Terms Of Use
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http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “Hardy Tropicals UK”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “Hardy Tropicals UK” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.
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You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where “Hardy Tropicals UK” is hosted or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that “Hardy Tropicals UK” have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither “Hardy Tropicals UK” nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
Privacy Policy
Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Hardy Tropicals UK” will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Hardy Tropicals UK” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.
We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “Hardy Tropicals UK”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Hardy Tropicals UK” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).
Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”) and a personal, valid e-mail address (hereinafter “your e-mail”). Your information for your account at “Hardy Tropicals UK” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your e-mail address required by “Hardy Tropicals UK” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Hardy Tropicals UK”. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated e-mails from the phpBB software.
Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Hardy Tropicals UK”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Hardy Tropicals UK”, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature. This process will ask you to submit your e-mail, then the software will send an e-mail containing information about changing your password.
Any user uploading images to the site must have the copyright owners permission before the image is uploaded. Any Images uploaded to the site will still remain the property of the image owner but you agree to give Hardy Tropicals authorisation to display the images for the lifetime of the forum.
We have the right to investigate any user deemed to be abusing or misusing this site without prior warning.