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Local authority

This denotes a London Borough council who is a partner in the www.emergelondon.org.uk website.

Member

This denotes an artist, arts organisation or arts venue who has chosen to join www.emergelondon.org.uk 

Acceptance of Terms

www.emergelondon.org.uk provides services to you as a member, subject to the following Terms and Conditions, which may be updated by www.emergelondon.org.ukfrom time to time without notice.

The most up to date version of these terms and conditions will be that displayed on www.emergelondon.org.uk

Description of Services
www.emergelondon.org.uk currently provides users with access to a collection of online resources. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current services shall be subject to the Terms & Conditions. In order to use the services, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices that access web-based content, and pay any service fees associated with such access. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other access device.

Your Registration Obligations
In consideration of use of the services, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the www.emergelondon.org.uk forms and (b) maintain and promptly update, at least on an annual basis, this information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or www.emergelondon.org.ukhas reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, www.emergelondon.org.uk has the right to suspend or terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the services (or any portion thereof).

You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not www.emergelondon.org.uk, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post or otherwise transmit via the services. www.emergelondon.org.uk does not control the Content posted via the services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content.

In order to use all the service you must register on www.emergelondon.org.uk. You are fully responsible for all postings to the website to be viewed by members or users of www.emergelondon.org.uk.

You confirm that you operate security procedures to prevent the unauthorised use of your email account and that you will to notify www.emergelondon.org.uk immediately of any unauthorised use of your email account.

Use of www.emergelondon.org.uk to post Help!, and Member’s Projects. www.emergelondon.org.uk provides the facility to post to these items for no charge. In order to use this service you must have first registered on www.emergelondon.org.uk, and have read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions of use.

www.emergelondon.org.uk will only include information that is relevant to the arts and creative industries in London.

Postings
You agree that you will not post material that contains content which is harmful, threatening, abusive, vulgar, obscene, harassing, defamatory, offensive (racially, sexually or ethnically), promotes a political view or is otherwise objectionable.

You will not post or transmit chain letters, pyramid or money schemes.

You will not use your email account to impersonate any person; and/or 'Spam' by posting frequent and/or annoying messages.

Material that you post must not contain links to 'browser bombs' (sites that open up multiple windows) or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

You agree that you will not post content, the display of which would infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. In particular, you represent and warrant that the content of your posting is original and not copied from any third party.

You agree that you will not use postings to offer items or services for sale or place advertisements for goods, products or services of third parties.

If you breach any of the provisions set out in these terms and conditions www.emergelondon.org.uk may immediately terminate your use of the service.

www.emergelondon.org.uk reserves the right to remove any material that you post in its absolute discretion.

You consent to www.emergelondon.org.uk reviewing your posting.

You consent to www.emergelondon.org.uk editing any posting it receives from you for the sole purpose of making it legible.

You consent to www.emergelondon.org.uk postings being removed from the live site at the reasonable discretion of your www.emergelondon.org.uk Project Coordintor or Emerge Borough Local Authority.

Limitations on use
The postings you read and receive from www.emergelondon.org.uk (the 'content') may be used only for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You agree not to modify, copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, sell, publish, broadcast, create derivative works from, or store the content (or any portion thereof).

Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold www.emergelondon.org.uk, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your Content, your use of the services, your connection to the services, your violation of the Terms & Conditions, or your violation of any rights of another.

Personal information collected via online forms
In cases where we ask you for personal information via an online form, this information will only be used for the purpose indicated and will be held in a secure manner. It will not be used for any other purpose without your permission and will not be kept for longer than necessary. If you are concerned about providing your personal information online please contact us and we will arrange alternative means for you to provide this information

Please note that information about your organisation may be circulated to relevant non-commercial third parties for research purposes.

Service availability
While www.emergelondon.org.uk shall endeavour to make this site available at all times, we will not be liable if, for any reason, the site is unavailable for any period of time. Access to this site may be suspended at any time without prior notice being given.

 

Privacy Policy Information about our Partnership and Website
Our privacy policy covers www.emergelondon.org.uk website. Should you have any queries about the site, you can contact us by writing to:

Valentina Wong, Arts Information Officer, Westminster City Council, Management Suite, Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martin’s Street, London, WC2H 7HP, or by email at info@emergelondon.org.uk.

You can access our website home page and browse our site to view services and activities. Our website enables you to communicate with other Registrants or to post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect information about you.

What personal information do we collect
In some areas, we may ask you to register your name, email address and relevant personal details. We will also collect information from you if you complete any other forms on our site or if you contact us with comments or specific requests. This information is only used for the intended purpose and, if we wish to use it for any other purpose, we will ask you first.

We may pass your details on to third party service providers who are partners of Emerge in the course of dealing with your request. These third parties are obliged to keep your details securely, will use them only to fulfil the request and will dispose of the information at the appropriate time.

Collecting information automatically
We collect web statistics automatically about your visit to our site. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences on our site so that we can regularly improve our website. These statistics do not contain personal data and cannot be traced back to an individual.

Use of cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data that www.emergelondon.org.uk generates for each member every time they log in to the site. www.emergelondon.org.uk uses a temporary cookie which contains only a single session identification number to allow a user to remain logged in to the website. This cookie does not contain any personal or private information. This technology allows www.emergelondon.org.uk to streamline members' use of the site. Members need to make sure that their browser is 'cookies enabled' for the customisable elements of www.emergelondon.org.uk to work properly. By using this technology, www.emergelondon.org.uk can effectively reduce the time that it takes members to log in, customize their home pages and submit any requests to the site. Cookies will not be used by www.emergelondon.org.uk to retrieve any information about members. No other company has access to cookies placed on members' computers by www.emergelondon.org.uk.

Disclosure
We will only use personal information you send us for the purposes for which you provide it. We will only hold your information for as long as necessary for these purposes and will not pass it on to any other parties, except where required to carry out our duties and functions as a local authority. All employees and subsidiaries who may have access to your personal data are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal data. All your communications to us are protected against unauthorized access by third parties.

Confidentiality / Security
All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our Registrants personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to government institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation. 

Email monitoring policy
The use of www.emergelondon.org.uk email system may be monitored and communications read in order to secure effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes.

Asking us for information we may hold about you
You can ask us for information we may hold about you by sending postal mail to Valentina Wong, Arts Information Officer, Westminster City Council, Management Suite, Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martin’s Street, London, WC2H 7HP, and we will inform you within 40 days if we store any personal information about you.

 

You may also write to the above address to request a copy of your information and we will provide you with a legible copy of the personal data which we keep about you and to which you are entitled. This will be sent to you within 40 days of your request- although we may require proof of your identity and information to locate your personal data.

We reserve the right to make a charge for this service.

Privacy Compliance
We will treat any personal information by which you can be identified (i.e. name, address, email and the like) in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act of 1998.If you have an enquiry or concern regarding the processing of personal data by www.emergelondon.org.uk please contact: info@emergelondon.org.uk.