Acceptable Use Policy
1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE
This Acceptable Use Policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our website
www.cnsonline.co.uk(“Our Website”). This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all users of,
and visitors to, Our Website.
Your use of Our Website means that you accept and agree to abide by all the policies in this Acceptable
Use Policy, which supplement our Website Terms of Use.
Our Website is a website operated by Community Network Services Ltd, a company registered in England No:
2084279 and we have our registered office located at 16 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JQ (the “Company”
or “we” or “us“). Our main trading address is Western Docks,
Southampton, SO15 1DA, VAT registration number 458998463.
Community Network Services Limited (CNS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of DP World Southampton.
2. PROHIBITED USES
You may use Our Website only for lawful purposes. You may not use Our Website:
- In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
- In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
- For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards as detailed in Section 4 of this document.
- To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
- To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
You also agree:
- Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of Our Website in contravention of the provisions of our Website Terms of Use.
- Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
- any part of Our Website;
- any equipment or network on which Our Website is stored;
- any software used in the provision of Our Website; or
- any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
3. INTERACTIVE SERVICES
Where we do provide any Interactive Service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of
service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human
or technical).
We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third
parties when they use any Interactive Service provided on Our Website, and we will decide in each case
whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation
to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate
any Interactive Service we provide on Our Website, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss
or damage arising from the use of any Interactive Service by a user in contravention of our content
standards, whether the service is moderated or not.
The use of any of our Interactive Services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or
guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an Interactive Service that it is important
that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not fool proof.
Minors who are using any Interactive Service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.
Where we do moderate an Interactive Service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the
moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.
The user of an interactive service acknowledges and agrees that whilst this information and service is
provided in good faith, no representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be made and no
responsibility or liability (subject to paragraph 13.1 of our Website
Terms of Use Policy) is or will be accepted by us, or a member of our Group, or by our or by any
of our Group’s respective officers, employees or agents in relation to the accuracy or completeness of
this information or any other written or oral information made available to any interested party or its
advisers and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
For the purposes of this document, “Group” means the Company, any subsidiary or any
holding company of the Company and any other subsidiary from time to time of a holding company of the
Company. A reference to a “holding company” or a “subsidiary” means a holding company or a subsidiary
(as the case may be) as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.
Where you provide us with any personal information as part of using an Interactive Service, such
information is provided and used in accordance with our Privacy
Policy.
4. CONTENT STANDARDS
These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to Our Website
(“Contributions”), and to any Interactive Services associated with it.
You must comply with the spirit and the letter of the following standards. The standards apply to each
part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.
Contributions must:
- Be accurate (where they state facts).
- Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
- Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.
Contributions must not:
- Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
- Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful, or inflammatory.
- Promote sexually explicit material.
- Promote violence.
- Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
- Infringe any copyright, database right or trademark of any other person.
- Be likely to deceive any person.
- Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.