By registering on and using Australian PC User's web site, you agree to the following Terms of Use:
Copyright
- You agree to grant Australian PC User non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to publish the text, pictures and any other content that you post on to this web site, but you retain ownership of this content and may use this content elsewhere if you wish. Also please note:
- This licence does not terminate if/when you terminate your user account on this web site.
- This licence applies to all media, including (but not necessarily limited to) Australian PC User's web site, print editions and other electronic editions.
- This licence is subject to the laws of Australia.
- This licence does not apply to Australian PC User staff and contractors who operate under a different copyright agreement.
Publication and privacy
- You agree to allow Australian PC User to publish some of your details, specifically:
- Your user name on this site, all your posts and your profile picture (if you choose to upload a picture or use to your Facebook picture on this web site) will be published to everyone who visits this web site (and other sites which index this site, such as Google), and possibly in Australian PC User's print and other electronic editions.
- The other details that you add to your Profile are published to all other registered users on this web site, with one exception:
- Your email address is not published or shared with anyone. It is required for site administration and moderation purposes only.
- You understand that while Australian PC User takes all reasonable precautions to ensure your email address and site password are kept secure, no security system is infallible.
- You understand that once you submit a post to this web site, Australian PC User has no obligation to remove that post, if you wish to remove the post at a later time.
- For the above reasons, we recommend that:
- You share only the information in your Profile and in your posts that you are prepared to publish on the internet and elsewhere.
- You use a secondary email account (such as a Gmail or Hotmail account) when registering with this (or any other) web site.
- You should take care and think carefully when submitting posts to this (or any other) web site.
- Children under 18 years should not provide a Profile picture or any details in their Profile.
Legal obligations
- You agree not to post content or take any action on this web site that violates any law in Australia and, if you live elsewhere, in your own country. This is includes (but is not limited to):
- Not infringing copyright and the intellectual property rights of other people or companies;
- Not posting or linking to illegal or pirated material;
- Not encouraging illegal activity;
- Not making comments about a person or company that could be defamatory, libelous or threatening.
Code of conduct
- You agree not to post content that:
- Is illegal (as described above);
- Has a threatening or abusive tone, including (but not limited to) personal attacks, racism and sexism;
- Is offensive to other users or readers of this web site;
- Contains foul language;
- Is deliberately misleading;
- Is deliberately provocative;
- Is not your own work, without attribution to the original author;
- Poses technical or security risks;
- Has been repetitively posted by you (same or similar posts);
- Is spam or promotes a commercial product or service;
- Is trying to generate click-through traffic to another site;
- Is excessively long or poorly formatted;
- Includes content of a "for sale" or "wanted to buy" nature;
- Includes 'referral' links designed to generate commission payments.
- You agree to participate on this web site in good faith and to help ensure this remains a helpful, co-operative online community by:
- Using the "Report" links to flag any question, answer or comment that you suspect is illegal, abusive, spam or otherwise not suitable for this web site. (You need to registered and signed in to this web site to access these Report links).
- Thinking carefully before making any post.
- Not responding to deliberately provocative posts (ie "trolls").
- When posting content on this site, you agree to fully disclose your job title, ownership of, or any commercial connection with any business, organisation or product that may be relevant to the topic being discussed on that page.
- You agree to post content that is on topic in relation to the purpose of this site and to the section and page on which it's posted. Specifically:
- Any question that you post in the help forums must be a genuine question seeking advice or solutions related to computers or other technology covered by this web site.
- Any answer that you post in the help forums must be a genuine answer, made in good faith, to original question on that page.
- Any comment that you post in the other sections of this site must be on topic with the original article on that page.
About this service
- Australian PC User staff and writers work hard to ensure all the articles are accurate and all the software included and referred to on this site works as described, however, the reviews, answers, tips, guides, advice, links, software and other content on this web site are provided "as is". In particular:
- Australian PC User makes no garrantees or warranties in relation to the content or software on this web site.
- Australian PC User takes no responsibility for any problems, damages or adverse affects which may follow after reading posts, downloading software or otherwise using the contents of this web site.
- When asking questions in this web site's help forums, you should understand that:
- Australian PC User, its staff and web site users are not undertaking to provide you with technical support or guaranteeing solutions.
- The participants on this web site have different levels of expertise, and that "answers" may or may not be correct, accurate or complete solutions.
- The "answers" on this web site are unpaid, including some from Australian PC User staff and writers who may occasionally provide answers to questions on a voluntary basis.
- Australian PC User will remove or unpublish spam, illegal, abusive, misleading or otherwise inappropriate content (as described above), or other content for any reason deemed necessary by site administrators.
- Australian PC User reserves the right to block and/or remove users who post spam, illegal, abusive, misleading or otherwise inappropriate content (as described above), or for any reason deemed necessary by site administrators.
- Australian PC User site administrators work hard to minimise abusive, spam or otherwise unsuitable posts, however, the comments, questions and answers on this web site are posted "live" without prior approval by site administrators.
About these Terms of Use
- Australian PC User may change these Terms of Use in the future, and while Australian PC User will publish details of any such changes, you agree to abide by any new Terms if you continue to use this web site.
- These Terms of Use are subject to the laws of Australia.
