Terms & Conditions

The Nairnshire Community Newspaper

Privacy Notice

Registered name: Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO (charity no. SC053080)

Welcome to The Nairnshire Community Newspaper website https://nairnshire.com [“website”], owned and made available by Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO a charity registered under no. SC053080 SCIO ("us", 'we", "our"). Please read these terms and conditions before using this website.

Conditions of use

By using this website, you certify that you have read and reviewed this Agreement and that you agree to comply with its terms. If you do not want to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, you are advised to stop using the website. Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO only grants use and access of this website, its products, and its services to those who have accepted its terms.

Before you continue using our website, we advise you to read our privacy policy (available on this website) regarding our user data collection. It will help you better understand our practices.

Age restriction

You must be at least 18 (eighteen) years of age before you can subscribe to this website. By subscribing to this website, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and you may legally adhere to this Agreement. Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO assumes no responsibility for liabilities related to age misrepresentation.

Subscriptions and accounts

If you wish to subscribe to this website (for example, to access paid Content), you will be asked to register with us and create an account. This will involve providing personal information such as your name and contact details. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of this information, and you are responsible for maintaining the safety and security of your identifying information. You are also responsible for all activities that occur under your account or password.

You can update your preferences and personal information by logging into your account and navigating to Account Settings.

You can view and manage the subscriptions you’ve purchased in My Subscriptions. Subscriptions run for 12 months from date of purchase and fees paid are non refundable. Subscriptions do not renew automatically.

If you would like to cancel your account, please let us know using the Contact form on this website. We reserve all rights to terminate accounts, edit or remove content and cancel subscriptions at our sole discretion.

If you think there are any possible issues regarding the security of your account on the website, inform us immediately so we may address them accordingly.

Intellectual property

Content provided on this website [“the Content”] includes, but is not limited to: digital editions of the newspaper; photographs; blog posts; information about us; downloadable documents; embedded code.

You agree that the Content is the property of Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO, its trustees, officers, employees, suppliers, or licensors, including all copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property.

The website is provided for personal, non-commercial use. This means you can browse, read Content, and interact with the site for your own enjoyment and information, but you cannot use it for business purposes or to generate revenue. You agree that you will not reproduce or redistribute the Content in any way, including electronic, digital, or new trademark registrations.

Submitted material and our editorial rights

You are responsible for material you post or submit and you understand that by doing so you intend it to be published on the website and/or in the newspaper. Such material may include without limitation articles, photographs, artwork, what’s on information, adverts, comments. You give us free of charge the non-exclusive, sub-licensable right to edit, delete, copy, translate, create derivative works from, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, make available to the public or otherwise use and re-use material contributed by you (or not use it) on the website, in the newspaper (printed & digital format) and on our social media channels.

For issues regarding intellectual property claims, you should contact us using the details at the end of this document in order to come to an agreement.

A member of the Editorial Team always decides which content to include and always reviews material before it is published. Many of our articles are drafted and submitted by members of the public. Opinions expressed are the views of the contributors and not necessarily those of Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO, our trustees, employees or volunteers.

If you have any concerns over material on our website or in the newspaper, please contact us using the details at the end of this document.

Applicable law

By using this website, you agree that the laws of the Scotland, without regard to principles of conflict laws, will govern these terms and conditions, or any dispute of any sort that might come between Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO and you, or its business partners and associates.

Disputes

Any dispute related in any way to your use of this website or to products you purchase from us shall be arbitrated by the courts of Scotland and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO and its affiliates and hold Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO harmless against legal claims and demands that may arise from your use or misuse of our services. We reserve the right to select our own legal counsel.

Limitation on liability

Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO is not liable for any damages that may occur to you as a result of your misuse of our website.

We accept no liability with respect to any of the products, information, material or services offered or provided by other organisations included within the online newspapers available on this website, nor do we endorse any of those organisations or any of their products or services. Should you decide to contract with any of these organisations, the contract will be directly between you and the relevant organisation. We will have no contractual involvement, and will not be liable in contract or otherwise for any products, information, materials or services provided to you by any of these organisations.

The online newspapers available on this website include links to websites provided by third party organisations. We accept no liability for such websites and should you choose to use them, you do so at your own risk.

Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO reserves the right to edit, modify, and change this Agreement at any time. Please check this website regularly for updates. We shall let our subscribers know of any changes through email. This Agreement is an understanding between Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO and the user, and this supersedes and replaces all prior agreements regarding the use of this website.

How to Contact Us

By post:

Nairnshire Community Newspaper SCIO

79A High Street

Nairn

IV12 4BW

United Kingdom

By email: hello@nairnshire.org

Via this website: using the Contact form

Last updated: 22 June 2025