Contributor Policy for LifeScience Daily News

Effective Date: 1 July 2025 V1

1. Purpose and scope
This Contributor Policy sets the rules for anyone who submits news, opinion, analysis, features, press releases or other material for possible publication on LifeScience Daily News. It explains the standards we expect, the rights you give us, and how our editorial process works. This policy applies to all submissions from registered users, guest authors and commissioned writers.

2. Relationship with our Terms and Conditions
This policy works alongside our Terms and Conditions and our Privacy and Cookie policies. By submitting material you agree to follow these policies. If there is a conflict, the Terms and Conditions will prevail.

3. Eligibility and registration
You must be at least thirteen years old to register and submit material. If you are under eighteen you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has agreed that you can contribute. You must create an account with accurate information and keep your login details secure.

4. What you may submit
We accept life science news, analysis, opinion, explainers, interviews, commentary, events and press releases that are relevant to our audience. We do not accept content that is primarily promotional unless it is clearly presented as sponsored content and has been agreed in advance. We may publish submissions online, in newsletters, in apps and in social channels.

5. Standards for accuracy and evidence
All submissions must be accurate, fair and responsible. Medical or scientific statements must be supported by appropriate sources such as peer reviewed papers, official data or regulatory documents. Cite sources in the defined sections within the contributor templates. Respect publication embargoes and do not breach confidentiality or court reporting restrictions.

6. Originality and exclusivity
Your submission must be your own work and must not have been published elsewhere, unless we agree otherwise in writing. We may ask for an exclusive window of publication which will be set out during commissioning or when we accept your submission. You must not submit material that has been generated by copying, paraphrasing or translating the work of others without permission or clear citation.

7. Conflicts of interest and funding disclosures
You must disclose any financial or personal interest related to the subject of your submission. This includes employment, consultancy, equity, grants, sponsored travel, paid speaking, or other relationships that could reasonably be seen as a conflict. We may add disclosure notes to the published piece or decline to publish.

8. Use of AI and third-party assistance
You must not submit material that was created wholly by an artificial intelligence system. Limited use of tools for grammar, spelling or formatting is acceptable. If you used any automated tools to generate wording, images or data, you must tell us in your cover note and you remain fully responsible for the accuracy and originality of the submission. You must not use our site, data or content to create, train or improve any AI or machine learning system.

9. Visual and media standards
Images, figures, charts and video must be lawful and properly licensed. You must have the right to use and to license the media to us. Provide source credits and captions. Do not submit manipulated images that mislead. If identifiable people appear, obtain their written consent unless a clear public interest exception applies.

10. Editorial review and publication
All submissions are reviewed by our editorial team. We may edit for length, clarity, style, legal compliance and accuracy. We may ask for revisions. We decide whether and when to publish. We may place advertising next to your published content. We do not guarantee publication, and we may remove content after publication if concerns arise.

11. Licence you grant to us
You keep ownership of your submission. When you submit material you grant LifeScience Daily News a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free, transferable and sub licensable licence to use, host, store, reproduce, edit, adapt, publish, distribute, publicly perform and display your submission in any media for the purposes of operating, improving, promoting and redistributing our services. Where the law allows, you waive moral rights or agree not to assert them so that we can edit and present your work. We will not sell your submission to third parties without your permission.

12. Payment and expenses
Unless we commission you in writing, contributions are unpaid. If a fee is agreed, it will be confirmed in writing along with any expense policy that applies. Contributors are responsible for their own taxes and social security.

13. Subscriptions and billing
Some features for contributors and members are provided on a paid subscription basis. You can choose a monthly or annual plan. Both monthly and annual subscriptions will automatically renew, and payment will be taken the day after the billing period expires unless you cancel with at least seven days’ notice before the next billing date.

We will send a reminder fourteen days’ before payment is due so that you can make sure funds are available and you do not breach this agreement. You can cancel your subscription within the Account Settings section on the website. If you cancel you will keep access until the end of the period that you have paid for.

Once payment is taken no refunds will be given for that period. This does not affect any rights that the law gives you which cannot be excluded. If you are a consumer in the United Kingdom or the European Union, you may have a fourteen-day cooling off right for a first-time purchase. If you ask us to start providing the subscription immediately you agree that service begins straight away and you acknowledge that you may lose the right to cancel, or we may deduct a reasonable amount to reflect the service used before you cancel.

You will be able to download your invoice for the subscription directly from within the Account Settings section on the website.

We may change subscription prices from time to time. We will give you at least thirty days’ notice. If you do not agree to the change you can cancel before the new price takes effect.

We may suspend access for failed or overdue payments. Taxes may apply as shown at checkout. Payments are processed by our payment partners, and their terms will also apply.

All provisions that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including any grant of rights or licence.

14. Post allowances and monitoring
Each subscription plan includes a monthly allowance for the number of posts you can submit. Your allowance is shown on the pricing page or in your account.

We publish recommended weekly usage levels to help you plan your submissions. These weekly figures are guidance only. We monitor and enforce usage on a monthly basis by reference to your billing cycle.

If you reach your monthly allowance before the end of your current billing month you will not be able to submit further posts until your next monthly renewal date. You will still be able to view and edit content that has already been submitted but you will not be able to submit new items.

You may upgrade your subscription at any time during the month to increase your remaining allowance. Once your upgrade is confirmed the higher allowance will apply immediately for the rest of the current billing month. If you later choose to downgrade the change will take effect from your next renewal date.

We may apply technical measures to pause submission access when an allowance is reached. You must not create multiple accounts or otherwise attempt to bypass posting limits.

We may change the number of allowed post submissions per pricing plan from time to time. We will give you at least thirty days’ notice. If you do not agree to the change you can cancel before the update takes effect.

15. Republishing and self-promotion
If we ask for exclusivity you agree not to republish the full text elsewhere during the agreed period. After that period you may share brief extracts with a link back to the original on our site and with clear credit. If you want to republish the full text, you must obtain our written permission.

16. Community and conduct
All contributors must follow our community standards. Do not submit or promote content that is unlawful, defamatory, misleading, invasive of privacy, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, pornographic, threatening, promotes violence or self-harm, or is otherwise harmful. Do not impersonate any person or organisation and do not submit spam, phishing, malware or other harmful code.

17. Legal compliance and warranties
You promise that your submission is lawful, original and does not infringe the rights of others. You promise that it does not contain confidential information, trade secrets, defamatory statements, contempt of court material, or material that breaches data protection law. You agree to indemnify us for losses that arise from your breach of this policy or your warranties.

18. Personal data in submissions
Avoid including personal data about other people. If it is necessary for a story, include only what is relevant and ensure you have a lawful basis to share it. We process personal data in line with our Privacy Policy, including data that you provide about yourself as part of a submission.

19. Corrections, updates and takedown
If you spot a material error in a published piece, tell us promptly and we will consider a correction or update. We may correct, update, add editor notes, or remove content that is inaccurate, misleading or unlawful. We may keep an archival record of the original for legal or editorial reasons.

20. Termination and removal
We may decline to publish, or remove published content, and we may suspend or close contributor accounts at our discretion, including for repeated breaches of this policy or our Terms and Conditions policy

21. Governing law and jurisdiction
This policy and any dispute or claim arising from it are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. If you are a consumer outside the United Kingdom, you may benefit from mandatory rights in your home country and nothing in this policy affects those rights.

22. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the updated version with a new effective date. If changes are material, we will take reasonable steps to let registered contributors know.

22. Contact
Please contact the Editorial team using the Contact Us form on our site. If you have questions about this policy, if you need to disclose a conflict, or if you wish to make a correction request.