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There have recently been a number of comments to articles received by the Hawkinge Gazette without an email address or with an invalid email address. Please understand that we cannot publish any submissions if we are unable to identify the author - Email addresses are NOT published and authors can use either a pseudonym or their name to sign the posting

We are sorry but due to the unprecedented number of comments received regarding the Lydd school story, the number of new comments which we print in the letters category will be cut. An index of comments will remain on our front page for another seven days.

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The Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News is unable to verify the accuracy of letters submitted for publication to the website and we expect the author to have made reasonable checks to ensure the content is correct. If the item is challenged and found to be inaccurate, the item will be removed. Persistant abuse of this will result in the banning of further correspondence from the author.

The Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast news will not under any circumstances publish letters from anonymous authors. We must have a valid Email address or home address. If the author wishes to withhold their name, the published letter will be signed - name and address supplied. Anyone wishing to know the identity of the author must contact the Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News. We will then approach the author to see if they are willing to have their identity disclosed to everyone or to the person requesting the information. Under normal circumstances, unless requested not to, we would disclose the name of the person requesting the information, to the author.

Correspondence where the Editor considers there to be a personal attack or abuse of another individual, group, party or business will only be published if the senders name is used. 

Letters which are considered to be possibly libellous or threatening will not be published under any circumstances.

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As always, if you have any questions or concerns with this policy, please send your comments to

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THE CHATTERBOX

Until recently the Chatterbox had run for nearly three years without any problems but it is now being used to post material which some readers are finding offensive.

The posts derive from a very small proportion of our guests who fail to sign their postings. They have upset many of the regular and new readers.

Although the Hawkinge Gazette has a policy which covers libellous, threatening and illegal postings we have up to now not had to address the problem which is now manifesting itself.

In view of this, we are asking all readers to please use the Chatterbox, in a considerate manner.

Any offensive postings will now be removed.

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The Hawkinge Gazette (GazetteOnline) certifies that all individually identifiable information is kept confidential.

We do not sell or disclose any personal information about our users. Information is not distributed to any third party.

All personal information collected by the Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News (GazetteOnline) is kept in secure areas. 

Personal information, such as name and email, are used primarily to recognise individual readers.

Occasionally the Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News (GazetteOnline) will use individually identifiable information, like email addresses, in order to contact the user for technical support information or provide updates to the site.

Readers have the option to cancel the emails from the Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News (GazetteOnline).

The Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News (GazetteOnline) does not track general information about people visiting our site.

This does not include any searches made o­n the site, which enables us to include items which are of interest.

The Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News (GazetteOnline) will not under any circumstances publish letters from anonymous authors. We must have a valid Email address or home address. If the author wishes to withhold their name, the published letter will be signed - name and address supplied. Anyone wishing to know the identity of the author must contact the Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News (GazetteOnline). We will then approach the author to see if they are willing to have their identity disclosed to everyone or to the person requesting the information. Under normal circumstances we would disclose the name of the person requesting the information, to the author.

Correspondence where the Editor considers there to be a personal attack or abuse of another individual, group, party or business will o­nly be published if the senders name is used. 

Letters which are considered to be possibly libellous or threatening will not be published under any circumstances.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns with this policy, please send your comments to

editor@localrags.co.uk

 

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