1. Purpose
The purpose of the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) Forums is to provide a safe, respectful and positive space for the discussion and information sharing. The HSS will ensure that users of the forums are provided with a supportive and considerate environment in which users can obtain information, share experience and exchange expertise. By using one or more of HSS forums you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not use the HSS Forums.
2. Conduct of Forum Users
2.1. All views publicly posted on the forum are individual and not the views, policy or advice of the HSS. User posts to be found in the online forums are solely the responsibility of their respective authors.
2.2. Any reference to 3rd party organisations, their products or services does not imply endorsement by the HSS. Such implications/references may be removed or edited.
2.3. This is a public, family-friendly forum. If a user is under the age of 16 they must get parent or guardian permission before taking part in any forum discussion. If you are under 16 please get parent or guardian permission before taking part in any HSS website forum discussion.
2.4. You must agree not to participate in manipulative or malicious behaviour with intent to cause damage to HSS, the HSS website or any of the computer systems linking to the HSS.
2.5. You must not impersonate any person or entity. This includes but is not limited to, any HSS member or administrator and any other forum member, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent Your affiliation with another person or entity.
3. Postings and messages
Content that is posted to the HSS forum, including your choice of username, must comply with the following conditions:
3.1. Messages must not contain the use of explicit, obscene or vulgar language or images and/or messages, including racist, sexist or homophobic remarks.
3.2. Forum discussions can sometimes become heated. They often take place more or less in real time, and it can be tempting to respond offensively in the heat of the moment. No posts that attack, insult or abuse forum members are tolerated. Respect other members of the community and don’t belittle, make fun off, or insult another member. Agree to disagree. If you think another user has breached the rules please contact the moderator by email.3.3. No posts of copyrighted material. Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the person posting should not be posted on the message boards without the consent of the owner. If you participate in a discussion, you are responsible for ensuring that any material you post to the Forum does not violate or infringe the copyright, patent, trademark or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party.
4. Moderation
4.1. The HSS reserves the right to remove, edit, move or close any posts when in breach of these terms and conditions.
4.2. The HSS reserves the right to delete any contribution at its sole discretion at any time without notice.
5. Use of website
The HSS reserve the right to change the contents of this website or to discontinue it at any time, as well as the right to deny access to the site to any person whom we have reasonable grounds to believe may be using the site for an unlawful or unauthorised purpose or in a manner that may harm us.
6. Copyright
You may not copy, reproduce, re-publish, download, post broadcast, transmit, make available to the public or otherwise use the content of the HSS website and associated websites in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial home use. You may not adapt or to create a derivative work from any HSS content except for your own personal non-commercial home use.
7. Changes to HSS Forum Terms and Conditions
The HSS may change these terms and conditions at any time by posting the changes online and your continued use of the website after such changes are posted means you agree to be bound by these terms as amended.
January 2012
Privacy policy
Your online privacy and security is very important to the Humanist Society Scotland.Personal information collection
When you are on www.humanism-scotland.org.uk or other Humanist Society Scotland sites, and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with the Humanist Society Scotland alone unless stated otherwise.
We may collect the following information from visitors
- IP addresses for analytics purposes (we do not store these with your profile or membership record)
- Any information volunteered by the visitor, such as names, address, email address.
Sharing information
The Humanist Society Scotland will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information, except when we have your permission to do so, or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. The Humanist Society Scotland may share individual information to our agents for mail distribution purposes and such agents will be bound not to further transmit this information or use it in any other way. The Humanist Society Scotland may also use such information itself to contact people for marketing or administrative purposes. From time to time, we agree with other likeminded organisations to write to some of each other's supporters, for the mutual benefit of both; in this case marketing material is exchanged but not your individual information.
We use the information we collect about visitors to the site to help us with understanding more about how our site is used and to be able to send you appropriate communications.
What does The Humanist Society Scotland do with the personal information you provide?
If you provide us with personal information (for example, when creating your profile, or when taking part in a campaign) your details are stored securely and used only for the purpose for which you have signed up. We do not pass your details to other organisations without your express consent (except if you use our secure financial pages - in which case they are passed to our financial partner PayPal for payment processing and validation purposes only).
The information you give us will be stored on a database and may be used by us where appropriate. This data helps us to know what campaigns and appeals are working well and informs future activity across the organisation, helping us to be more effective in our activities. It is also used for routine administration such as distribution of the members' newsletter, membership renewals and regular donations.
Who else can access your personal information?
If you use our secure financial pages to join the Humanist Society Scotland or to donate money to us online, you will be redirected to PayPal. PayPal handles all the secure financial transactions on the Humanist Society Scotland website on our behalf. The information you provide as part of any online financial transaction (such as your credit card number and contact information) is collected only so that the transaction can take place.
The website is hosted by fuzzylime and information provided to us during registration and subsequently when authenticated on the site may be logged and stored securely by them for the purposes of tracing any site errors They are bound by the same conditions of privacy and will not use or transmit your personal information for any other purposes.
Information security
When you give the Humanist Society Scotland personal information, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely. Unfortunately, it is not possible to guarantee the total security of any data transmitted over the Internet. While we strive to protect your personal information, the Humanist Society Scotland cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you therefore do this at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Once we receive your data, we do everything we can to make sure that it is secure on our systems.
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