Terms and Conditions for the use of climate4classrooms
Use of this site is provided by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), in collaboration with the British Council and Royal Meteorological Society, subject to the following Terms and Conditions.
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Your use constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as at the date of your first use of the site.
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The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) reserves the rights to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.
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We take reasonable care to ensure that the information appearing on this site is accurate and up-to-date. However, errors and omissions do occur, and you should not take the accuracy of the information for granted, but should check directly with us using the contact details provided on this site. We therefore disclaim all liability for your use of the information on this site.
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You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights, or restrict, or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the site by any third party.
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This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to climate4classrooms are provided "as is" without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. In no event will the The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the site, whether in contract or in negligence.
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The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) does not warrant that the functions contained in the material on this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy and reliability of the materials.
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Copyright restrictions:
Commercial use or publication of all or any item displayed on this site is strictly prohibited . Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence by the The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to use any item displayed. Documents, images and other files may be copied for educational and personal use only on the condition that copyright and source indications are also copied, no modifications are made and the document is copied entirely. However, some documents and photos have been published on this site with the permission of the relevant copyright owners (who are not the The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)). All rights are reserved on these documents and permission to copy them must be requested from the copyright owners (the sources are indicated within these documents/photographs). If you are in doubt about whether any particular material may be used please contact The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) -
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) takes no responsibility for the content of external Internet Sites.
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Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the site including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and nonproprietary information.
Privacy Policy
Climate4classrooms.org is run jointly by the British Council, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is the legally responsible body.
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. We use the information we collect about you to help us understand more about how our site is used.
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) will ensure that staff and those acting on our behalf obtain, use and disclose personal information lawfully and correctly. To this end we fully endorse and adhere to the principles of data protection, as set out in the UK Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"). We shall apply the Act globally, except where part or all of any local law is stronger.
In particular we will:
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observe the conditions in the Act regarding the fair collection and use of personal information (please see below regarding personal information collected via our website);
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meet our legal obligations to specify the purposes for which we process personal information, this information being set out in our data protection notification particulars which can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.dpr.gov.uk;
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collect and process appropriate personal information, only to the extent that it is needed to fulfill our operational needs or to comply with any legal requirement;
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ensure the accuracy of any personal information kept by us;
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apply checks to determine the length of time personal information is held by us;
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ensure that the rights of people about whom personal information is held, are able to be exercised fully under the Act;
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take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard personal information;
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ascertain that personal information is not transferred outside the European Economic Area without suitable safeguards or agreement from the individual.
If we collect personal information via our website, prior to finally submitting any personal information to our website, we will endeavour to ensure that you are informed as to:
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the purpose for collecting the information
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what the information will be used for
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the identity of anyone else to whom the information will be given and what they will use it for
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how you can request copies of any personal information we hold on you.
Please note that where our website contains links to other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and this statement applies solely to any personal information collected by our website.
IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. We only use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer our website, track general user movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Furthermore please be aware that we use cookies on our website. We use cookies to track the interests of our users so that we can subsequently enhance their experience on our website.
If you access this website from a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and view personal information held by us (such as your registration details), this will involve transferring that data to the computer you are using to access the website. You should be aware that the country in which you are viewing the data may have less stringent data protection laws than countries within the EEA.
If you contact us for any reason, we may retain copies of any letters or emails,
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be addressed in writing to:
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers),
1 Kensington Gore,
London SW7 2AR
