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Whilst Taunton Deane Borough Council makes every effort to keep information on this website accurate, we disclaim any warranty or representation, express or implied about its accuracy, completeness or appropriateness for a particular purpose.

Thus, you assume full responsibility for using the information at this website, and you understand and agree that neither Taunton Deane Borough Council nor its employees is responsible or liable for any claim, loss or damage resulting from its use.

All material on this website, including text and graphics,  is Copyright Taunton Deane Borough Council unless otherwise stated.

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We only link to organisations that offer non-commercial services to the residents of Taunton Deane and other governmental and statutory agencies. In general we will not link to commercial sites. We may link to external sites that provide a useful service to the public although this is entirely at our discretion and follows our linking policy.

Linking Policy

Taunton Deane Borough Council is not responsible for the contents or reliability of any site to which it is linked and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Linking to or from this site should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. There is no general duty to provide links from Tauntondeane.gov.uk to businesses in the borough. However the Council provides a business directory search on the website.
We welcome links to our website providing that you follow these guidelines:

You must not:

  • Replicate (that is duplicate, copy, reproduce) content from the Taunton Deane Borough Council's website;
  • Create a frame or border environment around Taunton Deane Borough Council's website content;
  • Deep link to any Taunton Deane Borough Council content and by doing so pass it off as your website content;
  • Imply in any way that Taunton Deane Borough Council is endorsing your website or its products or services;
  • Present false information about Taunton Deane Borough Council;
  • Use any of Taunton Deane Borough Council's trademarks or logo without prior written consent;

You must:

  • Ensure that the website is accessible;
  • Ensure that the link takes users directly to the information on the external site relevant to the content on the Taunton Deane web page;
  • Ensure your website does not include content which would be construed as distasteful, controversial or offensive;
  • Ensure your website does not infringe any intellectual property or other rights of any third parties;

Taunton Deane Borough Council expressly reserves the right to request that any link in breach of these terms be removed and to take whatever other action it deems appropriate.

Linking from this site

To let us know that you are linking to our site or to query anything in these guidelines please email webmaster@tauntondeane.gov.uk

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