House rules

We want insidedna.org.uk to provide a safe platform for vibrant discussion and debate, in order to help us achieve this we ask that you comply with the following rules.

Such comments will be immediately removed and may lead to legal proceedings by the affected party.

Disciplinary procedure

Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions apply whenever you access the website, on whatever device. When we say insidedna.org.uk we mean this website, regardless of how you access it.

By completing the registration form and entering your email address and password you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions, you should also read our privacy policy below.

1. Registration

When you register, you are registering as a personal user of insidedna.org.uk
Access to registration areas is via your email address and password. Provided that

If, for any reason, we believe you have not complied with these requirements, me may, at our discretion, cancel your account immediately and without giving you prior notice.

2. Termination of registration

If we wish to bring the agreement to an end we will do so by emailing you at the address you have registered with, stating that the agreement has been terminated. Your email address and password will become invalid on insidedna.org.uk immediately.

3. Use of material appearing on insidedna.org.uk
In this agreement “material” includes, without limitation, text, video, graphics and sound material published on insidedna.org.uk, whether copyright of Inside DNA or a third party.

You may print extracts from the material and make copies of these for your own personal and non-commercial use only. You are not allowed to download of print the material, or extracts from it, in a systematic or regular manner or otherwise, so as to create a database in electronic or paper form comprising all or part of the material appearing on insidedna.org.uk.

You must not reproduce any part of insidedna.org.uk or the material or transmit it to store it in any other website or disseminate any part of the material in any other form, unless we have indicated that you may do so.

Under certain circumstances we may allow you to distribute or reproduce other parts of insidedna.org.uk. Please email our administrator: travelling@at-bristol.org.uk  if you wish to apply for permission to do so.

4. Submitting comments for display

You own the copyright to your comments but by submitting a comment to insidedna.org.uk you grant insidedna.org.uk free of charge permission to use your comment in any way it wants and, for questions marked , share your comments with the HGC. If you wish to avoid this, then do not respond to these topics.
In order for us to use your contribution, you confirm that:

We accept no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy.

When you submit a comment for this website you do so in accordance with these terms of service and the house rules.
Selected comments will be published at the discretion of the editor.
We may abbreviate your comment as we think fit to appear on the insidedna.org.uk website.
We may remove your comment at anytime.
We will notify you via email that your comment has been blocked, if it is reported by a fellow user for being in breach of the house rules.
The material you submit must not be obscene, offensive, defamatory of any person or otherwise illegal.
If you have three comments blocked, your registration will be terminated and you will be notified via email.
Your screen name, and hometown will be published alongside your comment.

5. Disclaimer of liability

You must not rely on any statement we have published in insidedna.org.uk without first taking specialist professional advice.
To avoid confusion, we will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the material or any part of it.
We will take all reasonable steps to present controversial topics in a non-inflammatory manner but ultimately, we will not be liable for any upset or distress induced by viewing, reading or listening to our material.
You can access other sites via links from insidedna.org.uk. These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their contents.
We give no warranties of any kind concerning insidedna.org.uk or the material. We do not warrant that insidedna.org.uk or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect.

6. Data protection

We will not share your registration details with any advertisers or third parties, unless indicated by this logo , where responses will be shared with the Human Genetic Commission. Not email addresses just demographic data, responses and comments. To avoid this do not respond to topics marked with this symbol. For further details read our privacy policy below.

7. Force majeure

Although we do our best to provide constant, uninterrupted access to insidedna.org.uk, we do not guarantee this. We accept no responsibility or liability for any interruption or delay.

8. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

This agreement is governed by English law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of English courts.

Privacy policy

What information do we collect?

We collect information through our registration process. This includes a screen name, valid email address, hometown, country and age bracket and type of user.

Why do we collect information?

What do we do with that information?

Please note that we reserve the right to disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate our systems properly and to protect both our users and ourselves.

How do we protect user information?

UK data protection legislation means we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access

We will not share your information with others without your prior consent and we will:
- Do our utmost to protect user privacy through the appropriate use of the latest security information.
- Respect your email privacy. We will not give it to any third parties and you will not receive unsolicited mail from us. We will however, mail you if other users report any of your comments.
- Not pass on any individual email details, unless required to by law.

Legal information under the Data Protection Act 1998

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act of 1998, the Data Controller for insidedna.org.uk is travelling@at-bristol.org.uk  Explore At-Bristol, Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5DB.