Terms of Use

WhyZone is an independent educational community web site maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this web site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions that take effect from the date of first use.

The WhyZone web site has been designed and built primarily for use in the United Kingdom using Internet browsers version 4 and above. Whilst the site may be viewed from outside of the United Kingom, the content is specifically restricted to the U.K.

We reserve the right to revise the Terms of Use at any time, without notice and you hereby agree to be bound by such changes.

The Terms of Use are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England to settle any dispute that may arise.

There are three main categories of people for whom this site has been primarily produced:

• Teachers, parents and other adults
• Young people aged 15-19 (Key Stage 4 and 5 in schools and colleges)
• Young people aged 11-14 (Key Stage 3 in school)

and every effort has been made to ensure that advertising links contained in this site are appropriate for all users. The links are a necessary means of covering the site's overheads.

Users of the site are advised to read the terms and conditions of advertisers carefully when responding to advertisements. Please read the Disclaimer section below.

Please inform us of any site to which we are linked that you consider to be inappropriate and we shall immediately look into the matter further.

Please note that some advertisers do require that respondents are aged 18 or over. See the notes headed eBay and Under 18? below for more information.

You have to be at least 18 years old to buy and sell through eBay because eBay is available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts under English Law. If you are under the age of 18, you should not use eBay unless under the direct supervision of parents or carers.

Young people (aged under 18) are advised to always consult a parent or carer before responding to any advertisement and then to do so only in conjunction with and under their parent or carer's supervision.

We shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions contained in any part of the WhyZone web site, and reserve the right to make changes without notice.

We have used our reasonable endeavors to ensure that the material contained in this site is accurate but can accept no liability for the accuracy of, or the content of material on any part of this site, nor the content of any third party site to which this site is linked. To the extent permitted by law and except where stated within this website, we hereby exclude all warranties, express or implied and shall have no liability for any loss, either direct, indirect, loss of profits or other economic loss whatsoever and howsoever arising as a result of accessing the site.

The information contained on the WhyZone web site is for general guidance only. You should neither act, nor refrain from action, on the basis of any such information. We disclaim all responsibility (including in negligence) for all consequences of any person acting on, or refraining from acting in reliance on, information contained in any part of this site.

The www.whyzone.co.uk website and all domain names linking to it (www.isfun.co.uk, www.whyzones.co.uk, www.whyzone.org.uk, www.whyzones.org.uk) and its trading name WhyZone are Copyright © 2005-2006 Ken Edwards. All rights reserved.

We assert all our intellectual property rights in this site, including its look and feel. Save to the extent expressly permitted below, the context of these pages may not be reproduced or transmitted or made available on a network in whole or in part without our prior consent.

Contributors retain intellectual property rights over text, graphics, images and files submitted. Contributors are responsible for checking that they do not breach the intellectual property rights of any other party in respect of content submitted. Contributor ownership of content will be clearly stated where applicable.

Pages may be downloaded or printed for your personal and private use only.

All WhyZone files have been virus checked using the latest Zonelabs Security Suite software prior to being uploaded to the web. WhyZone does not however accept responsibility or liability for any loss incurred by users as a result of downloading files. It is the user's responsibility to check all files downloaded from the website for viral infection before opening them on their PC. If in doubt then do not download or open a file.

All images displayed in WhyZone serve as links to external sites.

Every effort has been made to ensure that there is no breach of copyright.

Our policy is to:

1) Use only images obtained from www.wikipedia.com when the purpose is for illustration purposes. We check all such images against Wikipedia's online copyright restriction records to ensure that any such restrictions are not breached. We only use images where such restrictions have been lifted and/or the image has been placed in the 'public domain'.

2) Use corporate logos only as links to the external website concerned. Such use is not intended to denote external website approval of the content of WhyZone.

3) Use images obtained from third party websites only as links to the external websites concerned. Such use is not intended to denote external website approval of the content of WhyZone.

4) Use only images submitted by contributors to WhyZone within the bounds of the content submitted. It is the responsibility of contributors to check and avoid breach of copyright in respect of all images submitted. Contributors retain copyright over images submitted unless they specifically indicate that they wish to place said images in the 'public domain'.

WhyZone is fully committed to ensuring the privacy of website users. This Privacy Policy Statement explains how we use your personal information to improve the service we can offer you. This policy may change occasionally so please check this statement from time to time.

What information we collect

We collect personal information from you through any enquiry forms that you complete. We also collect information automatically each time you visit the site. This information, which includes parts of the site visited, is only used as aggregate information, not as individual information.

What we do with personal information

We also use the aggregate information about visitors' site usage patterns to enable us to see how popular different parts of the site are with our visitors, helping us decide how best to further develop the site.

Personal details provided by contributors and users are not shared with any other organisation or used for any oth purpose other than that clearly stated at the time the information is requested when contributors and users complete an enquiry form.

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