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You may not suggest or encourage illegal activity that will result in contempt of court or breaking of a court injunction. You may not express opinions or refer to material which is vulgar, crude, sexist, racist, extremist or otherwise offensive. You may not submit or post content that relates to any ongoing or pending court case as such a post may be in contempt of court. You may not incite or advocate violence or harm against a person or group of people. You may not post suicidal notes or threats to commit suicide. You may not give out or request personal information such as home addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses or instant messaging identifications. You may not impersonate other people. You may not use SiliconBiology for advertising commercial businesses and services. You may not use multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting the community or annoying other users – this may result in action being taken against your accounts. You may not spam or contribute off-topic material. You may not create inappropriate (e.g. vulgar, offensive etc) usernames. You may not refer to specific URLs (website addresses) unless allowed under our full Terms of Use. You may communicate and submit content in English only. Posts containing languages other than English may be removed. Please note that 'content' refers to text, graphics, photos, video, programs or audio. Our moderating team reserve the right to remove any content submitted or posted as well as issue warnings and impose a ban on members who do not comply with the rules outlined above and in our full Terms of Use. Safety Guidelines We advise that you never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example telephone number, home address, email address or instant messaging id), and please do not include postal addresses of any kind. What the Law Says You may not submit any defamatory or illegal material of any nature to the SiliconBiology website. This includes text, graphics, photo, video, programs or audio. Contributing material with the intention of committing or promoting an illegal act is strictly prohibited. You agree to only submit materials which are your own original work. You must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights. The views expressed in SiliconBiology community areas are those of members of the public and are not necessarily those of SiliconBiology. Rules for Under 18s If you are under 18, please take note of our following guidelines: Please obtain a parent or a guardian’s permission before registering on our website. Please get permission from a parent or a guardian before uploading questions or answers to SiliconBiology. Never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else e.g. surnames, school names, telephone numbers, home addresses, email addresses, instant messenger ids or specific places where you hang out. You may not ask others for personal information. No coded or foreign languages. Please communicate in English. You may not impersonate other people. Your username must be suitable. No flirty, rude or offensive names. Also, please do not give your full name. No dating or flirting. SiliconBiology is about sharing expertise and not trying to find a boyfriend or a girlfriend. You may not submit content or make comments that are mean, rude and offensive. If someone posts something that is rude or upsetting to you, please report it immediately by filling in our contact us form. Breach of Rules We may delete your material from our site. You may be warned, suspended or banned from the site. If you break the law or threaten violence against another or threaten suicide, we will inform the police or appropriate authority. We may inform other relevant third parties such as your school, employer or ISP. SiliconBiology reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any account, at any time, for any reason. Feedback We always like to hear what you think of our website. If you have any feedback or would like to make a general enquiry, please contact us. SiliconBiology is a member of The Paliwoda Group, Inc. ("Paliwoda Group"), a registered company in the State of Delaware, United States of America.