Islearts website policies

Copyright

The Copyright for the IsleArts site design and editorial content is retained by Thanet District Council

 

Use of, and access to, information on this website is regulated by intellectual property rights (copyright).

 

No part of this website’s design or editorial content may be copied or adapted without written permission from Thanet District Council.
Copyright for artists’ work remains the property of the original artist. Should you wish to reproduce the artists work in any form, you should contact the original artist to seek their permission first.

 

Events and directory information is posted on this site in good faith.  Thanet District Council is not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.

 

Terms & Conditions

This website is the property of Thanet District Council, PO Box 9, Cecil Street, Margate, Kent.

By accessing this website at http://www.islearts.co.uk/, you accept the terms and conditions of use set out below. Please read them carefully. If you do not accept these terms and conditions of use, do not use the Site.

Thanet District Council reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions.  If you continue to use this website after a change has been made to the terms and conditions of use, you are deemed to have accepted it.

 

If you have any questions about the IsleArts web site, or these policies, please contact Heather Sawney at heather.sawney@thanet.gov.uk or telephone on 01843 577428.

     

Use of the Site

  • You may browse, view and use information on the Site for your own personal, non-commercial, purposes
  • You may contribute to IsleArts web site in accordance with the Terms of Use set out below
  • You agree only to use the IsleArts web site for lawful purposes.
  • You will not disrupt, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of the Site, or infringe anyone else's rights
  • You may not harass, cause distress or inconvenience to any person
  • You may not transmit obscene or offensive content

Contributions

When you submit any content to the IsleArts web site (including any text, photographs, graphics, video, or audio) you: 

Grant the Council rights to use this information.  The Council recognises that the work remains the intellectual property of the Creative, but by submitting their work for the IsleArts site, they are giving permission for this to be used in relation to the IsleArts website and associated publicity.


Accept that any content you submit to Thanet District Council for publishing on the site will be moderated and possibly edited, at the discretion of Thanet District Council


Additionally you warrant that your contribution is:

  • Your own original work and that you have the right to submit it to Thanet District Council for all of the purposes specified above
  • Is not defamatory
  • Is not contributed with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act; and
  • Does not infringe any law

You:

  • Warrant you have obtained all permissions and consents necessary to allow the Council to exercise the rights granted above, and have otherwise complied with the Contributors' Guidelines or equivalent published on the Site from time to time
  • Indemnify Thanet District Council against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred as a result of your breach of the above warranties 
  • Waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the Site and the purposes specified above.

Site Rules


When using IsleArts website, you must follow these rules:

  • Contributions must be constructive, polite and not contributed with disruptive intent.
  • Unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not permitted.
  • You may not post any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, 'junk mail', 'spam', 'chain letters', 'pyramid schemes', or any other form of personal or commercial soliciting.
  • You must not post any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
  • Impersonation is not allowed and material submitted under inappropriate or offensive names may be removed or modified.
  • Links to other websites or URLs may be removed by the moderators.
  • Not act in any way that might bring Thanet District Council into disrepute.
  • You must be at least 18 years of age or be accessing the Site with the full consent of a parent or guardian.

Breaking the Site Rules


If you break any of these Site Rules, your content may be removed from the IsleArts web site. Thanet District Council reserves the right to moderate or delete any contribution, at any time, for any reason.
 
Thanet District Council may also use whatever information is available to them about you to stop any further such infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school, police or e-mail provider about the infringement/s.

 

Safety

  • Please take care when adding contact or personal information (e.g. telephone number, home address or e-mail address) to the IsleArts web site.
  • Do not add any information to the IsleArts web site that you are not happy to make available to the Public.
  • Do not disclose any personal information about anyone else without first their consent

For more information about Data Protection, visit the Information Commissioners web site