Terms and Conditions
Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement applies to the Society of Genealogists web site (www.sog.org.uk) and our on-line OnlineShop, Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd. It does not cover any other site, or any site that we link to.
The Society of Genealogists web site does capture personal information about our visitors You may choose to give us personal information, such as your name and address or email id that may be needed, for example, to correspond with you or to provide you with a subscription. This information is used only for the purposes for which it is given and is not passed on to a third party.
Cookies are used in the bookshop, catalogue and quick order sections of the site for remembering the options visitors select as they navigate through the section. These cookies do not contain any personal information and will not persist for more than 15 minutes after you leave the section.
Copyright
All material, text and graphics, on the Society of Genealogists' Web site is copyright, and may not be reproduced in any medium without the express permission of the Society.
Anyone wishing to reproduce material on this site should apply to the Chief Executive. (Note that permission will not normally be given to duplicate textual material from this site elsewhere on the Web.)
Permission is granted to distribute the content of the following pages in printed form:
- The Calendar of Events for the current year
- Contacting the Society
- Visiting the Society
- Opening Hours
(Electronic reference to this information should always be to the relevant Web page since this is guaranteed to be authoritative and up-to-date.)
Use of the Society's Badge
The Society's Badge may not be used on a Web page without the express permission of the Society. Anyone wishing to use the Society's badge on the Web should apply to the Chief Executive.
Permission will normally be granted as long as the following conditions are met:
- It acts as a link to the Society's Web site
- It is used to link to one of:
- The Society's home page
- The home page of the Genealogists Magazine
(The badge may not be used when linking to other sub-pages within the SoG site.)
- The image is not modified in any way (apart from re-sizing using HEIGHT & WIDTH attributes)
- The filename is not altered
- The image is accessed from a copy on the linking server and not via a link to the Society's server
- The linked page does not come up in a frame which makes it appear that the SoG's Web site is part of the site providing the link.
- It is not used in such a way as to imply that the linking site or its maintainer are endorsed by the Society
- The Society is kept informed if the URL of the site changes.
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Where permission to use the badge is granted, any of these may be used.
Linking to the Society's Web site
The Society welcomes links to its Web site, and does not expect you to ask permission to do so. However, you are requested to:
- ensure that links to the SoG Web site do not make it appear in a frame
- check links regularly to ensure that they remain correct
- ensure that the link is not used to imply that the linking site or its maintainer are endorsed by the Society.
In particular, members of the Society are reminded that the Society's regulations require that
- No Member of the Society shall use the fact of Membership or Fellowship to imply competence or proficiency in genealogical or associated skills nor to derive professional or financial advantage. Members shall not use the letters M.S.G. or any alternative thereto.
In general it is intended that the filenames and locations of pages on the site should remain stable