YouthLink Scotland - Website Terms and Conditions

GENERAL WEBSITE USE

About Youthlink Scotland 

This site is provided and maintained by Youthlink Scotland, a Company limited by guarantee (Registered Number SC164547, Registered Office Roseberry House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5EZ) and having charitable status (Charity Reference SCO03923).

• Copyright
  
  Unless otherwise stated, nothing appearing on this website, including text, pictures, logos or any other information may be copied or reproduced without the prior written consent of Youthlink Scotland. Trademarks appearing on this website may be registered with their respective owners and whether registered or not, may not be copied without the permission of the owner.
  
  
• Links to External Websites
  
  There are links within this website to external websites which are operated by third parties. Youthlink Scotland does not accept any liability in respect of the content of these websites, nor does it endorse them or guarantee the accuracy of the information contained within them.
  
  
• Website Content
  
  Whilst Youthlink Scotland makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this website, it does not guarantee that this information is accurate, complete or up to date. Material provided on this website is intended to be used for research or information purposes only and does not constitute professional or legal advice.
  
  
• Liability
  
  To the extent allowed by law, Youthlink Scotland will not be liable for any damages arising from the use of this website. Youthlink Scotland does not guarantee that access to this website will be uninterrupted or that it will be free from viruses or tampering by third parties. No warranties, either expressed or implied, are given on the content of this website; including but not limited to whether the content is of satisfactory quality or fit for any particular purpose. Use of this website and the information contained therein is undertaken entirely at the user's risk.
  
  
• Modification of the Terms & Conditions
  
  Youthlink Scotland may modify the Terms & Conditions of the use of this website, and users should periodically review these Terms & Conditions, and cease using the website should these become unacceptable. Your continued use of this website shall be taken as deemed acceptance of any revision of these Terms & Conditions.

PRIVACY

• General
  
  Youthlink Scotland fully complies with the Data Protection Act 1998 and is registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner for those purposes for which personal information is collected on this website.
  
  
• Personal Information
  
  Youthlink Scotland will collect personal information only when you specifically and knowingly provide it. Examples of such information are your name, your address or your email address. We may use this information to send you electronic documents via our mailing lists, should you request us to do so by ticking the appropriate boxes on the Registration Page

Any personal information that you submit on the registration form will be stored in a data base and whilst the administrators of the website will not disclose this to any third party, Youthlink Scotland will not be held responsible for any attempt to hack into this data base by any third party or any ensuing damages.

• Non-Personally Identifiable Information
  
  Some information may be collected automatically by our system, such as the number of visitors to the site. In order to do this we need to send cookies to your PC. This information is used to monitor use of the website and will not contain information that can identify you as an individual. If you choose to switch Cookies off in your web browser you may experience difficulty accessing the website.
  
  
• Third Party Site
  
  This website contains links to third party websites, Youthlink Scotland is not responsible for the privacy policies of other providers of websites.
  
  
• Privacy Statement Changes
  
  Youthlink Scotland may change this privacy statement at any time and you are advised to read this statement from time to time to ensure that you are satisfied with it.

FORUM RULES

• Acceptance of Rules
  
  By registering for, and using the forums you are deemed to have accepted these Terms & Conditions for the use of the forum. These rules were drawn to your attention at the time you registered to use the forums.
  
  
• Requirements
  
  By registering with the forums, you agree that you, the user [are 16 years of age or older, and that you] are fully responsible for any information submitted. You also agree that you will not post any material for which you do not own the copyright (or have written permission for its use).
  
  
• Publicity of Information and Liability
  
  Any material posted on the forums will immediately become public and Youthlink Scotland shall not be held responsible for any damages incurred by any party due to its publication on the forums, its subsequent dissemination or use by any party. Youthlink Scotland does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any material posted by users on the forums, which is published by Youthlink Scotland for the purposes of discussion and information only and is not intended to be taken as advice.
  
  You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned from using the forums. You agree that the administrators of the form may edit or delete any material posted on the forums should they see fit.
  
  Whilst the administrators of the forums will attempt to remove any objectionable material as soon as possible it is impossible to review every message, and you acknowledge that all posts made to the forums express the views and the opinions of the author, and not those of Youthlink Scotland or the administrators of the forums. Any user who sees material on the forums that they view as objectionable is encouraged to communicate this to the administrators of the forums.
  
  
• Indemnity
  
  You agree to indemnify Youthlink Scotland against any loss or costs arising from claims by third parties made against Youthlink Scotland arising out of (i) infringement by you of intellectual property rights of third parties (ii) any defamatory material posted by you (iii) any advice posted by you.
  
  
• Cookies
  
  Cookies must be turned on on your computer in order to use the forums. These are used to hold your user details, and allow you to log in.
  
  
• User – Submitted Content
  
  You agree that material posted to the forums may be used or reproduced by Youthlink Scotland at our sole discretion.