Participation Guidelines

Introduction

Welcome to our discussion forum.  Our Participation Guidelines (“Guidelines”) can be found here, including reporting procedures for offensive or unsuitable comments.  By participating in this discussion Forum you confirm your agreement to adhere to these Guidelines. If you do not agree to these Guidelines you should not access this Forum.  We may change these Guidelines from time to time by updating this page so you should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 8 February 2008. These Guidelines should be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use, Terms & Conditions of Sale and Privacy Policy.

Posting comments

Please note that Name and Email address are required although your email address will not appear with your comment. If you choose to enter the address of your website (its “URL”), the Name you choose to display will be linked to that website (URL).

Guidelines

We are committed to ensuring this community is welcoming, inclusive and safe, and that it encourages intelligent, open discussion and exchange of ideas. We request that you support this commitment by adhering to the Guidelines listed on this page.

You agree not to make comments that:

• Contain defamation

• Are, or could reasonably be considered as abusive, offensive, sexual in nature, racist, sexist, homophobic or inciting hatred

• Promote or attempt to promote commercial services

• Use exclusive language or other jargon which may not be readily understood by the majority of participants

• Identify any individual by name or by implication

You agree to comment:

• On the issue under discussion only, not on any person contributing to the discussion, or on the beliefs, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of any person contributing to the discussion.

• Thoughtfully. This is a public forum, and you should not express in it any comments you may be unhappy about being available to you or anyone else at any time in the future.

• Sensitively. You understand that, despite your best efforts, you may be misunderstood and another participant may interpret your contribution in a way other than that you’d intended.

You accept that:

• We reserve the right to remove comments that are:
  • Not furthering the debate or are irrelevant in any way
  • Offensive, aggressive or rude or which may be considered so
  • Excessively long.  Long discussions or messages may be removed or edited at the moderator’s discretion.
  • Unlikely to be understood by the majority of our participants
  • Likely to cause us any potential legal liability such as defamation, breach of copyright, or any other liability.
• The content of this Forum is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
• We reserve the right to exclude any individual or organisation at our own discretion should we consider that individual or organisation to be in breach of these Guidelines
• Whilst there are technology measures in place to help us identify spam some may occasionally slip through
• We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure and have measures in place to protect your privacy and the security of this site.  In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures.  Nevertheless, you accept that we cannot guarantee 100% security or protection against hackers or others with malicious intent, and that we accept no liability which may be deemed to arise as a result of any breach of security of this site.   
• We are not liable under any circumstances for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage whatsoever  as a result of any posting on this Forum or for any participation in this Forum
• You are responsible for posting anonymously and you do so at your own risk for which we shall not be liable
• We have measures in place to monitor this community and remove any content which breaches these Guidelines. Nevertheless, we accept no liability whatsoever which may be considered to arise as a result of participation in this Forum
• Views may be expressed in this Forum which are not representative of the views or policy of Debra White personally, Debra White Business Coaching, or any individual connected with Debra White or Debra White Business Coaching.
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information found or offered through this Forum. You acknowledge that such information may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.
• We do not guarantee that this Forum or delivery of service connected with this Forum will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free or that any data generated, stored, transmitted or used via or in connection with this Forum will be complete, accurate, secure, up to date, received or delivered correctly or at all. Every effort is made to keep this Forum up and running smoothly. However, we take no responsibility for and will not be liable for the Forum being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
• We may need to suspend the Forum or delivery of service connected with this Forum for repair, maintenance or improvement. If so, we will restore them as quickly as is reasonably possible.
• Where links are provided to other websites they are provided for your convenience only and do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s). Furthermore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by our privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website(s) in question.

Moderation

• Comments are moderated. Therefore some comments may be withdrawn entirely at our discretion. Other comments may be delayed pending our approval.
• If a comment or post is removed, it may be necessary to delete subsequent messages which refer to the original moderated comment.
• If a comment or discussion gets long, our moderator may leave a comment suggesting that the discussion or a branch of the discussion be restarted elsewhere
• From time to time our moderator may join a discussion to forward the debate.

Reporting abusive offensive or unsuitable comments  

Email discussion_admin@debrawhite.co.uk with the details of the comment. Please include details of the author of the comment, and the title of the post to which it was attached.

Why was my comment removed?

Has your comment violated one of the Guidelines listed above? If you believe your comment was removed unfairly, please email us at discussion_admin@debrawhite.co.uk

Feedback

We value your feedback and welcome constructive dialogue at all times.  If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at discussion_admin@debrawhite.co.uk.