Terms & Conditions
itspublicknowledge.info Terms and Conditions
The Effective Date of these Terms and Conditions is 1 January 2007.
The Scottish Information Commissioner may change these Terms and Conditions from time to time. You should therefore check the Effective Date each time you visit the Site.
Agreement to these Terms and Conditions
By accessing and using the itspublicknowledge.info website ("itspublicknowledge.info") you are agreeing to these Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to include any other policies, provisions or rules contained or referred to on itspublicknowledge.info including but not limited to the terms relating to Copyright, Privacy and the Disclaimer.
If you do not agree to any of these Terms and Conditions then you should leave the site immediately.
Who is The Scottish Information Commissioner
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Copyright
itspublicknowledge.info contains information, designs, images and other materials that are subject to copyright and trade mark law. Except where expressly indicated otherwise, copyright in all of the contents of itspublicknowledge.info and of the site itself belongs to The Scottish Information Commissioner or its third party licensors.
Except where expressly indicated otherwise, the copyright in all photographic works on itspublicknowledge.info belongs to The Scottish Information Commissioner and may not be copied or otherwise reproduced without the express written permission of The Scottish Information Commissioner.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Scottish Information Commissioner hereby authorises you as a user of itspublicknowledge.info to:-
view and display the contents;
download the contents and store them in your computer (for example in the browser's cache) for your own personal non-commercial use only; and
print out the contents, for your own personal use only
provided always that you also download and/or print any associated copyright or other notice which is displayed with such content on itspublicknowledge.info.
Trade Marks
The names and logos identifying itspublicknowledge.info and its products and services are either (a) proprietary marks of The Scottish Information Commissioner or (b) marks which The Scottish Information Commissioner is licensed to use. Except for the limited right to download images for your own personal use referred to in the Copyright section above, nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall confer on you any licence of any such mark or of any other intellectual property right of The Scottish Information Commissioner.
Processing of Personal Data
By using itspublicknowledge.info, you are consenting to the collection, processing and storage by The Scottish Information Commissioner of your personal information in accordance with the terms of the itspublicknowledge.info Privacy Policy.
You accept and agree to comply with the terms of the Privacy Policy and all applicable laws and regulations with respect to any access, use and/or submission by you of any personal information in connection with itspublicknowledge.info.
Content
You are responsible for all information and content or data that you upload, post or otherwise transmit via itspublicknowledge.info whether as part of any contribution to a discussion group or in any other way. You agree not to upload, post or otherwise transmit via itspublicknowledge.info any content or data that
is inaccurate, harmful, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, racist, violent, offensive, harassing, or is otherwise illegal or likely to cause offence to The Scottish Information Commissioner, other users of itspublicknowledge.info or any other person firm or company;
includes unauthorised disclosure of personal information;
contains advertising or other promotional material not previously authorised by The Scottish Information Commissioner in writing; or
infringes anyone else's copyright or other intellectual property rights, contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
The Scottish Information Commissioner reserves the right to refuse permission for any person to access and/or use itspublicknowledge.info and any or all of the facilities made available through itspublicknowledge.info at any time.
You agree to indemnify The Scottish Information Commissioner and its members, officers and employees from and against any claims actions or demands resulting from your posting or uploading any materials or content to itspublicknowledge.info in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
Links to others Sites
You will find links to other internet sites or resources on itspublicknowledge.info. The Scottish Information Commissioner has no control over and is therefore not responsible for the availability of any such external internet sites or resources.
The Scottish Information Commissioner will not accept responsibility for the contents of any such external internet sites or resources, including advertisements, products, competitions, promotions, downloads, or other materials on or available from such external internet sites or resources.
The Scottish Information Commissioner will not accept responsibility directly or indirectly, for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such external sites or resources.
Competitions and Promotions
The Scottish Information Commissioner may run competitions or promotions on itspublicknowledge.info from time to time. You may only participate in any such competition or promotion if you agree to the applicable competition or promotion rules. You will be able to access the applicable competition or promotion rules from the page displaying the competition or promotion.
The Scottish Information Commissioner may allow third parties to run promotions or advertisements on itspublicknowledge.info from time to time. If you decide to participate in any such promotion or respond to an advertisement, then your participation or response shall be a matter between you and the third party who is running it. This will include all matters related to your participation including payment for and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations made by any party.
The Scottish Information Commissioner will not accept responsibility for loss or damage or expense of any sort incurred by You or anybody else as the result of any such participation by you or as the result of the presence of any such promotions or advertisements on itspublicknowledge.info.
Disclaimer
The contents of itspublicknowledge.info are provided by The Scottish Information Commissioner and various content providers in good faith by way of general information only and you should not rely on the accuracy of any part of the contents for any purpose. You accept and acknowledge that The Scottish Information Commissioner its officers, employees, sub-contractors, agents, and advisers shall not in any way be liable for any damage, loss, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from your downloading any of the contents from itspublicknowledge.info, or your reliance on or use of any of the contents for any purpose.
Without prejudice to the foregoing generality, The Scottish Information Commissioner hereby excludes, insofar as permitted by law, all warranties and representations, express or implied, in respect of any of the contents of itspublicknowledge.info, including but not limited to any information, names, images, pictures, and logos contained therein , including but not limited to warranties of satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of third party copyright or other intellectual property rights.
You are also referred to the disclaimers contained in the Links to Other Sites and the Competitions & Promotions Sections of these Terms & Conditions.
General
In the event that any of these Terms and Conditions shall be determined invalid, unlawful or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, any such Terms and Conditions shall be severed from the remaining Terms and Conditions which shall continue to be applicable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland. Any disputes arising here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland.