In these rules, the terms, "forum" and "boards", are indicative of the collective areas which together make up the PC Pals Forum.
Registration and use of the forum implies acceptance of the following rules:
We reserve the right to remove or edit objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realise that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually offensive, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also explicitly forbidden on this forum.
You further agree that you will at no time post in a manner designed or intended to demean, humiliate or mock any other user, or member of staff of this forum. You will at all times observe "Good forum etiquette", be polite and respectful towards all members, administrators, moderators and the forum owners. You agree that you will at no time create posts/threads intended to be deliberately contentious, malicious, critical of and/or harmful to the community, its members, staff and the board owners, or that would create, foment or otherwise cause ill feeling amongst the membership. All queries or comments about the running of the board should, unless otherwise invited by the staff in a thread or poll, be made via PM contact with an administrator.
If you are ever unsure of whether a post would breach the rules, then please send a personal message (PM) to an Administrator or Global Moderator, requesting guidance.
You agree that you will at no time act in any way which may bring the forum, its members, staff or owners into disrepute.
You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyrighted material is owned by you, or you have the copyright holder’s permission. It is permissible to post a short quote with a link to the original source. Although we do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum. Please note that, with each post, your IP address is recorded, and that any posts removed from public display are stored in case of later dispute. Posts may be edited for a limited time after posting. Once this editing period has expired, editing or removal of posts is at the sole discretion of the forum staff. Removal will not occur if it would destroy the structure of a thread.
We ultimately reserve the right to decide what is acceptable or not, and the decisions of moderators and administrators are final. Working around the technicalities of these rules will not be tolerated. If a short ban is imposed for infringement of the rules, rejoining the forum under a new name will be dealt with by a permanent ban.
These rules apply to public posts, personal messages, signatures, profiles and any other comments you make on our forum. Please note that the content of any personal message you receive is confidential and may not be revealed to a third-party, or posted in the forums (however, if you consider a message to be offensive or in other ways against the rules of the forum, you may forward it to a member of staff for action to be considered against the sender).
You agree to provide a valid email address in your profile at all times. Without such an address, it will be impossible for your password to be reset or a reminder sent. You may also note that there is a 'Birthdate' field available in your Profile. This information will only be used to highlight your birthday on our forum calendar. You may leave it blank if you wish.
These boards are intended to be a friendly environment and to this end we do not accept foul language, or links to sites of an adult nature.
You may not post home addresses, personal phone numbers, mobile phone numbers, email addresses or other personal information about any individual, regardless of whether the information is in the public domain elsewhere, with the exception of formal contact email addresses to assist other members in resolving problems.
You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.
After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable. Please note that you must include a valid email address in your Profile at all times, but all other information you choose to give is voluntary.
Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.
Upon completing registration, you will receive an email requiring you to activate your account. It is therefore important that you provide a valid email address when registering. You may also need to allow 'pc-pals.com' through any active spam filters, particularly when using Hotmail or Yahoo email addresses, so as to receive the activation email. Should you have any problems registering, or activating your account, please contact admin@pc-pals.com and we will try to assist you.
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