Community, Confessional and submissions rules
1. WHO MAY PARTICIPATE
The Confessional, private drafts and Casebook community are intended for adults aged 18 and over. Some features are available only when shown as active on the website, and submission is not a promise of publication, editorial response, compensation or membership. Use your own genuine first-person account and a non-identifying public alias where permitted.
2. KEEP PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS UNIDENTIFIABLE
Do not name or provide identifying details about employers, clients, colleagues, customers, managers, witnesses or people accused of wrongdoing. Avoid exact roles, combinations of dates and locations, contact details, sensitive health information, contracts, personnel files, privileged or confidential documents, information protected by non-disclosure or privacy obligations, unproven allegations as established facts, defamatory content, threats, harassment, hate or discriminatory material. We may reject, edit, suspend or remove material for privacy, safety, legality and editorial reasons.
3. SEPARATE WRITTEN AND VIDEO PERMISSIONS
Where the submission form requires written-publication permission, your deliberate selection authorises only the written-use licence described below. Video, narrated, illustrated and social-media adaptations require a separate, optional and recorded permission. If the video option is not selected, we will not infer it from a written submission, account sign-up or general acceptance of website terms. The exact permission wording and version selected at submission governs that contribution; these revised rules do not retroactively expand a previous licence.
4. LICENCE FOR PERMITTED USE
Where valid written permission is granted, you give Uplift House Limited a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence, for so long as lawfully effective, to store, review, edit, anonymise, fictionalise and publish a written adaptation of the submitted account in Office Politics editorial channels, subject to your chosen permissions, privacy law and our editorial discretion. A separate optional video permission, if selected, extends the licence to illustrated, narrated or video/social adaptations to the extent stated in that option. We may make editorial changes to protect identities, clarity and safety, but will not knowingly manufacture a false allegation about an identifiable person. You retain rights you own; we do not acquire ownership of your story merely through submission.
5. YOUR CONFIRMATIONS AND LIABILITY
You confirm, after reasonable care and to the best of your knowledge, that the account reflects your own genuine experience, that you have the right to share it, that no permission has been fabricated, and that you have not deliberately included unlawful or infringing material. You must not submit stolen documents, malicious allegations or material belonging to third parties without legal authority. Any reimbursement obligation for substantiated third-party claims is limited and governed by the fair, proportionate user-submissions clause in the Terms of Sale and Website Use; we do not demand an unlimited consumer indemnity.
6. PRIVATE DRAFTS, ACCOUNTS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
Saving a private draft or vent is distinct from asking us to publish it. Only submissions expressly sent for editorial review with the relevant permission may enter our publication process. A free account and public alias do not guarantee anonymity from Office Politics or people who recognise an event. Casebook comments may be available only to verified adult members and are subject to human moderation before display. Commenters grant a non-exclusive licence to store, review, moderate and display their comments as part of the discussion while published. We may withhold or remove comments proportionately. No comment is professional or legal advice.
7. WITHDRAWAL, CORRECTION AND CREDIT
Email hello@theofficepolitics.com to ask for withdrawal, correction or removal. We will assess the request promptly and act in accordance with applicable contract, copyright, privacy, safety and other law. A withdrawal request does not guarantee the removal of copies independently republished by third parties; we will consider reasonable steps within our control. We do not automatically publish contributor names, social handles or credit, and any requested identification requires separate confirmation and a safety assessment.
8. MODERATION AND NOTICES
We may review, refuse, anonymise, restrict distribution or remove material where reasonably necessary, including following a credible privacy, defamation, copyright, safety or unlawful-content report. We are not required to publish a contribution simply because it was submitted. Reports of harmful or unlawful content should be sent to hello@theofficepolitics.com with the URL, concern and enough context to investigate, without distributing sensitive information unnecessarily. We will assess applicable online safety and complaints duties for features actually made available.
9. DATA PROTECTION AND LAW
The Privacy Notice explains how account, story, permission and moderation information is processed and retained. Permission to publish material is not automatically a UK GDPR lawful basis for processing every item of third-party personal data. These rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to mandatory consumer and privacy rights and applicable jurisdiction rules in our Terms of Sale.