This educational website has been developed to promote ICT as a tool for educational improvement. Users of the site are encouraged to access these materials for educational use. Materials developed solely by the Northern Grid may be downloaded and copied for use within educational establishments in the United Kingdom.

The Northern Grid for Learning will make all efforts to provide accurate and complete information in all aspects of its educational website. However, we make no guarantee or warranty regarding the accuracy or reliability of information delivered through our website.

Some of the pages on this site may contain live references or links to information created and maintained by other organisations. Northern Grid does not accept responsibility for the contents of any other websites to which this website has links.

Copyright

Materials developed solely by the Northern Grid may be downloaded and copied for use within educational establishments in the United Kingdom.

Some materials will have joint copyright with other agencies. Use of these materials is determined by specific terms and conditions, which will be identified within each resource.

No materials on this site may be sold or altered without the permission of the Northern Grid.

Contributors to this site are responsible for checking the accuracy and appropriateness of material submitted. This includes checking and confirming the copyright of material submitted. Where original material is submitted, contributors must authorise the Northern Grid to publish these materials for use by Educational Organisations. Contributors whose material includes references or elements of content belonging to other individuals, establishments or organisations are responsible for obtaining rights. The Northern Grid accepts no responsibility for infringements of copyright made by contributors to the Northern Grid's Educational website.

Notice and Takedown Policy

If you are a right’s holder and are concerned material has been added to the site without your permission please contact us in writing and include:

• Your contact details.
• The url of where the materials were found
• Proof that you are the rights holder

Contact Details:

Northern Grid for Learning
11 Vance Business Park
Norwood Road
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear

NE11 9NE

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Northern Grid will confirm receipt of your complaint and once this is confirmed to be valid will take down the materials. The contributor of the materials will be contacted and an agreement between all parties sought.

Depending on the agreement reached the materials will be:

• Replaced on the website
• Modified and then replaced
• Removed permanently

Data Protection

The Northern Grid for Learning is registered with the Data Protection Act.

All contributors to the Northern Grid website must provide their name and email address. These will be held by the Northern Grid and used to check authenticity of contributors. In some instances, the name of contributors will be displayed within the website. Other contact details will only be displayed with permission from the originating source.

Where pupils' work is displayed, material will show the first name of the pupil and their school.

Privacy

Northern Grid will seek to securely hold any personal information submitted through the website. This information will only be knowingly disclosed when Northern Grid is obliged so to do by law enforcement or government agencies. Users should note that where offensive or inappropriate material is submitted to Northern Grid, the company reserves the right to inform an appropriate authority and to pass on the user’s personal details.

As a condition of use of its networks Northern Grid reserves the right to undertake whatever actions it considers appropriate to identify malicious or vindictive attacks on the regional broadband networks and any conduct that is otherwise deemed to be inappropriate. Should the source of any such attack or behaviour be identified, Northern Grid may without notice take appropriate legal action, take whatever practical action is necessary and inform any appropriate bodies. This may include without limitation informing law enforcement agencies and employers.

Comments Policy

Northern Grid welcomes comments from all visitors to our website. All comments are moderated before being published. When commenting you will be asked to enter your name and this will be shown on the website.

• Email Privacy: Email addresses are required for commenting, they are not shared or published on the website. Northern Grid may choose to contact the contributor via email.
• Commenter Privacy and Protection: All private and personal information posted in any comment will be deleted to protect the privacy of the contributor. To prevent such editing never share private information within the comment.
• Language and Manners: Comments that include offensive or inappropriate language will be edited or deleted. No personal attacks are permitted within comments.
• What To Do If Your Comment Does Not Appear: We expect to moderate all comments within one working day. If you leave a comment and it does not appear in a reasonable time period, and you know that it does not violate this comment policy, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• All Rights Reserved: Northern Grid reserves the right to edit, delete and move any or all comments.
• Hold Harmless: All comments within this website are the responsibility of the commenter, not Northern Grid.