Statement of the Website Copyright Terms and Conditions
This page contains information about The Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow (hereinafter referred to as the 'PGLG') copyright and links to external Websites. They also contain an important liability disclaimer.
Copyright
The information contained on this Website is the copyright © property of the PGLG (unless stated otherwise) and is protected by international copyright laws.
The PGLG Website is provided for personal, private and non-commercial use only. No user or recipient has any right to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, exchange or sell any information, material, software, images, graphics or source code obtained from the PGLG Website.
No part of the PGLG Website may be reproduced in any form whether electronically or otherwise (other than temporarily in the course of using the Website) without the express prior written consent of the PGLG.
Links to External Web Sites
The PGLG has included, or may include, links to third party Internet Websites controlled and maintained by others. When accessing these links the user leaves the PGLG Website. These links are included solely for the convenience of users and their presence does not constitute any endorsement by the PGLG of the Websites linked or referred to nor does the PGLG have any control over, or responsibility for, the content of any such Websites.
Liability Disclaimer
The PGLG Website is produced and made available in absolute good faith. For the avoidance of any doubt, neither the PGLG nor any of its Trustees, Office-bearers or members give or make any representations or warranties of any kind, whether express, actual or implied, in relation to all or any part of the Lodge Website or any contents thereof or any Website or Websites to which the PGLG Website is linked. All warranties and representations of every kind and howsoever arising are hereby absolutely and expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Liability for material reproduced on the PGLG Website remains with the author(s) and/or originator(s) of the material concerned and not with the PGLG. Responsibility for errors and/or omissions in all material remains with the author(s) and/or originator(s) and not the Lodge.
The content of the PGLG Website does not constitute the dispensation or giving of any kind of advice, recommendations or guidance by or on behalf of the PGLG and must not be relied upon in making, or refraining from making, any decision.
There is no guarantee that the Website will be free of infection whether by viruses or from any other cause or source which may be harmful or destructive. All parties use the PGLG Website entirely at their own risk and without recourse to the PGLG, its Office-bearers, Trustees and members or any of them.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the PGLG and, separately, its Trustees, Office-bearers and members, all jointly and severally, hereby disclaim all liability (howsoever arising) in connection with any loss or damage, arising out of or in connection with any use of, or inability to use, all or any part of the PGLG Website or any site to which the PGLG Lodge Website is linked or any action taken (or not taken) as a result of access to the use of any of these.: *
Editorial Control
The PGLG can exercise editorial control only over material commissioned and/or produced by it. The PGLG cannot, under any circumstances, change, add to, or subtract from, any material previously produced by others, that is prior to reproduction by the PGLG Errors and omissions in such previously reproduced material are the responsibility of the original author or commissioning body and not the PGLG. Errors and omissions in material reproduced on the PGLG Website which do not occur in the original material should be brought to the attention of the Web Master. If correction is required, the full text of the original material, author, source, dates and place(s) of primary publication must be submitted to the PGLG which will then make appropriate adjustments and corrections having regard to the submission.
Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow
All references in the PGLG Website and in these pages to "the PGLG" include references to all of the members of the PGLG and the PGLG Trustees and Office-bearers, all jointly and severally. Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow is a Daughter Lodge of The Grand Lodge of Scotland and that Grand Lodge is the ultimate authority on all matters relating to Scottish Freemasonry.
Privacy Policy
Privacy
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow (herein after referred to as the 'PGLG') recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of the visitors to the PGLG Website. Any personal data collected through the PGLG Website will be regarded and treated as confidential and in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. However, the collection of such data is unintentional as the PGLG has not designed or consciously put in place any system designed to collect personal information.
Disclaimer
The
PGLG intends that the information
published on the PGLG Website is up to
date and
accurate. However, the information on the
Website does not constitute legal or professional
advice, guidance or recommendation and the PGLG, its Office-bearers, Trustees
and
members, and each of them, will not
accept any liability for actions arising from its use nor
will they be held responsible for the contents of any Website or other source
referenced by
any external
link.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that certain Websites write to a hard drive when a
user visits that
Website. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information a
user personally
supplies. A cookie cannot read data from a user's hard disk or read cookie files
created by
other Websites. Cookies, however, enhance a Website's performance in a number of
ways
including providing a secure way for to identity verification during a
visit
to a Website and
personalising the
user's
experience with the
PGLG
Website while making it more convenient
for the
user.
The
PGLG
may therefore use cookie technology to track or record information about
visitors
to the
PGLG Website. These cookies are
"session specific" and are not used to record
personal information or to associate
personal information with the use of the Lodge services.
Privacy and security are not compromised if and when the user accepts a
cookie from the
PGLG Website. Users can refuse cookies
by turning them off on their web browsers (see
under "Tools" and then "Internet Options")
and users do not need to have cookies turned on
to successfully use the
Website.
Questions or Suggestions
If ANYONE has any questions or suggestions regarding this policy or considers the PGLG is not properly adhering to it then the PGLG invites information and contents to be sent to the PGLG through the undernoted contact :-
Robin Shields robin553@yahoo.co.uk