Online services guidelines    

Editorial values   
Editorial responsibility   
Accuracy   
Fairness, contributors, and consent   
Privacy   
Harm and offence   
Children   
Politics, elections and polling   
War, terror and emergencies   
Equal opportunities and diversity   
Links to external sites   
Credits for outside providers of material   
Partnerships, including partnerships with business   
Interacting with our audiences   
The law   
Accountability and complaints   

Section 4: Fairness, contributors and consent    

Introduction
The British Council strives to be fair to all – fair to those who are the subjects of our content, fair to contributors, and fair to our audiences.

We are open, honest and straightforward in our dealings with contributors and audiences.

Consent
Contributors’ personal details, comments or other personal information must not be given to third parties without their consent.

See section 5 (Privacy) on personal information  and section 16 (The Law), on the Data Protection Act.

There are stringent conditions about children and consent. See section 7 (Children).

Reproduction of content
Contributors to British Council output online, in print, or through audio visual media must be made aware that their contribution may be used by other parts of the British Council, including in the form of transcripts online. Where appropriate, legal consent must be agreed for the right to reproduce content in this way.

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