The following terms and conditions (“Terms”) apply to our provision and your use, as a registered member of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK (“CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member”), of the information, services and materials through the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Community Website (“CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Website”).

These terms should read in conjunction with our privacy and cookies policies.

Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing the website (by whatever means or device) and using the online content provided by this site you agree that you have read, understood and agreed to these terms and the privacy policy whether you are a visitor or a registered member. If you do not agree to these terms you must stop using the website immediately.


  1. About Us

    1. In these terms, references to “we” or “us” are to CS4S Teachers Network.

    2. This website is operated by CS4S Teachers Network.

    3. CS4S Teachers Network registered address is 503 Queen Street West, Hastings, Hawke’s Bay 4122 and is a registered charity: No CC54260.

    4. ‘Website’ refers to the sites published under the following domains: www.cs4strust.org.nz and www.cs4steachertalk.nz

    5. The CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Website was developed and is run on behalf of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK.

    6. If you have any questions about these terms or wish to contact us for any reason please contact us.

  2. Using the website

    1. By using this Website (either as a Visitor or a registered member), you confirm that you have read and that you are in compliance with the Guidelines, these Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy and the Cookies Policy and all applicable local, national and international laws, rules and regulations.

    2. This website is copyright of CS4S Teachers Network (CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK). Its content is copyright of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK and of contributors who have exclusively licensed such copyright to CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK.

    3. Use of the Website and access to the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member content by anyone under the age of 18 is strictly prohibited.

    4. Your use and access of this Website and the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content is subject to the following conditions (“Acceptable Use Conditions”), and you agree that failure to comply with any one of these conditions will be a breach of these Terms by you:

      1. you agree to use the Website and access the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content only for lawful purposes and in no way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;

      2. you agree not to use the Website or access the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;

      3. you agree not to distribute all or any part of the Website or CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content in any medium without the prior written consent of the author of that content, unless such distribution is offered through the functionality of the Website and permitted by these Terms including, without limitation, under section 7.10;

      4. you agree not to access the Website or CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content through any technology other than the software provided by us or enabled via API’s or other generally available third party web browsers such as Chrome, FireFox, Safari or Internet Explorer;

      5. you agree not to (and not to attempt to) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Website or features that (i) prevent or restrict use or copying of content or (ii) enforce limitations on us, the use of the Website or access to the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content;

      6. you agree not to knowingly transmit any data or send or submit any content that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, key-stroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;

      7. you agree to use the Website and access the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content in a way which does not infringe the rights of anyone else or restrict or prevent anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content.

      8. you agree not to ask for, collect or harvest any personal data of any Visitor or Registered Member of the Website;

      9. you agree not to post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to or otherwise cause us to email, transmit or otherwise distribute chain letters, surveys or studies, calls to action, junk mail, pyramid schemes, incentives (monetary or click-based), spimming or spamming, or bulk communications of any kind, whether or not for commercial or non-commercial purposes;

      10. you will not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broad CS4S Teachers Network, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any content contained on the Website (including without limitation the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content) for any purposes other than as permitted by these terms and conditions without the prior written consent of us or the prior written consent of the respective licensors/owners of the content on the Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content;

      11. you agree not to use the Website or the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair any CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK servers or the network(s) connected to these servers, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of any servers or networks connected to the Website;

      12. you agree not to use any high volume, automated, or electronic means to access the Website or the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts);

      13. you agree not to frame the Website or the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages;

      14. you agree not to access or attempt to access any other Visitor or CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member’s account or falsely state, impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent your identity or misrepresenting your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present;

      15. you agree not to force headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through the Website; and

      16. you agree not to send, knowingly receive, submit, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with these Terms (including our Privacy and Cookies Policies).

    5. You agree to comply with these Terms generally (including, without limitation paragraph 9 below) in relation to any Content (as defined in paragraph 9) provided by you in connection with the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content and in connection with the ability to post messages (as further detailed in paragraphs 9.6 to 9.8 below).

    6. You agree that you will comply with all of the other provisions of the Terms at all times during your accessing of the Website and use of the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content.

    7. We grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. We reserve the right to revoke these exceptions, either generally or in specific CS4S Teachers Networks.

    8. Automatic requesting of the web content is subject to the rules in robots.txt.

    9. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content which we provide may change from time to time without prior notice to you.

    10. Whilst we do all we can to ensure that the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content is of a high standard, you understand and acknowledge that, in using the Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content, you may be exposed to content from other CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Members that is factually inaccurate, offensive if taken out of context, indecent to certain people, or otherwise objectionable to you. We are not responsible (legally or otherwise) for any claims you may have against us in relation to this type of content.

    11. You acknowledge and agree that we may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Website, CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content (or any part of the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content) to you or to CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Members generally at our sole discretion, without prior notice to you.

    12. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that we have no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which we may suffer) of any such breach.

  3. Disclaimer of liability

    1. The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. You should not rely upon the material or information on the website as a basis for making any business, legal or any other decisions. Whilst we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such material is therefore strictly at your own risk.

    2. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK will not be liable for any false, inaccurate, inappropriate or incomplete information presented on the website.

    3. Although every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly, due to the nature of the Internet and the technology involved, CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK takes no responsibility for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues (or otherwise) beyond its control or for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of or access to, or inability to use or access this website whatsoever.

    4. Certain links in this website will lead to websites which are not under the control of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK. When you activate these you will leave the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK website. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK has no control over and accepts no liability in respect of materials, products or services available on any website which is not under the control of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK.

    5. To the extent not prohibited by law, in no circumstances shall CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage (including, without limitation, damage for loss of business or loss of profits) arising directly or indirectly from your use of or inability to use, this site or any of the material contained in it.

    6. We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage incurred by you as a result of:

      1. any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any information or advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Website or in the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content;

      2. any changes which we may make to the Website or CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content, or for any temporary interruptions in the provision of the Website or CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content;

      3. the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the Website;

      4. your failure to provide us with accurate account information;

    7. Browse our community forums and blogs but be aware that the opinions expressed by these authors and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the information supplied by members or in relation to any comments that are posted. You should bear in mind that circumstances change and that information that may have been accurate at the time of posting will not necessarily remain so. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK will not tolerate defamatory or libellous material, obscene content and abusive or intimidating comments. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK may monitor all member contributions on this website and may remove any material from the website at its sole discretion, without warning and without prejudice to any other accrued rights.

    8. These disclaimers and exclusions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with New Zealand law.

    9. Liability is not limited by the above disclaimers in relation to death or personal injury arising from negligence on the part of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK.

    10. Whilst precautions are taken to detect computer viruses and ensure security, CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK cannot guarantee that the website is virus-free and secure. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK shall not be liable for any loss or damage which may occur as a result of any virus or breach of security.

    11. Whilst making every attempt to secure personal data, CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond the control of the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK.

  4. Use of cookies

    1. Some of our web pages use cookies. A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.

    2. When you access our website or login to our secure area we send you an encrypted session cookie. A session cookie is a temporary cookie that only remains in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site. This cookie is used to validate your access to different parts of the site.

    3. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help this website analyse how users use the site.

    4. Disabling/ Enabling Cookies

      1. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you will not be able to login to the website if cookies are disabled. You can also manually remove cookies from your system. For more information on disabling and enabling cookies you should search for or lookup ‘Cookies’ in your Operating System Documentation.

    5. Cookies set by us

      1. When you access our website or login to our secure area we send you an encrypted session cookie. A session cookie is a temporary cookie that only remains in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site. This cookie is used to validate your access to different parts of the site.

  5. Privacy Policy

    1. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK recognises that your privacy is important to you. CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK and its subsidiaries e.g. CS4S TEACHERS TALK are committed to respecting your online privacy. We will apply appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information you share with us. The information you submit will be kept confidential and with the highest standards of security once it reaches our server. The information you provide will be entered onto a database and processed by CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK in accordance with current legislation.

    2. Personal data that we collect, use, store and share (when appropriate) about CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK members includes but is not restricted to:

If you would like to make a request please contact our data protection officer.

  1. Under data protection law, individuals have certain rights regarding how their personal data is used and kept safe, including the right to:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our data protection officer.


Copyright

  1. It is our policy that any content included on the Website that infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party will be removed from the Website as soon as possible after we are made aware of such infringement。

  2. If you are the owner of intellectual property rights, or are authorised to act on behalf of an owner, or authorised to act under any exclusive right, report any alleged infringements of your intellectual property rights taking place on or through the Website by emailing a Copyright Infringement Notice to contact@cs4strust.org.nz, containing details outlined in section 6.4.

  3. We will take whatever action, in our sole discretion, we deem appropriate, including the removal of the challenged content

  4. When you notify us in accordance with paragraph 6.2, your written notice must contain the following:

    1. a statement telling us you believe that you have found content on the Website which you believe infringes your intellectual property rights;

    2. which country your intellectual property rights apply to;

    3. the title of the content concerned and the full URL for access to that content;

    4. a statement explaining how the content infringes your intellectual property rights;

    5. your mailing address, telephone number and email address so that we can contact you;

    6. a statement that the information contained in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner of the intellectual property rights or have an exclusive right in law to bring infringement proceedings in respect of its use; and

    7. your signature (an electronic signature is sufficient).

  1. We will, acting in our sole discretion, terminate CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member accounts and access to the Website if a CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member has been notified of infringing activity twice or more (regardless of whether the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member has taken appropriate action as we may direct).

  2. Unless otherwise stated, copyright for Resources provided by CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Members belongs to the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member providing the Resource.


  1. Registration and accounts

    1. Any Visitor can view the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Community Site, but in order to participate fully in all activities on the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Community Site and take part in the discussions, view and download resources marked as non-public and post events, you must register for a personal account on the Website (a “CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Account”) by providing your real name, an email address, password, location and a real photo of yourself.

    2. In setting up your CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Account, you may be prompted to enter additional information, including but not limited to your gender, date of birth and institution. Additional information may also be required to confirm your identity before your CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Account can be approved.

    3. You undertake to us that all information provided by you in relation to your CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Account is and will be accurate, current and complete at all times and that you will maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current and complete.

    4. You acknowledge that if any information provided by you in relation to your CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Account is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to and use of the Website and your membership of the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Website.

  2. Your content

    1. We do not claim ownership of any content you may submit or make available for inclusion on the Website or CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content.

    2. With respect to any content you submit to us (including but not limited to resources, posts and comments for inclusion on the Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content or that is otherwise made available to us, you grant both us an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to use, host, store, distribute, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publish, perform and publicly display such content on the Website and Online Forum, Resources and event Notifications with the right to sublicense such rights, for any purpose associated with the provision of the Website and CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, and improving the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Community Site. This license continues even if you stop using the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Community Site.

    3. We reserve the right to remove any content from the website without prior notice at any time and for any reason.

    4. To the extent that you provide any content, you represent and warrant that:

      1. you have all necessary rights, licences and/or clearances to provide such content and permit us to use and publish such content as provided in paragraph 9.1 and 9.2 above;

      2. all such content is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge and belief;

      3. as between you and us, you are responsible for the payment of any third party fees related to the provision, publication and use of such content; and

      4. such use and/or publication of your content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party rights or constitute a fraudulent statement or misrepresentation.

    5. With respect to the submission of your resources or other content to the resource repository hosted by this website you are granting a no-cost worldwide licence in perpetuity to other CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK members and their teaching colleagues to re-use that material under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Licence , unless explicitly stated otherwise. If you make resources public, where any alternate licence is applied that application will be made explicit by you as part of that resource and you will ensure that it covers no cost re-use (preferably including adaption) for non-profit educational purposes.

    6. With respect to any submissions of CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content, you agree to comply with all applicable laws including but not limited to laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside.

    7. The Website provides you with the ability to post comments and replies, take part in group discussions, upload resources or send similar messages and communications to other Registered CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Members and/or us. You agree to use communication methods available on the Website and/or the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content only to send communications and materials related to the subject matter for which we provided the communication method, and you further agree that all such communications by you are subject to and governed by these Terms.

    8. By using any of the communications methods available on the Website and/or the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content, you agree that:

      1. all communications methods constitute public, and not private, means of communication between you and the other party or parties;

      2. most content will be reactively moderated if flagged by CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Registered Members or Visitors but we reserve the right to pre-review or post-review any content you submit to ensure that it complies with generally acceptable standards of communication where the following types of language/behaviour is prohibited: swearing, using obscene, offensive or otherwise harmful language, posting defamatory remarks and other types of communication that, in our reasonable opinion, should be prohibited;

      3. You acknowledge and agree that the services set out in paragraphs 9.5 to 9.8 above may be monitored for quality control purposes and that the information or material provided as part of the services is included within these Terms and is provided for educational purposes only;

      4. All CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK discussion posts are private to the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Community; it is not permissible to quote, paraphrase, forward or cite any comments made by CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK members outside the forum.

      5. We reserve the right to remove any CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content which may be regarded as malpractice as required by Awarding Organisations.

  3. Use of your data and content for research

    1. We carry out studies of member activities and content for academic research, to understand the online community experience, and to improve our content.

    2. All research studies by us are subject to a code of research ethics. This includes a commitment to maintaining all data that can identify learners in secure locations and only to conduct research on anonymised data. We will not sell or give to any other party data that identifies individual Registered CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Members.

    3. You consent that we may conduct research studies that include anonymised data of your interactions with the website.

    4. Where the research requires disclosure of specific content, we will seek permission from the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member(s) so that he or she can be acknowledged under the terms of the licence in section 7.10.

    5. Any ethnographic or other research on the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Online community other than compositional studies, including longitudinal studies, must be approved in advance by CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK.

  4. Linking to other sites

    1. The Website may contain links to pages on other websites (“Linked Sites”), and those Linked Sites may contain content or offer products and/or services for sale.

    2. We do not author, edit, control, or monitor these Linked Sites. You acknowledge and agree that:

      1. we have no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of information provided by Linked Sites, and

      2. we do not control or endorse the sponsors of such Linked Sites or the content, products, advertising or other materials presented on such Linked Sites.

    3. We may remove any links to Linked Sites from the Website at any time for any reason.

    4. We will not be liable for any transactions conducted by you with third parties through any Linked Site or for any liability arising from any representations or information provided on such Linked Sites.

    5. We appreciate that Linked Sites may contain material in which the operator of the Linked Sites has intellectual property rights. We respect those rights and provide the links for information purposes only. The fact that we have linked to any Linked Site does not create or imply any relationship or partnership between us and the operator of such Linked Site.

  5. Changes to the Website and these Terms

    1. We may update or amend these Terms from time to time to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements, without notice to you. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the Website. In addition, we reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue all of the CS4S TEACHERS NETWORK Member Content with or without notice to you and we will not be liable to you or any third party for any such modifications, suspension or termination. By continuing to use the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms of these updates and amendments.

  6. Governing Law

    1. These Terms and the relationship between you and us are governed by New Zealand law.

    2. For any dispute between you and us, you agree that you will first attempt to resolve it with us informally. In the unlikely event that we are unable to resolve the dispute in this manner within 28 days of the dispute being notified in writing we both agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand to resolve any legal matter arising from these Terms and the relationship between you and us.

    3. Notwithstanding paragraph 13.2, you agree that we are permitted to apply for injunctive remedies (or other types of urgent interim relief) in any jurisdiction at any time.

  7. Other important terms

    1. If any of these Terms are found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the rest of these Terms remain in full force and effect.

    2. We may freely transfer or assign any portion of our rights or delegate our obligations under these Terms. You are not entitled to transfer or assign, by operation of law or otherwise, any portion of your rights or delegate your obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.

    3. These Terms, the Privacy Policy and the Cookies Policy set out the entire agreement between you and us and replace any and all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any delay or failure by us to exercise any right we may have under these Terms does not constitute a waiver by us of that right.