Terms of Service

Welcome to the GivEducation Community (the “Community”). These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the GivEducation Community website, accessible at https://community.giv.education (the “Site”), including its discussion forums, private messaging, and group features. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not use the Site.

1. Acceptance of Terms
By registering for an account or using any part of the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms, including our Privacy Policy. These Terms may be updated from time to time, and it is your responsibility to review them periodically. Your continued use of the Site after any changes signifies your acceptance of the revised Terms.

2. User Registration
To access certain features of the Community, such as discussion forums, private messaging, and groups, you must create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate and complete registration information.
• Maintain and promptly update your information to keep it accurate.
• Keep your account password confidential and secure.
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

3. Code of Conduct
As a member of the GivEducation Community, you agree to:

• Use the Community in a respectful and lawful manner.
• Not post or share content that is defamatory, obscene, abusive, offensive, or illegal.
• Not engage in harassment, threats, or discrimination against other users.
• Refrain from spamming, phishing, or any fraudulent activity.
• Avoid impersonating any person or entity or falsely representing your affiliation with any person or organization.
• Not share any personal or private information of others without their consent.

The GivEducation Community reserves the right to remove any content that violates these guidelines and may suspend or terminate accounts for violations at our discretion.

4. Content Ownership and License
You retain ownership of any content you post or submit to the Community. By posting content, you grant GivEducation a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and distribute your content for the purposes of operating and improving the Community.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to post your content and that your content does not violate any third-party rights.

5. Privacy and Data Protection
Your privacy is important to us. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how we collect, use, and protect your data. By using the Site, you consent to the collection and use of information as described in the Privacy Policy.

6. Prohibited Activities
In addition to the Code of Conduct, you agree not to:

• Use the Community for any commercial purpose without express permission.
• Distribute malware, viruses, or any other malicious code.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, other users’ accounts, or any part of the system.
• Use any automated tools to access or interact with the Community (including bots or scripts).

7. Moderation and Content Removal
GivEducation reserves the right to moderate content on the Community. We may remove, edit, or restrict access to any content that we believe, in our sole discretion, violates these Terms or is otherwise harmful to the Community. We are not obligated to monitor all content but reserve the right to do so.

8. Termination and Suspension
We may suspend or terminate your account and access to the Community at any time, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms or if we believe your actions are harmful to the Community or other users. You may also terminate your account by contacting us.

9. Third-Party Links
The Site may contain links to third-party websites or services. GivEducation is not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. You access these websites at your own risk, and you should review their terms and conditions.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties
The GivEducation Community is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not guarantee that the Site will be secure, error-free, or uninterrupted. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

11. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, GivEducation shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use the Site. This includes, but is not limited to, damages for loss of profits, data, or other intangible losses.

12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GivEducation, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising out of your use of the Site or violation of these Terms.

13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the UK, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the UK.

14. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us at:
Email: joe.basketts@giveducation.co.uk

15. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify you of significant changes through the Site or via email. Your continued use of the Community after changes are posted signifies your acceptance of the updated Terms.

16. Miscellaneous
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and GivEducation regarding your use of the Community, superseding any prior agreements.

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Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://community.giv.education.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

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