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Acceptable Use Policy

Registration to this forum is free. However, we do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below.

This policy is designed to protect our members from harassment and personal abuse and by registering on this site you have agreed to be bound by our Acceptable Use Policy. Infringement of these rules will result in a formal warning, while subsequent offences may result in a temporary ban being placed on your account and you will be unable to access some or all forums. Repeated breaches of the policy WILL result in a permanent ban of your account and IP address. If necessary, we will contact your ISP or another appropriate body and strongly recommend that you be prevented from continuing to use their service. Internet abuse is a crime.

Members may not use Football Forums to abuse other members in any form, be it religious, racial, cultural, sexist or political. A borderline case will result in a formal warning; extreme cases and repeated offences will result in a permanent ban. The definition of a ‘borderline’ case is at the discretion of the Moderator(s) of the forum(s) in question, and the site managers. This includes use of offensive ‘nicknames’ used by one group to insult another, beyond the bounds of ‘banter’. Member profiles are included in this clause.

Registration on FootballForums.net is subject to the applicant being 13 years old or over, and each applicant will be required to complete a declaration on registering to confirm that they meet the minimum age requirement.

Personal insults/attacks directed at members in what is seen as a malicious manner will be immediately deleted by the Moderator(s) and a caution given. Repeated offences may result in either a temporary or permanent ban from one or more of the forums.

Bullying of members for whatever reason by individuals or groups of members will not be tolerated, those deemed to be guilty of such behaviour will be excluded from the site either temporarily or permanently at the discretion of site Administrators. This includes references to race, religion or disability, whether assumed or actual.

If a member wishes to lodge an official complaint regarding the conduct of another member this must be done by Private message to a member of staff with full details of the complaint, and where possible examples of the behaviour in question.

If a member wishes to lodge an official complaint regarding the conduct of a Moderator or an Administrator and is unable to resolve it with that person this must be done by Private message to a member of the Admin. team.

Members are not permitted to spam the same or a similar message across all our forums, all posts of this nature will be removed, and the offending member will be banned.

While the General Off Topic (GOT and Flood This) area are ‘free’ forums for non-football discussion, there is nothing to be gained from posting infantile and meaningless threads. Offenders will be cautioned, and if necessary the threads/posts removed. Repeated offences will result in either a temporary or permanent ban from GOT, Flood This and/or the entire board.

Threads/posts in bad taste or considered to be offensive to other members may be edited/deleted at the discretion of the forum Moderator(s). The posting of pornographic images, or links to such images, will result in a permanent ban from the site.

Signatures must not be large enough to slow down page loading of the forums, (guideline maximum size 500 wide x 60 tall pixels for images OR 5 lines of text), or they will be removed by site Administrators without warning. Repeated posting of large signatures will result in the member’s access to their usercp being removed, and with it their access to the site Personal Messaging system.

Bullying of members for whatever reason by individuals or groups of members will not be tolerated, those deemed to be guilty of such behaviour will be excluded from the site either temporarily or permanently at the discretion of site Administrators. This includes references to race, religion, sexual orientation or disability, whether assumed or actual..

Due to the wide age-range of our users, posts of an overtly sexual nature are not permitted, and pictures or URLS of a pornographic nature are not welcome and will be removed.

Harrassment of Moderators will not be tolerated. They are here to ensure your enjoyment of these forums. The moderation of posts is enforced using the 'Report Post' feature. Please use this system to establish your complaint regarding an inappropriate post, rather than PM a Moderator directly.

When registering on Football Forums, each member must select a Username which is unique to them. The use of multiple accounts and therefore Usernames is not permitted, and users who are found to have multiple accounts concurrently active may be liable to having all their accounts banned, or have restrictions placed on them. Should a member wish to change their Username, or register with a different account to replace one that is already active, they must get authorisation from a Forum Manager. Each unique account is for the use of a unique user, accounts cannot be shared, only one member per account is permitted. Each unique member is responsible for their account security and password, posts made using that account and password will be the responsibility of the unique user at all times.

If any member has a complaint about the conduct of another member or the content/nature of a post they should use the ‘Report This Post to a Moderator’ facility attached to each post. Complaints made publicly on the forums will be removed and ignored. If you feel strongly that a public complaint is necessary, please make it in the Customer Support and Feedback section of the site.

Although the Administrators and Moderators of FootballForums.net will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Football Forums nor Jelsoft Enterprises Limited (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

The owners and managers of FootballForums.net reserve the right to edit, delete, move or close any thread for any reason.

Privacy Statement

Definitions:
Us/We: FastWeb Media Ltd
You: The user of footballforums.net / member of footballforums.net

Fast Web Media Ltd is committed to your right to privacy and will only use your data as set out in our privacy policy below. Please read this information carefully. By using footballforums.net you agree to us collecting and using your personal information in accordance with the details below.

1. What information will we collect about you?
We will collect information about you when you register to join footballforums.net, and when you contact us or through the use of cookies. This may include information about how you use the Site. Though the privacy policy below has been developed to take account of the rapid development of Internet technology it is subject to change. Any such changes will be notified on this page.

2. What are cookies? Does footballforums.net use cookies?
When you use the footballforums.net site we may automatically issue your computer with a small piece of code (a 'cookie'). Cookies are files we transfer to your computer's hard disk. Cookies can store information about your preferences on products and services and other information which you access when you visit the Site. We can use cookies to show us how you are using our Site and to collect demographic or statistical information about user behaviour. They allow us to analyse the popularity of the Site and to better manage and improve the service we provide to you. We also use ad servers to serve the advertisements that you see on the pages of our web site. You may also be issued with a cookie as part of this process. For information on changing your cookie settings: click on the link below.

3. How will we use the information we collect about you?
In order to use the footballforums.net site you are not required to register or provide any personal information about yourself.

You may however choose to join the footballforums.net messageboards when you must register with us when we will collect and record the data you give us when registering or when you use the Site. Registration may also be necessary to enable you to participate in a competition, give-away or survey. As part of the registration process we may ask you to provide some limited personal information about yourself such as your name, address and e-mail and other information which we will use to better develop our Site to your needs.

We will use the personal information you provide:

to supply and manage the services you have asked us to provide to you;
to improve and develop the service or products we offer by analysing your information;
and to learn more about you so that we can identify products and services which may be of interest to you which we will tell you about unless you have requested us not to do so.

4. Will we share your information with anyone else?
We will share your information with other companies, who will be able to use it for assessment and analysis (including market and product analysis). Unless you tell us that you do not wish to receive information from us or other companies, your information may be used by us or other companies to tell you (by letter, phone (including automated dialling), fax, digital television, e-mail or SMS) about products and services (including those of others) which may be of interest to you.

We do at times need to pass on your information to people who provide services to us (although this is only done on the understanding that your information is kept confidential). Data may also be disclosed to anyone to whom we transfer our rights or duties under this agreement, if there is a legal duty to disclose or if the law allows it.

5. How long will Fast Web Media Ltd keep your personal information on file?
We will not keep your information for longer than is necessary and will take steps to ensure that it is kept up to date. You may also update your information from time to time. You have a right under the Data Protection Act 1998 to ask what information we hold about you. You can do this by writing to us at:

Fast Web Media Ltd,
12th Floor, Sunlight House,
Quay Street,
Manchester,
M3 3JZ

6. Will we transfer your information outside of the UK?
Please note that we may have to send your information to locations outside the UK or the EEA, such as the USA, possibly including countries whose protection of personal information may not be as high as that in the UK. If your information is transferred to a service provider or agent in another country, we will make sure that the service provider or agent agrees to apply the same levels of protection, as we are required to apply to information held in the UK. We will ensure that your information is only used for the purpose of providing a service to us.

7. How we communicate with you.
If you contact us or we contact you by telephone, we may:

record the call so that we can check instructions;
listen to calls to help us monitor the quality of our service.

We will send e-mails to the e-mail address you have given us. We will not be responsible if anyone else gets access to your e-mails. If you send us an e-mail, you cannot assume that it has reached us until we return an e-mail acknowledging receipt. Please note that the Internet is not a completely secure medium. Please tell us if you find any failure, delay or error in sending or receiving e-mail.

8. Any queries?
If you have any queries or concerns about privacy on the 4thegame.com site please contact us at

Fast Web Media Ltd,
12th Floor, Sunlight House,
Quay Street,
Manchester,
M3 3JZ

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