Terms of Use
Who we are and how to contact us
https://www.lincoln.anglican.org/ is a site operated by the Diocese of Lincoln through our registered charity The Lincoln Diocesan Trust and Board of Finance Ltd (“We” or the “Diocese”). We are the Church of England in Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire and our main address is Edward King House, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PU.
To contact us, please email parishsupport@lincoln.anglican.org or call us on 01522 504050.
By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing or registering to use our site. Please ensure that you have read and understood this policy.
These terms should be read together with our Privacy Notice which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us. By using our site you consent to such processing and you confirm that all data provided by you is accurate and, where necessary, will be kept up to date. We also draw attention to our Cookie Policy which sets out information about the use of cookies on our site. In addition, you confirm that where you have supplied personal data of others that you have their permission and you will similarly ensure the personal data you have provided is accurate and kept up to date.
We may make changes to these terms
We may update our site from time to time and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content may be out of date at any given time and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
We may suspend or withdraw our site
Our site is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site without notice. We accept no responsibility if our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
You must keep your user account details safe
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
How you may use material on our site
Except where you have entered information on our site and created any rights (in which case the rights will remain with you or the owner), we are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
Some content found on this site may be the copyright of third parties reproduced with kind permission, consent, under licence or within the scope permitted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The names, images and logos identifying the Diocese, or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of the Diocese and/or third parties. Nothing contained here shall be construed as conferring by implication or otherwise any licence or right under any trademark or patent of the Diocese or any other third party.
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
You may link to our home page provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than as set out above, please contact parishsupport@lincoln.anglican.org
Prohibited uses
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:
- 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 cause harm in any way including to people, especially children, animals or property;
- to send, knowingly receive, upload, download use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards set out below;
- to transmit or procure the sending of any unsolicited or unauthorised material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam);
You also agree:
- apart from as set out in this policy not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of this policy;
- not to 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.
If, in our absolute discretion, there is any inappropriate use of our site by you we may take such action as we deem appropriate including withdrawal of your right to use our site and, if appropriate, legal proceedings.
Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?
Please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.