Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyThese are the terms of service and privacy policy for the Tethered by Letters website. Terms of ServiceBy using this website, you agree to the following terms of service between you and Tethered by Letters (details set out at the end of these Terms). These Terms may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you, so we recommend you check them regularly. Description of ServicesThis website provides access to a range of online content such as short stories and group writing and allows users to submit material which may be published or distributed electronically. Your registration obligationsYou must register with Tethered by Letters in order to create a user account and access certain parts of the site including online forums. You agree to provide true information when registering at the website and agree to keep the information updated in a timely manner. If you provide inaccurate, untrue, or offensive registration information we have the right to suspend or terminate your account. Note that you are not required and we recommend you do not use your real name as a user name when creating a user account. Children under the age of 13 may not create user accounts and children over 13 but under 18 should seek the permission of their parent or guardian to create an account, who must agree to these terms on their behalf. Member account, password, and securityYou are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of the password and for all activities that occur under your account. We are not responsible for any loss or damage resulting from failure to comply with this section. Member conductYou agree that all comments, text, and other electronic data, materials or content that are transmitted to or via the website are the sole responsibility of the person who submitted the content to Tethered by Letters and/or the website. This means that you, and not Tethered by Letters, are entirely responsible for all user content that you upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise send us via the services. Tethered by Letters does not control the user content posted and is not responsible for its accuracy or quality. You may be exposed to content that is objectionable. Tethered by Letters is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind resulting from use of user content made available by the services. You should choose the information you post carefully. You agree not to:
You may not to use the Services in order to, or in connection with, any activity which may:
You acknowledge that Tethered by Letters may or may not pre-screen user content. Tethered by Letters and its designees have the right, but not the obligation, to remove or pre-screen any user content at their absolute discretion and that Tethered by Letters has no liability or responsibility for storage or deletion of any user content. You agree that you bear all risks associated with the use of any of the user content. International nature of communicationsThe internet is an international entity and you acknowledge that User content may be transmitted outside of your local area, county, state or country, even where they appear to be internal in nature. You agree to abide by all local laws regarding transmission of electronic data outside of your local area, county, state, or country. IndemnityYou agree to indemnify Tethered by Letters (and its employees) against any and all liability, costs, damages, and losses (including legal fees incurred and any compensation paid by Tethered by Letters) incurred by Tethered by Letters as a result of your use of the Services, your connection with the Services or any actual or alleged breach by you of any of these Terms or violation of the rights of any other person. Termination and modifications of servicesYou agree that Tethered by Letters may, without prior notice, immediately terminate your account and/or access to the Services or modify the Services. You agree that Tethered by Letters shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification or termination of the Services. Content submitted or made available for inclusionWhen submitting user content, copyright on the user content remains with the author of the user content, however, by submitting user content to the website you grant Tethered by Letters the following non-exclusive, worldwide licenses, as applicable:
You may terminate this license with one (1) month's notice to Tethered by Letters. Notice should be delivered by email or post. In the case of email, this notice will be deemed to have been received on receipt of an electronic confirmation of delivery to you by Tethered by Letters. In the case of post, this notice will be deemed to have been received ten (10) business days after posting. On termination of the license, Tethered by Letters will remove the short story from the website, but may retain copies for the purposes of internal record-keeping.
Tethered by Letters may sub-license the rights granted above to any third party involved in the operation of Tethered by Letters's business and/or assign the rights granted above to any assignee of Tethered by Letters's business, without notice to you. You acknowledge that Tethered by Letters has no control over copies or use by third parties of User content (i.e., any copying or use on other websites or personal or public computers) and is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind (including, without limitation, any intellectual property infringement), resulting from use of User content made available by the services. In particular, Tethered by Letters shall not be liable to you for use by any third party of any such User content outside the scope of the license granted under the paragraph headed Limited non-commercial license to use the content of the website. You acknowledge that the user content will be subject to criticism both by Tethered by Letters and by users of the services and Tethered by Letters reserves the right to publish any criticism of the user content at its discretion and cannot guarantee that such criticism will be constructive. If you are likely to take offence at certain criticism you should not submit the user content to Tethered by Letters. ContributionsWhen submitting suggestions or ideas to Tethered by Letters via our contact form page you agree that they become the property of Tethered by Letters to use in any way whatsoever without obligation to you and you are not entitled to any compensation of any kind under any circumstances. You agree that Tethered by Letters may have similar ideas already under development. Limited non-commerical license to use the content of the websiteYou are granted a personal, limited, non-commercial, non-transferable right to access, view and use the content of the website for the purpose of reading or playing such content as short stories or games, and for posting content (in accordance with the Terms below). This limited right it for personal, non-commercial use or use by accredited, not-for-profit educational establishments for the purpose of teaching. In addition, you may print a single copy of the content for the same purposes only. In the case of accredited, not-for-profit educational establishments only, you may print one copy of the content per attending student for the same purposes only. You may not use the website content for any other purpose, nor copy, adapt, distribute, communicate or publish any such content on any other website or on any other medium, nor decompile or reverse engineer any game. You may not alter or modify any content on the website or "frame" or otherwise impose editorial comment, commercial material or any other content on, or in proximity to, content displayed on the website, or deep link to any content on the website in such a way as to remove advertising or other commercial material or circumvent any registration or payment requirements associated with that content. No resale of ServicesYou agree not to reproduce, copy, sell, trade, or exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of the services. Intellectual propertyAll contributors reserve the right to be identified as the authors of all works credited to them on the website. Content on the website and all intellectual property rights (including, without limitation, domain names, trade marks, copyright in the stories, copyright in the website design, and copyright in the images and graphics) associated with such content belong to and shall remain the property of Tethered by Letters and its licensors. You may use such content and intellectual property in accordance with these terms, only to the extent necessary to receive the Services. Claims of copyright or intellectual property infringementIf you believe that your copyright has been infringed, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should contact Tethered by Letters at our business address below or via our contact page stating: where the infringement is found on the website; your name, address, telephone number and email address; evidence that you are the owner of the copyright, or authorized to act on their behalf and that the rest of the information you provide is true. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIESTO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE AND ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK; THE WEBSITE'S SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TETHERED BY LETTERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES THAT:
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER CONTENT THAT MAY BE DEEMED OFFENSIVE, INDECENT OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE. YOU AGREE TO USE THE SERVICES AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT TETHERED BY LETTERS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU FOR CONTENT THAT MAY BE FOUND TO BE OFFENSIVE, INDECENT OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE. LIMITATION OF LIABILITYTO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER TETHERED BY LETTERS, NOR ANY OF ITS OWNERS OR EMPLOYEES WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY DAMAGES EITHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES OR FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY) RESULTING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE EVEN IF TETHERED BY LETTERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IN THE EVENT OF FAULT, TORT OR LIABILITY. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL OPERATE TO EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT TETHERED BY LETTERS'S LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE. Fiction disclaimerWith the exception of work labeled non-fiction, the characters featured in the stories on the website are completely fictional. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. No similarity to any person either living or dead is intended or should be inferred. LinksThe website may provide links to external websites or resources to which the above disclaimers also apply. You acknowledge that we have no control over and shall have no liability to you for the content or reliability of such websites or resources. AssignmentThese Terms shall apply between you and any successor in title or assignee to all or any part of Tethered by Letters's business. You agree that Tethered by Letters may assign all or part of Tethered by Letters's business to any third party. Governing law and jurisdictionThese Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of America. Entire agreementThese terms, as amended, constitute the entire understanding between you and Tethered by Letters with respect to the subject matter of these terms and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations and discussions between you and Tethered by Letters relating to it. SeverabilityIf any part or parts of these Terms are held to be legally invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Terms shall continue to apply with the offending part or parts removed. Changes to These TermsTethered by Letters reserves the right to change these Terms and by accessing or using the Services after such changes have been made, users agree to abide by such changes. Our Business Details and AddressTethered by Letters Privacy PolicyPersonal Data collected through this website is controlled by Tethered by Letters, a privately owned UK business in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. What data is collected from you?Tethered by Letters collects data in several ways: Registration: When you register for the site or during the course of your use of the site, Tethered by Letters allows you to enter an email address, a user name, and a number of other items of information. All this information is recorded by Tethered by Letters. Note that you are not required and we recommend you do not use your real name when creating a user account user name. Personal information regarding your writing and author biography will only be transmitted to other members as a part of the Coterie of Quills with permission from the user. Submissions: When you submit a piece of work to a Tethered by Letters site via email, the email address from which that story was sent and any other email addresses volunteered in the body or attachments of the email are recorded by Tethered by Letters. In addition, any other personal data volunteered in the body or attachments of the email or the submission itself may be recorded by Tethered by Letters. Comments: When you add a comment to the site, any personal data volunteered may be recorded by Tethered by Letters. Tethered by Letters recommends that you take care not to transmit personal information via these channels. Web Logs: Tethered by Letters also records information sent by your browser such as your computer's IP address, referring HTTP location, search string, time of the access, browser's time and other statistics for each page accessed. This data may be used anonymously, in an aggregated form to provide statistical information on web page usage. Tracking Services: Tethered by Letters may employ tracking services such as Quantcast or Google Analytics which also record web log information that is used anonymously, in an aggregated form to provide statistical information on web page usage. Note that this data is collected and stored by the third party. Other: Tethered by Letters may ask you for personal data at other times including, but not limited to, competitions, surveys, and correspondence with Tethered by Letters of which we may keep a record. How does Tethered by Letters use my personal data?Tethered by Letters primarily uses your personal data to administer, moderate, and maintain the website and the services available through or in connection with the website. Any of the data collected including but not limited to an individual's or aggregate data about Tethered by Letters services, private messages, or comments may be used for the purpose of moderation of the site, regardless of the original purpose of the data. Tethered by Letters may also hold personal data for internal record-keeping and, where needed, may use personal data to protect or enforce its legal rights, and to comply with its legal obligations. More detail on Tethered by Letters's use of specific categories of data is as follows: Anonymous, Aggregated Data: Tethered by Letters may use aggregated and statistical data to analyze website usage. Tethered by Letters may disclose anonymous, aggregate data about its services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties. Author Data: Where users submitting work to a Tethered by Letters website volunteer biographical data about themselves in emails relating to submissions, Tethered by Letters will make this data available to the users of its sites by publishing it on a relevant site page. Should the submitter request that this biographical data be removed or withheld, Tethered by Letters will make every reasonable attempt to comply with the submitter's wishes. Submitters should note that, although data published on the website can be removed from the website itself, Tethered by Letters has no control over data that has been downloaded and stored locally by users of the site. Email Data: Where users transmit their email address to Tethered by Letters though, for instance, registering at the site or by submitting a story, Tethered by Letters may send the user, at the submitted address, occasional information regarding, for instance, changes to the site. Users may make a request to stop receiving this information at any time by emailing Tethered by Letters. Registration Data: Any of the information users provide when registering for or using the site (with the exception of their email address and password) will be made available to other members in the Coterie of Quills only with permission from the user. Comment: Where users transmit comments to the site, Tethered by Letters makes this data available to the users of its sites by publishing it on a relevant site page. Should the submitter request that any personal data transmitted via these channels be removed or withheld, Tethered by Letters will make every reasonable attempt to comply with the submitter's wishes. Submitters should note that, although data published on the website can be removed from the website itself, Tethered by Letters has no control over data that has been downloaded and stored locally by users of the site. Where does Tethered by Letters hold my personal data and how is the security of the data protected?Tethered by Letters is committed to maintaining the security of all data that it collects. Our security policies require that critical passwords are only made available to trusted personnel. Your data may be recorded, processed, and stored by or on behalf of Tethered by Letters on secure servers and computers in the US or other countries outside of your local area, county, state or country. The laws of the countries where your data is held may not give the same level of protection to personal data as within the US, but Tethered by Letters will take steps to protect your data from loss or misuse. In addition, any data posted on the website as described above (such as author data or information submitted for publication), will be viewable by any member of the public worldwide who accesses the website via the internet. You should not send us any personal data if you object to it being held outside of your country. Will Tethered by Letters disclose my data to third parties?Tethered by Letters may make any of the data collected available to:
In addition, any data posted on the website as described above (such as author data or information submitted for publication), will be viewable by any member of the public worldwide who accesses the website via the internet. Tethered by Letters may also provide anonymous data to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, as described above. Changes to and access to your dataYou should notify us of any changes to your email address or other personal details. If you wish to access a copy of the personal data which Tethered by Letters holds about you, or if you have any queries about this privacy policy, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . |
