Please respect fellow members!

No bad or dirty language!
No disrespect of the King of Thailand or The Thai Royal Family! Discussion of topics concerning the King or other current or deceased members of the Thai Royal Family is forbidden.

We do not allow discussions of proxies or other methods of bypassing government blocking of websites.

No commercial spam!

No flaming of fellow members!

A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR THE FORUMS.

Domain names and email addresses are not permitted for usernames.

Subsequent to agreeing to the terms herein an e-mail will be sent that will include a link to validate and approve the registration. You will need to complete the validation to become a member with posting rights.

USE OF OUR FORUMS

Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is not feasible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we can not actively monitor the contents of, and are not responsible for, any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of thaivisa.com or any entity associated with thaivisa.com. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by e-mail. We do have the ability to remove objectionable messages and will make every effort to do so if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process so please realize we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. Misspellings and grammar errors are considered bad netiquette, please proof read your post by clicking on preview before posting. When a message is placed in any forum on thaivisa, you are granting a soft license to Thaivisa.com to use it.

The forum rules also apply to Photo Galleries, Classifieds and Member Web logs, Blogs, Live Chat.

By using this service you agree;

1) You will not use thaivisa.com to post any material which is knowingly or can be reasonably construed as false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, referencing prostitution (including bargirls and barboys), referencing suicide, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.

2) Posting another members personal details, photos or web site details is forbidden and will result in being banned. Excessive, aggressive posts against other members, moderators and admin; or flaming will not be tolerated. 'Flaming' is best defined as posting or responding to a message in a way clearly intended to incite useless arguments, rants, and/or for launching personal attacks, insulting, being hateful, useless criticism, name calling, swearing and other bad behavior or comments meant to incite anger.

Do not post inflammatory messages on the forum, or any attempt to disrupt discussions to upset its participants. The word, or its derivative, "trolling", is used to describe such messages or the act of posting them.

3) Religious or racial slurs, rude and degrading comments towards women, or extremely negative views of Thailand will not be tolerated.

4) Gambling or betting topics created by members are not allowed on the forum.

5) Discussion of moderation issues, actions or moderation policies concerning individual cases are not allowed in the forums. Such comments should be directed to a moderator or administrator, and not discussed on the forum.

6) You agree not to post any copyrighted material.

7) Spam, flooding, commercial or for-profit advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and similar solicitations are also inappropriate and not allowed on thaivisa.com. Any member who might violate this prohibition will be banned from these forums and this site. Membership is at the will of thaivisa.com. Our contracts with our advertisers prohibit comments with regard to advertisements which appear on our forums. Such comments should not be posted and will be removed. Please don't drop promotional urls, signature files, or specifics that would lead people to your site.

Members spamming other forum members via PM or emails will be banned and reported to their ISP's and to Spamcop. We will also take legal action against spamming site owners. Be warned!

8) All advice voluntarily given by any member in any of the fora which constitute thaivisa.com is provided free of charge, and it is not permitted to either solicit for, or accept, donations, gifts etc. for providing such advice to visitors and members. Likewise, it is not permitted to either steer, or promote, or solicit people to go to locations or businesses in which it is necessary to pay for services or assistance with the exception of thaivisa.com sponsors, who may reasonably promote themselves.

10) Please do not post links to pages that contain objectionable material. This includes, warez, cracks, file sharing, pornography, pyramid schemes, referral ID's, ebay listings and requesting donations.

11) We ask you use discretion when using blind references in any post or signature. Not all users of thaivisa.com are experienced enough to understand where these links may point.

12) Due to potential spam problems, email addresses are not permitted in posts or signatures. Phone numbers are not allowed in signatures.

13) English language is the only acceptable language on thaivisa.com, except of course in the Thai Language Forum where Thai is encouraged.

14) Multiple accounts on the Thaivisa Forum are not permitted. Any member found to have more than one account will be suspended. Suspended or Banned members found creating additional accounts will be banned.

15) Thai Visa is not responsible for the information on URL links posted on the forum (including links from our advertisers)

16) We ask all members to use discretion when selecting a custom avatar. Questionable avatars may be removed by forum mods or admin.

17) Missing person posts are only allowed with explicit approval (email support[at]thaivisa.com)

18) URL links from public to private forums are not permitted.


LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The documents and graphics published on this server could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Thaivisa.com and its suppliers may make improvements and changes in the products and the programs described herein at any time.

Your use and browsing of this Site is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the information contained in the Site, or with any of these Forum Rules, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site.

To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, neither Thaivisa.com otherwise known as TV nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the site.

Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the site is provided to you "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties or merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

You specifically acknowledge and agree that TV is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user or yourself.

TV also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property by your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or you're downloading of any materials from the site.

TV and its partnered and affiliated companies do not warrant or make any representations of any kind or nature with respect to the site. Therefore, you are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.


DISPUTES.

Thaivisa.com shall be the sole arbiter of what is and is not a violation of these acceptable use policies. We reserve the right to terminate an account at any time and for any reason that causes harm to any other. We reserve the right to delete all content and files on our server and in our databases at any time for any reason. Thaivisa.com reserves the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.

MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY

By continuing with, and maintaining your registration, you agree to be bound by all the rules and regulations set forth in thaivisa.com and that you will check on a regular basis for any changes that may occur herein.

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PRIVACY

Your privacy is important to us, and we respect the privacy of all our visitors, members and clients. Any known information is kept strictly confidential. No information is ever sold or knowingly given out to any third party.

Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Cookies

This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Public areas of this site do not currently use cookies. Private areas of this site may use non-persistent cookies to track the user and maintain the session.

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising.

The use of cookies is a common practice on many website's. For example, if you allow a website to remember your login name or password, the website places a cookie on your computer. Cookies cannot read any other information on your hard drive. We may place cookies on your computer to allow us to identify you. We may use cookies to measure web traffic, to offer you certain services, and to customize your visit. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies or would like to be notified when a website is placing a cookie on your system, your Internet browser may allow you to do so.

If you refuse cookies you might not be able to access all parts of this website.

Web beacons

A web beacon is a transparent image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are commonly used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.

Advertisers

We use outside ad companies to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies and/or web beacons to collect data in the ad serving process. These are collected by the ad companies, and we do not have access to this information. No personally identifiable information you give us is provided to them for cookie or web beacon use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on our web site. Please check their websites for respective privacy policies.


NOTICE/CHANGES

Thaivisa.com reserves the right to close down temporarily or permanently at any time with or without notice. We also reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice or warning. We shall make reasonable efforts to assure notice of significant changes to the policies. Non-enforcement of any part of these Policies does not constitute consent and does not make any or these entire policies void.

Last updated: 2008-02-28
huski