Important Privacy Information Regarding Public Forums
Please be advised personal information posted on a message board is considered being posted in a public arena, viewable by anyone and therefore could potentially be collected and used by third parties.

Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk. To ensure more privacy you may want to consider establishing an anonymous email account for postings with Hotmail, Netscape, Talk21 (U.K.), Yahoo or a host of other e-mail providers.

Guidelines for Using the Message Forum
"Netiquette" is online etiquette, or guidelines for online behavior. The most important thing to remember is to respect other visitors and posters to this forum.

Since this site is devoted to loss of any kind, this forum by definition will be an arena where people will have experienced different losses. Remember each person's loss deserves to be respected. Each person's experience, like each grief experience, will be unique. Please reply to other people comments constructively and respectfully.

Forum Users/Posters

You may not post offtopic, inflammatory, inappropriate, illegal, infringing, libelous, abusive, defamatory, obscene, or offensive material.

You may not post material that invades a person's privacy, violates any copyrights, violates any intellectual property rights, or that would otherwise violate any law.

You may not post material known to be false.

You may not post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.

This forum is not to be used in a commercial manner to post material that solicits funds, or that advertises or solicits goods or services.

Manager's Rights

We are not responsible for material appearing in any forum.The responsibility for accuracy and content of the comments posted on "Transformations on the Journey" remain with the poster. Whether or not we modify or remove such material, users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages or postings.

We retain the right to modify or edit and/or remove messages or other material that we consider offtopic, inflammatory, inappropriate, illegal, infringing, libelous, abusive, defamatory, obscene, offensive or otherwise unacceptable.

We also reserve the right to edit materials for any other reason. (See Use of Messages below)

Use of Messages
Posters on the Transformations on the Journey Forum grant Journey of Hearts and/or relevant future affiliated organizations the worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive right to use questions, comments, and postings, in their original or edited form, in television programs, books, articles, commentaries, or in any other medium now known or later developed. Posters also warrant that they own or otherwise control the rights to display the content posted and that the public posting and use of such content by Journey of Hearts will not infringe the rights of any third party.

We reserve the right to edit materials sent to this site. E-mail messages may be revised before quoting or reprinting on the website, in articles, books, research projects, or other media in order to preserve the anonymity of the sender/poster.

Forum Copyright
Copyright and responsibility for accuracy and content of the comments posted on "Transformations on the Journey" remain with the poster. "Transformation on the Journey design," graphics and content not belonging to posters and otherwise specified are copyrighted ©2000-2001 by Journey of Hearts Domain Designer Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, MS.

Any questions or concerns regarding these terms and conditions of use for the "Transformations on the Journey" Message Board should be sent to zopedoc@journeyofhearts.org.