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The energyrethinking.org website is operated by Burson-Marsteller Ltd. (“Burson-Marsteller”) in cooperation with The Royal Dutch Shell Group and other partners that may subsequently be added, based on the enclosed below Terms & Conditions.

Legal notice

By accessing, using and contributing to energyrethinking.org you agree to be bound by the below Terms & Conditions, which shall take effect immediately on your first visit to energyrethinking.org. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following Terms & Conditions please do not access, use and/or contribute to energyrethinking.org.

These Terms & Conditions may change from time to time and so you should check them regularly. Your continued access to, use of and contribution to energyrethinking.org will be deemed as acceptance of the updated or amended Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using this website.

The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Burson-Marsteller and any other company.

Use of energyrethinking.org

You agree to use energyrethinking.org only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of energyrethinking.org. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person or organisation, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within energyrethinking.org.

You agree that you will not:

• tamper in any way with the software or functionality of the energyrethinking.org website, including, but not limited to, transmitting or posting any software or other materials to the energyrethinking.org website that contains viruses, time bombs, Trojan horses, worms cancelbots or other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with, intercept or expropriate any system, data, personal data or information;
• create a database by systematically downloading and storing all or any of the information on the energyrethinking.org website;
• use information gathered from or in connection with energyrethinking.org for chain letters, research study, survey solicitations, junk mail, “spamming” or “SPAM”, commercial or non-commercial solicitations, or bulk communications of any kind, including but not limited to distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such list;
• harvest or collect information about visitors to energyrethinking.org without their express consent;
• restrict or inhibit any other visitor from using energyrethinking.org, including, but not limited to, by means of hacking, denial of service attacks or defacing a portion of energyrethinking.org.

Trademarks

Both “Burson-Marsteller” and “energyrethinking” service marks, design rights, patents, names, images, logos are the property of Burson-Marsteller and shall remain vested in Burson-Marsteller. Users are not permitted to use any of these intellectual property rights without the prior written consent of Burson-Marsteller. All other trademarks mentioned on the energyrethinking.org website are the property of their respective owners and users are not permitted to use these without the written consent of their respective owners.

“Shell” and the “Shell pecten” are registered trademarks owned by Shell Brands International AG and/or its affiliates.

The names, images and logos identifying the energyrethinking.org website or third parties (i.e. parties different from the Burson-Marsteller or cooperating organisations, including The Royal Dutch Shell Group and other partners that may subsequently be added) and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trademarks of the energyrethinking.org website or third parties. Nothing contained in these Terms & Conditions shall be construed as conferring any licence or right to use any trade mark, design right or copyright of the energyrethinking.org website or any other third party.

Contributions to the energyrethinking.org website

By contributing any material to energyrethinking.org, you, as a contributor, agree to abide by our Editorial Guidelines and Privacy Policy.

Any message posted on the website expresses only the views of the author of that message and does not necessarily reflect our views, our partners’ views or the views of any other person contributing to the website.

All posted comments and user generated media content (UGC) flagged-up by users for our attention will be checked by Burson-Marsteller for compliance with our Editorial Guidelines, Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. We reserve the right at any time and without notice to refuse or remove any UGC submitted.

Content Standards

When posting contributions to the website, you, as contributor, must comply with the spirit of the following standards. These standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.

• Accuracy – We ask that all contributions to the site are well-sourced, based on sound evidence, thoroughly tested and presented in clear, precise language. We commit to being honest and open about what we don’t know and avoid unfounded speculation, and encourage contributors to the website to do the same. As managers of the website we will take particular vigilance in ensuring that all content posted to it is correct and helpful for visitors looking to find further information or get involved in the energy debate. We will aim to achieve accuracy by:
  • the accurate gathering of material using first hand sources wherever possible.
  • checking and cross checking the facts of content posted on the site.
  • validating the authenticity of documentary evidence and digital material.
  • corroborating claims and allegations made by contributors wherever possible.
• Contributions to the Forum must:
  • be accurate (where they state facts);
  • be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and
  • comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.
• Contributions to the Forum must not:
  • be defamatory (a defamatory comment is one that may damage the reputation of a person or organisation);
  • be in contempt of Court (i.e. your contribution must not contain anything that risks prejudicing current or forthcoming Court proceedings);
  • be threatening, abusive, harassing or invasive of a person’s privacy;
  • be sexist, racist, profane, blasphemous, homophobic, xenophobic, or otherwise discriminatory and/or offensive;
  • promote violence or advocate, condone or assist any unlawful act;
  • describe violent intentions towards other people or organisations;
  • be pornographic, sexually explicit, obscene or lewd;
  • be used to impersonate any person or to misrepresent your identity;
  • infringe any copyright, database right, trade mark or any other intellectual property, confidentiality or privacy rights of any person or organisation; and
  • otherwise violate any law.
• In addition, your contribution must not post a link to a website that contains, or directly links to, material that contravenes any of these standards. In particular, you must not post a link to:
  • offensive material (pornographic, discriminatory or gratuitously violent); and
  • unlawful material (such as material that condones or encourages unlawful acts, breaches intellectual property law or encourages others to do so, hacks or causes technical disruption to online services or describes how to conduct an unlawful act).

Etiquette

• Contributors to the website should treat each other with respect, recognising their right to freedom of opinion and expression.
• Do not use multiple logins. Anyone found continuing to use multiple logins after a written warning from us will have their profiles suspended.

Advertising, promotion and commerce

• Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes and solicitations are unacceptable entries on energyrethinking.org.
• You may not use the website for commercial purposes or for making a profit or for a profitable venture.

User generated audio-visual content

• All user generated audio-visual content should conform to the following standards:
  • If the content is made by someone else, you must have that person/organisation’s permission for it to be used on energyrethinking.org. Submission of the content to the website constitutes your acknowledgement that you possess all appropriate permissions;
  • Audio-visual content should comply with the Content Standards set out above;
  • You should not endanger yourself or others in the making of your content;
  • Audio-visual content should not breach copyright. You should not make unauthorised use of trademarks, logos or any other protected content owned by a third-party. Unofficial use will disqualify your content from being shown;
  • You must get permission from the people you record. If you are recording children, get permission from their parents or guardians as well as them. Submission of content to the website constitutes your acknowledgement that you possess all appropriate permissions.
  • Contributors submitting media content to the website should not place themselves in danger while creating their material or expose themselves unnecessarily to unassessed and inappropriate risks.

Liability

• We accept no liability for any material submitted by visitors to energyrethinking.org and we are not responsible for its content or accuracy.
• No reliance should be placed on the information found on the forum, and no liability is to arise as a result of such reliance.
• You, the contributor, agree that you are solely responsible for the content of your messages, videos, sound-bites and stills and that you will not hold us responsible for any claim based upon the appearance and/or transmission of your submission.
• Any message posted on the website expresses only the views of the author of that message and does not necessarily reflect our views or the views of any other person on the website.
• Any failure to remove particular material from the website does not constitute an endorsement or acceptance of it by us.
• In relation to individuals accessing and using the energyrethinking.org website as consumers, by submitting your contribution to the website you guarantee that such contribution is in full compliance at all times with the above Content Standards, the Terms & Conditions, Copyright Notice, Editorial Guidelines, Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. You also agree that Burson-Marsteller, The Royal Dutch Shell Group or any other partners that may subsequently be added, will not be responsible for your – the individual’s – actions, and thus will not be liable to any legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be awarded as a result of your breach of this warranty. You also agree that Burson-Marsteller, The Royal Dutch Shell Group or any new partner that may subsequently be added be held liable for any loss or damage that may result to you or a third party in anyway in connection with the use or inability to use or as a result of use of the energyrethinking.org website, any website linked to the energyrethinking.org website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the energyrethinking.org website.
• In relation to companies and business entities accessing and using the energyrethinking.org website, by submitting your contribution to the website you warrant that such contribution is in full compliance at all times with the above Content Standards, Terms & Conditions, Copyright Notice, Editorial Guidelines, Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. You also agree that Burson-Marsteller, The Royal Dutch Shell Group or any new partner that may subsequently be added shall not be held liable for any loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including but without limitation any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss or damage, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data or loss or damages arising from or connect in any way to business interruption and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise) in anyway in connection with the use or inability to use or as a result of use of the energyrethinking.org website, any website linked to the energyrethinking.org website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the energyrethinking.org website. You agree to indemnify and hold each of Burson-Marsteller, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors and employees, partners (including, without limit, The Royal Dutch Shell Group) harmless from any claims, demands, damages, losses, costs including reasonable legal fees, or other expenses, made by any third party due to or arising directly or indirectly out of your use of energyrethinking.org, the violation of these Terms and Conditions, the Terms of Use, the Editorial Guidelines and the Privacy Policy by you, or the infringement or violation by you, or any other member or user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

External links

• We will not be held responsible for the availability or content of any external websites or material visitors access through our site.
• If visitors decide to access any linked site, they do so at their own risk and it is their responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements.
• We do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, services or information on or available from third party websites or material.

Data protection

• We reserve the right to reveal any information we may know about visitors to comply with any legal obligations. Burson-Marsteller will only use data in accordance with the website’s Privacy Policy. For further information please refer to our Privacy Policy.

If you are under 18

• If you are under 18 then you must get a parent or guardian’s permission before taking part in contributing content to energyrethinking.org.
• We advise parents and guardians who permit their children to use the website to communicate with their children about their safety online.
• In particular, children should never reveal any personal information about themselves or anyone else (for example, full name, telephone number, home address or email address).

Personal details/identity/privacy

• Visitors and users of energyrethinking.org must create and use a secure password and must not share this password with anyone else.
• When using the website, please do not provide personal details, either your own or those of someone else.
• Impersonation or adopting an inappropriate or offensive user name will not be accepted on the site.
• Be aware at all times that this is a public site and anybody can read your entries.
• Assume that what you publish on the Web is permanent. Anyone on the internet can easily print out a submission or save it to a computer.

General

• If any of these Terms & Conditions are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms & Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these Terms & Conditions and the remaining Terms & Conditions shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.
• The failure or delay of Burson-Marsteller to exercise or enforce any right in these Terms & Conditions does not waive our right to enforce that right.
• These Terms & Conditions and any non-contractual obligations arising out of them shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes.

Warranty of information

As manager of energyrethinking.org Burson-Marsteller commits to posting accurate information on the website and avoiding unfounded speculation. We ask that all contributors to the website do the same.

While we encourage honesty and accuracy in terms of the information being posted on energyrethinking.org, we do not accept liability for any material submitted by visitors and we are not responsible for its content or accuracy. No reliance should be placed on information posted by visitors to energyrethinking.org, and no liability is to arise as a result of such reliance.

We will do our best to respond to complaints in terms of posted content and aim to remove inaccurate or offensive content promptly from the website.

Registration to energyrethinking.org

Visitors who would like to open an account with energyrethinking.org will be asked to provide some personal information and set up a secure password, which should not be shared with anyone else. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your registration or password.

Please note that we ask for your email address when you post a comment. This is optional. This will not be published but may be used to contact you in relation to your comment. We will not use it for any other purposes without your permission, unless we are requested to do so by law.

Complaints procedure

If you would like to contact Burson-Marsteller to file a complaint or inform them of any abuse on energyrethinking.org, please contact Burson-Marsteller, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2PX or e-mail us at info@energyrethinking.org

Service access

Burson-Marsteller endeavours to ensure that the website is available 24 hours a day. Access to the website may be suspended temporarily without notice in the event of a system failure, maintenance or repair. Burson-Marsteller will not be held liable in cases when the website is unavailable.

Contact Burson-Marsteller or the alliance of cooperating organisations about these Terms & Conditions at Level 6 South, Central St Giles, 1 St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8AG or e-mail us at info@energyrethinking.org