01. Legal Notice

Website Publisher

The website https://www.yahya-group.com is owned and published by:
Yahya Design SARL AU
Registered Address : 48 RUE YOUGOSLAVIE, BUREAU NO.103-104,IMMEUBLE ADAM PLAZA,GUELIZ, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
Company Registration Number: 25775
ICE Number: 001544023000039
Telephone: 00 212 661 470 582
General Enquiries: contact@yahya-group.com
Publication Director: Emilio Rouach

Hosting Provider

This website is hosted by:
INMOROCCO SOLUTIONS,MARRAKECH,MOROCCO &

OVH,ROUBAIX,FRANCE

Yahya Group

Yahya Group operates through four entities based in Marrakech, Morocco, encompassing the gallery, atelier, design studio, and collections divisions under the creative direction of Yahya.

No Transfer of Rights

No use of this website, nor any communication with Yahya Group, shall be interpreted as granting any licence, transfer, assignment, or permission relating to Yahya Group intellectual property, unless expressly confirmed in a separate written instrument signed by an authorised representative of Yahya Group.

Applicable Law & Jurisdiction

This website and its contents are governed by Moroccan law. Any dispute arising from access to or use of this website shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Marrakech, Morocco.
Visitors based in the European Union retain all rights conferred upon them under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which remain fully applicable and are not affected by this choice of law.

Changes to This Framework

Yahya Group reserves the right to update any of the legal pages contained within this framework at any time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. Where changes are material, we will take reasonable steps to notify users as required by law. The date of the most recent revision is indicated on each page.

Governing Language

This legal framework has been prepared in English. In the event of any translation into French, Arabic, or any other language, the English version shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency or dispute.

02. Terms & Conditions

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions in full. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please discontinue use of this website.

Purpose of Website Content

All content presented on this website — including artworks, designs, collections, photography, and editorial texts — is provided for informational, artistic, and presentation purposes only. Nothing on this website constitutes a binding commercial offer unless expressly confirmed in a separate written agreement signed by an authorised representative of Yahya Group.

Eligibility

This website is not directed toward children or minors. Yahya Group does not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age permitted by applicable law. If we become aware that personal data has been submitted by a minor, we will take reasonable steps to delete such information promptly.

Bespoke Commissions

All bespoke commissions, architectural projects, and design collaborations are subject to separate contractual agreements. The following conditions apply to all commission discussions and proposals:
   • All concepts, renderings, design proposals, technical drawings, prototype developments, ornamental systems, and fabrication methodologies produced during the commission process remain the exclusive intellectual property of Yahya Group, unless expressly transferred in a separate written instrument.
   • Commission proposals are subject to technical validation, feasibility assessment, material availability, production scheduling, and formal written approval before any commitment is made.
   • Quotations and pricing discussed in preliminary stages are indicative only and do not constitute a binding offer.
   • Yahya Group reserves the right to decline any commission at its sole discretion.

Unsolicited Submissions

Any unsolicited concepts, proposals, ideas, designs, or creative submissions transmitted to Yahya Group — whether by email, post, or any other means — shall not be considered confidential and shall not create any obligation on the part of Yahya Group. Yahya Group shall not be liable for any similarity between its existing or future works and any such unsolicited submission.

Prohibited Uses

Users of this website must not:
   • Reproduce, copy, adapt, distribute, or commercially exploit any content from this website without prior written authorisation.
   • Use any content, image, design, or artistic element from this website for artificial intelligence training, machine learning datasets, large language models, generative image systems, computer vision analysis, automated image harvesting, synthetic, generative, or automated reproduction technologies, or any other form of automated or synthetic reproduction, without prior written authorisation from Yahya Group.
   • Scrape, extract, or systematically collect content from this website by automated means.
   • Impersonate Yahya Group or any of its associated entities.
   • Use this website in any manner that could damage, disable, or impair its functionality.

Limitation of Liability

Yahya Group makes every effort to ensure that the information published on this website is accurate and up to date, but cannot guarantee that it is free from errors or omissions. Yahya Group reserves the right to modify, update, or remove any content at any time without prior notice.
Yahya Group cannot accept responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising from the use of, or inability to use, this website or any linked external websites.

Modifications to These Terms

Yahya Group reserves the right to update these Terms & Conditions at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon publication on this page. Continued use of the website following any such change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

03. Privacy Policy

Our Commitment

Yahya Group is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all visitors, clients, collaborators, and users of this website. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, how long we retain it, and what your rights are in relation to it.
Yahya Group seeks to align its privacy practices with the principles of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Moroccan Law No. 09-08 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.

Data We Collect

Information you provide directly

   • Full name and professional title
   • Company or organisation name
   • Email address and telephone number
   • Postal address
   • Project details and commission requirements
   • Any other information you choose to share in correspondence

Information collected automatically

   • IP address and, where applicable depending on the analytics platform in use, approximate location data
   • Browser type, operating system, and device information
   • Pages visited, time spent, and navigation patterns
   • Referring website or search terms

How We Use Your Data

Your personal data is used solely for the following purposes:
   • To respond to your enquiries and commission requests
   • To manage our client and professional relationships
   • To communicate with you about ongoing projects
   • To send you information about our collections, exhibitions, and events — only where you have given your explicit consent
   • To improve the performance and user experience of our website
   • To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
   • To monitor and ensure the security of our website
Yahya Group does not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes under any circumstances.

Legal Basis for Processing

   • Legitimate interest: for responding to enquiries and managing client relationships. Where processing is based on legitimate interest, Yahya Group ensures that such interests are balanced against the rights and freedoms of the individual concerned.
   • Consent: for sending promotional communications. You may withdraw consent at any time.
   • Legal obligation: where required by applicable law.

Third-Party Service Providers

Yahya Group uses a limited number of trusted third-party service providers to operate and maintain this website. These may include providers of website hosting, analytics, email communications, embedded media, and security services. Such providers are authorised to process personal data only as necessary to perform their services and are contractually bound to protect it.
Yahya Group does not share personal data with third-party advertising platforms, social media networks, or data brokers.

International Data Transfers

Certain service providers used in connection with this website may process personal data outside Morocco or the European Union. Where such transfers occur, Yahya Group takes appropriate steps to ensure that personal data remains protected in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including where necessary through the use of standard contractual clauses or other recognised transfer mechanisms.

Data Retention

  • General enquiry data: up to 2 years from last contact
   • Client and commission records: up to 10 years, in accordance with contractual and legal requirements
   • Website analytics data: up to 26 months
   • Marketing consent records: until consent is withdrawn

Data Security

Yahya Group implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, or alteration. Access to personal data is restricted to authorised personnel only, on a need-to-know basis.
While Yahya Group takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed entirely secure.

Your Rights

Under applicable data protection law, you have the right to:
   • Access the personal data we hold about you
   • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
   • Request erasure of your data where no longer necessary
   • Restrict or object to the processing of your data
   • Request portability of your data in a structured format
   • Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
   • Lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority within your jurisdiction
To exercise any of these rights, please contact: contact@yahya-group.com
Yahya Group will respond within the timeframes required under applicable law.
In Morocco, the competent supervisory authority is the Commission Nationale de Contrôle de la Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (CNDP).

Children & Minors

This website is not directed toward children or minors. Yahya Group does not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age permitted by applicable law. If we become aware that personal data has been submitted by a minor, we will take reasonable steps to delete such information promptly.

04. Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function correctly, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website owners about how their site is used.
 

Cookies We Use

Essential cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences or navigating between pages.

Analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous, aggregated data — such as which pages are visited most often and how users navigate between sections. We do not use this data to identify individual visitors.
Analytics platform in use: GOOGLE ANALYTICS 

Functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you have made — such as language preferences — in order to provide a more personalised experience.

Embedded media cookies

Where this website includes embedded content such as video or maps, third-party cookies may be set by the providers of that content. These are only activated if you choose to interact with the embedded content.

Cookie Consent

When you first visit this website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences by category.
Essential cookies are always active and cannot be disabled. You may change your settings at any time via the cookie preferences link in the website footer.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, though doing so may affect the functionality of this and other websites.
   • Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
   • Safari: Preferences > Privacy
   • Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security
   • Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions

Updates to This Policy

Yahya Group may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as the website or applicable regulations change. The date of the most recent revision will always be indicated at the top of this page.

05. Intellectual Property & Media Usage

Ownership of All Content

All content published on this website — including but not limited to artworks, sculptures, lighting designs, furniture pieces, architectural elements, decorative objects, ornamental systems, technical drawings, design renderings, concepts, photographs, films, graphic materials, written texts, visual identities, collection names, and digital assets — is either the property of Yahya Group or used under licence, permission, assignment, or applicable rights agreement, and is protected under international copyright law, artistic authorship rights, intellectual property legislation, trademark law, and applicable design protection regulations.
Yahya Group and all associated entities retain exclusive ownership of all intellectual property rights relating to the artistic language, fabrication methodologies, ornamental systems, bespoke developments, technical concepts, and creative works presented on this website, unless otherwise expressly agreed in a separate written instrument.

Photographic & Film Materials

Photographs, films, editorial imagery, campaign materials, and visual documentation featured on this website may include works produced either directly by Yahya Group or by commissioned photographers, filmmakers, and creative collaborators.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all such materials are used with permission and remain protected under applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.
Where photographer or filmmaker credits are specified, all associated rights remain subject to the applicable licensing agreements, permissions, or assignments governing their use by Yahya Group.
No reproduction, redistribution, publication, commercial reuse, artificial intelligence training use, reference prompting, seed-image generation, synthetic derivative creation, scraping, or secondary licensing of any photographic or film material is permitted without the prior written authorisation of Yahya Group and, where applicable, the relevant rights holder.

AI Reference Prompting & Synthetic Derivative Content

In addition to the prohibitions set out elsewhere within these legal pages, no image, photograph, rendering, artwork, design, ornamental system, technical drawing, visual composition, or other visual material originating from Yahya Group may be used as reference material, source imagery, seed imagery, input imagery, style guidance, visual prompts, conditioning material, or any comparable input for the creation of synthetic, generated, machine-produced, or AI-assisted content without the prior written authorisation of Yahya Group.
This prohibition applies irrespective of whether such content is created for personal, editorial, commercial, research, training, promotional, or experimental purposes.

No Transfer of Rights

No use of this website, nor any communication with Yahya Group, shall be interpreted as granting any licence, transfer, assignment, or permission relating to Yahya Group intellectual property, unless expressly confirmed in a separate written instrument signed by an authorised representative of Yahya Group.

Trademarks & Visual Identity

The names, marks, visual identifiers, collection titles, and associated branding elements used by Yahya Group — including but not limited to the Yahya Group wordmark, logo, collection names, and product series titles — are protected under applicable trademark and intellectual property law.
Unauthorised use of any of the above — including reproduction, adaptation, or use in connection with other goods or services — is strictly prohibited and may result in legal proceedings.

Prohibited Uses

No content from this website may be used in the following ways without prior written authorisation from Yahya Group:
   • Reproduction & distribution: copying, republishing, distributing, or commercially exploiting any image, design, or text, in whole or in part, by any means.
   • AI training & synthetic media: using any content, image, design drawing, rendering, or artwork from this website for artificial intelligence training, machine learning datasets, large language models, generative image systems, computer vision analysis, automated image harvesting, synthetic, generative, or automated reproduction technologies, or any other form of automated or synthetic reproduction.
   • Design copying: reproducing, adapting, or reverse-engineering any design, ornamental system, fabrication methodology, or artistic concept presented on this website.
   • Social media reposting: reposting, sharing, or repurposing images or content on any social media platform without prior written authorisation from Yahya Group.
   • Digital curation platforms: saving, pinning, or aggregating images from this website on digital moodboard, inspiration aggregation, or image-curation platforms for commercial, professional, or design-development purposes without prior written authorisation.
   • Rendering reuse: using visualisations, concept drawings, or architectural renderings produced by Yahya Group in any third-party presentation, proposal, or publication.
   • Scraping & harvesting: using automated tools to extract, collect, or archive content from this website.

Protection Against Imitation & Counterfeiting

Yahya Group actively monitors and reserves the right to investigate unauthorised reproductions, imitation products, counterfeit works, and any misuse of its artistic language, ornamental systems, or intellectual property. Yahya Group will pursue appropriate legal remedies where infringement is identified.

Press & Editorial Usage

Journalists, editors, and publishers wishing to feature the work of Yahya Group in editorial, press, or media contexts are welcome to contact us to request authorised image files and press materials. Authorisation for editorial use, including social media sharing by press and media partners, will be considered upon request.
Any published editorial featuring Yahya Group work must:
   • Include the credit line: © Yahya Group, Marrakech
   • Include all required photographer, filmmaker, and copyright credits as specified by Yahya Group or the applicable rights holder
   • Obtain approval from Yahya Group for all accompanying image selections and captions prior to publication
   • Not crop, filter, or digitally alter any authorised image without prior written approval
Press & media enquiries: [INSERT PRESS CONTACT EMAIL]

Image Licensing

Commercial use of any image or visual asset from this website — including editorial, commercial, exhibition, catalogue, social media, archival, documentary, or promotional usage — requires a formal licensing agreement with Yahya Group. Licensing terms, usage rights, and fees are agreed on a case-by-case basis. Please contact contact@yahya-group.com for licensing enquiries.

Reporting Infringement

If you believe that content belonging to Yahya Group is being used without authorisation, please contact us at contact@yahya-group.com. Yahya Group takes the protection of its artistic work seriously and will respond promptly to all credible reports.