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Forums and Events noticeboard policy

Summary: Forums and Events noticeboard policy: the law, your rights and privacy, under 18s.

• Your posts
• The law
• Your privacy
• If you're under age 18

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Your posts

Keep your contributions civil, tasteful and relevant. We're committed to providing an atmosphere in which constructive and mature dialogue takes place.

1. No flaming - either in the forums or via email to a user. Unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive, or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable.

2. We don't allow spamming. Don't cross post your messages to more than one discussion, or post off-topic messages.

3. No advertising.

4. Do not use the board for research purposes

5. Posts containing languages other than English may be removed.

6. No spoofing - use your own real name. Impersonating someone else is unacceptable. Adopting an inappropriate user name (one that is vulgar, offensive, etc) is also unacceptable.

The law

1. You may not post any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in the forums. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio. Posting a message with the intention of committing an illegal act is strictly prohibited.

2. You agree to only post materials to which you have the copyright or other permission to distribute electronically. You may not violate, plagiarise, or infringe on the rights of third parties including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, personal, publicity, or proprietary rights.

Your privacy

RNIB will not publish or provide your email address to anyone. The RNIB complies with the 1998 Data Protection Act.

If you're under age 18

1. Please get your parents' permission before taking part in any posting.

2. For your own security never reveal any personal information about yourself (for example: your age, school, telephone number, or home address). We will remove such messages.

3. If you fail to abide by these Rules you will be formally warned by email. This warning may include a temporary suspension of your ability to participate in any or all of the Forums. If after this warning you continue to breach the Rules, you will be prohibited from using the discussions for an extended period of time.

We reserve the right to delete any posting, at any time, for any reason.

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Last updated: 08/04/2008 18:38