Rules and Guidelines

Please avoid bad language, aggressive posts and personal attacks. Always show fellow members respect and courtesy. Commercial/business or referrals posts are allowed and we welcome personal product recommendations and experiences. Please also refrain from referring to professionals by name as any such posts could be libellous.

Posts may be deleted without notice for any reason whatsoever. Warnings are not given as you agree to these rules when using Web Worcester. Memberships containing inappropriate or nonsensical profile information will be banned on sight. Members may be banned at the sole discretion of Web Worcester administration staff.

Users must not use Web Worcester which includes Discussion Forums, Blogs, Chat and Messenger to:-

Harass, threaten or attack anyone or otherwise behave in any way which would cause annoyance (flaming) or distress to others.

Transmit or knowingly receive content and/or language that is in any way unlawful, threatening, offensive, bigoted, racist, obscene or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any obligations of confidence. This includes the use of swear words and the use of offensive names or nicknames.

Flood (post a repeated thread/post in more than 3 places or forums).

Spam (this includes selling).

You must only use Buy/sell for your personal items and not sell livestock, pirated goods, medicines, lists, vouchers or tickets of any kind.

Provide instructions for illegal or otherwise harmful activities.

Transmit or knowingly receive information relating to (or include links to) pornography, pirated software and/or computer games or other counterfeit goods such as films and music. Piracy is a crime.

Collect and/or distribute personal data concerning other users of Web Worcester or personally identifiable information about another person that is published without their express consent.

Impersonate another person, whether a friend, family member, celebrity, Web Worcester employee or other Web Worcester participant.

Post chain letters, money making or pyramid schemes.

Offer tarot, goddess readings or horoscopes.

Organise raffles, lotteries or quizzes which involve the taking of money.

For information on how to report abuse please contact us.

Profile pictures and albums: If we spot an offensive or copyrighted image, or we receive a valid complaint, we will delete it and reserve the right to ban the member.

Users should not act in any way to disrupt the flow of an ongoing discussion or chat. If a user does not wish to participate in an ongoing discussion, or wishes to discuss a non-related topic, they are requested to begin another message thread or go to the relevant Discussion Forum or Chat Room. Web Worcester may move or delete posts that appear irrelevant to the discussion in which they are posted.

Your responsibilities

1. You may be held legally accountable for what you say or do online. In particular, you may be held liable for any defamatory comments, threats and untrue statements or other illegal or fraudulent claims made by you.

2. Your profile name(s) must be in accordance with these Terms. It may not include words that are racist, profane, crude or otherwise offensive.

3. You may be held accountable for any breach of the rights of a third party if you have not obtained their prior consent to the use of their property.

4. You agree and warrant that you will comply with the terms of any agreement required by the owner or licensor of any intellectual property rights as may exist in all software and information you access or post and to indemnify Web Worcester against any action or cost suffered or incurred by Web Worcester as a result of a breach by you of this term.

Disclaimer

1. Web Worcester does not undertake to monitor every communication or the conduct of every user of Web Worcester. We operate a notice and take down policy. Monitors may be online from time-to-time to ensure that other users are adhering to the Rules. Any monitoring activity may be undertaken by Web Worcester or its appointed agent, acting on its behalf.

2. Web Worcester will make the best endeavour to promptly remove content which is reported as being in breach of the Rules, but cannot guarantee to do so.

3. Web Worcester does not endorse any opinions expressed by users of the Web Worcester community tools.

4. Web Worcester reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove material at any time.

5. The Web Worcester tools consist of information posted by third parties. As a result, Web Worcester accepts no liability in respect to the accuracy or truthfulness of any advice, information or data posted online or any responsibility for the consequences of your acting in reliance on such information.

6. If you fail to observe either these Rules or Web Worcester's Terms and Conditions at any time, Web Worcester reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to exclude you (either temporarily or permanently) from any part of the Web Worcester Website depending on the nature and severity of your breach.

7. Web Worcester reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to deny access to the Web Worcester community tools for repeated or serious breaches of the Rules.

Web Worcester may release your information (both present and past) to the relevant authorities where Web Worcester believes that you have breached the Rules or have used the Web Worcester community tools to commit unlawful acts. We also reserve the right to disclose your personal information where required to do so by law and where we deem it appropriate in response to complaints of a substantial nature.

Safety Advice

We recommend that you do not give out the address or phone number of your home, work or school. Forums are public so if you do disclose personal information online, it could be collected and used by third parties to send you unsolicited materials. If you receive an unpleasant personal message, you should block the member from contacting you again.

As well as the obvious dangers of giving out your phone number or address, please be wary of giving out your email address.

If you do give out your email address you should not post this but provide it via private message. Don’t open emails from people you don’t know. In particular, do not open emails with attachments from people you don’t know, as these could potentially be carrying viruses or other harmful programs.

If we spot an email address, phone number or address posted on any of the boards, we will delete it.

Please be careful about meeting other Forums users. When you are online, it is very easy for people to pretend to be someone they’re not.

If you do decide to meet another Web Worcester user in person, please follow these guidelines:

Under 18s:

1. Always ask your parent(s) or guardian(s) first.

2. Ask your parent(s) to go with you.

3. Always meet in a public place of your choice.

Over 18s:

1. Get a friend to accompany you.

2. Always tell someone you trust about where, when, and who you are meeting.

3. Always meet in a public place of your choice.