The registration agreement for Holo Federation Community has been updated to better reflect the state of this community and to protect us as a whole from certain circumstances. You do not need to reply to this thread to agree to this change, continuing to use your account constitutes automatic agreement.
The biggest change is the introduction of an age restriction (sixteen - age of maturity in the United Kingdom) on membership here. This is to protect us legally from interaction with children on mature soil. Five years ago this wasn't as necessary because our average age was lower. At this point however most of us are adults and it would be inappropriate in many ways to continue to allow children through the flood gates.
For your reading convenience, the new agreement is contained within the spoiler tag below. If you do not agree with this change, you can simply log out of your account and not come back. We will not be deleting accounts of members whom no longer wish to adhere to this agreement.
As above, continuing to use your forum account constitutes automatic agreement to this change in terms of service. If you do not agree, you must cease using your account. If you are under the age requirement, you must inform us and we will ban your account until such a date that you meet the requirement.
You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, contains adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.
Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. While we do our best to monitor posts made, we cannot be held responsible for the content contain within these boards. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the person posting them and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. Holo Federation Community reserves the right to edit, move and remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if determined that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.
You must be at least sixteen years of age in order to register for an account on these forums. You may not register for an account while being under the age of sixteen, even if you obtain consent from a parent or guardian. In registering for an account you agree to provide a factual date of birth and in doing so, confirm that you are at least sixteen years old. Failure to provide a factual date of birth and to subsequently provide a false age on your profile will result in removal from this community. If you should register while being under the age of sixteen, you do so on the understanding that in lying about your age you are violating this agreement and the members, staff, owner and web host of this community can in no way be held accountable or responsible for any content you may experience while using your forum account.
You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.
After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.
Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.
Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.
