Forum Rules

Maccode.co.uk Forums - Terms and Conditions of Use

Clause 1 - Acceptance of terms

Use of the MAC code Forum indicates your acceptance of these Forum Terms and Conditions of Use as well as the MAC code privacy policy

Clause 2 - Advertising

Companies/individuals must not use the Forum to advertise any products or services. Please email contact@maccode.co.uk for advertising opportunties.

Clause 3 - User accounts

  1. Users can only register one username per email address
  2. Users must not register multiple usernames.
  3. Web User reserves the right to remove access to the Forum for any Users who mimic another User's identity and/or register identities of a similar or identical nature to persons in the public eye.

Clause 4 - Users Obligations

  1. Nothing false or misleading is to be posted on this forum.
  2. Anyone placing racist material on this Forum is committing a criminal offence - namely Incitement to Racial Hatred under the Race Relations Act. All details will be automatically removed and reported if necessary.
  3. Do not post rude or abusive messages - including personal attacks on other Users.
  4. Do not post defamatory or other insulting or inappropriate messages.
  5. Anything that is placed onto the Forum must not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party or breach any applicable laws.
  6. Users must not use this Forum for transmitting any "spam" or "junk mail", or any other form of commercial solicitation.
  7. Users must not post onto the Forum anything that contains any software viruses or any other code, file, program designed to harm the function of any computer or telecommunications equipment.
  8. Users must not collect or store (or attempt to collect or store) any personal data that it may receive about other Users of the Forum.
  9. If under the age of 18 a User will need to obtain a parent or guardian’s permission before posting anything onto the Forum. You should never reveal personal information about yourself, such as your address, telephone number and school.

Clause 5 - Intellectual Property

Spydernetworks reserves the right to re-use any submission to the MAC code forum in any format or media and in such ways as maccode.co.uk sees fit. Users waive their moral rights to object to any derogatory treatment, or to be identified as the author, of the submission in question.

Clause 6 - Termination

If a User fails to adhere to these Terms & Conditions, Maccode.co.uk reserves the right to terminate the User’s participation on the Forum. Users who posts defamatory, obscene, racial or otherwise offensive material on this Forum acknowledge that this may expose them to the risk of legal action (whether civil or criminal) being taken against them.

Clause 7 - Disclaimers

  1. Please note that the Maccode forum is not moderated and we therefore rely upon notifications from other Users regarding abuse of the Forum. We reserve the right to remove or edit any posting on the Forum that contravenes these Terms & Conditions.
  2. Users of the Forum do so entirely at their own risk. As such, to the extent permitted by law, Users release Spydernetworks (who maccode.co.uk is owned by), its directors, contractors and employees from all liability arising out of or in connection with the Forum and the material submitted to it by third parties
  3. Problems or complaints should be directed to Maccode.co.uk staff at contact@maccode.co.uk or via private message to a moderator. This is particularly if you notice that a User is contravening these Terms & Conditions.
  4. Users who wish to make suggestions about Maccode.co.uk can do so via email at contact@maccode.co.uk.