1. Respect other users. Keep your remarks constructive and respectful. Don’t be offensive, abusive, humiliating or intimidating and don’t use profanity, debate, attack, or harass others. It’s just not cool.

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2. Keep your comments and posts clean. The AuckLUG platforms, websites and apps are positive, empowering spaces. Don’t make comments or submit any other content containing hate speech or content related to alcohol, drugs, tobacco, politics, religion, sex (including non-consensual sexual or intimate images); any kind of content containing realistic or extreme violence, or content intended to shock or disgust other people.

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3. Harassment is unacceptable. This includes, but is not limited to, comments, non-verbal expressions, or imagery that demeans or disparages a person or group based on:
- race, ethnicity, or native language
- sex, gender, gender identity or expression
- language
- sexual orientation
- physical or mental disability
- physical appearance, body size, or presentation
- age
- religious or political beliefs, including lack of religious beliefs
- marital or family status
- nationality, citizenship status, or geographic location
- employment or military status
- socioeconomic status

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4. Intimidation, stalking, sustained disruption, inappropriate physical or virtual contact, or unwelcome attention, including sexual attention are not permitted. Likewise, any user who threatens, intimidates, harasses or humiliates other users may have their content removed, or, for repeated or serious breaches of this section, have their AuckLUG account suspended or terminated.

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5. Posts containing illegal content will be removed. This includes posts or content containing references to child sexual exploitation material, pro-terror material, crime and violence material, prohibited drug material, any criminal offences involving the health or safety of a person, or any content that (either itself or in relation to an activity), does not comply with local laws.

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6. Respect intellectual property and give credit where it is due. It is each user’s responsibility to obtain permission for any material they post that is not their own. Please include copyright notices where appropriate, ask for creator information where unknown, and be prepared to include credits if they are found after you post. Any content which infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights will be removed.

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7. Do not advertise, preach, or campaign. The AuckLUG websites and apps are not venues for preaching or disseminating your political, or religious views. They are also not a venue to advertise any business, non-profit, or charitable cause. We will remove comments or submissions that intend to advertise (including requests to buy, sell, donate, sign petitions, or trade things), campaign, or promote a political/religious viewpoint as well as content intended to put down a political/religious/social belief held by another person or group of people.

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8. Do not share confidential information. Sharing confidential or leaked AuckLUG content or otherwise damaging content is strictly prohibited. We will suspend or ban accounts that share such information.

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9. Post as yourself. Do not impersonate any other people or entities that you are not affiliated with.

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10. Respect others’ privacy. Never share someone else’s personal details on AuckLug platforms, websites, or apps. You may voluntarily link to your social media accounts on your public account profile, but please do not share your email address, phone number, or other contact details. 

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11. Don’t try to scam or mislead any members of AuckLUG. This can include, for example, posting misleading content, by unlawfully trading in-game items, or by attempting to scam or trick other users into revealing confidential or personal information. This can also include lying about your age in order to mislead other users, or to obtain adult privileges when you are below 18 years old.

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12. Do not attempt to compromise the AuckLUG sites or systems. Do not transmit or facilitate the transmission of any content that contains a virus, corrupted data, Trojan horse, bot, keystroke logger, worm, time bomb, cancelbot or other computer programming routines that are intended to and/or actually damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or mine, scrape or expropriate any system, data or personal information on the AuckLUG platforms, websites, or apps.

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13. Our moderators will enforce these rules. We reserve the right to remove any post or content that violates these rules at AuckLUG’s our sole discretion. Repeated violations can result in suspension or termination by AuckLUG. Circumventing or attempting to circumvent disciplinary measures, including registering for, or using a new AuckLUG account after being suspended or banned, for similarly breaches of these rules.

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