DorPIP Acceptable Use Policy

LPlease read the terms of this policy carefully before using this site

What is in this policy?

This policy sets out the content standards that apply when you interact with www.dorpip.org.uk (our site), including making contact with us on our site, linking to our site, or interacting with our site in any other way.

Who we are and how to contact us

Dorset Parent Infant Partnership is a registered charity in England & Wales, number 1175876. You can contact us by writing to DorPIP c/o Morris Lane, 31 Commercial Road, Poole, BH14 0HU, calling 07393 524874 or emailing contact@dorpip.org.uk.

https://dorpip.org.uk is a site operated by SquareSpace.

 

By using our site you accept the terms of this policy

By using our site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to the terms of this policy, you must not use our site.

There are other terms that apply to you

The following additional terms also apply to your use of our site:

  • Our Privacy Policy

  • Our Terms and Conditions, which applies to use of our site.

  • Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

We may make changes to the terms of this policy

We amend this policy from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check this policy to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

Prohibited uses

You may use our site only for lawful purposes.  You may not use our site:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.

  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.

  • To bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.

  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards (as set out below in Content standards).

  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).

  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our Terms and Conditions

  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

    • any part of our site;

    • any equipment or network on which our site is stored;

    • any software used in the provision of our site; or

    • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive services

We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation:

  • chat rooms; and

  • bulletin boards.

Where we do provide any interactive service, we will do our best to assess any possible risks for users from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.

Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

Content standards

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (Contribution), and to any interactive services associated with it.

These content standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

We will determine, in our discretion, whether a Contribution breaches these content standards.

A Contribution must:

  • Be accurate (where it states facts).

  • Be genuinely held (where it states opinions).

  • Comply with the law applicable in England and Wales and in any country from which it is posted.

A Contribution must not:

  • Be defamatory of any person.

  • Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.

  • Bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.

  • Promote sexually explicit material.

  • Include child sexual abuse material.

  • Promote violence.

  • Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.

  • Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.

  • Be likely to deceive any person.

  • Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.

  • Promote any illegal activity.

  • Be in contempt of court.

  • Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

  • Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.

  • Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.

  • Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from us, if this is not the case.

  • Advocate, promote or incite any party to commit, or assist any, unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

  • Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

  • Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other sites without our written consent.

 

Breach of this policy

When we consider that a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. 

Failure to comply with this policy constitutes a material breach of our Terms and Conditions (link to) upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to our site.

  • Issue of a warning to you.

  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.

  • Further legal action against you.

  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

If you are a consumer, please note that the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, the terms of this policy, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Reviewed by Board of Trustees: September 2023 

Next review date: September 2024