You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or UK law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.

You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason.  We also strongly recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft. In registering, you must supply us with a valid email address. We may use this email address to contact you; all members are able to opt out of regular communications if requested. We will never provide your email address or any other personal details to any third party unless required to do so by law.

After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.

Note that whilst using the site, and as a means of interpreting the above, there is a full and detailed Terms of Service agreement which may be consulted at http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1514 . These terms of service are enforced, and include further detail on the relative severity of different possible breaches, and the specific definitions of certain breaches.

How we use your personal information – Exilian

This statement explains how Exilian ("we", "us" and "our") handles and uses the personal information we collect about our forum members and other interested persons for processes relating to our operations and activities. If you are a member of this forum, or have given data such as your email address to Exilian at any point, the following statement applies to you.

When changes are made to this statement, we will publish the updated version in our forum.

The controller for your personal information is Exilian.  The person responsible for data protection within Exilian is the Basileus, who can be contacted at exilian@exilian.co.uk.

How we use your personal information

We collect and process your personal information for a number of purposes, including:

• Maintaining your personal details (e.g. your username and e-mail address), including ensuring effective communications with you.
• Keeping financial records (e.g. payment of donations).
• Maintaining a formal record of your activities with us.
• Undertaking research into our activities.
• Managing complaints made to us.

Our normal legal basis for processing your personal information is your consent, which you gave at the point you become a member of Exilian or otherwise provided us with that information, and which you can withdraw at any time, by cancelling your membership or informing us that you wish for us to remove information about you. Note that if you cancel your membership, your posts in the forum are not automatically deleted.

We keep your personal information for as long as we need it, or until you instruct us to remove it.

How we share your personal information

We may use third-party hosting facilities to store any forum data, including personal information in your member profile. We may also use third-party e-mail providers to store your e-mail address.

We may also be subject to a legal requirement (with or without your consent) to share your personal information with a government agency (such as the police or security services or other statutory authorities with investigatory powers) under special circumstances (e.g. relating to tax, crime or health and safety).  Where feasible and appropriate, we will notify you in advance if such information has been requested from us; we will only share personal information with government agencies in cases where we are legally obliged to do so.

Your rights

You have the right to access the personal information that we hold about you. You also have the right to ask us to correct any inaccurate personal information we hold about you, to delete personal information, or otherwise restrict our processing, or to object to processing or communications, or to receive an electronic copy of the personal information you provided to us. Please note that all of these rights are qualified in various ways.

If you have questions or concerns about how your personal information is used, please contact us using the above details.

If you remain unhappy with the way your information is being handled, or with the response received from us, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF (https://ico.org.uk/), or with the equivalent authorities in other EU countries.

Last updated: 22 May 2018