Terms & Conditions

Viewfinder rules

Everyone who registers to use www.askbristol.com/viewfinder (Viewfinder) are subject to the following rules. These rules also govern how Bristol City Council (BCC) moderates user submissions, as defined below, and the message boards on the site. These rules may be reviewed and updated at any time; the latest copy will be displayed on this page. See the section below about legal issues which apply to your user submissions.

• Contributions must be civil and tasteful
• No disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour: contributions must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or contributed with the intention of causing trouble
• No unlawful or objectionable content: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable.
• If you use multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting the community or annoying other users you may have action taken against your accounts.
• Be patient: users of all ages and abilities may be taking part in Viewfinder
• No spamming or off-topic material: Please don't re-submit the same contribution many times, or contribute off-topic material in subject-specific areas.
• No advertising or promotion of irrelevant websites or services
• Contributions must be in English – we do not have the resources to moderate user submissions in other languages
• No impersonation

General safety advice

• Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, telephone number, home address or email address).
• Never agree to meet anybody from the site – they may not be who they say they are

Advice – if you're under 16:

• In order to register to use Viewfinder, you will need your parent’s or guardian’s permission. Without this, you will not be able to take part in a discussion or submit a video, photograph or audio file.
• Make sure you have the permission of other people who may appear in your video, photograph or audio file
• Never agree to meet anybody from the site – they may not be who they say they are
• You are recommended to choose a user name which is different from your name
• Never give out any personal information about yourself or anyone else e.g. telephone / mobile number, home address, email address and full name

User submissions

Your user submissions will be subject to the following terms and conditions:

User submissions to Bristol City Council’s www.askbristol.com/viewfinder website include any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio you send to us or submit direct to our website. By submitting your contribution you agree to grant Bristol City Council a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, make available to the public, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to your contribution worldwide and/or to incorporate your contribution in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution, and in accordance with privacy restrictions set out under the site’s Data Protection statement. If you do not want to grant to Bristol City Council the rights set out above, please do not submit your contribution to www.askbristol.com/viewfinder

By submitting your contribution to www.askbristol.com/viewfinder, you confirm that:

• it is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to the Bristol City Council for all the purposes specified above
• you have the permission of every identifiable person in your user submission to appear on www.askbristol.com/viewfinder
• it is not defamatory
• it does not infringe any law
• it does not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights.

You also agree to indemnify Bristol City Council against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by the as a result of your breach of the above warranty; and waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on www.askbristol.com/viewfinder and the purposes specified above.

About the law:

• You may not submit any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in www.askbristol.com/viewfinder. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio.
• Contributing material with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act is strictly prohibited.

If you breach these Terms of Use:

• If you fail to abide by Viewfinder terms and conditions, you will be sent an e-mail that informs you why your contribution has been rejected and / or why your account has been suspended / deleted.
• If you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to www.askbristol.com/viewfinder, Bristol City Council may notify relevant third parties about your content
• Bristol City Council reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any account, at any time, for any reason.

General Points

• The views expressed in www.askbristol.com/viewfinder are those of members of the public
• The views of Bristol City Council are indicated, but may also represent the personal opinions of council officers or councillors and not agreed council policy
• These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Data Protection Statements

This statement covers the personal data you give us when you register to use the service

Data protection : Your personal data you give us on the registration form will be held and used in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

Purpose : Your personal data will be used for the purpose of communicating with you, evaluating the project and ensuring that www.askbristol.com/viewfinder is being used in accordance with the terms of use for the site.

Storage : Your personal account information will be securely stored and will only be accessible by Bristol City Council and the website’s development partner Public-i.

Time : Your personal data will be stored for a period of up to 2 years.

Queries

Any queries, please email: consultation@bristol.gov.uk