Acceptable Use Policy

ST ANDREW’S WEBSITE: ACCEPTABLE USE PROTOCOL

Before you can be granted permission to create and upload documents and images to any part of the St Andrew’s website, the PCC asks that you read through this protocol and return a signed copy to the church office. A breach of this protocol could lead to your permissions being withdrawn or, more seriously, to damage to the worshipping community or to the church’s reputation.

The Council is keen to enable many people to contribute to a lively website which reflects the huge diversity of our church’s life. The home page, especially, which is viewable by anyone surfing the internet anywhere in the world and to which you can link your folders if you choose, needs to be useful to people looking for information and attractive to those who might be thinking of worshipping with us. You will appreciate that the Council needs to guard against anything inappropriate or inconsistent with St Andrew’s values and standards appearing on its website.

No material of any kind, whether uploaded or posted directly to the website at any level, may contain anything offensive, derogatory, or critical of any member of St Andrew’s or of any of its ministries.

No material linked to the front page may contain any personal information or images without the express, written consent (email will suffice) of the person(s) concerned. The Data Protection Act contains clear guidelines on what personal information may be kept or displayed. If you are in any doubt, contact the office for guidance.

Please think carefully when uploading your material whether it should be restricted to certain members of St Andrew’s; to the membership as a whole; or, via the link to the front page, to the general public. If you decide to link your material to the front page, please email a copy to the church office for information.