Message board guidelines

This message board is an open forum for Cancer Research UK supporters to share their stories and experiences. Please respect others when using this message board and treat them as you would expect to be treated yourself.

Your use of this site

  • You are responsible for the content of any messages that you post.
  • Any message you post will be available to anyone with access to this message board.
  • For your own protection and that of the rights of others you are advised not to post personal information about yourself or others on this message board e.g home address, home telephone number, mobile etc.
  • You may post in English only
  • You may not impersonate other people
  • Posting of confidential information is prohibited. If you are aware that or think that your message may include confidential information then do not post it.
  • You may not use this message board for advertising commercial businesses and services.
  • Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and requests for money are prohibited.
  • You may not use this message board to incite people to commit a crime or in a way that will result in contempt of court or breaking of a court injunction.

If you are under 16

Please get permission from a parent or guardian before adding a message.

Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, telephone number, home address or email address).

Respect for others

  • Postings should not attack other people whether users of this message board or not.
  • Please respect the views of others even if you disagree with them.
  • Do not post any material which may be discriminatory or cause offence on the grounds of an individual's sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, working status (part-time, fixed term).
  • You may not use this message board to post any material, or links to material, which is vulgar, knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, extremist, hateful, harmful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually orientated, racially offensive, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.

Copyright and third party rights

  • You own the copyright to the material you post but you agree to grant us perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive rights to publish your entry on any media.
  • You agree that you will not use this forum to post any copyright material which is not your own without the express permission of the copyright holder.
  • You may recommend and refer to other websites but please do not post links to pages within websites. You will remain responsible for any recommendation you make and we reserve the right to remove any recommendation we consider inappropriate at our sole discretion.

Restricting access

Provided you stick to these rules you may continue to access the message board. We reserve the right to restrict access to the message board for any user who persistently breaks these rules.

Complaints

If you wish to make a complaint regarding a posted message, i.e. that it is objectionable or otherwise in breach of these rules then please contact us on 0871 641 2401, between 9.00am–5.00pm, Monday to Friday. If a formal complaint is made against you, we reserve the right to remove your message and only reinstate it if the complaint is resolved.

Disclaimer

Opinions posted on this message board are those of the individual and in no way represent the views or policies of Cancer Research UK. Cancer Research UK do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message and are not responsible for the contents of any message.

Cancer Research UK retains full editorial control over the material published on this message board. All messages will be moderated prior to publication and Cancer Research UK may edit or remove content deemed inappropriate at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever.

Cancer Research UK is not obliged to enter into any correspondence regarding the moderation of content on the message board.