, security or privacy practices.

13. Book Purchases and External Retailers

Books presented on the Website may be available for purchase through third-party retailers, including Amazon.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, MD Imprint does not process the purchase transaction through md-imprint.com.

When you follow a link to an external retailer and make a purchase there, the transaction is between you and the relevant retailer and is subject to that retailer's applicable terms, including its payment, delivery, cancellation and returns arrangements.

Nothing in these Terms affects any statutory consumer rights you may have.

14. Availability and Accuracy

We aim to keep the Website useful, accurate and accessible, but we cannot guarantee that it will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free or completely up to date.

We may suspend, withdraw, change or update parts of the Website where reasonably necessary, including for maintenance, security, technical or business reasons.

We may correct errors or update information without prior notice.

15. Acceptable Use and Website Security

You must not knowingly misuse the Website.

In particular, you must not attempt to:

• gain unauthorised access to the Website, its servers or connected systems;
• introduce viruses, malware or other harmful code;
• interfere with Website operation or security;
• circumvent technical access or security controls;
• use the Website for fraudulent or unlawful purposes;
• carry out automated activity that places an unreasonable burden on the Website or its infrastructure.

We reserve the right to take reasonable measures to protect the Website, our content and our users against misuse or security threats.

16. Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted.

Subject to those protections, the Website and its content are provided for general informational and educational purposes, and we do not guarantee that information on the Website will be suitable for every individual situation.

We are not responsible for decisions made solely in reliance on general Website content where individual professional advice would reasonably be appropriate.

To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for losses arising solely from circumstances outside our reasonable control, temporary Website unavailability or the acts, omissions or services of independent third-party websites and providers.

Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

17. Privacy and Cookies

Your use of the Website is also subject to our:

Privacy Policy

Cookies Policy

These documents explain how personal information, cookies and similar technologies are handled on the Website.

18. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use when the Website, our services, publications, technologies or applicable legal requirements change.

The latest version will be published on the Website together with the date of the most recent update.

Your continued use of the Website following an update will be subject to the current version of these Terms.

19. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory rights or protections that apply to you under applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to deprive a consumer of mandatory legal protections or rights available to them.

20. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms of Use or would like to request permission to use MD Imprint content, please contact:

MD Imprint / Lasting Imprint with MD

Email: hello@md-imprint.com

Website: md-imprint.com