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Considering the real-time nature of the forum area, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of all the information posted. In these rules, "we", "us" or "our" means OCR. We may update these rules from time to time, so please check back here regularly. We expect you to respect other users' rights by complying with these rules. You acknowledge that we are not under any obligation to monitor or review the forum and you agree that you are entirely responsible for all content that you make available on the forum.

To the extent that we are notified of or become aware that you have posted content that is in breach of these rules we will delete or amend it and we reserve the right to remove you from our forum without notification, temporarily or permanently, and to take any other action we consider appropriate, including legal action. You agree that the following behaviour is not acceptable in the forum:

1. Swearing or the use of language which is obscene, threatening, sexual, sexist, libellous, defamatory, or invasive of another person's privacy;
2. Expressions of hatred towards racial, ethnic, national, religious or other groups including those pertaining to sexual orientation;
3. Discussions that encourage, promote or provide information about illegal or criminal activities (including pornography, explosives, weapons, drugs, programming viruses, computer hacking and copyright infringement);
4. Posting of addresses for websites that contain content that is banned from our forums, by these rules;
5. Posting material that infringes a third party's intellectual property rights or any other rights;
6. Exchange of user telephone numbers, emails or home addresses;
7. Harassing other users in any of the forum areas, either privately or in a public forum;
8. Impersonating our staff or any celebrities or characters;
9. Actions that would disrupt or impair the functioning, stability or security of the forums;
10. Advertisements or use of the forum for unauthorised commercial purposes; and
11. Promoting particular stocks or shares, financial services or pyramid schemes.

While we do monitor and review the forum it is impossible to review every message before it goes live. However, we reserve the right to edit, delete or prune any posts in the forums that are in breach of these rules.

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