Forum Addendum for HONcode Compliance
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Topic: Forum Addendum for HONcode Compliance
Posted By: Admin
Subject: Forum Addendum for HONcode Compliance
Date Posted: Jul 19 2009 at 6:40pm
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You agree to not use the message board for the following: · Posting advertisements or solicitation of business; · Posting inaccurate, invalid or misleading information or impersonating another individual, living or dead, or another company, real or fictitious; · Posting material that infringes on the copyright, proprietary rights or privacy of others; · Intentionally or unintentionally violating any applicable local, state, national or international laws; · Posting material or otherwise making available any Content that is unlawful, obscene, pornographic, hateful, harmful, abusive, threatening, defamatory or invasive of another’s privacy as determined by CyberPT; · Posting the same message more than once within a reasonable time period, as determined by CyberPT. CyberPT reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is available via the message board that violates the Terms & Conditions or is otherwise objectionable. You, the user, agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content on the message board, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content posted on the message board. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by CyberPT or submitted to CyberPT. Should you encounter any conduct or postings that violate our terms and conditions, please contact us at feedback@cyberpt.com. https://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html?HONConduct237955">  HONCode Forum Addendum- Principle 1 - Authority The CyberPT Forum is moderated daily by licensed physical therapists from CyberPT, Inc. All users of the forum are by default considered as non medical professionals. Forum users and moderators must behave at all times with respect and honesty. Moderators reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is available via the message board that violates the Terms & Conditions or is otherwise objectionable. Violators of our terms and conditions for postings on our forum will not be warned and can be banned without notification. - Principle 3 - Confidentiality Visitors using the message boards understand that all information posted can be visible to anyone else and are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not CyberPT, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. 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