Social Media User Agreement

 

The following User Agreement (”Agreement”) governs the use of official Port Macquarie-Hastings Council social media sites and pages to include social networking pages, web blogs and file sharing sites.

 

Please read the rules contained in this Agreement carefully. You can access this Agreement any time. Your use of any aspect of the Web sites will constitute your agreement to comply with these rules. If you cannot agree with these rules, please do not use the Web sites.

 

The Agreement may be modified from time to time; the date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back often. Continued access of the Web site by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Agreement.

 

Your failure to follow these rules, whether listed below or in bulletins posted at various points in the Web site, may result in suspension or termination of your access to the Web site, without notice.

 

COMMENTS BY OTHERS ARE NOT ENDORSED

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted on the Web site. Any information or material placed online, including advice and opinions, are the views and responsibility of those making the comments and do not necessarily represent the views of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council or its third party service providers. By submitting a comment for posting, you agree that Port Macquarie-Hastings Council  and its third party service providers are not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information or materials posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material, even material that violates this Agreement.

 

EDITING AND DELETIONS

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council reserves the right, but undertakes no duty, to review, edit, move or delete any material submitted as a comment to the information provided for display or placed on the social media web sites in its sole discretion, without notice.

 

Comments submitted to these sites will be reviewed and a representative sample may be posted on the Web site, or in the case of social networking sites, inappropriate comments may be deleted at the sole discretion of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.

 

We hope to receive submissions from all viewpoints, but we ask that all participants agree to the following Terms of Participation:

·         To ensure constructive questions, please post only questions directly related and relevant to Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.

·         Refrain from posting questions that contain threats, obscenity, material that would violate the law if published here, abusive, defamatory or sexually explicit material.

 

Submissions containing the following will be deleted:

·         Contains obscene or threatening language or discrimination (hate speech) based on race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, age, or disability.

·         Promotes services or products (not including non-commercial links that are relevant to the topic)

·         Includes any personal or sensitive information (phone numbers, email or postal addresses)

·         External Links (including Advertising Links) The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council  of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein.

 

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. All links that are provided are consistent with the stated purpose of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.

 

DISCLAIMER: Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favouring by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council . The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, and shall not

be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.