Feconnect Terms of Service

1. Registration to the feconnect site is free and is only required to participate in forum discussions, upload documents, join private groups and to receive optional e-mail updates subject to these terms of service.

2. Registered users are required to provide a username, password and email address. Users are also given the option to provide their full name. The information authority do not accept responsibility or liability for the results of individuals publishing their personal details (including phone number, address or email address) on the feconnect website.

3. Registered users agree to use any of the community based features of the website only to send and receive messages and material that is legal, appropriate and related to the subject matter of these areas of the website.

4. Registered users must not transmit or link to inappropriate material via this website. 

5. Any innapropriate or unauthorised use may result in the offending  user's registration being cancelled. If any registered user is unsure as to whether or not a particular course of action is authorised, he/she should contact cst@theia.org.uk in the first instance.

6. The views and opinions expressed by registered users of the site are the author's own and may not reflect the views and opinions of their employer or the information authority. In addition, the information authority cannot be held responsible for any acts or omissions of registered users or for any breaches of data protection legislation by registered users.  

7. Registered users take full responsibility and liability for any use they may make of the feconnect website.

8. Registered users may edit or remove their own postings only.

9. The information authority reserves the right at its discretion and without any obligation to remove, delete, edit, or otherwise deal at our discretion with any material or content uploaded, or otherwise submitted by registered users to the website including without limitation: video, audio, still photographs and artwork, links, embedded content, data, information, software, text and personal information.

Privacy

If you register to receive updates your information will be held on a secure server and the data will not be shared with any other organisations other than the information authority. It will be used only to provide you with email updates on the topics you have requested. If you respond online to a consultation exercise your data will only be used to facilitate the analysis of responses

In common with many other commercial websites, feconnect uses a standard technology called a 'cookie' to collect information about how you use the site; this is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

Acceptance

If you agree to the terms and conditions stated here, please signal your acceptance by checking the "I have read and understood the Terms and Conditions" checkbox on the registration screen.


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