Change to Terms of Service

[Ngawang Drolma]

Please let me draw your attention to a change in #4 of the Terms of Service for the forum.

There is also an addition of #6.

Thanks,
Laura

[Tara]

Please note there has been an addition to section 3 of the Terms of Service.

Regards,

[Tara]

Please note there has been an addition to section #3 of the Terms of Service.

3. Accounts will not be deleted upon request / One account per member

Sometimes if people are not happy with their experience at a forum and wish to leave, they ask to have their account deleted, along with all their posts. Member accounts will not be deleted upon request, but they can be deactivated. The member's posts will not be deleted upon request because this would mess up the continuity of any threads in which they were involved in, and therefore cause inconvenience to other members. Members may only have one account. Creating an account with a different user ID after receiving a ban is not permitted and will result in an automatic ban. Additionally the creation of an account commonly known as a "sock puppet" account (and/or an account where the true [IP address] identity has been concealed in some fashion for the purpose of deceit) will result in an immediate permanent ban.

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Regards,

[Tara]

Please note a new section about Private Messages has been added to the Terms of Service which comes into effect immediately.

5. Private Messages (PM's)

We respect individual members right to privacy when sending Private Messages (PM's). Anyone posting the content of a PM in the forums without getting prior permission from the sender will receive an immediate seven day suspension to give the staff team time to review the situation and to decide whether any further action is to be taken.

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Regards,

[Tara]

Please note there has been an addition to section #2 of the Terms of Service:

- This is not a "comparative religion site", it is a site to learn and discuss the Buddha's teachings without animosity.
- In support of this:

* Badmouthing of other spiritual paths is not allowed.
* Proselyting / evangelizing other paths, which includes, for example, arguing that some other path is superior to the Buddhist path is not allowed.

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Regards,

[Tara]

Please note there has been an addition to section #1 of the Terms of Service:

Willful negative discrimination against any group of people, whether based on their sexual orientation, origin, language or even their religion etc will not be tolerated.

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Regards,

[David N. Snyder]

Terms of Service Update

Paragraph 1 addition/update:

Dharma Wheel and related sites of the site owner are owned and operated out of the U.S. As such it comes under the guidelines of 47 US Code Section 230(c)(1), including the Communications Decency Act, which provides owners, administrators, moderators, and posters immunity from any content in here posted by someone else. Each is responsible for their own post and the team has no liability even if administrators and/or moderators fail to remove an alleged offending post. Therefore, any poster who makes legal threats against anyone on this forum will be grounds for immediate banning.

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[Tara]

The Terms of Service have been restyled, please familiarize yourselves with the new version. viewtopic.php?f=109&t=12768