Scottish Coal Collections

Site Usage Policy

Access to and use of this site (‘coalcollections.org’) is subject to the following terms:

By using coalcollections.org you agree to be legally bound by these terms, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of this website. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms please do not access and/or use coalcollections.org.

These terms may change at any time. Please review this policy regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by us. Your continued use of coalcollections.org after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these changes as updated and/or amended.

You agree to use coalcollections.org only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the website.

Copyright

Unless otherwise noted on specific pages, all text and images on this website are the copyright of the Scottish Coal Collections Project Partners, all rights reserved.

The copyright of all third-party material presented within this website (i.e. the information contained within the Institution Level descriptions and Collection Level descriptions) rests with the contributors of that material. The contributors have agreed to make their information and images available for research, non-commercial private use and educational use only. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public or otherwise used coalcollections.org content in any way except for your own personal or professional, non-commercial use. Any other use of the coalcollections.org content requires the prior written permission of the individual copyright holders.

Contributions to Coal Collections

Those who intend to submit any content to coalcollections.org (including any text, photographs or graphics) should be aware that the individual rights holders retain the copyright for all the resources they make available on this site (in most instances this will be the organisation you work for). Also, by submitting your contribution to coalcollections.org you must ensure that you have the right to make it available to coalcollections.org.

General

You must not submit any defamatory or illegal material of any nature to the coalcollections.org website. You must not violate, plagiarise or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights. The views expressed in coalollections.org comment areas are those of members of the public and are not necessarily those of the Coal Collections project partners.

The Coal Collections Project Partners retain the right to edit or remove any content which is not felt to be appropriate. Only in rare cases will any changes be made without first consulting with the person who input the data. You will be kept informed of any changes made to your content. If you have any further questions regarding this matter please use the contact page to get in touch.