Contributor Acceptable Use Policy

This acceptable use policy is intended for users who publish posts and sets out the terms under which you may access our website for that purpose. It supplements our Terms and Conditions of Website Use. Any posts that fall outside the confines of this policy may be subject to removal and in some cases it may be necessary to remove the user’s account(s) to prevent any further contributions to the website.

Personal Information

No personal information (including email, postal address, phone number, etc) may be posted on the website unless the relevant person has given their permission.

Similarly you may not include images or videos that contain people without first getting their consent to publish. Some organised events may have already gained a blanket consent from those attending, but please verify this before publishing.

Group Posting Content

Any Group member may register a user account and may post group-related content assigned to the appropriate website category.

So that you can be identified as the publisher of that post, please use your first name and surname when selecting which author name to display in your user profile settings. Any user accounts which are able to post that do not display this will be corrected.

When posting in a Group Area (i.e your information will appear under the particular Group heading) you may post information about any event or service that is specifically relevant or of interest to your particular group, even if the event or service is located outside Hambledon.

You may provide links to other websites, provided that they are relevant or of interest to your group.

You may not incorporate any direct advertising into posts, even if it is of interest to group members, unless you have received permission to do so by a representative of the Hambledon Village Trust.

You must keep all content including embedded images and video child safe.

You accept that any content or media published by yourself or on your behalf may be shared and re-used under the terms of a Creative Commons license which can be accessed at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Forum Posting Content

Anyone may post information or take part in a discussion on the Forum or other open access area of the website. You will be required to provide your first name, surname and email address.

The content must be generally relevant to the villagers of Hambledon or of interest to them..

You may provide links to other websites, provided that they are relevant or of interest to Hambledon residents.

You may not incorporate any direct advertising into posts, even if it is of interest to residents, unless you have received permission to do so by a representative of the Hambledon Village Trust.

You must keep all content including embedded images and video child safe.

You accept that any content or media published by yourself or on your behalf may be shared and re-used under the terms of a Creative Commons license which can be accessed at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Liability

You are liable for all content that you publish on this website. The Hambledon Village Trust and administrators of this website cannot be held legally responsible for any content that you have published either directly or indirectly via an administrator on your behalf.

It is your responsibility to be aware of the legal implications of what you publish on a publicly viewed website.

In addition to this Acceptable Use Policy, you must take all necessary steps to ensure you are acquainted with the appropriate laws surrounding what can and cannot be published on the internet and abide by them.

Content Standards

The following content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site. You must comply with the spirit and the letter of these standards.

Contributions must

  1. Be accurate (where they state facts).
  2. Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
  3. Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.

Contributions must not

  1. Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
  2. Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
  3. Promote sexually explicit material.
  4. Promote violence.
  5. Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  6. Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
  7. Be likely to deceive any person.
  8. Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
  9. Promote any illegal activity.
  10. Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
  11. Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  12. Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
  13. Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
  14. Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

Policy Revisions

We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.