Terms and Conditions

Website Terms & Conditions - Stokesley Town Council

Introduction

  • This web site is owned and run by Stokesley Town Council.
  • This website was designed by Catch Design Management, Stokesley.
  • This document governs the terms and conditions of the use of the services and the privacy provided on the Stokesley Town Council website
  • The Stokesley Town Council website is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. The purpose of this document is to inform you of terms of use of the website and what personal information the Stokesley Town Council website collects and the purposes for which it uses this information.
  • Please read this document carefully.
  • If you are not happy with our terms, conditions and privacy as laid out in this document, please do not use the Stokesley Town Council website
  • If you wish to contact Stokesley Town Council website concerning any matter relating to your personal information then please contact us in writing.
  • These terms and conditions may be modified by from time to time so please check occasionally. Continued use of the website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions of this document that may happen.

The Website

  • All material on this website belongs to Stokesley Town Council website or its website designers, licensors or third-party contractors.
  • All images are copyrighted, either from stock image licensing, graphic design from Catch Design Managament (as designers) or Stokesley Town Council website, itself.
  • You may retrieve and display content from this website for your own personal, non-commercial use.
  • You may not in any way make commercial or other unauthorised use, by publication, re-transmission, distribution, performance, caching or otherwise, of material obtained through this website
  • You acknowledge that the original designers, Catch Design Management do not endorse the content of this site after the initial design period has expired (i.e. when the site goes ‘live’)
  • You acknowledge that the original designers, Catch Design Management or Stokesley Town Council website cannot be held responsible for the contents of any website linked to from this website Using hyperlinks to any other service or site from this website is done at your sole risk.

Copyright

  • Catch Design Management respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our clients to do the same. If Stokesley Town Council website has used copyrighted material in the ongoing development of its own site, Catch Design Management cannot be held responsible for this. However, as clients are informed of copyright and the internet, we trust that it is usually done in ignorance.
  • The clients of Catch Design Management websites (including Stokesley Town Council website) are not web designers and may make mistakes in ignorance.
  • If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on Stokesley Town Council website web site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the web site contains links or other references to another online location that contains material or activity that infringes your copyright, we would ask affected parties to simply contact Stokesley Town Council website to remove offending material, rather than taking aggressive action.
  • If no response can be had from Stokesley Town Council website, please contact Catch Design Management.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

In using this website:

  • You acknowledge that you are using the website at your own risk. The website is provided "as is," and to the extent permitted by applicable law, Stokesley Town Council website, Catch Designs Management and its affiliates hereby expressly disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, including but not limited to any warranties of accuracy, reliability, title, merchantability, non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, condition, guarantee or representation, whether oral, in writing or in electronic form, including but not limited to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained therein or provided by the website
  • Stokesley Town Council website and Catch Designs Management and its affiliates have taken steps to provide a reliable, secure and fast service. However, neither Stokesley Town Council website nor its affiliate do represent or warrant that access to the website will be uninterrupted or that there will be no failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information, or that no viruses will be transmitted on the service.
  • There are links on Stokesley Town Council website to third party web sites which Stokesley Town Council website has no control over. Stokesley Town Council website accepts no responsibility or liability for any third party practices on third party websites. Stokesley Town Council website advises you to carefully read 3rd party privacy statements prior to the use of any third party website. Stokesley Town Council website and its affiliates shall not be liable to you or any third parties for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages allegedly sustained arising out of;
    • your access to or inability to access the website, including for viruses alleged to have been obtained from the website;
    • your use of or reliance on the website or any of the information or materials available on the website regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action, even if advised of the possibility of such damages

Privacy

  • The information that you provide about yourself to Stokesley Town Council website will only be used by Stokesley Town Council website in accordance with this document. This document does not apply to third party sites.

Disclosures

  • Stokesley Town Council website may disclose your information, under strict terms of confidentiality and restriction of use, to partners of Stokesley Town Council website who supply services on behalf of Stokesley Town Council website and who require to process personal data in the provision of such services. When you use Stokesley Town Council website services you are consenting to the disclosure of your personal information to Stokesley Town Council website partners. Stokesley Town Council website will not disclose any of your personal information to any other third parties without your express consent.
  • However, under certain circumstances the force of law may require the provision of information to legal authorities. In order to maintain the integrity of its website and safeguard the interests of its users, Stokesley Town Council website will comply with any such legally binding request.
  • You agree that this document, for all purposes, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. You also agree, subject to the following clause, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards any claim or matter arising under this Agreement.
  • For the exclusive benefit of Stokesley Town Council website shall retain the right to bring proceedings as to the substance of the matter in the courts of the country of your residence.

Information Collected

  • Identifiable information - Your information is collected when you fill in a form on website, or you send an email to Stokesley Town Council website or register any forum on the site. The information that is provided by you will only be used for the purpose for which it is provided, unless you are informed otherwise at the time of giving the information. You may inform Stokesley Town Council website at any time if you wish Stokesley Town Council website to cease using your personal information.
  • Non identifiable information - Stokesley Town Council website will from time to time collect information from you that does not reveal your personal identity. Stokesley Town Council website uses this information for editorial purposes, and occasionally for other internal purposes. This information is only used in aggregate form and is not connected to any name, address or other personal identifying information.

Use of personal information

  • Stokesley Town Council website processes personal information for the purpose of providing a personalised service, conducting market research surveys, running competitions and providing you with information about products and services on offer.
  • Stokesley Town Council website may from time to time use your contact information to tell you about news or events provided by Stokesley Town Council website or one of its strategic partners. You may opt-out of receiving such mailings at any time.

International Transfers

  • Due to the international nature of the Internet, the collecting and processing of your personal information in accordance with Stokesley Town Council website privacy document will often involve transferring the data between countries in which Stokesley Town Council website and strategic partners are located.
  • Stokesley Town Council website shall take steps to ensure that any transfer of data to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, whose laws provide for a different standard of protection for your personal data than that provided under English law, shall be made subject to contractual arrangements which will require that your data be processed to at least a standard compliant with the GDPR law 2018.

Security

  • This Website has tried to ensure there are security measures in place to protect against loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information but only where possible and practical. Users of this website are expected to take their own security measures, including using a secure, standards compliant browser, ad-blockers, high browser security options, their own firewall, antivirus (including adware protection) and internet browsing protection.
  • Although Stokesley Town Council website strives to protect your personal information, Stokesley Town Council website cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once Stokesley Town Council website receives the transmission, Stokesley Town Council website makes best efforts to ensure the security on the system.

Any Other Terms

  • If the Stokesley Town Council website runs competitions, free prize draws and promotions on this website. These are subject to additional terms that will be made available at the time.
  • This document is the complete and entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior agreement, whether written or oral.
  • If any provision of this document is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this document, which shall remain in full force and effect.

If you don't agree to the terms, conditions and privacy policies contained in this document please exit the website now.

The use of cookies

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This site requires the use of cookies for its functionality. When using this site there is an implied consent from the user that they accept all of the website's cookies. Please note that there is no personal data stored or passed onto third parties as the cookies will expire upon termination of the session. The only third parties used are Google Analytics for measuring traffic to the site and the users are not identified in any reports.

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