Acceptance
By using this website, you agree to adhere to these Terms and Conditions. Do not use this website if you do not accept these Terms and Conditions. Madmums (the "Organisation") reserves the right to revise and amend these Terms and Conditions at any time.
General
When you register you are required to give a small amount of information, much of which is optional, anything you do give must be considered as becoming public information. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.
You agree not to use this web site to post any material which is vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws. You also agree that you will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself or the owners of this web site. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this site and their agents with respect to any claim based upon any post you may make. We also reserve the right to reveal whatever information we know about you in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by yourself.
Who should use Madmums
This is a Pregnancy/Parenting site which is primarily aimed at a female audience, hence the name. To use Madmums you should be Pregnant, a Parent or trying/planning to Conceive. Because of the nature of some of the issues discussed on this website, you should be at least 16 years of age. The Federal Trade Commission Children Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) requires that Web Sites are to obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13. If you are below 13 then you can NOT use this web site. Do NOT register if you are below the age of 13.
SPAM
We operate a zero tolerance approach toward SPAM on the site, if your intention is to join Madmums to simply advertise your business or website then you have come to the wrong place. All links posted in our forums have "no follow" attributes and members profiles and signatures are not visible to none registered members, which includes Search Engine crawlers. Anyone caught spamming will have their access to the site removed.
If you have a web site that you feel would be of interest to the other visitors to Madmums then please feel free to add it to our links directory.
If you have a service or product you feel would be of benefit to the audience at Madmums then please contact us to discuss your requirements further.
Posting in the Forum
Topic Titles
Please do not over exaggerate topic titles with exclamation marks, question marks or periods, the topic icons are provided to express the essence of the post so please use them. Do not use all UPPERCASE in your titles and avoid the use of abbreviations. Please make your topic titles as descriptive as possible; there is nothing worse than searching the site to have the search result returned with topics such as "Help!", "OMG", "Ouch...", "Huh?" etc. as they give no indication to the real topic content.
Post Content
Remember you are what you post, unlike real life the only way people can form an opinion of you in an online community such as Madmums is from how you communicate which is done through what you write.
Please refrain from using "Text Type" which is things such as "u", "4", "cuz", "init" etc. and you will receive a better response to your posts. Please don’t use all UPPERCASE as this is considered shouting.
Please do not swear on the site. We are broad minded but please be aware that some words may offend others.
Remember while some members use Madmums as primarily as a social tool there are many that are seeking support and advice on sensitive subjects such as Miscarriage for example, so please Play nicely! Madmums prides itself on being a friendly and welcoming site. That does not mean you can not express an opinion but please remember that everyone is entitled to their opinion also.
Chat
Mini Chat
Mini chat is viewable by all registered members currently visiting the site but only usable by members that have verified their email address; it’s designed to be a quick short form of communication between members. If you wish to have extended conversations or you wish to chat about personal or sensitive subjects then please move to full chat.
Full Chat
Full Chat is only accessible to members that have verified the email address they registered at Madmums with. As with other areas of the site, please play nicely when in chat and refrain from swearing in the public rooms, chat is moderated, Madmums staff have the ability to ban and remove members from chat if it is deemed necessary.
Images in Posts and Members Galleries
All images uploaded on the site whether in the image gallery or in forum posts are only viewable by members that have verified email addresses.
Personal Galleries are available on request to members that have made 50 or more posts (Sponsors exempt) and have previously uploaded 4 or more images into the shared members’ gallery folder.
The all members gallery can be used by all members of the community that have a verified email address, images uploaded into this gallery need to be approved by a member of staff before they become live, this is purely for safety reasons.
Online Safety
Privacy and members safety is our first priority and something we take very seriously, members must provide and validate an email address before full access to all areas of the site are granted. IP addresses are logged at registration and on subsequent visits giving a degree of traceability. Please remember though not everyone on the internet is who they say they are, if you have suspicions or concerns about another member of the community then please contact a member of staff, it’s always best to be safe than sorry and anything you say will be treated as confidential.
Finally
Remember we cannot fix something if we do not know that it’s broken, we therefore welcome feedback, constructive criticism and suggestions.
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