Terms and Conditions for AfPP Discussion Forums

  1. Discussion Forum Rules

Access to the discussion forms is dependent on payment of the applicable membership subscription.  Membership resides with the individual, not an organisation and should not be shared.  By registering with the forum, you agree to abide by the discussion rules.  These include:

  • Do not submit comments that contain personal information e.g. home address or phone numbers.
  • Do not submit comments that are unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually orientated or racially offensive.
  • Do not swear or use language that could offend other forum participants.
  • Do not advertise or promote products or services.
  • Do not spam or flood the forum – only submit a comment once
  • Keep your comments relevant to the discussion topic.
  • Do not submit defamatory comments (comments that are untrue and capable of damaging the reputation of a person or organisation).
  • Do not submit comments containing some else’s copyright material.
  • Do not impersonate other forum members or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation.
  • Do not post comments in languages other than English.
  • Do not use an inappropriate username (vulgar, offensive etc).
  1. Registration

Contributing to the AfPP forum requires you to register as a member.  Certain information is mandatory, such as a name and a valid email address.  The personal details which you provide on registration will not be disclosed to third parties other than in exceptional circumstances e.g., the prevention of a serious crime.

  1.  Privacy Policy

AfPP are Data Controllers under  The Data Protection Act 2018 (GDPR).  Our Privacy Policy is hosted on our website, and we work within the scope of this legislation.  Where you provide personal information to the Association for membership purposes and posting on our forums it will be used only for the services you requested and as specified in the relevant joining processes. Where links to other websites are posted, AfPP are not responsible for the content of external websites and links to external sites should not be taken as an endorsement of their content.

4.  Copyright

All the content presented on the AfPP site is, unless explicitly stated otherwise,  subject to a copyright held by AfPP.  All intellectual property rights relating to AfPP remain or rest with us and our suppliers. It is permissible to link to information from this site if the original source is clearly stated, but the wholesale reproduction or partial modification of content is not permitted.  Exceptions may be granted but only with the prior written consent from AfPP.

  1. Our Rights

You will acknowledge and accept that the AfPP site contains a large and varied amount of content.  We therefore reserve the right to remove or delete in part or in its entirety any content that you submit should we feel that it violates these terms and conditions, or any guidelines or announcements that may be available to view elsewhere on the AfPP website. You will acknowledge and accept that we are neither liable nor responsible for the content that you submit. We will monitor such content as appropriate, and act accordingly should we be informed of any objectionable material.

You will acknowledge and accept that we have the right to temporarily or permanently remove your ability to post content, and that we further have the right to cancel your membership  if you break any of these Terms and Conditions.

When a change is made to this policy, the AfPP website will be updated with the latest version.

Last revised October 2024.