LEGAL AND PRIVACY POLICY

We welcome you to our website, Lapratt.org. Through this website Lapratt.org brings you information and interactivity with other users and the island republic of Trinidad & Tobago. However, before you use this website, there are a few legal notices (“Legal Notice”) we would like you to read:

A. USER AGREEMENT

Using this website indicates your consent to and agreement to be bound by this Legal Notice and any policies or practices contained therein.

B. PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy and the integrity of any information you provide us are important to us. As a result, we have created the following policy, developed pursuant to the Data Protection Act 1998 – Section 25, enacted on March 1 2000 (the “Privacy Act”).

SCOPE

This policy applies to the Lapratt.org website only. It is designed to inform you of how and why Lapratt.org gathers personal and non-personal information about you.

This website is connected by “hyperlinks” to other websites. We are not responsible in any way for the privacy practices on other websites and suggest that you review the privacy policies on those linked websites before using them.

WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU

We are accountable for our privacy practices on this website. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the privacy practices on this website, please address them, in writing to the following e-mail address: admin@lapratt.org

OUR INFORMATION PRACTICES

We cannot collect personally identifiable information from you without your consent. By voluntarily providing this personal information to us, including by sending us a comment or suggestion, by participating in our chatroom, and by participating by submitting Articles and comments to said Articles, you will be consenting to the collection use and distribution of your personal information by Lapratt.org for purposes of running the site. You are under no obligation to provide us with this information and can access many aspects of the website without providing us any personal information. By volunteering this personal information you are also agreeing to its collection and use for the purposes stated below.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM YOU

We will use the personal information collected in the following ways:

• To allow you to interact with our website.
• To allow you to interact with other users of this website.
• To keep aggregate information on website use.
• To analyze the demographics of website visitors.
• To respond to your comments or concerns.

We will not sell personal information, nor will we distribute it to third parties. We cannot control what third parties shall do with your information, should you provide them with such via this website (through articles, comments or private messages).

Personally identifiable information or personal information is information that identifies you, as an individual, and includes things such as your home address, home telephone number, and e-mail address.

In addition, Lapratt.org collects non-personally identifiable information, which is information that does not identify you personally, but becomes available to us as a result of your visit to our website. This information includes:

• Your IP address, a number automatically assigned to your computer or network when you visit the website. Our server logs your IP address.
• Your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
• Your Web Browser.

One way we use this non-personal information is as a diagnostic and administrative tool for identifying system problems and administering the website.

We also use cookies on this website. Cookies are small text files that your web browser leaves on your hard drive to recognize you as a repeat user of our website, and track your use of our website. This allows for personalization of certain aspects of your visit to our site. If you do not want cookies to be used, you should access the features of your web browser for the procedure to disable the cookies. We cannot guarantee the site will run acceptably for you without the use of cookies.

OPTING OUT OR MODIFYING YOUR INFORMATION:

You can change or modify information previously provided to us by editing your profile under “Profile” on the Forum.

SAFEGUARDS WE HAVE IN PLACE

We understand that personal information over the internet is particularly vulnerable to unauthorized access, and to use or destruction of personal information. To this end, Lapratt.org employs reasonable managerial and technical measures to ensure that your information is secure.

OUR COMMITMENT TO OPENNESS

Lapratt.org is committed to making our policies regarding collection and use of information readily available to you. In the near future, Lapratt.org may post further information about its privacy policy.

CHILDREN

Minors in or out of Trinidad & Tobago can only use this website with the approval of a parent or guardian. We understand that some materials contained within the site, such as Articles or messages in the Forum, may be offensive to some. We ask that you understand that the website itself is driven by opinion and interaction. If at any time you find yourself grossly offended by such content, kindly inform us of such via an e-mail to admin@lapratt.org.

C. PERMITTED USE

Any names, titles, logos and designs displayed on the website that contain Lapratt.org names, titles, logos, or brands are the exclusive property and trademarks of Lapratt.org.

The contents of this website are the property of or are licensed to Lapratt.org and are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under British copyright law.

We at Lapratt.org often allow you to distribute information contained in the website to other private persons. You may only copy any material on this website for your own personal and non-commercial use, or to share with a peer. Any other use or reproduction of this website, in whole or in part, will be considered to be a violation of Lapratt.org‘s intellectual property rights.

D. DISCLAIMER

You are visiting this website at your own risk. Lapratt.org, its affiliates and hosts, shall not be responsible for any damages of any nature arising out of or relating to the use of this website or any hyperlinked website.

By visiting this website you are agreeing to save said bodies from any damages, actions or causes of actions that may now or hereinafter arise out of your use of the website.

Further, you agree that this website and the information contained on it is provided to you “as is”, and agree that Lapratt.org makes available to you this website and the information contained on it without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of timeliness, merchantability, fitness or non-infringement.

Further, Lapratt.org does not represent warrant or endorse the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of any information, content, views, opinions, recommendations or advertisements contained on, distributed through or accessed from any of the services contained on this website. Lapratt.org does not represent, warrant or endorse any product, information or material that is displayed, purchased or obtained by you as a result of an announcement or advertisement or any other information or offer displayed displayed by third parties on this website.

E. JURISDICTION

The internet is international, however, Lapratt.org is administered in Trinidad and Tobago. Consequently, by visiting this website you agree that in all matters relating to this website you shall be governed by the laws of the Trinidad and Tobago, as applicable, and further, that you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Trinidad and Tobago.

You may not use this website if law prohibits you from doing so in the country in which you reside.

F. SUBMISSIONS

Lapratt.org welcomes your input and will consider all ideas and suggestions. When you submit an idea or suggestion you do so without monetary compensation, at any time and in any manner from Lapratt.org.

Lapratt.org does not condone any lewd, defamatory, or discriminatory submissions and will reserve the right to pull any such submissions from the website..

We remind you to check this legal notice from time to time as it may change without notice.

BY CONTINUING TO USE THIS WEBSITE YOU ARE AGREEING TO ABIDE BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS LEGAL NOTICE.