Legal and Compliance Information

Ownership and Governance

WIC News is headquartered at 13 Rockwell Avenue, Kingsweston, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS11 0UF. The company is led by founder Dragan Perkanovic and guided by an experienced editorial leadership team.

Regulatory Compliance

WIC News complies with all applicable laws and regulations related to digital publishing, data protection, and media operations within the United Kingdom, the Caribbean region, and other jurisdictions where we operate or distribute content.

Editorial Independence

We maintain full editorial independence from advertisers, sponsors, or any external influence ensuring unbiased, fair, and accurate news reporting. Our journalistic standards prioritize integrity, accountability, and transparency.

User-Generated Content Clause

If you submit comments, story tips, or other content to WIC News, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, and distribute your submissions in any media. You affirm that you own or have the rights to the content you submit and that it does not infringe on any third-party rights. WIC News is not responsible for the accuracy or legality of user-generated content and reserves the right to remove or moderate submissions that violate our guidelines or applicable laws.

Intellectual Property Rights

All content published on WIC News is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or commercial use of our material without explicit permission is prohibited.

Advertising and Sponsored Content

WIC News may feature advertising and sponsored content that is clearly labeled to distinguish it from editorial material. Our advertising policies adhere to industry standards and regulations, ensuring ethical practices and transparency to our readers.

User Responsibilities

By using WIC News, users agree to comply with our Terms of Use and respect the rights of content creators and other users. Any misuse of the site or its content may result in legal action.

Complaints and Corrections

WIC News is committed to accuracy and fairness. Readers are encouraged to report errors or concerns via our contact channels. We review complaints promptly and issue corrections or clarifications as necessary.

Privacy and Data Protection

We are committed to protecting user privacy in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which details the collection, use, and safeguarding of personal data.

Copyright Notice

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material

You may not, except with the express written permission of WIC News limited, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

If you wish to use our content other than as permitted by these terms and conditions, please contact us at news@wicnews.com.

Disclaimer

To the extent permitted at law, we do not accept any responsibility for any statement in the WIC News content. Nothing in the WIC News content is provided for any specific purpose or at the request of any particular person. For the avoidance of confusion, we will not be liable for any loss caused as a result of your doing, or not doing, anything as a result of viewing, reading or listening to the WIC News content or any part of it. You can access other sites via links from the WIC News content. These sites are not under our control and we are not responsible in any way for any of their contents.

We give no warranties of any kind concerning the WIC News website or the WIC News content. In particular, we do not warrant that the WIC News website or any of its contents is virus free. You must take your own precautions in this respect as we accept no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination or by anything which has destructive properties.

Although we will do our best to provide constant, uninterrupted access to the WIC News website, we do not guarantee this. We accept no responsibility or liability for any interruption or delay.

Advertising Disclaimer

You will see advertising material submitted by third parties on the WIC News website. Each individual advertiser is solely responsible for the content of its advertising material. We accept no responsibility for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein.

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