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Discussion Forum Policy

Please take a moment to read the following Discussion Forum Policy. Please note that words which are defined in our User Policy also apply to this Discussion Forum Policy. If there is anything you do not understand, then
please Contact Us.

This Discussion Forum Policy (in addition to the User Policy and Privacy Policy) sets out certain rules that will govern your use of the Discussion Forums, including some guidelines that we hope you will find helpful.

The discussion forums available at www.decorativeconcrete.co.uk (the “Discussion Forums”) are provided for use by Network Members and Subscribers ("Users"). The Discussion Forums are a place for Users to report information, seek advice and share ideas. As in a real community, Users are asked to respect other Users and their rights.

1. This Discussion Forum Policy

Your access and use of the Discussion Forums is subject to your acceptance of, and compliance with the provisions of this Discussion Forum Policy, together with our User Policy, our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices and/or instructions which may appear on www.decorativeconcrete.co.uk (including in any messages or attachments posted on a Discussion Forum) from time to time.

IMPORTANT: By accessing and using the Discussion Forums you will automatically be taken to have read, understood and accepted this Discussion Forum Policy. If you do not agree to be bound by this Discussion Forum Policy, please cease to access any Discussion Forums contained in www.decorativeconcrete.co.uk If you fail to observe any of the provisions of this Discussion Forum Policy, we reserve the right, at our discretion and without notice, to remove or edit any Messages and/or to exclude you (either temporarily or permanently) from the Discussion Forums, depending on the nature and severity of your breach.

This Discussion Forum Policy may be amended from time to time, and we therefore suggest that you review it periodically.

2. Rules for using the Discussion Forums

These rules are additional to the general rules as to the uploading and downloading of Content, set out in the User Policy.

· General Behavior – Users must not transmit to any Discussion Forum (“Post”) any message or reply (including attachments) ("Message"), or knowingly receive via a Discussion Forum (“Access”) any Message that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, offensive, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, indecent, obscene, defamatory, invasive of another’s privacy, or discriminatory whether racially, ethnically, sexually, religiously or otherwise, or which may incite or instruct any person or organisation to undertake such activities.

· Use of Language – Users must not Post or Access Messages containing language that is in any way unlawful, threatening or offensive. This includes the use of swear-words, bad language and offensive nicknames.

· Breach of Confidence – Users must not Post or Access Messages that might in any way breach the confidence of another individual. For example, an email received from an individual cannot be placed on a Discussion Forum without that individual’s consent.

· Breach of Intellectual Property – Users must not Post or Access Messages that might in any way infringe any patent, trade mark, trade secret, copyright, database right or other similar right of any person.

· Impersonation - Users must not impersonate any person or identity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or organisation or disguise the origin of any content of a Message.

· Viruses – Users must not Post or Access Messages that might contain computer viruses or any other computer code, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment.

· Illegal and Harmful Activities – Users must not Post or Receive Messages relating to (or including links to) pirated software (including computer games), counterfeit goods or any other material which is, or might reasonably considered to be, illegal or otherwise harmful.

· Pornography – Users must not Post or Access Messages relating to (or including links to) any kind of pornography.

· Personal Data - Users must not Post any messages containing another person’s personal information (including their name, home address, job title, telephone number or other contact details) without first obtaining the relevant person’s consent, nor may you use the Discussion Forums to collect or store personal information concerning other persons.

· Permitted Use - You may only use the Discussion Forums for either a Local Authority’s lawful purpose(s) or your own personal non-commercial use. You must not Post any Messages containing or including links to any overt advertisements or promotional materials, or otherwise use the Discussion Forums overtly to generate personal business from other Users

3. Your Personal Information

The Discussion Forums are a restricted community of Users, all of whom are voluntary and unpaid.

IMPORTANT: Please note that we therefore display your email address when you are browsing any Discussion Forums and also alongside any Message you Post, together with the date you registered withwww.decorativeconcrete.co.uk and the total number of Messages you have Posted.

You are responsible for ensuring the safety of all other personal information. We recommend that you do not include your home address, job title, telephone number or other more sensitive personal information in any Messages, unless you are entirely satisfied that such information should be made public.

4. Monitoring

In order to provide Users with general support and advice in relation to their use of www.decorativeconcrete.co.uk and for security and abuse-management reasons, we reserve the right to:

· access and monitor the use of Discussion Forums and any Messages Posted on them; and

· take whatever other steps we consider are necessary to protect our Users, including editing or removing any Messages or suspending or discontinuing any Discussion Forums.

We do not undertake to monitor every Message nor to monitor the conduct of every User. Moderators will access the Discussion Forums from time to time in order to help ensure that other Users are adhering to this Discussion Forum Policy.

5. Liability and Disclaimers

Please read carefully the paragraphs entitled Disclaimers, Our Liability and Your Liability in the User Policy, as they also apply to this Discussion Forum Policy.

In addition, please note that:

· as the Discussion Forums consist largely of Messages Posted by Users that are not employed or contracted by us, we can accept no liability in respect of the content of any Messages, including the accuracy or truthfulness of any such Messages or any responsibility for the consequences of your acting in reliance on such Messages, nor do we endorse any opinions expressed by any Users in any Messages;

· we cannot guarantee the prompt editing or removal of any Messages;

· we reserve the right at our sole discretion to remove or edit Messages from the Discussion Forums or to suspend or discontinue any Discussion Forums at any time for any reason; and

· we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to deny any User access to the Discussion Forums, without notice, for any breach of this Discussion Forum Policy, the Privacy Policy or the User Policy.

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