Pompey Strokes Acceptable Use Policy

Pompey Strokes and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust provide online resources for use by the public.  This document is the Acceptable Use Policy for use of the resources on ‘Pompey Strokes.

The following uses of ‘Pompey Strokes’ are deemed unacceptable and will not be permitted:

·        Users must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to Pompey Strokes.
·        Under no circumstances must users share their password or access details.
·        User must notify site administrators if she/he has identified a possible security problem.

Conditions of Forum Use

Forum that make use of asynchronous and/or synchronous discussion areas on ‘Pompey Strokes do so in order to assist its participants in exchanging views on current issues and matters of common interest. Please observe the following rules and guidelines when posting messages.

• Users are reminded that text, images and other information created by third parties will be subject to the laws of copyright, and that this includes material found elsewhere on the Internet. Messages posted to the discussion area must not include such material without the copyright owner's permission, and links to other sites should comply with those sites' conditions for such links.
• Use of inappropriate language and material will not be permitted.  Users must not use obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening or disrespectful language.  Users must not use Pompey Strokes to post material that is profane or obscene (pornography) or that advocates illegal acts or violence or discrimination toward others.

3.      Users are expected to respect the right to privacy of others. Users must not repost a message that was sent to them privately without permission of the person who sent the message. Nor must users post private information about another person or post contact information (eg. address, phone number) about any other person. Any contact or receipt of any message a user feels uncomfortable about should be reported to the site administrators.
4.      Pompey Strokes and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust reserve the right to remove messages at its discretion. In addition, a message may be moved to another area of the discussions if, in the view of the site administrator, the message is more relevant to that area.
5.      However, the responsibility for the content of messages rests with the authors. Pompey Strokes and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust make no warranty with respect to the validity of the information supplied in messages, and readers should make their own assessments before using such information.