Terms of Use
Your use of this website is governed by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you have questions about these Terms, please use our contact page.
These Terms of Use are effective as of June 7, 2026.
1. Acceptance of terms
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) outline the conditions for your access to, and use of, the Clerna website at clerna.org, referred to in these Terms as the “Website”.
Clerna publishes educational articles, teaching resources, and learning-related content.
By accessing or using the Website, you accept these Terms without limitation or qualification.
Your access to, and use of, the Website is conditional on your acceptance of, and compliance with, these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Website.
2. Changes to these terms
Clerna may change, modify, add, or remove any part of these Terms at any time without notice or liability.
Clerna may also change, modify, add to, or remove any content, technology, or other aspect of the Website without notice or liability.
It is your responsibility to check these Terms from time to time to ensure you are familiar with their current form.
Your continued use of the Website constitutes acceptance of any changes to the Terms.
3. Privacy
By using the Website, you also agree to our Privacy Policy.
Any personal information provided to us by you is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
By using the Website, submitting a comment, or sending information through a form on the Website, you agree to the collection, storage, and use of personal information as outlined in our Privacy Policy.
4. Comments and user submissions
Some areas of the Website may allow comments or other user submissions.
You are responsible for any comment, message, form entry, or other material you submit to the Website.
User submissions must not be unlawful, abusive, defamatory, misleading, spam, promotional without permission, or otherwise inappropriate.
Clerna may moderate, edit, refuse, or remove any user submission at its discretion.
By submitting a comment or other user submission, you grant Clerna permission to store, display, reproduce, edit, and publish that material on the Website or in connection with the Website.
5. Advertising and third-party services
The Website may display advertising, including advertising served by Google AdSense or other third-party advertising services.
Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize advertisements, as described in our Privacy Policy.
The Website may also use third-party services for analytics, embedded media, security, spam prevention, or other website functions.
Clerna does not control every advertisement, embedded item, script, or third-party service that may appear on or interact with the Website.
Advertising does not imply endorsement of the advertiser, product, service, or claim.
6. Copyright and use of content
The content on the Website is © Clerna, unless otherwise indicated.
Unless stated otherwise, you may view, download, print, and reproduce content in unaltered form for personal, educational, or non-commercial use, provided that Clerna is attributed as the source.
You may not copy, edit, adapt, republish, redistribute, resell, upload, or sublicense content for commercial purposes without permission in writing from Clerna.
Some content may include copyright notices, attribution statements, or usage terms belonging to third-party authors, educators, organizations, image providers, or other rights holders. Where indicated, copyright remains with the relevant rights holder.
Some content may be provided under specific usage licenses where indicated, including Creative Commons licenses.
7. Misuse of the Website
Any user who uses the Website in a manner deemed to be inappropriate, or who engages in unlawful behaviour, may have access to the Website restricted or blocked.
Misuse includes behaviour that infringes on the privacy, security, property, copyright, or other rights of another person.
Misuse also includes behaviour that is abusive, offensive, defamatory, deceptive, spam-related, or designed to interfere with the Website.
Actions that degrade or disrupt the operation of the Website are also prohibited. Examples include denial-of-service activity, unauthorised access attempts, automated scraping that places unreasonable load on the Website, or attempts to interfere with Website security.
8. Third-party links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites over which Clerna has no control.
These links are provided as a convenience only and do not imply endorsement of any third-party content, product, service, or organization.
Clerna is not responsible for the use, effect, accuracy, availability, or content of any linked third-party website.
You agree that access to any third-party website is at your own risk.
9. Disclaimer
The content available on the Website is made available by Clerna as an information source only.
Clerna has compiled the content on the Website in good faith and has endeavoured to ensure that the content is accurate and does not breach any entity’s rights at the time of its inclusion.
However, the content may contain unintentional errors and is provided “as is”.
You acknowledge and agree that you will make your own enquiries to determine whether information you obtain through the Website is current, complete, accurate, and suitable for your needs before using it.
Clerna does not provide professional, legal, financial, medical, educational, or other specialist advice unless expressly stated.
We do not warrant or guarantee:
- that you will be able to use the Website at any time; or
- that your use of the Website will be continuous, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
Clerna assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damage to your computer equipment, device, software, data, or other property arising from your access to, use of, browsing of, or downloading from the Website.
10. Liability
You acknowledge and agree that your access to, and use of, the Website is at your own risk.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Clerna excludes all warranties, representations, guarantees, conditions, rights, remedies, liabilities, and any other terms that may be conferred or implied by statute, general law, custom, or otherwise.
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or guarantee that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Clerna excludes all responsibility and liability for any loss or damage, however caused, resulting from your use of, or inability to use, the Website or its content.
Where liability cannot be lawfully excluded, Clerna’s liability is limited to the minimum extent permitted by applicable law.
11. Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws that apply in the jurisdiction in which Clerna is operated, unless otherwise required by applicable law.
You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts with authority to hear disputes in that jurisdiction and the courts having appeal from them.