Website terms and conditions
By accessing this website, you are agreeing to comply with the terms and conditions below. If you do not
agree to these terms, please do not use our website.
Availability
The Music Service shall not be liable if the website is unavailable at any time or for any period. You may
only use our website and the services available through it for lawful purposes. You are also responsible for
ensuring that any persons who access the website through your internet connection are aware of these
terms and comply with them.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded on to your computer when you access certain
websites. In general, cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s computer. They are typically used to
keep track of the settings you have selected and actions you have taken on a website.
Our website uses cookies. These may be ‘first-party’ (placed and used by us) or ‘third-party’ (placed and used by a third-party company such as Google). It is important to note that Shropshire Music Service cannot access third-party cookies. Our website platform uses essential cookies for important reasons, such as:
- To provide a satisfactory experience for our visitors and customers, including access to services
- To identify registered members (users registered to our website) and keep them signed in
- To monitor and analyse the performance, operation, and effectiveness of the platform
- To ensure the platform is secure and safe to use
Our website features a ‘cookie banner’ which gives you the opportunity to accept or decline non-essential
cookies. It is possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s
cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and understand how to
manage, delete and block them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that
deleting cookies, disabling future cookies, or tracking technologies may prevent you from accessing certain
areas or features of our site or services, or may otherwise adversely affect your user experience.
Website content
All content including learning resources on the website belongs to Shropshire Music Service, or its
licensors, and is protected by copyright laws. Our content is intended for your personal, non-commercial
use. No content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, sold, or
distributed in any way without express written consent in advance.
Mailing list
We may give you the option to subscribe to a mailing list. Your use of any information received through an
email, postal or other type of service will be subject to these terms. We will process any information you
provide to us in line with our privacy policy.
Hacking and other offences
You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, it’s platform, or any database connected
to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer
Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement. In the event of such a
breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage
caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may
infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of
our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
Children
We advise parents to discuss online safety with their children. Our privacy policy is available in a format
suitable for students.
Third-party sites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites operated outside of our control. These links are
provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only. They do not constitute an endorsement or
an approval by the Music Service of any of the products, services, or opinions of the organisations or
individuals. The Music Service accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of external
sites or for that of subsequent links.
Privacy policy
The information that you provide about yourself to the Music Service will only be used by us in accordance
with our privacy policy.
Third-party copyright
Some of the content used on our website (such as, but not limited to, images and/or audio-visual material)
are copyrighted works which belong to and are supplied by third parties, who reserve all their rights in such
content
