Welcome to our website.

General Terms of Use

If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our data protection and other policies govern Oxymoronic!'s relationship with you in relation to this website. The terms "Oxymoronic!", "us" and "we" refer to the owner of the website. The term "you" refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

• The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
• Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
• This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
• All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to us, are acknowledged.
• Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
• From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England and Wales.

Data Protection and Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of users of this website as well as to respecting the Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1998. We do all that we can to protect information about you and will never pass on your information to third parties.

This privacy policy applies to this website. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, cover what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit and register, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information.

In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to the site and its pages. We only use such data in aggregate form. This collective data helps us determine how much visitors and participants use specific parts of our site, so we can improve its operation and appeal.

Information about specific users

This site requires registration to use its functions, such as posting a comment. At registration we specifically ask you for personal information. Certain information is mandatory – such as your name, valid email address, screen name, password. We would also appreciate you filling out the rest of the registration form to enable us to conduct a thorough evaluation.

Disclosure

We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to the site or information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address, to any third parties.

Using the Site

Copyright and neighbouring rights

The material featured on this site is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

The copyright protected material may not be reproduced in any format or medium without our prior written consent.

When we have given written permission to reproduce material on this site, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. The permission to reproduce our copyright protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party.

The copying and use of our logo and graphical devices is not permitted without our prior written consent.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of publishing. It is always wise for you to run an anti virus program on all material downloaded from the internet including that on this site.

We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material from this website.

Your privacy

Cookies are pieces of data that are created when you visit a website and are stored in a directory on your computer.

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. We use cookies for this and other navigational purposes.

Other websites linked from this site are not covered by this privacy policy.

Links to and from other websites

We are not responsible for the contents or reliability of external websites and we do 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 we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

We encourage you to establish hypertext links to this site. You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on the website. We do not object to you linking directly to our information, but you should obtain permission if you intend to use our logo or any of our material in any such link.

Commenting/Discussion/Posting Policies and Agreements

By using and/or posting to our website you indicate your agreement to these Terms and Conditions and further that you agree that in consideration of us agreeing to publish your material (it being agreed that any decision whether or not to do so will be at our sole discretion) that you hereby irrevocably transfer and assign to us, our successors and assigns, in perpetuity, all rights (whether now known or hereinafter invented), title, and interest, throughout the world, including any copyrights and renewals or extensions thereto, in the said material, and you warrant that you have the right to enter into this agreement. You also waive all so-called moral rights which you may have and/or subsequently acquire in respect of the said material including but not limited to those under sections 77 and 80 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 and any legal provision with similar intent in any jurisdiction. You agree to execute any further documentation that we may request to bring to full effect the intent of this agreement.

By registering with this site you agree to abide by the following rules.

These are standard web discussion rules that are designed to ensure participants feel safe, keen to take part and the discussion meets its objectives:

1. Debate should be lively but also respectful.
2. Stay on-topic. Please don’t post messages that are unrelated to this online forum.
3. Stay relaxed – though this deliberation is important and influential, taking part should be a positive experience.
4. Don’t incite hatred on any basis but be particularly aware of inflammatory statements on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality or sexuality or any other personal characteristic.
5. Don’t swear, use hate-speech or make obscene or vulgar comments.
6. 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).
7. Please don’t post personal information, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or other online contact details either relating to yourself or other individuals.
8. Don’t engage in ‘spamming’.
9. Please don’t add the same comment to more than one forum.
10. Don’t advertise. You can mention relevant products and services as long as they support your comment.
11. Don’t impersonate or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation. Please don’t mislead other users by abusing our registration procedure.
12. Don’t post in a language other than English.
13. Avoid being party political – this site is about consensus-building, not party political point-scoring.
14. If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission before participating in this online forum. Users without this consent are not allowed to participate or provide us with personal information.

If a comment contravenes the discussion rules it will not be published or removed from the forum.

In some cases, posts may be returned to the participant by email, along with a reference to the broken rule(s) and/or our other concerns. You mayl be invited to make appropriate changes in order that the post can be reconsidered. However, if you repeatedly break the rules your user account will be suspended and may be permanently revoked.

Moderation Policy

Will we be participating in the discussions?

Yes, we intend to regularly visit the forum discussions and where appropriate submit posts to encourage discussion. We also encourage you to submit articles to us for us to publish elsewhere other than in the forum itself.

What is moderation?

‘Moderation’ is the practice of:

• Facilitating online consultations to ensure that everyone can take part in discussion, get their views across and that the website meets its objectives;
• Maintaining the flow of the discussion by checking all posts in relation to the terms and conditions of the site.

What does a moderator do?

‘Moderator’ is internet jargon for somebody who is responsible for making sure that the forum discussion rules are respected.

A moderator is:

• Similar to a chair of a face-to-face meeting;
• There to encourage debate by asking questions but will not offer opinions;
• There to make sure everyone feels comfortable and equal in the online discussion.

Who are the moderators of our forum?

This forum will be moderated by the Oxymoronic! editorial team.

The moderators always aim to be fair and objective. Moderators are concerned with the quality of the discussion not the interests of one individual, group or idea over another.

Direct communication between the participants and the moderators can take place.

What form of moderation will be used in our forum?

There are two types of moderation available:

• Pre-moderation: where all posts are checked against the terms and conditions before they are published;
• Post-moderation: where all participant posts are checked against the terms and conditions after they are published.

This forum will employ a post-moderation strategy and will rely upon you and other users of thesite to bring to our attentionany posts that contravene our policies. This means that posts will, for the most part, be immediately published. However, in some instances there may be a delay before a post is published.

It is our intention that during the working week all posts will go live within 24 hours of submission and that posts made during the weekend will go live prior to the end of the following business day.

Forum spaces are readable at all times and you can submit a post at any time.