Terms of Service By registering to and using Pampered Pooches, you sign an electronic agreement which states that you will follow every single term in this document. It also states that you must obey and adjust to all of the changes made to the Terms of Service, and that if you fail to follow the terms below your account may be suspended or in extreme cases deleted. It is extremely important that all members of the forums follow the Terms of Service, and even more important that staff follow them too. A certain level of behavior is required when using the forums. If this level of behavior is not used by members, they could expect their accounts to be suspended or their privileges limited. The staff should also follow a certain level of behavior and they should set the correct example of behavior to the members of the forum. 1. Spamming is strictly prohibited. Spamming includes the following: * Creating small/insignificant Posts (Containing less than 3 words, posts of praise to the topic starter might be forgiven) * Posting comments that are off topic * Flaming other members 2. Advertising is strictly prohibited. Advertising includes the following: * Posting external URLs (In forums other than those which allow it) * Sending Advertisements through the Personal Messaging system * Sending Advertisements through the email services via the board * No advertising or posting of links in signatures of any kind. 3. Discrimination / Causing Distress or Annoyance is strictly prohibited. 4. Causing Distress or Annoyance includes the following: * Posting Pornographic or Adult content * Breaking the Law (Posting copyrighted/ripped content, or in any other way.) * Creating Multiple Accounts * Threatening or Impersonating users * Making offensive name changes 5. Signature and Avatar Abuse is strictly prohibited. Signature Abuse includes: * Exceding signature size of 550px x 310px * Inserting images that flash violently in any way * Inserting content in your signature that will tamper with the width of the page. * Breaking any other term by inserting certain content in your signature. Avatar Abuse includes: * Inserting an avatar that flashes violently in any way * Breaking any other term when uploading an avatar. 6. iPBFREE ToS * you agree to not cause this board to break any of the terms posted in the providers Terms of Service when you registered. 7. Individual forum rules * some of the forums on this board may have their own individual rules and guidelines. All of those rules/guidelines will fall under the terms laid out in this document and must be followed. 8: General Notice: Please remember that we 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 Pampered Pooches Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact an administrator immediately by Personal Message. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, if we determine that removal is necessary. You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use the IPBFS to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you. Pampered Pooches reserves the right to modify this document at anytime for any reason. Thank you for visiting Pampered Pooches, - The Pampered Pooches Team