Terms of Use

Please read these Terms of Use (“Terms”) carefully before using our website further. These Terms sets out your rights and obligations, and those of for Scotland’s Disabled Children, in relation to our website. Use of our website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms, which take effect on the date that you first use our website. If you do not agree to these Terms (note in particular the disclaimers at Terms 6 and 7) please do not use our website.

1. Definitions
   Access and use of our website is provided by for Scotland’s Disabled Children.  References in these Terms to “we” or “us” or “our” refer to for Scotland’s Disabled Children.
2. Modifications
   for Scotland’s Disabled Children reserves the right to change these Terms at any time. Please check these Terms on a regular basis for changes. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted will mean you accept the Terms as modified by the posted changes.
3. Accessing our website
   Before accessing our website you should obtain permission to do so from the telephone bill payer. Please note that information sent by e-mail is at your own risk as unfortunately security cannot be guaranteed.
4. Your use of our website
   You agree to use our website only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of anyone else, nor restrict or inhibit their use and enjoyment of our website. You undertake to register for any of our services using accurate and current information about yourself and/or your family members – including your correct name, address and any other requested details.
5. Copyright and trademarks
   a) All material on our website is the copyright of for Scotland’s Disabled Children or third parties. You may view the content of our website on screen. Material submitted by users becomes the copyright of for Scotland’s Disabled Children. By submitting any material to the content of our website, you: are representing that you are fully entitled to do so; grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-terminable licence right to copy, modify, distribute, show in public and create derivative works from that material in any form, anywhere; and authorise us to adapt the relevant material in the course of doing so, and so waive your moral rights to object to any derogatory treatment, or to be identified as the author, of the material in question.
   You are not permitted to share our website information detailing individual contributions such as case studies, podcasts, audio files and written experiences.   You are however, permitted to share general information, materials and resources and it would be helpful to let us know that you are doing so in the interests of for Scotland’s Disabled Children.  If you require any further information on permitted use, please contact info@fsdc.org.uk.
   b) If you are not sure whether or not any material can be printed or copied without first obtaining our permission please contact info@fsdc.org.uk.
   c) Permission must be sought to incorporate any of our website material in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic form and commercial use or publication of any material (other than as necessary for the purpose of viewing the site in the course of business)

Disclaimer

1. Disclaimer
   for Scotland’s Disabled Children has tried to ensure that the content of our website is accurate. However, for Scotland’s Disabled Children does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via our website is accurate, complete or up to date. Availability of information is subject to change without notice. Our website is made available for public use solely on the basis that for Scotland’s Disabled Children excludes to the extent lawfully permitted all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage arising out of use of our website or reliance upon their contents
2. Disruption
   We do not warrant that the functions contained in our website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that our website or the servers that make it available are free of viruses or bugs or represent full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials. We cannot accept any liability for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur as a result of you using our website. There may also be times when our services become inaccessible as a result of technical difficulties experienced by for Scotland’s Disabled Children or on the Internet; we will, however, use reasonable skill and care to overcome these difficulties where they are within our control.
3. Misuse of our services
   We reserve the right to deny any user access to our website or any part of them without prior notice. We also reserve the right to edit, or require a user to edit, material posted by them on our website, if the relevant user or material appears to us to be in breach of any provision of these Terms. Any person whose access has been suspended or terminated must not re-register for, or re-access, our websites without our prior consent. You are responsible for everything which is done on or through our services while you are logged on to our service or through your e-mail address(es).
4. The Users Role
   Users must not include an e-mail address, postal address, phone number, the address of any website, or any other information which is intended to facilitate direct communication, in material which is posted via our services. Users must not place material on, or otherwise use, our services for any business or commercial purpose. Users must not use their access to our services, or information gathered from it, for the sending of unsolicited bulk e-mail (sometimes known as spam). You are responsible for ensuring that no material you post, or which is posted through a machine on which you access our services, nor any activity or communication you make in connection with any of our services, will be capable of (a) infringing the intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, (b) breaching any applicable law, whether criminal, tortious or otherwise, or (c) appearing to be offensive, threatening, obscene, pornographic, false, unreliable or misleading.
5. for Scotland’s Disabled Children
   You acknowledge that we are not and cannot be responsible for the behaviour of users of our websites. We only provide a venue where our information may be accessed. In particular, you should be aware that for Scotland’s Disabled Children cannot pre-screen or monitor all the material contributed by users.
6. Control of links to other sites
   Our website may contain links to other websites. Such links are provided for your convenience only. for Scotland’s Disabled Children does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents. The inclusion of such links does not imply any endorsement of the material on those websites or any association with their operators. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time.
7. Requests for links from other sites
   If you only wish to link to a maximum of three pages on this site then you do not need to request permission. For descriptive text to accompany the link we suggest the following: “for Scotland’s Disabled Children (fSDC) is a coalition of organisations and individuals set up to secure rights and justice for disabled children and young people “
8. Privacy policy
   for Scotland’s Disabled Children Privacy statement forms part of these Terms of Use.
9. Reporting Abuse
   If you see anything on our service which appears to infringe these Terms, then please e-mail: info@fsdc.org.uk. We do not generally monitor material contributed by users before it is placed on our website, and so we are reliant upon users to point out any which infringes these Terms.
10. Disclaimer and Release
    for Scotland’s Disabled Children has no control over or responsibility for the truth or accuracy of any material available on our services, whether provided by users or others. You should exercise no lesser degree of caution in appraising what you see on our service than you do offline. Even though users are prohibited from doing so, people may provide information, or otherwise behave, in a way that is unreliable, misleading or even illegal. Further, you should note that people may not necessarily be who they say they are. Your use of our services is entirely at your own risk.
11. Other terms
    If there is any conflict between these Terms and any rules or specific terms of use appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material, then those specific terms or rules shall prevail.