User Guidelines

Code of Conduct on the United Celtic Nations

Celtic Nations Home | Members |Forum | Groups | Magazine | Banners/Badges

 Photos | Videos |  Celtic Music | Celtic Chat Room

By being a member of the United Celtic Nations you agree to abide by the following rules.

The Celtic Friends Network is a Community site that connects people with friends and others who enjoy Celtic topics. People use the Celtic Friends Network to make friends, to discuss issues, to share photos and videos of the Celtic nature, and of themselves and their friends, and to learn more about the people they meet.

Important! Online Stores Click Here for Additonal Guidelines

The Celtic Friends Network is a place where people respect the rights of others.

We have established certain rules for using this social site and for posting messages, photos, video and other content ("Content"), which rules are set forth in our Terms of Service and in this User Code of Conduct.

WHEN YOU USE THE UNITED CELTIC NATIONS, YOU ARE AGREEING TO ABIDE BY THE USER CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE OTHER RULES SET FORTH IN OUR TERMS OF USE.

FAILURE TO ADHERE TO OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE TERMS OF SERVICE MAY RESULT IN TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT AND THE DELETION OF CONTENT THAT YOU HAVE POSTED ON THE CELTIC FRIENDS NETWORK, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE, AS DETERMINED WITH DISCRETION.

Please refer to our Terms of Service (coming soon) for more information about the rules applicable to your use of the Celtic Friends Network.

Third-Party Content

The United Celtic Nations allows you to upload and share user generated Content with your friends, such as photographs and videos you upload from your camera, webcam or mobile phone. This means that you may post and share original photographs and video that are of a personal nature that: (i) are of you or your friends, (ii) are taken by you or your friends, or (iii) are original art or animation created by you or your friends, (iv) or is public domain, (v) or you have permission to post the content. Our community is not intended as a place for you to post third-party copyrighted content, such as an episode of a popular TV show or your favorite music video (unless otherwise given permission). We expect our members to use good judgment and respect the copyrights and other intellectual property rights of others.

When using the United Celtic Nations, you MAY NOT:

• post or share any Content that infringes upon or violates the copyright, trademarks or other rights of any third party
  
  
• post links to websites that are not Celtic related.
  
  
• create profile pages strictly to advertise products you do not make.
  
  
• link to sites that are full of affiliate links.
  
  
• post nudity or profanity unless your profile is set to "private".
  
  
• attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques we may employ
  
  The best practise is to ask first, especially if you are thinking of creating a promotional page for your products or are linking to a questionable site.

Inappropriate Content

While we believe members should be able to express themselves and their point of view, we also believe that certain kinds of speech and behavior simply does not belong in a community. Therefore, you may not post or share content that:

• is obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit
  
  
• depicts graphic or gratuitous violence
  
  
• makes threats of any kind or that intimidates, harasses, or bullies anyone
  
  
• is derogatory, demeaning, malicious, defamatory, abusive, offensive or hateful
  
  If you find content of this nature please report it to the administrator.
  
  

Unlawful or Harmful Content or Conduct

We are not responsible for the conduct of our users, but we want the Celtic Friends Network to be a safe place on the internet. Therefore, you may not:

• violate any local, state, national or international law or post any Content that would encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense
  
  
• impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity
  
  
• use the Celtic Friends Network to send or make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation
  
  
• post or share any personally identifiable or private information of any third party
  
  
• post any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment
  
  
• register for more than one account or use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization or create a false identity on the Service or the Site
  
  
• engage in any predatory or stalking conduct
  
  

User Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

Groups & Discussions

All issues that relate to the Celts are welcome. In Groups & Fourms discussing religion and politics that are related to the Celts are OK, but if topics lead too far off subject, or become problematic, they may be cut off. Other than in groups and fourms, you may post any personal information you like. For example, you may write a blog about having a bad day so that you can get support from your friends. This Content Code of Conduct is subject to change at any time at our sole discretion.

Comments to our code of Conduct are welcome. We believe that this is also "your" community and seek to provide you with the best possible user experience and safety.

Spam Policy

Sending out mass email to members of our site inviting them to join other networks or to purchase their products is not allowed. We will not tollerate this abuse of our system and your profile will be deleted immediately.