Privacy Policy trAce has a strict email privacy policy and will not make email addresses available to any other organisation without your express permission. General demographic information (including that collected by cookies on the trAce sites) may be used for planning and publicity purposes, but your individual details will not be used without your permission. If you change your email address, please let us know by writing to trace@ntu.ac.uk Artistic Policy We support free speech and try to avoid censorship. We are committed to supporting artistic practice across its entire range, recognising such practice as a basic means of expression - and thus a basic right - of diverse individuals and communities in society, and regarding as fundamental our protection and promotion of the artistic and intellectual freedom of the artists with whom we work. This commitment is seen as a natural outcome of, and providing important support for, our policy on equal opportunities. By registering, you agree to abide the following Terms of Membership: You must be over 18 to use our forums. trAce exists to provide a professional and social online community for writers, readers and other artists. In support of that purpose, the trAce community has adopted three general governing principles by which you are expected to abide: 1. Principle of Tolerance We are people of many nationalities, ages, cultures and artistic persuasions. We ask that everyone act with respect for others and recognize that effort may be necessary to avoid misunderstandings rising out of our differences. 2. Principle of Artistic and Intellectual Freedom We are committed to a) supporting artistic practice across its entire range; b) recognising such practice as a basic means of expression; and c) regarding as fundamental our protection and promotion of the artistic and intellectual freedom of the artists with whom we work. 3. Principle of Responsible Behaviour We share not only a common sector of cyberspace but also resources, which are provided through real-life support, effort and funding and which are finite. Responsible behaviour is defined as that which conforms to netiquette standards and which does not interfere in the access and use of trAce resources. The above principles were drafted by a representative group of trAce users in May 2000 and are supported by the organisation as a whole. When you register, you must choose a unique user name or "handle" and you must provide a unique, valid email address. Duplicate user names and email addresses are not allowed, so if the name or address you enter is already in use, you will be prompted to choose another one. To prevent any member from using another's handle, each member's account is password protected. When you register, you are asked to enter a password. At any point you may edit your profile to change it to another of your choice. You may also change the email address in your profile. HOWEVER, if you do, a new, randomly generated password will be sent to that address. Entering an invalid email address will cause your user name to become unusable by anyone, INCLUDING YOURSELF, until the information in your account is manually corrected by a moderator or administrator. The trAce forums, at our own discretion, may bar registration from any specific email service or ISP. Any message posted on our forums expresses only the views of the author of the message and does not necessarily reflect the views of trAce or any person or entity associated with it. trAce forums use moderators and administrators to monitor the content and appearance of messages posted here. However, considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for us to monitor or review every message. Therefore, you agree that neither trAce nor The Nottingham Trent University nor any person or entity associated with them, will be held responsible for the contents, accuracy, completeness or validity of any information posted in the forums. You agree that you will not use our forums to post any material, or links to 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 that you will not post any copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder, unless such copyright is owned by you or by trAce. Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate on these Forums. We have the ability to edit and/or remove objectionable messages. Any user who believes that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email to trace@ntu.ac.uk. Upon receipt of such notification, we will make every effort to take such action as we deem necessary within a reasonable period of time. Since this is a manual process, you are advised that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. trAce reserves the right to edit or delete any message for any reason whatsoever, at our sole discretion. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of your messages, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless trAce, e-Zone Media (the software manufacturer) and their agents and employees with respect to any claim based upon the appearance and/or transmission of your message(s). In the event of any complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you, trAce reserves the right to reveal your identity and any other information we may know about you. 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