These Terms and Conditions shall apply to your use of the website located at www.cemp.ac.uk and its related domains (“The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site”).

By using the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out below. If You do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, You may not use the The Centre for Excellence site.

As part of Our commitment to ensuring the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice is one you want to visit time and time again we welcome your comments on any of the policies or rules set out below. To contact us please use the Contact Us section of The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site.

1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 “You/Your” means You, the user, “We/Us” means The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and its members. “The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice” shall have the meaning as set out above. “User Information” means the personal details which may be provided by you to us via the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site. “Users” means the users of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site collectively and/or individually as the context admits. “Website” means a site on the World Wide Web.

2. ACCEPTABLE USE
We insist that any use by you of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site shall be in accordance with the following conditions:

2.1 You must not post or transmit through the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site any defamatory, threatening, obscene, harmful or pornographic material or material which would violate or infringe in any way upon the rights of others (including intellectual property rights, rights of confidentiality, or rights of privacy) or cause distress or inconvenience or which do not comply with all relevant laws. You must not post messages that are vulgar, crude, sexist, racist, homophobic or otherwise offensive. Always treat other Users with respect.

2.2 You shall not post or otherwise make available on The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site any material which you do not own without the express permission of the owner of the material.
2.3 You may not copy, download, reproduce, republish, broadcast, transmit in any manner whatsoever, any material on the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site except as is strictly necessary for your own personal non-commercial home use.

2.4 You may not register multiple accounts on the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site. Any Users found to have registered more than one account on the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site are liable to have their right to post removed.

3. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
3.1 You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any third party Websites or material You access through the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or services on or available from such Websites or material, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused, or alleged to be caused, by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, advertising, products or services available on or available from such Websites or material.

3.2 Links to third party sites may only be included in forum posts where a clear relevance to the thread in question exists. Any Users posting URLs of sites excessively or in a way which could be construed as advertising are liable to have their right to post removed.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4.1 All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site shall remain at all times vested in us or our licensors. You are permitted to use this material or content only as expressly authorised in writing by us or our licensors (unless you are using it in an educational environment) and may not and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material or content.

4.2 If You become aware of any such distribution or commercial exploitation, You agree to notify us immediately.

4.3 You acknowledge that by posting materials on the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site You grant to Us and Our licensors and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual royalty free worldwide licence to use the materials within the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site and in any other manner. The licence extends to copying, distributing, broadcasting, and otherwise transmitting, and adapting and editing the materials.

5. The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice RIGHTS
5.1 Material which is posted on any bulletin boards or chat forums is written by users and we are not responsible for and give no endorsement of such material. We monitor the contributions and may respond to or comment upon communications by you and edit, refuse to post or remove any content from the bulletin boards and chat forums in its absolute discretion. No failure to remove particular material constitutes an endorsement or acceptance of it by us.

5.2 To the extent permitted by law, We make no warranties, express or implied, as to the content of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site or the accuracy, timing or reliability of any information or statements contained therein, or statements, advice and opinions given by users on the bulletin boards and chat forums which are those of such users only. We neither endorse nor shall be held responsible for the reliability or accuracy of the same and We are not responsible in any way for any injury, loss or damage which occurs as a result of an opinion expressed or information provided on the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site. If You have any claim arising from the actions or statements of another user, You agree to pursue such a claim only against that user and not from us.

5.3 We will endeavour to provide the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site using all reasonable care. To the extent permitted by law, We exclude all implied warranties as to quality, accuracy or fitness and we do not warrant that the material contained in The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site, any of the functions contained in the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site and the server will operate without interruption or delay or will be error free, free of viruses or bugs or is compatible with any other software or material.

5.4 We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update these terms and conditions of use, and You agree to be bound by any such modifications, alterations or updates which are posted on the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site
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5.5 We shall not be liable in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise for any loss or damage whatsoever in any way connected with your use of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site, whether direct or indirect, including, damage to software or hardware, damage for loss of business, loss of profits, or any other consequential loss. Nothing in these terms or conditions shall exclude or limit Our liability for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of Us, our servants, agents or employees.

6. PRIVACY
6.1 We shall comply with applicable UK Data Protection legislation from time to time in place in respect of any personal information relating to you gathered by Us.

6.2 You may be asked to input various basic information about yourself on different pages of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site. At each location where information is requested there is a statement about the purpose for which that information will be used. We will not use the information given for any other purpose than that stated at each location or as set out in our Privacy Policy which sets out further information about our use of user Information.

6.3 Please use the Contact Us section of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site to notify us of any changes to the information you have previously given or if you wish to withdraw your consent to our using the user information for the stated purposes or for any form of promotional contact.

7. TERMINATION
7.1 We shall have the right immediately to terminate your use of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site if we determine in our sole discretion that you have breached these terms and conditions or otherwise been engaged in conduct which we determine in our sole discretion to be unacceptable.

8. FEEDBACK
8.1 Should You wish to make any comments to us about the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site or if you have any questions relating to the same please use the Contact Us section of the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site.

9. GENERAL
9.1 Invalidity
If any of these terms and conditions are determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the application of any law, such provisions shall be severed and deleted from these terms and conditions and the remainder of these terms and conditions shall continue to have full force and effect.

9.2 Governing Law
These terms and conditions are governed by English law and both you and us hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

When using The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site you will encounter areas where you may be asked to enter user Information. Such user Information will only be used for the purposes stated at the collection point or in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site shall not sell or otherwise transfer the User Information to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of You. If applicable, You will have the opportunity to indicate whether You would like to “opt out” of receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other services or offerings from The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and/or any third parties.

The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site. The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties.

You should be aware that information and data may be automatically collected through the use of “cookies”. “Cookies” are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users and allow The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice to observe behaviour and compile aggregate data in order to improve the The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice site. Cookies do not attach to your system and damage your files. If You do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows You to deny or accept the cookie feature.

The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update this privacy policy and any changes shall be notified to all users.