Terms and Conditions

Effective Date: 3rd of June, 2025

Welcome to VaCiKa (www.vacika.com), a digital resource for researching artists, contributors, and registered entertainment shows throughout history. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the VaCiKa website and services (the “Services”). By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. About VaCiKa

VaCiKa provides a searchable database of historical entertainment data, including artist profiles, contributor information, research notes, and source references. Visual and locational data may be supplemented with geocoordinates and Google Maps.

The Services are available to both:

  • Individuals, who subscribe directly via the website, and
  • Institutions, including but not limited to public collections, educational institutions, associations, foundations, and businesses, which subscribe through a direct contractual agreement.

The site managers retain the exclusive right to determine what content is added to the database, when updates are made, and which materials are included or excluded. This editorial discretion is exercised to preserve the integrity, focus, and curatorial standards of the archive.

2. Acceptable use

You can use the website for personal, academic, or non-commercial purposes, subject to these Terms & Conditions. If you use any content from the website, whether online or offline, you must make it clear where you have found the material by including a reference to VaCiKa. If you wish to reproduce or share any of the content on the site for commercial purposes, please contact us for permission. This includes publishing or sharing in any media format now known or invented in the future.

3. Usage Rights and Restrictions

An individual subscription entitles you to:

  • Unrestricted access to the Services from any device;
  • Share your login credentials only with people living in your household (note: only one user may access the system with one password at a time);
  • Search, view, and use database content for personal or academic purposes.

You are not entitled to:

  • Share your password with anyone outside your household;
  • Distribute or transfer saved data to any third party;
  • Share data or excerpts publicly or commercially without permission.

4. Account Registration and Requirements

You have to register and be signed in to use all features of the website. While some features such as browsing are free, to pay for the service, you must be over 18 or have permission from your legal guardian (usually a parent). No contract between us exists until we send you a confirmation email after receiving your order and accepting your payment.

To create an account, individual users must provide:

  • A valid email address;
  • A secure password;
  • Optionally, their year of birth for demographic purposes.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials. If your password becomes known to an unauthorised party, you must take immediate steps to change it.

5. Subscriptions, Payments, and Pricing

Various subscription options are available. Details, including pricing, are shown during the sign-up process and may change from time to time. All payments must be made via bank transfer. There is no automatic renewal. Subscribers must manually renew their subscriptions before they expire. The maximum period for which a subscription may be paid in advance is two (2) years. After this period, a renewal or new agreement must be established. This applies to both individual and institutional subscribers.

Institutional subscriptions are governed by individual contracts and quotations. Terms include authentication via institutional IP address and payment via bank transfer.

6. Cancellations and Refunds

You may cancel your subscription at any time via your My Account page or by contacting [email protected]. Cancellations take effect at the end of your current subscription period. No refunds will be issued for unused time or non-use of the Service, except as required by applicable law. You will retain access until the end of the subscription period.

7. Termination

If you breach these Terms & Conditions, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the service. In such cases, you will not be entitled to a refund.

8. Availability and Changes

We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or full functionality of our services. We will not be liable for any losses caused by downtime or technical issues. Our services are provided “as is” and are subject to change. We may withdraw or modify elements of the service at any time without liability. We are not responsible for failure to provide services due to events beyond our control, such as natural disasters, strikes, equipment failure, or other unforeseen events. We will inform users when such events occur, whenever possible.

While we aim for accuracy, VaCiKa does not guarantee the correctness, completeness, or reliability of any data. Locations shown via geocoordinates and Google Maps are for reference only. VaCiKa shall not be held liable for decisions or actions taken based on database content.

9. Intellectual Property and Citation

All content on VaCiKa is protected by copyright and/or database rights. You may use content for personal or academic research under these Terms.

The official form of reference to the database is: VaCiKa or vacika.com

10. Copyright and Takedown Policy

Many of the materials that we digitise are no longer published or available elsewhere. In these cases, we make all possible efforts to identify if there is a legal successor in copyright and to make contact with them. In some cases, we are unable to identify a legal successor in copyright, and we then identify these publications as orphan works, and publish them on this basis. If you are the legal successor in copyright, please contact us and we will work with you to ensure that your intellectual property rights are respected.

If you believe you own the copyright to any content on the site and you are not acknowledged, please contact us. We will temporarily remove the content while we investigate. If the claim is valid, we will work with you to reach a solution or remove the content permanently.

If you violate the copyright of a content provider, they may take legal action against you directly.

11. Modifications

VaCiKa reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated to users. Continued use of the Services constitutes your agreement to the updated Terms.

12. Legal and Administrative Terms

These Terms & Conditions and our Privacy & Cookie Policy are personal to you. You may not transfer your rights under this agreement to anyone else. If any part of these Terms or the Privacy Policy is found to be unenforceable, the remainder will still apply. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hungary, without regard to conflict of law principles.

13. Disclaimer

The VaCiKa database is intended strictly for educational and entertainment purposes only. It contains historical records from publicly available, officially printed materials which may include symbols, language, and imagery associated with past authoritarian regimes or ideologies. In addition, some historical representations may contain outdated, discriminatory, or insensitive depictions related to religion, ethnicity, body image, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other personal characteristics.

We do not support or endorse any such views, nor do we take responsibility for their presence in the archival record. These materials are included solely for the purpose of preserving and understanding history as it was documented at the time. Altering or censoring such content would compromise the historical integrity of the archive.

VaCiKa believes in and supports the equality, dignity, and self-expression of all individuals. If you encounter problematic content, we invite you to reach out with the specific reference so it may be reviewed in accordance with our ethical standards and policies.

14. Contact and Support

We hope this policy is clear and fair. If anything is unclear or you have a question that is not covered here, please contact us at:

[email protected]