Acceptable use policy

Better Local Acceptable use policy

This Policy sets out the content standards that apply when you upload content to our site and social media, make contact with other users on our site and social media, or interact with our site and social media in any other way.

By using our site and social media, you confirm that you accept the terms of this Policy and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.

We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

Other policies apply to you when you use our website and contact us through our website or through social media. These are https://www.local-recovery.com/pages/local-recovery-privacy-policy; https://www.local-recovery.com/pages/cookiespolicy.

To contact us, please use the contact us box on our site (https://www.local-recovery.com/#Contact-Us).

Website

https://www.local-recovery.com/is a site by Better Local Limited, a company limited by guarantee incorporated in Scotland with the Company Number SC704709 and registered office at Abercorn House, 79 Renfrew Road, Paisley, United Kingdom, PA3 4DA.

If you use our site or otherwise engage with us, you shall comply with the following rules:

• Focus on improving our community. Local Recovery exists to help local people improve their communities as we recover from the pandemic.
• Treat everyone, including your fellow Local Recovery supporters, elected representatives and members of the public with courtesy and respect.
• Do not use the site in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• Do not use the site in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  
• Do not treat another supporter, elected representative or member of the public differently based on religion, political, sex gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity or any other characteristic for which discrimination is prohibited by law.
• Do not bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
• Do not use the site for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
  
• Do not treat another supporter, elected representative or member of the public differently based on religion, political, sex gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity or any other characteristic for which discrimination is prohibited by law.
• Recognise that Local Recovery is a non-partisan organisation and does not directly endorse or support any political campaign or party.
• Do not 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 Policy designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
• Do not reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site.
• Do not access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt: any part of our site; any equipment or network on which our site is stored; any software used in the provision of our site; or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
• Report any instances of a supporter or member of the public behaving in a way which contravenes the Policy to Local Recovery as soon as you are able to allow us to consider and take the appropriate action. You can report your concerns here info@localrecovery.com.

Local Recovery shall:

• Treat our supporters and anyone who comes into contact with the organisation with respect.
• Engage proactively with elected officials of all political affiliations to improve local communities.
• Treat any reports of Local Recovery supporters behaving in a way which contravenes the Policy with the appropriate level of seriousness (as set out in the Breaches of the Policy section below).

Social Media (Facebook and Twitter)
The Facebook page and Twitter page is run by Better Local Limited (details noted above).

If you use our social media (including posting video content), contribute to our site or otherwise engage with us, you shall comply with the following rules:

• Treat other users with respect.
• Avoid swearing or use of insulting language,including those aimed at characteristics for which discrimination if prohibitedby law.
• Do not insult, intimidate, humiliate or be violent to people for their political views or affiliations. Local Recovery is anon-political organisation and our work is designed to improve the communities that our supporters live in.
• Do not promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
• Do not be defamatory of any person.
• Do not be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
• Do not bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
• Do not promote sexually explicit material.
• Do not promote violence.
• Do not infringe any copyright, trade mark or any other intellectual property rights of any other person.
  
• Do not promote any illegal content or activity.
  
• Do not be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
• Do not be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
• Do not act in a way which is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
• Do not advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act.

Monitoring content
We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use our site or social media platforms, 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. Content posted on our site and social media platforms remains at our discretion and may be removed if found to be in contravention of this Policy. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any content  posted on our site and social media platforms, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of our site and social media platforms by a user in contravention of our Policy, whether the service is moderated or not.

The use of any our site and social media platform by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use our site and social media platform that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not fool proof. Minors who are using our site and social media platform should be made aware of the potential risks to them.  
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Breaches of this Policy
You can report your concerns here info@local-recovery.com.

When we consider that a breach of this Policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.  

Failure to comply with this Policy constitutes a material breach of its terms and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

• Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site and/or social media platforms.
• Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution uploaded by you to our site and/or social media platforms.
• Issue of a warning to you.
• Remove you as a supporter after an internal investigation.
• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required bylaw.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of this Policy. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The terms of this Policy, its subject matter, and its formation is governed by Scots law and the Scottish courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any such dispute.

This Policy was last updated May 2022.