ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for visiting our website [company_url] (our site). This is our Acceptable Use Policy and by using our site, this policy applies to you and you agree with it as part of our Website Terms and Conditions.

The terms in our Acceptable Use Policy may change, so we advise you to check this page as if you use our site, you are bound by it.

ABOUT US

This site is run and maintained by [company_name] (“[company_nickname]”), a company registered in England and Wales, with company registration number [company_number] and whose registered office is located at [company_registered_address]. Our email address is [company_email].

USE OF OUR SITE

You agree not to use this site for any of the following purposes:

  • to break any laws or regulations;
  • to do anything fraudulent, or which has a fraudulent effect;
  • to harm or attempt to harm minors;
  • to do anything with material that does not meet our content standards (these are listed below);
  • to copy in any way or re-sell any part of our site;
  • to interfere with or damage any part of our site, equipment, network, software or storage arrangements;
  • for unsolicited advertising material (known as spam);
  • to transmit any data or material that is harmful to other programs, software, or hardware.

CONTENT STANDARDS

Our content standards apply to all material that you contribute either to our site or to all our interactive services. Your contributions must be accurate (if they are factual), genuine (if they state opinions) and within the law.

Your contributions must not be defamatory, obscene or offensive, likely to deceive, harass, annoy, threaten, or invade someone else’s privacy. Your contributions must not promote material that is sexually explicit, promote violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, age, disability, or sexual orientation, infringe anyone else’s intellectual property, be used to impersonate anyone, or misrepresent anyone’s identity or encourage or assist anything that breaks the law.

INTERACTIVE SERVICES

Where we provide use of interactive services, we will tell you clearly about the service, we will tell you what form of moderation we use for the site, we will try to assess risks on the site (especially for children) and will moderate if we think it is appropriate.

We are not however required to moderate our interactive service and we will not be responsible for any loss or damage to anyone who does not use our site according to our standards (whether or not we have moderated the service).

 

NOTICE FOR PARENTS

Our services are not intended for the use of minors under the age of 18. However, if you allow a child to use any of our interactive services, this will be subject to parental consent. If you permit your child to use the service we advise you to explain the risks as moderation is not always effective. Please contact us if you have a concern about moderation.

 

SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

If we believe you are in breach of our Acceptable Use Policy, we will take whatever steps we think are necessary to address this, including stopping your use of the site temporarily or permanently, removing material you have put on the site or any of our social media groups, sending you a formal warning, taking legal action and / or telling the relevant authorities.

We will not be held liable for any of your costs arising from any actions we take to deal with any breach of this policy.