Legal Notice for The Forth Swimmer
This page gives the legal and practical details of The Forth Swimmer, so that readers know who edits the site and how their privacy is handled.
Editor
The Forth Swimmer is an independent editorial website published at burntislandswimmingclub.co.uk. It is written and edited by The Forth Swimmer editorial team. Contact: contact@burntislandswimmingclub.co.uk.
Independence
The Forth Swimmer is not affiliated with any swimming club, leisure trust, governing body or commercial organisation. It does not represent any organisation and is not its official website. Clubs, pools and governing bodies mentioned on the site are described in the third person, as a magazine describes its subjects. The site sells no products or services.
Content and accuracy
Articles are written from public sources, which are named in the articles where relevant. Historical dates and figures are given as they stand in those sources, and uncertainty is stated rather than hidden. Nothing on this site is professional, medical or safety advice for a particular situation, and it does not replace qualified instruction, a pool's rules or local guidance. Readers swim at their own risk and should follow the rules of any facility they use and the safety advice of the relevant authorities.
Copyright
The text on this site is the copyright of The Forth Swimmer editorial team unless stated otherwise. Images are produced for the site or used under their own terms. You may quote short passages with a link back to the page. Republishing whole articles requires permission.
Hosting
This site is served as a static website through Cloudflare Pages. The site does not run a content management system and does not store user accounts.
Privacy
The Forth Swimmer does not set advertising cookies and does not sell data. Basic technical information, such as the pages requested and the approximate region of a visitor, may be processed by the hosting provider to deliver the site and to protect it from abuse. If you write to the editorial address by email, your message and address are used only to reply to you and are not added to any mailing list. There is no newsletter and no tracking profile.
External links
The site links to other websites for sources and background information. Those sites have their own terms and privacy practices, which The Forth Swimmer does not control.
Corrections
If you believe something on this site is inaccurate, please write to contact@burntislandswimmingclub.co.uk with the page and the correction. Verified corrections are made promptly.