These details will not be disclosed to other Forum users however they may be used to contact users who breach these Terms of Use and to ensure that there is no impersonation of others.
3. West Dunbartonshire Council (The Council) makes no warranties, representations or undertakings about any of the content of this Forum or site including without limitation, the quality, accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of such content.
4. The Council makes no claim that the functions contained in this Forum and site content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Forum, site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
5. The Council cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage incurred from the use, or interruption thereof, of information contained on this Forum or site whether foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise including loss of data, loss of revenue or anticipated profits, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill or injury to reputation, losses suffered to third parties.
6. Posting of your contribution to our Forum or site does not in any way indicate The Council’s approval or endorsement of the content of your posting.
7. The Council reserves the right to determine whether or not to post your contribution to the Forum or site. The Council also reserves the right to decide where it will appear, when and for how long the posting will remain. In addition, The Council reserves the right to edit any post.
8. You will agree to post material that is newsworthy and encourage sensible and constructive discussion on matters occurring in the West Dunbartonshire area.
You must NOT submit or post:
i. material that is or may be blasphemous, defamatory, discriminatory, indecent, obscene, offensive, unlawful or vulgar;
ii. confidential information
iii. racial, ethnic, nationality, gender based, sexuality based or any other personal discriminatory material.
iv. Material that is overtly political
v. pornography
vi. intentionally seek to disrupt other users of the service – such as spamming
vii. infringe any laws
viii. contribute material with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act or acts.
ix. upload ".exe" files or files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may adversely affect the operation of another's computer or the data stored on it;
x. advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, conduct any lottery, prize draw or competition or any other game.
xi. Impersonate others
xii. Use inappropriate user names
9. By submitting a posting you will indemnify The Council against any legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by The Council as a result of your breach any of these conditions.
10. Any impersonation of another member of the public or Council employee within this Forum, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a ban from using this Forum.
11. We assume no responsibility for the timeliness, mis-delivery, deletion or failure to store any contribution to the Forum or site.
12. We make no commitment as to whether anyone will visit this Forum or site or view your contribution.
13. Your contribution must be your own original work. You must not copy, plagiarise, violate or infringe
other parties’ intellectual property rights (for instance- copyright or moral rights).
14. By submitting the posting you agree to the copying of your material by us or users of our Forum or site for any lawful purpose. You provide the Council will a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to use and reproduce. If you do not want to grant the Council these rights, please do not submit your contribution to the Forum or site.
15. Do not use this Forum for Complaints. Complaints against the Council shall not be posted on the Forum. Complaints will be forwarded to the relevant department and the Corporate Complaint procedure will be followed. Please view information on the Corporate Complaints process. Responses will only be addressed to the complainant.
16. Initial requests for recorded information, or those enquiries which meet the tests applicable to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 will not be posted on the Forum. Freedom of Information requests will be dealt with in line with the Council’s Freedom of Information Policy. In accordance with the Act responses will only be addressed to the applicant.
17. These Terms of Use shall apply to each contribution you make. These terms may be changed without notice to you. Please review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by The Council. Your continued use after changes are posted means that you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.
18. If you breach these Terms of Use you will be sent an email which informs you why your contribution has been failed or edited. This mail may also include a warning that continuing to break the rules may result in action being taken against your account/ accounts. This action may include the account/accounts being given a temporary or permanent suspension of your ability to participate in the Forum.
If the breach is due to sending offensive, inflammatory, discriminatory or other information as identified in condition 7 above, the Council may use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop any further infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school, email provider about these infringement/s.
19. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Scotland and both this Forum and users of this Forum submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts.
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West Dunbartonshire Council is not responsible for any of the content on any external websites.
Re-Use Of Public Information
Information on the re-use of public sector information can be found at the Office of Public Sector Information website.
