Terms, Privacy & Disclaimer
Privacy policy
Kirkcaldy District Scouts collects personal data in order to carry out its business. As a membership organisation we hold data on members and also volunteers and others, such as users of our Campsite and donors. We take the issue of privacy very seriously and are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in compliance with data protection law.
Any data that is submitted via our website is stored securely. We will not share or sell your data with any third parties.
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide analytics to the owners of the site.
Terms of use
Access to and use of this website both within the UK and internationally is provided by Kirkcaldy District Scout Council. These terms apply to your use of the website and shall take effect immediately from your first use of the website and thereafter. Please note, in order to use the website, you must agree to be bound by all the terms provided (Please note, if you do not agree to be bound all the terms herein, Kirkcaldy District Scout Council does not permit you to access, use and/or contribute to the website).
Kirkcaldy District Scout Council may change these terms from time to time and so you should check these on a regular basis. Your continued use of the website will be deemed acceptance of any updated or amended terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using the website. If there is any conflict between these terms and specific local terms appearing elsewhere on the website, then the latter shall prevail in relation to the matter to which it specifically relates.
All copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on the website and all content (including all applications) located on the website shall remain vested in Kirkcaldy District Scout Council or its licensors (which includes other users).
You may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use website content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use or non-commercial use directly related to Scouting within the UK. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any website content except for your own personal use. Any other use of the website content requires the prior written permission of Kirkcaldy District Scout Council.
The names, images and logos identifying Kirkcaldy District Scout Council or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trademarks of Kirkcaldy District Scout Council and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring any licence or right to use any trade mark, design right or copyright of Kirkcaldy District Scout Council or any other third party.
Contributions to our website
By sharing any contribution (including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio) with Kirkcaldy District Scout Council you agree to grant to Kirkcaldy District Scout Council, free of charge, permission to use the material in any way it wants (including modifying and adapting it for operational and editorial reasons) for Kirkcaldy District Scout Council's services in any media worldwide.
Copyright in your contribution will remain with you and this permission is not exclusive, so you can continue to use the material in any way including allowing others to use it.
In order that Kirkcaldy District Scout Council can use your contribution, you confirm that your contribution is your own original work, is not defamatory and does not infringe any UK laws, that you have the right to give Kirkcaldy District Scout Council permission to use it for the purposes specified above, and that you have the consent of anyone who is identifiable in your contribution or the consent of their parent/carer if they are under 16.
Kirkcaldy District Scout Council normally shows your name with your contribution, unless you request otherwise, but for operational reasons this is not always possible. Kirkcaldy District Scout Council may need to contact you for administrative or verification purposes in relation to your contribution, or in relation to particular projects.
Please do not endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or break any laws when creating content you may share with Kirkcaldy District Scout Council .
If you do not want to grant Kirkcaldy District Scout Council the permission set out above on these terms, please do not submit or share your contribution to or with the website.
Disclaimer
The majority of content posted in the website communities is created by Scouting volunteers and members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of Kirkcaldy District Scout Council. Kirkcaldy District Scout Council are not responsible for any content posted by Scouting volunteers or members of the public on the website or for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through the website. Any links to third party websites from the website do not amount to any endorsement of that site by Kirkcaldy District Scout Council and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
The website content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Kirkcaldy District Scout Council, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided ‘AS IS’ and on an ‘AS AVAILABLE’ basis. To the extent permitted by law, Kirkcaldy District Scout Council excludes all representations and warranties (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. Kirkcaldy District Scout Council does not guarantee the timeliness, completeness or performance of the website or any of the content. While we try to ensure that all content provided by Kirkcaldy District Scout Council is correct at the time of publication no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of Kirkcaldy District Scout Council for any errors, omissions or inaccurate content on the website.
Kirkcaldy District Scout Council does not warrant that functions available on the website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.