Your Consent
By uploading a photo to the California Watersnakes Project website, you confirm that:
- You are the owner of the photo or have permission from the owner.
- You consent to your photo being displayed publicly on this website.
- Your photo and caption (if included) will be reviewed, approved, or rejected by site administrators at their discretion. You retain copyright of your work; we only request a license to display it here.
How We Use Your Photos
Uploaded photos are used only for the purposes of documenting and sharing observations of watersnakes in California.
We do not sell or distribute your photos to third parties.
Privacy
We do not share your personal information. Your email address is used only for account management and is not displayed with your photos.
Photos Sent by Email
Photos sent by email to californiawatersnakes.org,
or Mike Fuller, are assumed to include consent for display.
They may be posted on
this site at the discretion of the site owner.
Take-Down Requests
We respect your right to control where your photos appear. If you no longer wish for your photos to be displayed
at californiawatersnakes.org,
send an a take-down request to californiawatersnakes@gmail.com.
Please specify which specific photos to be removed by photo title or file name.
If you did not upload the photo(s) yourself, please provide proof of ownership. All take-down requests will be processed
as soon as technically feasible.
Commercial Use
All of the photos displayed on this website are protected by copyright. Photo copyrights are held by the owner of each photo.
Use of the photos for commercial purposes, including to train machine learning models, is not allowed.