Myositis Support Group

Please read our terms and conditions before continuing. They include the basic rules and define acceptable behaviour. Thank you.
		
1. General responsibilities

When posting or reading comments, I agree:

to keep my user name and password secure at all times and to contact the Myositis Support Group, by emailing msg@myositis.org.uk, immediately if I have reason to believe that they may no longer be secure

not to use any other user's identity to log on to the Myositis Support Group's Community message boards

to accept full responsibility for any messages I place on the Community message boards

only to use the Community message boards for lawful purposes

not to post on the Community message boards any defamatory, abusive, offensive, racist, sexist, threatening, vulgar, obscene, hateful or otherwise inappropriate comments, or to post comments which will constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability

not to use the Community message boards to solicit other users to become users of competitive online services, to advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose, or to promote any surveys, contests or chain letters without the express written permission of the Myositis Support Group

not to post or make available any material which is protected by copyright, trade mark or other proprietary right on the message boards without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trade mark or any other proprietary right. I will be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of the above

not to upload to the Community message boards any files that contain malicious code that is designed or intended to disrupt, damage or limit the functioning of any software, hardware or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorised access to any data or other information in the possession of the Myositis Support Group or any third party. I will be solely responsible for any damages from any claims that may arise because I posted code that caused damage to the operation of another person's software, hardware or telecommunications equipment.

to evaluate for myself the accuracy or usefulness of any opinion, advice or other content on the Community message boards

2. Monitoring

When you submit comments to the Myositis Support Group's Community message boards they are posted automatically. We may (but are not obliged to) monitor the contents of the Community message boards and edit or remove any comments that we deem to be inappropriate without giving reason or notice.

Any person can be banned without notice for posting comments that are not constructive to the overall purpose and mission of the Myositis Support Group, or create a distraction to that purpose and mission.

We may refer any matter to a law enforcement agency or Court of competent jurisdiction where we consider a matter is of a criminal or unlawful nature.

3. Complaints

If you would like to complain about anything that is posted on the Myositis Support Group's Community message boards, please send us an email your complaint. Please also note that we will deal with the matter as we see fit but that we will take into account your views.

4. Your identity and licence

You must acknowledge that comments posted on the Myositis Support Group's Community message boards are not private communications and can be viewed by everybody who visits the message boards. Users will be able to identify, from others' chosen user names, which user has posted each comment. However, users can also post anonymously if they wish.   

By posting comments on the Community message boards, you grant all other users the right to obtain access to such comments and to view, store and reproduce them for personal use.

You must log off the Myositis Support Group's message boards when you have finished posting comments to prevent anyone else accessing the Community message boards using your log-on identity. This is particularly important where other people may use the same computer as you, such as in Internet cafes. If you do not log off, you may be deemed to be the person viewing or posting comments, unless you can prove otherwise.

The Myositis Support Group's Community message boards use cookies - small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by our web server. They allow the server to tell whether you are logged on to the Community system, so that it can allow you access to features available only to registered users. The cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information, and they are not used to track your web browsing in any way.

The Myositis Support Group reserves the right to reveal your identity and contact details to appropriate authorities if it believes that you may have breached any of the terms and conditions.

For your own safety and security, we recommend that you do not disclose personal information such as your password, credit card number, home address, email address, phone number etc, on the Myositis Support Group's community message boards.

5. Privacy

Your email address will not be viewable to others - any messages you post will be credited to your chosen user name. If you use the system to send an email to another user, they will not see your email address unless you include it in your message.

Any information you add to your profile, either at registration or amendments you may make at a later date are, by default, hidden from all other users.

The Myositis Support Group is committed to protecting the personal data of its supporters and members. Any details you give us will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

From time to time we may wish to contact you about relevant Muyositis Support Group services, or volunteering or fundraising opportunities. We will only do this if you have given us permission. We may, however, need to contact you from time to time with information relevant to the operation and use of the Community section.

6. Limitation of liability and exclusion of warranties

You acknowledge that the author of each posting on any of the Myositis Support Group's Community message boards is responsible for his or her comments.

Insofar as the law permits, we shall not be liable for any loss, damage or distress incurred as a result of comments made on the Community message boards.

7. Indemnity

You acknowledge that you are responsible for any comments that you post on the Myositis Support Group's Community message boards and that if you breach any of the terms and conditions you may be personally liable to any third party that suffers harm as a result.

You agree to indemnify and keep us indemnified, our successors and assigns, trustees, offices, employees and agents from and against all liabilities, claims, losses, costs, damages and expenses including legal fees which are reasonably incurred by us should you breach any of the terms and conditions.

8. General

The Myositis Support Group reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions at any time without notice. The current version of the terms and conditions can be accessed by clicking 'Terms and condition' on the Community homepage.

The terms and conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law.

The English Courts shall have jurisdiction to hear disputes between us.
I have read and agree to the terms and conditions.