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Registration Agreement

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, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or Canadian federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material or links to it 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. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum or the Peterborough Linux User Group (Canada). Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. There is a button with a post to report it to a moderator. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they 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 and any PLUG-related websites to this forum. 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 have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account for which you are about to register you agree to never give your password out to another person except to 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 strong password to prevent identity theft and don't also use it for websites that contain personal or financial information.

After you register and login into 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 Forum 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 any other information.

Privacy Policy

The PLUG server **only** stores the information that is necessary for participants to read, post, or contact other participants and to save login status. The information stored on the server is the following:

* Your username
* Your password (hashed and salted for protection)
* Your email address
* Your IP address whether you are logged into the forum or not. The IP is to track abuse and stop bots. We don't connect your IP with your internet provider. The IP address is only connected to your username (in the logs) if you are logged in, assuming you have an account.
* Logging of errors when users attempt to log in and fail or when they access certain features or boards. The log doesn't contain your password, just your username. Logs are deleted after 90 days.
* Any other information you provide like various IM usernames, birthdays, country, age, other contact info, etc.
   - you can view this information under Profile -> Forum Profile
   - you can log in and change this info or delete it at any time.
* While your account information is stored on the server, you can delete your account at any time.

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. Google may place a cookie for its captcha software which we use to avoid spamming. The software does not collect or send any other form of information from your computer. You can clear this cookie at any time but doing so will log you out.

Your information is completely yours to access and control and is only used by us for forum functionality. We will never share, trade or sell your information to any other groups or individuals. At your request, your information can be removed from our server. We will comply within one week after verifying the request through email and/or other channels you provide.