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We are a Community Interest Company.
To contact us, please email [email protected]
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern the purchase and use of the News Literacy Lab curriculum materials ("Curriculum") offered by News Literacy Lab. By placing an order for the Curriculum, you agree to abide by these Terms. Please read these Terms carefully before making a purchase.
1. Redistribution and Use of Curriculum
1.1 In accordance with our Copyright Terms below, you will not redistribute any resources purchased from News Literacy Lab, and you understand that any resources you receive are for use within your school only.
1.2 You have explicitly read and agree to abide by the News Literacy Lab Copyright Terms.
2. Purchase and Access
2.1 The News Literacy Lab curriculums can only be purchased directly from News Literacy Lab by submitting the "Place Order" form.
2.2 When you "Place Order" for the Curriculum, you consent to gain access to the Curriculum and agree to pay the full amount for the service selected.
3. Breach of Terms and Conditions
3.1 If you breach these Terms and Conditions, you should be aware that a party aggrieved by the uploading of any content that is defamatory or in breach of copyright may take legal action. Such action could result in the disclosure of your registration data and other identifying information and may require you to pay compensation to the aggrieved party.
4. Prohibited Use of Service
4.1 You agree not to use the News Literacy Lab service to:
4.1.1 Alter the content of the Curriculum;
4.1.2 Impersonate any person or entity associated with News Literacy Lab;
4.1.3 Share any of the Curriculum's contents online or with any other person or institution.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
5.1 All articles, information, and other materials presented in the Curriculum are subject to copyright, trademark rights, and/or other intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to News Literacy Lab.
5.2 You are prohibited from reproducing, extracting, providing links to, or otherwise communicating or making available to third parties any part of the content of the Curriculum without News Literacy Lab's written consent.
5.3 You must not use any material downloaded or otherwise sourced from the Curriculum for the purposes of training, validating, testing, or modeling any system that uses artificial intelligence technology without News Literacy Lab’s express written permission.
5.4 You acknowledge that all materials you download from the Curriculum remain the property of News Literacy Lab in perpetuity.
By placing an order for the News Literacy Lab Curriculum, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions. Failure to comply with these Terms may result in legal action and the termination of your access to the Curriculum. News Literacy Lab reserves the right to update these Terms at any time without prior notice.
These Copyright Terms ("Terms") pertain to the use, distribution, and reproduction of the curriculum materials ("Curriculum") provided by News Literacy Lab. By accessing or using the Curriculum, you agree to adhere to these Terms. Please carefully review these Terms before using the Curriculum.
1. Ownership of Curriculum
1.1 The Curriculum, including all its components, such as text, images, graphics, videos, and any other associated materials, are the intellectual property of News Literacy Lab, protected by copyright laws and other applicable intellectual property rights.
2. Permissible Uses
2.1 You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to use the Curriculum for educational purposes within your school or educational institution. This license does not grant you ownership of the Curriculum but permits you to use it as part of your educational activities.
2.2 You may reproduce, distribute, and display the Curriculum solely for educational purposes within your school or educational institution.
3. Prohibited Uses
3.1 Except as expressly permitted in Section 2, you are expressly prohibited from:
3.1.1 Reproducing, distributing, or displaying the Curriculum for commercial purposes, resale, or redistribution to third parties outside of your school or educational institution.
3.1.2 Modifying, altering, adapting, or creating derivative works from the Curriculum without the express written consent of News Literacy Lab.
3.1.3 Removing or altering any copyright notices, trademarks, or other proprietary rights notices contained in the Curriculum.
3.1.4 Uploading, posting, emailing, or transmitting the Curriculum on the internet, intranet, or any digital platform, or sharing it with any person, entity, or institution outside your school or educational institution.
3.2 You may not use the Curriculum for any purpose other than educational, and you may not use it in any manner that violates these Copyright Terms.
4. Enforcement of Copyright
4.1 News Literacy Lab reserves the right to take legal action against any individual, entity, or institution found to be in violation of these Copyright Terms.
4.2 Any breach of these Terms may result in the termination of your access to the Curriculum and may also lead to legal remedies and damages pursued by News Literacy Lab.
5. Duration of Copyright
5.1 The copyright and intellectual property rights in the Curriculum are perpetual and remain the property of News Literacy Lab.
6. Updates to Copyright Terms
6.1 News Literacy Lab reserves the right to update these Copyright Terms at any time without prior notice.
By using the Curriculum provided by News Literacy Lab, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Copyright Terms. Failure to comply with these Terms may result in legal action and the termination of your access to the Curriculum. Please contact News Literacy Lab for any inquiries or requests for additional permissions beyond what is outlined in these Terms.
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of 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. These terms were most recently updated on 28.07.2022 when the site was launched.
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our network database, our users' needs, and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes
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 or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
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.
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.
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.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at [email protected]
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.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged (except where the content is user-generated).
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our site. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):
The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).
This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
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.
This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site, including to bulletin boards and chat rooms. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.
If you wish to complain about content uploaded by other users, please contact us at [email protected]
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.
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 that set out above, please contact [email protected]
If you are a consumer, 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 resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.