Terms of Use · Sandy’s Media Hub

Effective date: 14 September 2025
Website: https://sandyscommunitycentre.com/PodCast/

1. Who We Are

The Radio Sandy’s Community Podcast (the “Project”) is a collaborative initiative operated by:

• Sandy’s Community Centre – facilities, equipment, technical hosting, CMS, website platform and monitoring.
• Castlebrae High School – content creation, student participation, CMS input, production reviewing and podcast monitoring.
• Heavy Sound – content creation, CMS input, production oversight, training, post-production and distribution.

Contact: sandyscommunitycentre@gmail.com

2. Acceptance of Terms

By using our website, CMS, forms, studio facilities, or by creating an account, you agree to these Terms and our linked policies (Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, Studio Booking Policy, Content & IP Policy, and Takedown Policy).

3. Accounts and Security

• Accounts are for members only. Admin accounts are created by superadmins and cannot be self-registered.
• You must keep your login details confidential.
• We may suspend, restrict, or terminate accounts in cases of misuse, breach of safeguarding rules, or suspected fraud.
• The CMS uses role-based access controls, secure sessions, CSRF protection, login rate limiting, and activity logging.

4. Your Content and Licence

You must hold rights or valid permissions for any content you submit. By submitting content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, adapt, publish, and distribute your content for project purposes, including our website, podcast feeds, and social media. You may request removal of your content; we will comply where feasible, but distributed copies may persist beyond our control.

5. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to:

• Upload or submit unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, or harmful content.
• Upload or distribute malware, malicious code, or attempt to bypass security controls.
• Record, publish, or distribute contributions without appropriate consent, especially for minors.
• Use the studio for unlawful, unsafe, or abusive activity.

6. Our Materials

All site/CMS code, branding, design, and materials are owned by the partners or licensed to us. You may not copy, reverse engineer, or reuse our systems beyond what is permitted by law.

7. Service Changes

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue features of the website, CMS, or studio at any time (including maintenance). Any material changes to these Terms will be notified through the site or CMS.

8. Liability

The website and CMS are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all implied warranties. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential losses, including data loss, downtime, or reliance on third-party services.

9. Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of Scotland. The courts of Edinburgh shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute.