Master Terms & Privacy Policy: D-Day, Normandy and Beyond

Last Updated: February 18, 2026

PART 1: TERMS AND CONDITIONS (The Rules)

1. Introduction These Website Standard Terms and Conditions manage your use of our website, D-Day, Normandy and Beyond, accessible at www.normandy1944.info. By using this Website, you agree to accept all terms and conditions written here.

2. Intellectual Property Rights & AI Protection

Other than the content you own, D-Day, Normandy and Beyond and/or its licensors own all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this Website.

1. AI & YouTube Restriction: Commercial use of any content on this site, including AI model training, data scraping, or the generation of YouTube/audio-visual movies, is strictly prohibited without explicit written consent.
2. Historical Custodianship: This archive contains donated veteran stories. Unauthorized extraction of these records for commercial exploitation is a violation of both copyright and the donor's intent.

3. Restrictions You are specifically restricted from:

1. Publishing any Website material in any other media without credit and a link.
2. Using "bots," "crawlers," or "spiders" to scrape content for database recreation or AI training.
3. Repurposing Website material into audio-visual formats (YouTube/TikTok) using AI tools.
4. Selling, sublicensing, or otherwise commercializing any Website material.

4. Your content & donations in these terms.

"Your Content" means any text or images you choose to display or donate to this project. By donating stories or photos, you grant D-Day, Normandy and Beyond a non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable license to use, publish, and preserve it. Everything you decide to donate to this project you give D-Day, Normandy and Beyond permission to publish on this website,  for the purpose of historical preservation.

5. Governing Law These Terms

These will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of The Netherlands. You submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in Overijssel for the resolution of any disputes.

PART 2: PRIVACY POLICY (Your Data)

1. Data Collection We collect minimal personal data to provide this historical service. This includes:

1. Personal Data: Names and email addresses provided via contact forms or account registration.
2. Usage Data: Automatically collected info such as IP addresses, browser types, and time spent on pages to help us improve the site.

2. Use of Your Personal Data We use your information only to:

1. Maintain the Service and respond to your historical inquiries.
2. Manage your account and prevent fraud.
3. Communicate updates regarding Project WWII. We do not sell your data to third-party marketers.

3. Cookies We use "Cookies" to optimize your experience (remembering login details or language preferences). You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies, though some parts of the service may not function as a result.

4. GDPR Data Protection Rights As a visitor, you are entitled to:

1. The right to access: Request copies of your personal data.
2. The right to erasure: Request that we erase your personal data (the "Right to be Forgotten").
3. The right to object: Object to our processing of your data.

5. Contact Us If you have any questions about these Terms or the Privacy Policy, contact us