These Terms of Use explain how the public and other groups can use this website with our agreement. SignDNA encourages you to use and enjoy this website, however you must use it in a way that follows these Terms of Use, and only in a way that complies with New Zealand and international law on the use of websites and their information. Also how you use the website must not affect anyone else’s rights, either in their use of the website or relating to its content. SignDNA may update the Terms of Use at any time by posting changes online. You are responsible for reviewing the amended terms of use, and your continued use of this website constitutes your agreement to the amended Terms of Use.
Copyright and Usage
All of the materials on this website are copyright. Items on our website may be copied for personal use, or for educational or research purposes provided that it is attributed appropriately. Copyright for material on this website belongs to many different people and organisations including SignDNA. We have made every effort to acknowledge all items appropriately. SignDNA uses several types of Creative Commons licences for the items on the archive. Please refer to the item for its Creative Commons licence, and follow the conditions that are explained in the licence, as these are the rules by which the creator agrees to distribute the work.
Citations and References
If you want to refer to an item from SignDNA’s website, for example in an assignment or research paper, please use the full term: ‘SignDNA – Deaf National Archive’ including the reference number of the item and the link of the page the item is on. If an item is from an external website, you can link directly to the original source. We provide details of our sources so you can trace items that are hosted on other websites.
Sensitive material
SignDNA users should be aware that certain words/signs, terms or descriptions contained in our archival items may be culturally sensitive and may be considered inappropriate today. They may have reflected the author or creator’s attitude or the language used in the period of which they were written and/or signed. Users are therefore asked to use their judgement when viewing this content, which is presented in good faith as a historical record, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the person concerned or of SignDNA.
Privacy Act
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Disclaimer
Our archive contain content that is sometimes not produced by SignDNA. We are not responsible for such third party content and we do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within that content. SignDNA tries our best to ensure that information in the archive is accurate, however we accept no legal responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies, in the archive. Further, SignDNA will not be liable to anyone in respect of any loss, damage, injury or expense, suffered or incurred as a result of reliance on the information on this website.
To help website users find related information, we often provide links and references to third-party websites hosting other relevant archival items. These links are provided for convenience and for information purposes only. For these links, we cannot guarantee that they will work all of the time; have no control over the availability of linked pages, and cannot accept responsibility for the content or reliability of other websites.
SignDNA does not endorse or approve expressly or implicitly any website, organisation or people who have off-site links to this website. We make no warranty, expressed or implied, and we assume no liability or responsibility in relation to the below:
- that our website or server are free of computer viruses or any other harmful components, defects or errors
- that any defects in the website will be corrected
- that your access to the website will be reliable, uninterrupted or error-free including access to any linked websites