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THIS SECTION IS IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ IT
ALL REGISTRATIONS ARE MANUALLY APPROVED so delays may be experienced between registration, activation and forum use.
As part of the registration process a verification message is sent to the email address used during sign-up. To avoid delays or re-registration*, please ensure the address used is valid and accessible.
*to avoid registration backlogs, accounts are deleted if they remain unverified SEVEN (7) days after creation.
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General Terms of Use
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You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.
Rights & Responsibilities
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Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
Account Ownership
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You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.
Account Security
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You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username; because KatsBits Forum is accessible to minors it is recommended names be kept appropriate ("age appropriate"). With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator (admin address will always be "info@katsbits.com"), for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account (a minimum of 8 characters minimum consisting upper and lower case letters and numbers is recommended), to prevent account theft.
Profile Information
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After registration and login, an option to include additional profile data is available. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature may be removed, with or without prior notice and may invoke appropriate sanctions where applicable.
Privacy Policy & Cookies
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Please note that with each post the associated IP address is logged for administrative purposes. For more information on this sites Privacy Policy refer to
https://www.katsbits.com/privacy/Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.
E&OE
[last updated Jan 2021]
