It is, of course, the prerogative of any guest who feels any laws have been violated to pursue legal action. Guests are responsible for what they post in a chat room, and should realize there may be serious consequences for illegal behavior. We do not take action against language and content that might be found offensive or otherwise unacceptable elsewhere. We do have rules, however, and every poster is expected to adhere to our chat policy. Those rules include such violations as scrolling or other technical violations which prevent guests from using the chat room, advertising, staff impersonation, impersonating a minor, impersonation of another member, and revealing what appears to be personal information about another member that would identify them in the real world and which they have not otherwise made public online.
Actions taken by the forum are usually a warning.
As a last resort, some repeat violations may result in the loss of a guest's privilege to participate in our forum. We monitor our own forum in accordance with our own policy, and action may be taken by the forum for violations. Guests should also be advised that any ISP rules apply to all e-mail and IMs even if they are in response to discussions which took place in our chat rooms. All members are personally responsible for whatever they say in private communications such as IMs and e-mail, and may find unwanted or offensive material actionable.