Terms & Conditions
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ADI FORUM AND ALL REGISTERED MEMBERS
The ADI Forum encourages an open and 'positive' debate amongst forum members of issues concerning the driver training industry. Whilst the ADI Forum welcomes the diversity of view points expressed by forum members the posts and actions of members must still comply with the forum agreement below.
You agree, through your use of this ADI Forum and Chatroom, 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, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. This is not humorous and legal actions can be taken against you. You will not harass or intimidate any forum member either on this message board, via pm or email communication. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this ADI forum.
The ADI Forum reserves the right to ban any individual member or members who are held to have engaged in conduct amounting to sabotage of the forum and its objectives for any reason whatsoever whether personal, political or otherwise, or behaviour that damages and/or undermines the fundamental principles of open and positive debate upon which the ADI Forum is based, or victimisation of another forum member or members to include but not limited to acts of libel, slander, harassment, bullying or the spreading of untrue rumours about another forum member or members.
On registering on the ADI Forum you waive any rights to ownership of your posted material. Your posts or threads maybe removed, moved or archived without notification. In practice we will aim to make it clear which boards archiving takes place on and on what basis. You are at all times solely responsible for the content of your messages. You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless this ADI Forum (and related websites to this forum) against legal proceedings that may arise in any jurisdiction whatsoever in which the forum (or a related website) incurs legal costs arising from (but not limited to) the content of your posts, attachments or any web links posted on the forum by you. You should understand that by offering this indemnity you are agreeing to be solely liable for ALL costs arising as a result of such legal proceedings including (although not limited to) legal fees, court judgments and interest. We at this ADI Forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you. The ADI Forum reserves the right to refuse deletion of a members account, posts and profile information.
Restrictions on advertising and promotions: You agree not to advertise your own driving school, services and products in such a way as to promote yourself or your business. Any such posts will be removed. Excessive posting of links or references about the same business websites, individuals or organisations may also be removed and where web addresses' are used they must not be duplicated by other forum members, i.e. one profile = one unique web address. You agree not to advertise or promote the services of individuals, third party businesses or organisations without first gaining permission from the administrator of the ADI Forum.
Acting in such a way as to 'poach' learner drivers, PDI's or in fact any member who uses the ADI Forum will be viewed seriously. Do not make approaches directly to other members offering your services. The ADI Forum does not consider this approach an acceptable form of behaviour and is likely to lead to the member being indefinitely banned from using the forum / website facilities.
The following rules are in place as the purpose of this site is not for members to use it to gain work - that is not the ADI Forum's intention. Anyone that is deemed to be using the site in that way will be placing their membership and posts at risk of removal.
In essence the ADI Forum welcomes members that wish to promote and develop best practices for education in the driver training arena. Any member that understands that this is the first principle of membership will encounter little difficulty with this forum.
As a member you can promote your business or service on the ADI Forum using the signature strip as a premium member, using banner advertising, or purchasing advertising space on the main website, or with the express permission of the ADI Forum administrator.
You must not self promote your business or service on the forum in way other than that set out in the above paragraph.
Any other form of self promotion, either directly or indirectly, where the member is likely to benefit financially, and which is deemed not in keeping with the 'spirit' of the forum is unacceptable and may lead to a suspension or ban.
If a member contacts you directly enquiring about training delivered by you, this will continue to be acceptable. (As a member you can directly contact a trainer to enquire about their services)
You must not send unsolicited pm's or e-mails to members which can be seen as self promotion and/or invite members to contact you about training or related services.
You must not recommend a trainer on the public boards if you are likely, either directly or indirectly, to benefit financially from this recommendation and/or the recommended trainer is a business partner or partner.
You can only recommend a trainer on the public boards if the recommended trainer is a current forum member and they contribute meaningfully to forum discussions on a regular basis and/or you have first hand experience of this members training
No warranty or guarantee is given by ADI Forum for a trainer recommended by any member of this forum.
The ADI Forum reserves the right to accept small amounts of advertising or promotional content where permission to post has first been obtained from the administrator. Posts, signatures or attachments maybe removed if they contain links (or references) to websites that offer similar services to the ADI Forum, or conflict with the aims of the ADI Forum. Any signatures which are deemed to be excessively promotional will be edited without prior notice.
Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this ADI Forum. Please remember that we do not actively monitor every posted message and are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this ADI Forum. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify the administrator of this forum immediately. We have the rights to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy goes for member profile information as well. Posts or threads maybe removed or moved without notification
You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. Using a business or product name as your username is not acceptable. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another forum member, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another member's account to post messages or browse this forum. One member is allowed only one account.
After you register and log into this ADI Forum, you can fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information we deem inaccurate, vulgar or breaches the above conditions will be removed.
Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this ADI Forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a violation of this agreement.
Where banned or suspended members have taken out premium membership the forum reserves the right not to refund any fees paid.
The above terms and conditions also apply to ADI Forum members who have access to the ADI Forum Chatroom