Terms and Condiditons of Use

Terms and conditions

Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions, which take effect on the date of your first use of the site.

We reserve the right to change the Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes on-line. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted changes.

Copyright

The contents of this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, illustrations, logos, software, trademark, service marks and other material, are protected by copyright and other laws.

We authorise you to download on to a single computer or produce a single hard copy of the content on the website for your own personal use but not for any commercial or public use. Material should not be further copied or reproduced without the written permission of the copyright owner.

User submissions

When submitting comments/messages onto the message board (Captains Log) on this site, you will be asked to enter your name and email address. In contributing to the site you agree to comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, good practice guidelines in relation to copyright and child protection issues together with all relevant laws for example, and not limited to you will:

• Not submit any unlawful, defamatory, harassing, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio
• Only submit materials which are your own original work. You must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights
• Not publish material which would be in breach of confidence or in contempt of court
• Not publish material that would amount to political lobbying
• Not contribute material which contains viruses or other similar contaminating or destructive features
• Not use spamming (ie. Send any unsolicited advertisement or promotional material) or off-topic material
• Not use inappropriate (e.g. vulgar, offensive) user names
• Not impersonate or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation
• Not violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others
• Under no circumstances upload or download any material which is likely to be unsuitable for children. This applies to any material of a violent, dangerous, or inappropriate sexual content
• Not create hyperlinks to third party sites without first checking for suitability
• Follow the principles of the Data Protection Act (see privacy policy)
• Not publish information which would serve to make a person or a child identifiable or contactable without obtaining the relevant consents
• Not commit or encourage a criminal offence

We reserve the right to delete or edit such material at our sole discretion and without notice.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to this site and/or Log-in details at our sole discretion and without notice.

We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

Use of public information

You acknowledge that all of your submissions and postings to the public portion of the website are public and not private or personal information.

Any material, information or other contribution you transmit or post to this site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary communications. We will have no obligations with respect to the communications. By submitting your contribution, you grant us a perpetual royalty free, irrevocable licence to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio ) in whole or in part, or in a modified or edited form any material you upload or post to our site and in accordance with our privacy policy. If you do not wish to grant these rights, please do not submit your contribution to our website.

We reserve the right to refuse to post and/or remove any material sent or posted by you.

Use of software

If you download software from this site, use of the software is subject to the licence terms in the software licence agreement that accompanies or is provided with the software. You may not download or install the software until you have read and accepted the terms of the software licence agreement.

If you're under 16

Please get a parent’s or guardian’s permission before taking part in any discussion group.

Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (eg. Name, address, telephone number or email address).

Links to other sites

Certain links, including hypertext links, in our site will take you outside our site. Links are provided for your convenience and inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement or approval by us of the linked site, its operator or its content. We are not responsible for the content of website outside our site.

Virus Protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from the website.

Disclaimer

This website provides you with fast and easy access to a wide range of information. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information contained within the website is accurate and up to date, we make no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. We accept no liability or responsibility for any loss due to any errors or omissions in the content of the site or caused by any reliance on the information. It is advised that users check any information before acting or relying on it.

Applicable Laws

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. This privacy policy explains how we use the information we collect about you

Accessing our website

If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, you can access our website home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal details. We will only log your Internet Provider (IP) address that is automatically recognised by the web server.

What personal information we collect

You may at times be asked to supply personal information via our website. Personal information is information that will identify you in any way, such as your name, address, email address etc. If you supply such information we are legally bound under the Data Protection Act 1998 to ensure that such information is only used for the purpose for which it was requested and also that the data is held securely. For example, if you complete an online form, we will only use this information for the specific purpose you have provided the information for.

Collecting Information automatically

We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify or be traced back to any individual.

Your consent

By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times.

Cookies

We do not use cookies to store personal data, nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.

How we protect your information

The Internet is not a secure medium. However, we have put in place various security procedures. Any personal data being stored is securely protected behind appropriate firewalls.

Confidentiality/Security

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us the following personal information:

• Primary personal data (such as name and contact details)
• Identifiers (such as credit card details, website password)

Disclosure

We will only use your personal information you send us for the purposes for which you provide it. We will only hold your information for as long as necessary for those purposes. We shall ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to government institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to information we hold about you

You can make a request for personal information we may hold about you by applying in writing to Data Protection Officer, Legal Division, Hartlepool Borough Council, Civic Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool. We will provide the information within a maximum of 40 days from receipt of your request.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page.

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