Terms and conditions

Nacro makes every possible effort to ensure that the information published on its websites is accurate and up to date, but does not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions and reserves the right to make amendments at any time and without prior notice.

Use of any of Nacro's websites is provided by Nacro subject to the following terms and conditions.

Your use constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions as at the date of your first use of the site.

Nacro reserves the rights to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified.

You agree to use the 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.

The sites and the information, names, images, pictures, logos regarding or relating to Nacro are provided 'as is' without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. In no event will Nacro be liable to 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.

Nacro does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in the sites 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.

Copyright restrictions

Commercial use or publication of all or any item displayed is strictly prohibited without prior authorisation from Nacro with the exception of news releases and event information. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence by Nacro to use any item displayed.

Documents or parts of documents may be copied for personal use only on the condition that copyright or source indications are also copied, and no modifications are made.

Photographs are posed by models and no connection or identification with the accompanying text should be construed.

Any communication or material that you transmit to, or post on, any public area of the sites including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary information.

These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If these terms and conditions are not accepted in full, the use of the sites must be terminated immediately.

Links

Nacro provides hypertext links to third party websites for the convenience of users at its discretion. By linking to these websites Nacro in no way endorses the contents, views or information held on such sites.

Nacro is not responsible for any loss, additional costs or damage howsoever arising, suffered as a result of using the hyperlinks provided to third party websites.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

These terms and conditions for website use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Please also refer to our comments policy, copyright statement and privacy policy for additional terms that will apply in relation to your use of the website.

Accessibility

It is important to us that everyone viewing the website can do so easily. To increase or decrease text size: For Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox users: Use the View > Text Size options in the browser menu. For Apple Safari users: Use the Safari > Preferences > Appearance options in the browser menu.

Our audiences
The site is designed to be inclusive of a diverse range: service users, referrers, policymakers, partner organisations, families of service users. This website should be on the NOMS approved list of websites, so staff with Internet access within prisons should be able to view it. If you are having difficulties please contact us at rsfinder@nacro.org.uk.

How do I get back to this site if I leave it?
The address of our site is http://www.rsfinder.info. If you want to come back to this site at any time, type in the address in the browser address bar and press enter. To save you doing this more than once, add this page to your Favourites (in Internet Explorer click on Favourites > add to favourites > and then name the page something that you will remember like Nacro RS Finder). If you are using Netscape Navigator - go to Bookmarks. This works in the same way as Favourites.

What are PDFs and how do I read them?
PDF stands for Portable Document File. It's an established way of publishing documents on the web while retaining their original printed design look. You need a plug-in called Adobe Acrobat to read these files. This is available to download free of charge at http://www.adobe.co.uk/support/new.html

How can I view a Word file if I don't have Microsoft Word software?
Microsoft has made a free Word Viewer available to download at http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/ In the Download Centre select Product (Word), Version (2000) and put a tick in the box marked Converters and Viewers. Click on the "Update List" button. When the list appears scroll down to find the Word 97/2000 Viewer (Word 2000) and choose the one that best suits your PC's operating system (either Windows 95/98/NT or 3.x). Then click on the "Download Now" option. My browser is out of date - how can I update it?: This site is designed to be viewed using version 6.0 and above of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The latest versions can be downloaded free of charge from: http://www.microsoft.com/

More online help
Visit the BBC's site at http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/

Complaints policy

Any complaints about this website should be emailed to rsfinder@nacro.org.uk

Comments policy

Any comments submitted to Nacro's websites will be checked by a site administrator. Comments that are submitted for posting on the site will be posted within one working day and will not be edited (except for comments which contravene this comments policy, which will not be posted).

By submitting a comment to this site you agree to comply with the following code of conduct.

Identification: When you leave a comment on this website you must provide your real name, job title and organisation. This will be displayed alongside your comment when it is published on the website. You must not represent yourself as any other person.

Conduct and respect: You must ensure that your comment is relevant to the topic under discussion. You must always be civil and respectful to other website users and must not submit any comment that is likely to deceive, upset or annoy any other person. The use of swear words or other profanities will not be accepted. We also recommend that you disclose any relevant interests (eg, political, commercial) that you hold.

Advertising and promotion: Your comment must not contain advertising or promotional material, except when it is for an event, publication or similar product that has direct relevance to the topic being discussed, and where the placing of such advertisement or promotional material has been approved by us in writing in advance.

Legal liability: You are legally liable for the content of comments that you submit to this site. Your comment must not contain material that is obscene, offensive, defamatory or otherwise illegal. This includes material that promotes violence, sexually explicit material, or material, which promotes discrimination on any grounds. You must not submit any material, which, if used or reproduced by us, could give rise to any third party claims. You must not post on the website any material which has been disclosed to you in confidence or which compromises the privacy of anyone other than yourself. By submitting a comment to this website, you warrant that we are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any material posted by you or any other user of our site and you agree to indemnify us and our project partners from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal fees) which arise from your comments or any other material you submit to the site.

We have the right (but not the obligation) to edit or remove comments at our sole discretion without the need to give any reason for doing so.

In submitting comments to this website, you grant Nacro the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted right and license to use, and reproduce such content (including the right to sub-license).

Please let us know if you find and comment to be objectionable by emailing rsfinder@nacro.org.uk

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