Use of the Site

You are granted a limited license to make personal use only of the site.

Submissions

Contributions are welcomed and we reserve the right to edit them. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content posted by you. By providing material through the interactive areas, through email to us or through letter post, you agree to grant Scotsoun Website a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license, with the right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any content you submit to the site by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You also agree to indemnify, defend and hold Scotsoun Website from any claim and damages from any submissions by you or through your membership.

Editorial Guidelines

These guidelines will help you understand what we accept and do not accept for article and photographic submissions.

We accept:

Articles, photographs and Forum submissions where there is reference to the local area including the people, clubs, businesses and organisations based in the local area. See the street map for the area we cover. Articles, photographs and Forum submissions must be your own work.

We do not accept:

Content that is unlawful, abusive, harassing, indecent, sexually suggestive, offensive or otherwise objectionable.
Unsubstantiated allegations. Content that damages the "fame, reputation and honour" of an individual, group, business or organisation by way of identifying them directly or indirectly and where we have no way of knowing that the fact of the matter is true.
Forum submission that insults people (flaming).
Links to websites with no reference to the local area (spamming). These are automatically rejected by our script because of the serious nature of this activity on the Internet where repeated submissions are common. A genuine submission to the forum can contain a relevant link by removing the "http://" part of the URL.
Forum submission to start trouble or an argument for its own end (trolling).
Comments on a persons spelling ability.
Personal information such as another persons present address. You can include your own personal details such as your email address or telephone number but please be aware that it becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Copyrighted material that is not your own work such as newspaper articles.
Content likely to incite crime or disorder.
Content containing swearwords. These will automatically be edited in the forum by script to "****". This has the undesirable effect of editing part of a legitimate word.
Content promoting a particular belief.

Comments about moderation must be made by e-mail, not in the forum.

Copyright

This site is protected by copyright. All content posted on the site will remain the exclusive property of the individual owner. It is published by Scotstoun Website and we therefore hold a copyright interest in the entire contents of the site as a collective work. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the material solely for your own non-commercial use. You further agree not to modify or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the site. The content is not to be otherwise reproduced or transmitted or made available on a network without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. All other rights reserved. Scotsoun Website believe no infringement of rights has occurred in the construction of this website and permission has been sought and granted where required. If you believe that any content on the site infringes on your copyright, or otherwise violates our terms and conditions of use, please contact us.

Children's Guidelines

Please exercise responsibility and supervise your child's use of your Internet connection. This site gives children the ability to publicly post or distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent.

Privacy Statement

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We gather the following information:
1) We receive your IP address because this information is automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address and time of use is also stored in our interactive services database when you submit content.
2) We use counters for statistical purposes to assist us in the ongoing development of the website.
This information is not actively identified with individual users except in extreme cases of abuse of our services. Individual users information provided to us voluntarily will not be revealed by us to any third party without permission. Email addresses provided at registration or otherwise may be used periodically to send out email newsletters and promotional email to our users about services and products offered by Scotstoun Website. We will remove users information from our database upon request and permit them to "opt-out" of any further email newsletters or contact. Scotstoun Website is not responsible for the privacy policies of websites to which it may provide links. We use reasonable precautions to keep the personal information disclosed to us secure.

Disclaimer

Scotstoun Website has used reasonable care and skill in compiling the content of this Web site, however, we make no warranty as to the accuracy of any information on this site and cannot accept liability for any errors or omissions. You are encouraged to verify the information with other reputable sources. Links to other sites are provided for information only. The sites they link to are not under the control of Scotstoun Website, therefore, we are not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not in any way imply or express affiliation, endorsement or sponsorship by us of the site. Scotstoun Website reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the site, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the site. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland, exclusive of its provisions on conflicts of laws. Scotstoun Website's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.