Terms and Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

News and information on shetlandtimes.co.uk and all other websites published by The Shetland Times Ltd (“we” or “the company”) is provided free of charge on the basis that the company disclaims any warranty in material published. While taking all reasonable care to ensure that news and information is accurate the company accepts no liability for any error or omission and can accept no direct, incidental or consequential loss or damages arising from its publication.

Copyright

All material published is copyright of The Shetland Times Ltd and/or the original authors, photographers or providers. Material is provided for the use of individual readers only and may be accessed (and printed) for your personal use only. It must not be used, copied, distributed or republished in any form or on any other website or commercial service without the prior permission of the company. This will require a suitable acknowledgement and may require payment. Requests for permission should go to info@shetlandtimes.co.uk. While we welcome all normal links to our sites we regard “deep linking” as an infringement of our copyright. To link to our sites see links information below.

The images on the website are copyright protected. The purchase of an image does not carry with it the right to make a reproduction of it in any form without the prior written consent of the photographer and the prior payment of a reproduction fee.

Privacy

Please see our Privacy and Cookie Policy.

Warnings: Users are reminded that whenever they post personal information online which is available to the public (for example in discussion groups or letters pages) that information can be used by others over whom the company has no control. Our websites contain links to sites over which we have no control and which are not covered by our privacy policy.

Data Protection Act 1998

We are required by law to comply with the eight enforceable principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. We have notified the Data Protection Commissioner, in broad terms, of the personal information processed by the company. For more information of your rights under the Data Protection Act and to inspect our notification go to http://ico.org.uk. Our registration is in the name of The Shetland Times Ltd – Registration number Z5258228.

Links to external sites

Shetland Times websites contain numerous links to sites over which we have no control. We believe that these links are in a form which makes it clear that you are accessing a third party website. The company offers no warranty as to the veracity of any information published on external websites and readers must satisfy themselves as to the validity of information obtained from them or how they may use personal information gathered from readers. See also the warning under our privacy policy above.

Linking to our websites

You are welcome to link to shetlandtimes.co.uk provided the form of the link makes it clear that it is to an external site. We would prefer links to go to the shetlandtimes home page or the first page of any of the main sections of the site (i.e. Shetland Visitor, News, Shetland Directory, etc). Linking to other sections or pages runs the risk of your site containing broken links as we do not offer any warranty regarding location addresses which may be changed at any time. If you have a specific request on the form of link or the location to which it is directed contact info@shetlandtimes.co.uk. We regard “deep linking” as an infringement of our copyright.

To get a link from shetlandtimes.co.uk

We provide links to many other sites, principally in the Shetland Visitor and the Shetland Directory. If you would like us to consider putting a link to your site e-mail details to info@shetlandtimes.co.uk including a brief description of the content of your site. We reserve the right to refuse or discontinue any free link at any time without notice or giving reason.

Another warning: We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.