Terms and conditions

Just to clear up any confusion over what’s acceptable on the corksurf.com boards, we thought we’d re-post the T&Cs and add a few guidelines on threads. We would rather let the conversations run unhindered by our tinkering, but occasionally things do get out of hand. This is not an attempt to stop "Freedom Of Speech".

We want to make sure that new visitors to the board are encouraged to post by the community and not put off by offensive threads. This applies to abusive posts, overly obscene language, and potentially libellous comments, plus other items mentioned below. We consider this a reasonable request and hope that all members can abide by these guidelines.

Thanks for listening and enjoy the boards.

corksurf.com


Terms and Conditions of Service.

Considering the real-time nature of this message board, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this BB or any entity associated with this BB. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email on bracken@corksurf.com. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realise that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this BB to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyrighted material is owned by you. Although we do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).We reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.

The Terms of Service broken down so you know what's accepatble and what's not...

"Secret Spots": It's ok to name the really well know beaches: Garrettstown, Castlefreke, Brandon. Please refrain from mentioning any spot that may be considered "secret"

False and/or defamatory: Basically, airing material that is a lie, or untrue. For example, stating that 'someone' is dead, and they really aren't, therefore it’s a hoax. This isn't acceptable.

Libel: We reserve the right to delete any threads or posts that are potentially libellous.

Abusive: This obviously means that there shouldn't be any abusive behaviour on the board. What is deemed abusive is at the moderators'/admins' discretion. If we receive complaints about a thread, we reserve the right to delete the thread, either by specific post or by whole thread.

Flooding/Spamming: The posting of the same topic over and over again to the point where it renders the forums un-useable will warrant an official warning. Continuous flooding will result in a ban.

Harassing: Posts against the same person, over and over will not be tolerated. If we receive a complaint, you will be warned about bothering someone once, then we reserve the right to ban you from the boards.

Pornographic: Any pornographic links and images will obviously be deleted.

Threatening: This board do not want to be held responsible for any physical threats. IF you have a problem with someone, take it off the board or PMs. We will not tolerate it. We will not get into private arguments between members of the boards

Invasive of a person's privacy: That would be hacking, or trying to read someone's PMs or emails. And lastly, posting PRIVATE MESSAGES, onto the public forums. They are called 'private messages' for a reason.

The Admins and moderators can lock or delete any post without any warning/explanation whatsoever.