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Membership Registration





Please read everything below. People applying to join The Mighty Hawk (TMH) or who have already joined before we have set this up are required to register their personal details. Please complete the following information and copy and paste it to a new document and return email to - mighty.hawk@hotmail.com.

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All information supplied is treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. It will be used to identify you in the event of any legal action resulting from comments you post in the TMH forum and may be used to confirm or verify serious membership applications.





Forum Nickname *

First Name *

Surname *

Suburb/Postcode *

State *

Country (if applic)

Telephone (land line)

Telephone (mobile) *

Date of Birth *

Email Address *





* required information.



Please find detailed below a copy of our Forum Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.





By submitting this application, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by our Forum Guidelines, Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.



Forum Terms and Conditions



Abuse



No abuse will be tolerated, whether that be directed towards players or other posters. The same standard will apply. You may disagree or criticise, but at no point may you aim the criticism at the poster/player?s character. You will not name call, this is not primary school. If you are uncertain about whether your post crosses this line, don?t post it or check with a moderator. You will be sanctioned for any breach of this rule, as outlined below.



Avatars/Signatures



You will not use any avatar or signature that it is offensive, illegal, unreasonably derogatory of another person, defamatory, in breach of any third party copyright or is contemptuous of court.



TMH reserves the right to remove any avatar or signature that contravenes the above requirements or for any other reason it decides is inappropriate You will be sanctioned for any breach of this rule, as outlined below.



Accountability



While you may retain your anonymity while posting on the various forums within TMH, you will not be permitted to retain your anonymity with the owner or moderators of the forum. In the event of any litigation or police investigation resulting from a post you have made on TMH, your personal details WILL be passed to the appropriate legal representative, police representative or court representative.



Think about what you post. If you are unsure as to whether it is defamatory or not, don?t post it. If you post defamatory comments, you WILL be involved in any litigation with which TMH becomes involved.



Criticism



You have every right to criticise other posters, other people and players. But make sure it is just that. State your criticism and give your reasons and leave it at that. Do not attack the character of the person you are criticising. You will be sanctioned.



If you choose to criticise someone and continue with the criticism beyond a reasonable level or continually referring back to one instance, you will be sanctioned.



Language



Swearing to a small degree will be tolerated. Express yourself in more appropriate language. If you include to much swearing in any post, it will be deleted and you will be sanctioned.



Links to Articles



If you find an article that would be of interest to the forum, post its link. Do not cut and paste it. This material is copyrighted and cannot be reproduced without the approval of the owner of the copyright.





Links to Other Websites



Do not link to other websites which would cause the rules of this website to be breached. Publication of a link that breaches copyright or is defamatory is the same as publishing it yourself and you will be equally as responsible for your actions.



Multiple Aliases



TMH will allow posters to have multiple aliases to a maximum of three, but each alias must be accompanied by a completed membership application providing your real identity and identifying your other aliases. The same rules will apply to each alias.



Privacy



Be aware that all you information will be stored and maintained according to our Privacy Policy below. The most salient point to draw from this Policy is the following : your personal information will only be available to the owner/moderators for purposes of verification. However, in the event of any litigation against TMH or police investigations resulting from any item you have posted, notwithstanding that it is subsequently deleted by a moderator or yourself, your personal information will be used to identify you and where required, passed on to an appropriate legal or court representative, or to a member of an appropriate police authority.



Sanctions



For a first offence, you will be warned. For a second offence, you will be suspended for one week. For a third offence, you will be permanently banned. No appeals. The owners and moderators reserve the right to ban any user immediately if they believe that the offence was significant enough to warrant such. In such an event, mightyhawk.net rserves the right to review and take action thereon any private messages that may breach any rules of this site or relevant laws or where the contents may be relevant as evidence in any legal action.



Supporters from Other Clubs



Supporters from other clubs will be allowed to join, however, if they cause any problems with their postings by inciting or stirring Hawthorn supporting posters, they will be banned immediately. If you join the site to ?troll?, save your time.



Usernames



No username will be permitted that is the same or substantially the same, as that of any person living (unless that name is your own) or dead, nor any name of any player, past or present, although variations of such may be made and accepted at the discretion of the owner or moderators of TMH.



User Policy



The owners of the site do not endorse or approve of any post on the Forum;



The owners disapprove of any post that is defamatory, offensive, racist, sexist or in anyway inappropriate to a forum discussing the Hawthorn Football Club and associated matters and points of interest. Any such post will be removed or edited as soon as reasonably possible, and the poster will be sanctioned, censured, suspended or banned altogether.



The owners or moderators will warrant to act within a reasonable time of being notified of any

complaint to :



1. remove or edit the offensive or offending post promptly;

2. notify all posters of the removal or editing and the reason thereof;

3. apologise to the offended party; and

4. sanction, censure, suspend or ban the offending poster.



Posters are requested to notify moderators immediately of any post they believe contravenes the Forum Terms and Conditions.



TMH reserves the right to change,vary and alter these terms and conditions from time to time and will post details of any such changes. Your continued posting after the posting of such changes (which will remain at the top of the forum for a period of one week) will be deemed acceptance of the changes.





Privacy Policy



The Mighty Hawk Privacy Statement & Policy



This Privacy Statement & Policy is published by The Mighty Hawk (TMH) to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act (2000).



TMH is aware of its responsibilities and obligations as imposed by the Privacy Act (2000) and is committed to ensuring these responsibilities and obligations are met.



Please ensure you read our Privacy Statement & Policy so that you understand how we collect, use, manage and retain your information.



Privacy Policy Coverage



This Privacy Statement and Policy covers TMH's treatment of personally identifiable information that it collects when you register to join the TMH site.



This Privacy Statement & Policy also covers MHA?s treatment of any personally identifiable information that it becomes aware of as a consequence of your usage and/or viewing of our site.



This Privacy Statement & Policy does not apply to the practices of companies, businesses or any other entity that advertises on TMH.



Information Collection and Use



TMH collects personally identifiable information voluntarily supplied by you when you register to join our forums, namely, your email address. This information is logged and retained so that you may open and maintain a user account.



TMH collects and uses this information for two general purposes :



1. To verify your registration and to enable your registration details be sent to you securely;

2. To create a profile of forum users;



Information Sharing and Disclosure

TMH reserves the right to disclose your information to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or if we believe that your actions on our web sites violate our MHA Forum Rules or any of our usage guidelines, as varied from time to time.



Cookies



TMH may set and access TMH cookies on your computer. These cookies do not identify your personal information. They can be manually deleted from your computer at any time.



TMH may allow other companies that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages, if any, to set and access their cookies on your computer. The way other companies use their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to TMH's cookies.



TMH may use web beacons to access our cookies within and outside our network of web sites.



Requesting No Contact



You may email us at any time at mightyhawks1983@yahoo.com.au to request that you receive no further contact from TMH. We reserve the right to retain your information and tag your entry "no contact requested".



Security



TMH takes all reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, misuse, modification or disclosure. As far as permissible under relevant laws, TMH denies any responsibility for the unauthorised access of personal information held by it or on its behalf by associated third parties. In certain areas, TMH may use industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.



Privacy Statement & Policy Alterations



TMH may edit this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement within our forum.



Privacy Officer



Our Privacy Officer is Jayson Jaworski. He can be contacted at mightyhawks1983@yahoo.com.au.

[Black_White]

Hi guys and best of luck with your new forum.

While I completely understand the reasoning behind the new sign up laws, as an opposition supporter I fear that this may not be the place to leave details about myself. So, with a heavy heart, I will not be able to sign up on a long term basis.

Thanks for all the great reading and debates we have had over the past 6 years in all incarnations of Hawthorn unofficial boards. I will sadly miss participating.

Hopefully I will still be able to read these forums as a guest.



Thank to all.



-Craig.

[MightyHawks]

Id really like u to join there is nothing bad about the rules

[Pseudolicia]

I would like to mirror B&W's comments. What is the privacy arrangement that is going to be in place to protect our information? Who is going to have access to it?



If we email it to you in a gmail account that means that google by their set agreement will have access to the information we send to you and I don't like that arrangement at all.



Can this please be elaborated on?

[Fletch - Tas]

Are users who don't sign up to this going to have their accounts deleted after a certain date...because I am not keen.

[MightyHawks]

Well because some people arnt happy about it ill have to have a chat to a couple of the other mods about what we shall do about 10 have already sent in there info. I dont really wanna delete people.

[bugsy]

can the board be accessed by a "guest"?

[MightyHawks]

yes guests can come on the board

[bugsy]

wouldnt it be better to just shut the shop to members only?

Rather than asking for private phone numbers and addresses.

[MightyHawks]

Your details will not be used in anyway its just for legal issues

[bugsy]

wouldnt it be better to just shut the shop to members only?
Rather than asking for private phone numbers and addresses.

[MightyHawks]

Yeh i am considering that but dont know yet. Those details will not be used so no one should have any concerns anyway.

[Wolvesjr34]

Is this still a requirement? Cheers.