PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
The community website knowlewest.co.uk is for the community, sharing community voices, events, stories and organisations.
This is a space for everyone, therefore, it is important that you understand your agreement to using this website.
We have created some guidelines below, which users of this site must adhere to.
When submitting content you must also agree to the website’s full terms and conditions.
These Terms refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
- our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate;
- our Acceptable Use Policy, which sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our site. When using our site, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy; and
- our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
Acceptable Use Policy
Here is how we want to include all of the community and keep everyone safe and heard.
- Knowle West Alliance reserves the right to edit and amend contributions.
- Information shared must be honestly conveyed, accurate and fair.
- Harmful inaccuracies will be corrected or removed. The difference between fact and opinion should be clear in any content.
- Content must do nothing to intrude into anybody’s private life, grief or distress.
- Consent of an appropriate adult is required when interviewing or photographing a child for a story about her/his/their welfare.
- Content shared must be the authors or organisations own, it must not be represented as your own or organisations own when it is not.
- Content must be politically neutral – content cannot actively support or promote a political party nor can it criticise a political party.
- Campaigns and opinions shared on the community website are of and by the author of the post. They are not the view of or necessarily supported by Knowle West Alliance.
We reserve the right to remove content that contains offensive language, incites violence or illegal activity, or is abusive or discriminatory, does not meet our community standards or breaches our terms and conditions.
PHOTOS:
The photo must be credited – ie that you either took the photo or acknowledge the person that did take the photo, and have their permission to use it. Please ensure there are appropriate permissions for sharing for any images of individuals in the photograph.
Please read our terms and conditions. You must agree to our terms and conditions before you submit content.
These terms and conditions (together with the other policies referred to in it) (Terms) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website knowlewest.co.uk (this site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site.
Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference.
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our site.
Other applicable terms
Information about us
knowlewest.co.uk is a site operated by Knowle West Alliance (we or us).
Changes to these terms and our site
We may revise these Terms at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
Accessing our site
Our site is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. You may only download or copy any content on our site for teaching, administration and research purposes or for personal, non-commercial use. If you wish to make use of any content on our site for any particular purpose, please contact info@kwalliance.co.uk
If you copy or download any part of our site in breach of these Terms, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
No reliance on information
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.
Limitation of our liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.
To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
- use of, or inability to use, our site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You should use your own virus protection software.
The content on our site is only provided for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Uploading content to our site
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
You promise that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach.
Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content.
We also have the right to:
- disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy; and
- to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.
Linking to our site
You must not establish any link to our site in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. If you wish to make any use of content on our site for any particular purpose, please contact info@kwalliance.co.uk
Third party links and resources in our site
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
Applicable law
The content of these Terms and the formation of the contract between you and us, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
Contact us
To contact us, please email info@kwalliance.co.uk