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1.1 - Your legal obligation - By accessing Metalwork Forum (hereinafter: we, us, our, Metalwork Forum, MWF, http://www.metalworkforums.com), you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms you must not access and/or use Metalwork Forum.

1.2 - Jurisdiction - These Terms of Use governing access to, and use of, Metalwork Forum shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws (Commonwealth and State) in force in the State of Victoria. These laws include, but are not limited to, Commonwealth and State privacy and criminal laws, the Copyright Act 1968, and the Spam Act 2003, among others.

The Administration Team of Metalwork Forum (hereinafter referred to as the "Admin Team" or Admin) may change these conditions at any time. Whilst every attempt will be made to inform you of any changes, it is your responsibility to review these conditions regularly as your continued usage of Metalwork Forum after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these conditions as they are updated and/or revised. A brief summary of changes made is included at the foot of these Terms of Use.

3.1 - abusive, obscene, divisive or vulgar
3.2 - defamatory, hateful or threatening
3.3 - racially motivated
3.4 - sexually-orientated
3.5 - Incitement to commit breach of any Commonwealth or State law or regulation.
3.6 - offensive to reasonable adults
3.7 - is inappropriate on a family friendly forum
3.8 - infringes copyright
3.9 - infringes on right to privacy
3.10 - denigrates any particular group, incorporated body or individual
3.11 - false or deliberately misleading
3.12 - naming companies or products involved in disputes or grievances (naming & shaming)
3.13 - in violation of any laws be it of your country, the country where Metalwork Forum is hosted or International Law
3.14 - posts that the Admin Team, at its absolute discretion, consider to be trolling
3.15 - considered by the Admin Team to be an ongoing promotion of a competitive website

Any breach of Clause 3.0, at the sole discretion of Metalwork Forum, its Owner or Administrators, may lead to you being subject to disciplinary procedures detailed in Clause 4.0 and/or with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed appropriate by the Admin Team. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions.

5.1 - In all dealings with Metalwork Forum or its members, you remain solely responsible for the content of your posts and messages.
5.2 - You agree to indemnify and hold blameless, this forum and their agents with respect to any claim based upon any post you may make.
5.3 - In the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by yourself, we reserve the right to disclose whatever information we know about you.
5.4 - You agree to waive all rights to legal action against the Owners or Administrators of Metalwork Forums for anything arising from your membership of Metalwork Forums.

As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. Except as stated above, this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, but neither Metalwork Forums nor vBulletin shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

You agree to have only one account at Metalwork Forums. If you forget your password or username, please contact [email protected] your details it will be sort out for you.

You agree that the Admin Team of Metalwork Forums have the right to remove, edit, move or close any post/topic without notice at any time should they see fit.
If you find a post objectionable then please use the 'Report Post' button: Found at the bottom of each post.

9.1 - Clause 3.8 prohibits the posting of material that infringes copyright.

9.2 - Posting your own photos on MWF, means that you automatically renounce any copyright.
9.3 - All photos should be resized to 800x600 (or close equivalent) to maintain uniformity across all areas of MWF.
9.4 - We prefer that Manage Attachments or Insert Image be used where possible. For the Metalwork Challenges, photos must be uploaded via Manage Attachments or Insert Image and resized to 800x600
9.5 - Links to sites such as Photobucket or similar may be deleted from posts by Admin

As a general rule we do not allow discussion of politics or religion because of their contentious nature. At election time we may allow one (1) political thread.

11.1 - The Private Message (PM) service at Metalwork Forums must not be used to harass or abuse anyone.
11.2 - The Private Message (PM) service at Metalwork Forums must not be used to promote any other organisation without Admin consent unless you are specifically requested to do so by the member to whom such promotional PM is addressed. Members receiving such PMs unsolicited, should use the 'Report Message' button. Found at the bottom of message box
11.3 - Private Messages (PMs) must remain private. As a general rule, no Private Message (PM) will be made public except where the received PM is in contravention of clause 11.2 above in which case it may be forwarded to Admin using the Report Message button.
11.4 - Private Messages - Admin rights. Messages posted are not the responsibility of this forum and the Admin Team are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any of these messages.

The Commonwealth Spam Act 2003 regulates the sending of unsolicited commercial electronic messages and generally prohibits the sending of such messages. An unsolicited commercial electronic message may include an email or a message sent via MWF 's Private Message system. The Spam Act 2003 also prohibit the use of address-harvesting software or address-harvested lists for the purpose of sending an unsolicited commercial electronic message.
The Spam Act 2003 is currently enforced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and provides penalties of up to $1.1 million for each contravention. Metalwork Forums reserves the right to refer any possible breaches of the Spam Act 2003 that come to its attention to ACMA or other appropriate law enforcement agency.

Decisions made by The Admin Team are final. Discussion of Admin decisions on the forum will not be tolerated.

Your privacy is important to us, and we uphold the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988.
As a user you agree that any material published on the forum may be in the public arena and no guarantee of privacy is offered or implied.
Metalwork Forums collects and stores Member information only so that the Forum can operate. Member information will not be used in any other way and will not be sold, rented or otherwise imparted.

Members should however be aware that information they supply in their Profile will be visible to other members and to non-member guests viewing Metalwork Forums.

Be assured that Metalwork Forums will treat your personal information strictly in compliance with privacy legislation

Metalwork Forums is a forum where members discuss and seek information from other members in relation to metalworking and like topics and is NOT to be used as a cheap advertising medium for any commercial interest, weather related or not. Blatant advertising in any Forum other than The Market Place is inappropriate and will not be tolerated. Advertising in the wrong area and without permission will result in the add being deleted and the advertiser receiving infractions and losing forum privileges, continued advertising may result in the advertiser being banned from the forums.

Having said that, Metalwork Forums does welcome members from the industry and will afford them limited opportunity to publish their offers to members.

To this end, Metalwork Forums has developed guidelines for the Admin Team to follow in respect of posts by members who have a commercial interest and/or those members who simply have a personal website. Those guidelines are as follows:

This policy explains in detail how “Metalwork Forums” (hereinafter: we, us, our, Metalwork Forum, MWF, http://www.metalworkforums.com) and vBulletin (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “vBulletin software”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Metalwork Forums” will cause the vBulletin 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 vBulletin software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Metalwork Forums” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the vBulletin software whilst browsing “Metalwork Forums”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the vBulletin 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 “Metalwork Forums” (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 “Metalwork Forums” 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 “Metalwork Forums” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Metalwork Forums”. 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 vBulletin 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 “Metalwork Forums”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Metalwork Forums”, vBulletin 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 provided by the vBulletin software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your e-mail, then the vBulletin software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.

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