Sustainable Scotland: New Ideas for Sustainable Development in Scotland

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Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Welcome to the www.sustainablescotland.com website (the "Website"), operated by Forward Scotland, registered under the Companies Acts (company number SC232302, registered Scottish Charity number SC033204, recognised environmental body number 853014) and having its registered office at The Lodge, Earlsgate House, St Ninian’s Road, Stirling FK8 2HE. The Website is provided to you subject to the following terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully as, if you visit the Website, you are deemed to have accepted them. If you do not agree to our terms, please leave the Website.

1. Copyright Statement
The contents of this Website (including all website design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof and all software compilations, underlying source code, software and all other material) are copyright Forward Scotland or its content and technology providers except in so far as individually stated on particular material or items. You may view the Website and download any part(s) of it to a personal computer for personal viewing for private purposes only but you are not permitted without our permission (a) to store it or any part of it other than for the purposes set out in this paragraph; (b) to print out copies except for your own viewing/records for private purposes; or (c) to reproduce, copy or transmit it (or any part of it) in any other way for any purpose or in any other medium. You are also not entitled to alter the content in any way.

2. Privacy
Your personal information and right to privacy is important to us. We may collect some of your personal details (such as your name and contact details) if you register with us or upload messages to our forums, or you otherwise make contact with us. We may share this information with our partners for the purpose of providing services to you or responding to your queries. We may also disclose your information as part of any transfer of our business or if required to do so by law. Beyond this, it is not our practice to sell, rent or otherwise to disclose your personal information to others.This Website uses cookies. Cookies enhance our Website performance in a number of ways including personalising your experience and making it more convenient for you. We also use cookie technology to track or record information about visitors to our site. These cookies are "session specific" and are not used to record personal information or to associate personal information with individual users. Your privacy and security are not compromised when you accept a cookie from our Website. However, you can refuse cookies by turning them off on your web browser and you do not need to have cookies turned on to use our Website (although some functionality may be limited).

3. Links
Links to other websites are made at your own risk and Forward Scotland accepts no liability for any linked websites. When you access a non-sustainablescotland.com website, please understand that it is independent from Forward Scotland and Forward Scotland has no control over the content of that website. Further, a link to a non-sustainablescotland.com website does not mean that Forward Scotland endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such website. Users must take their own precautions to ensure what is selected for use is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.

4. Forums
You understand that all information, data, text or other materials posted on any forums on our Website ("Content") are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. You are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available via the forums and for ensuring that it complies with any rules we apply to such Content as posted on our Website from time to time (including but not limited to ensuring that it is not unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable). We do not control the Content posted and as such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content.Neither do we claim ownership of the Content. However, by submitting Content to us, you grant us a world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying it on the forum on our Website.Without prejudice to the generality of clause 7 of these terms, under no circumstances shall we be liable in any way for any Content, including without limitation for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the viewing or use of, or reliance on, any Content. You acknowledge that we do not pre-screen Content, but that we and our agents shall have the right (but not the obligation) at our sole discretion to refuse or move/delete any Content.

5. Advertising/Sponsorship
Inclusion of any material in adverts or sponsor's materials on this Website does not constitute any guarantee or endorsement as to the quality or value of any of the products or services advertised or any claims made about the product or service by the party offering it. Any correspondence or dealings which you may have with advertisers or sponsors promoting themselves on this Website are solely between you and that party. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of any such dealing or as a result of the presence of such advertisers on the Website.

6. Updates
Information may be changed or updated on this Website without notice. Forward Scotland may also make improvements and/or changes in the products described in this information at any time without notice.

7. Disclaimer
The information published on our Website (including but not limited to information provided in any online surgeries) is provided as a convenience to visitors and should be used for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice. Whilst we use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained on the Website is current, accurate and complete at the date of publication, no representations or warranties are made (express or implied) as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of such information. Forward Scotland cannot therefore be held liable for any loss arising directly or indirectly from the use of, or any action taken in reliance on, any information appearing on the Website.In addition, no warranty is given as to the freedom of the Website (or any information downloaded from it) from errors, defects, viruses or other malicious programs or macros. We exclude all other express or implied terms, conditions, warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever with regard to our Website or any information or service provided through our Website (which are provided to you on an "as is" basis) and we accept no liability in this regard. The limitations and exclusions in this clause do not affect your non-excludable statutory rights and only apply to the extent permitted by applicable law.

8. Governing Law
These terms and conditions of use shall be governed by the laws of Scotland and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts.

9. Website Policies, Modification and Severability
We reserve the right to make changes to our Website, our policies and these terms and conditions of use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining conditions.

10. Our AddressShould you wish to contact us at any time, you can do so by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by post to the following address:- Forward Scotland, The Lodge, Earlsgate House, St Ninian’s Road, Stirling FK8 2HE. 
 
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