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Posting comments
These are standard rules about posting comments on my [Derek Richards’] blog, twitter and social network sites. They are designed to ensure participants feel safe, keen to take part again and keep to its focus.
- Debate should be lively but also constructive and respectful.
- Don’t incite hatred on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or other personal characteristic.
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- Don’t break the law. This includes libel, condoning illegal activity and contempt of court (comments which might affect the outcome of an approaching court case).
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- If you are under 16, please get permission from a parent or guardian before commenting on this blog.
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- Don’t post in a language other than English.
- Protect your privacy and that of others. Please don’t post private addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or other online contact details.
- Stay on-topic. Please don’t post messages that are unrelated to the topic.
Comments on my blog are moderated before going live. Comments will go live as soon as possible within a 48 hour period. If a comment contravenes the discussion rules it will not be published or will be removed from the blog.
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The site operators make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for users to run an anti virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet.
Derek cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material from the Hyperjam website.
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Cookies are used to store a session ID which allows you to log-in and make comments. No personal information is stored in the Cookie.
Other websites linked from this site are not covered by this privacy policy.
My blog site does require a user to enter a name and working email address in order to post a comment on this blog. This information is securely stored and will not be passed on to any third parties.
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Derek Richards is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the external websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Links to external sites should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and I have no control over the availability of the linked pages.
I encourage users to establish hypertext links to the site. You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on the website. I do not object to you linking directly to my information, but you should obtain permission if you intend to use my logo.
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