Registration Terms

1. General info

By registering on this page, as a registered user you will be able to post comments and, where applicable, use other services on www.techforum.cz.

The Provider of the www.techforum.cz website is Vodafone Czech Republic a.s., with registered office at náměstí Junkových 2808/2, Stodůlky, 155 00 Prague 5, ID No. 25788001, VAT No. CZ25788001, registered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Municipal Court in Prague, file No. B 6064 (hereinafter referred to as "Vodafone").

Vodafone will also be referred to as "Provider".

2. Termination of registration by the User

You may terminate your registration at any time by deactivating it in the discussion forum. In this case, your registration will be cancelled without undue delay and your registration details removed within six months of deactivation. If you wish to delete your registration data immediately, please contact the administrators in the discussion forum.

3. Termination of registration by Vodafone

Your registration may be terminated or restricted by Vodafone at any time.

4. Restriction and cancellation of service

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time, for any reason (including, without limitation, breach of the terms of service, cancellation of the applicable service, change in the business intent of the Provider of the applicable service, etc.), any service provided free of charge by the Provider may be restricted, cancelled without compensation or you may be denied access to the service without notice.

5. Removal of your posts and comments

Please note that posts already posted are not automatically removed by the cancellation of the registration itself

6. Registration Denial

Vodafone reserves the right to refuse a user's registration for any reason.

7. Mandatory information required

When registering, Vodafone requires a username, email address and other data marked as mandatory in the registration form, without providing them it is not possible to complete the registration

8. Unique passwords

Provider strongly recommends that you enter a unique password different from your other passwords when registering.

9. Registration through other services

When registering via Facebook, etc., the standard tools for these mediated registrations are used

10. Service Blocking

If you provide false information, violate the terms of services or for other serious reasons, the registration or some of the services used within it may be blocked for a period of time specified by the Provider.

11. Multiple registration

Multiple registration is not permitted and will be considered a breach of these terms and conditions, Vodafone has the right to delete duplicate accounts.

12. Basic rules for use of the Services

When using the registration interface or the services accessible within the registration, the User undertakes to comply with the applicable legislation, good manners and the terms and conditions of the service concerned; any breach may result in the cancellation or suspension of the registration or the possibility to use the service concerned.

Please note that users are not authorised to use the registration and services for business purposes without the Provider's permission. Users may not send commercial communications within the scope of the registration or individual services of the service. Users may not send information within the service that is strikingly similar to third party services or applications in order to confuse or mislead Internet users (phishing). Users must not distribute computer viruses and other harmful software and content.

Users must not use mechanisms, tools, software or procedures within the Service that have or could have a negative impact on the operation of the Provider's equipment, the security of the Internet or other Internet users.

Users may not take actions to disable or restrict the operation of the Provider's servers on which the registration and individual services are operated, or otherwise attack these servers, or assist a third party in such actions. Users may not use the registration and services in a manner that would unreasonably restrict the use of the services by other users. In particular, Users must not burden the Provider's servers with automated requests

13. Availability

The Provider does not guarantee the availability and functionality of the registration and individual services; these may be temporarily unavailable, e.g. due to maintenance, accidents, external influences, etc.

14. Expressing opinions

As a user, you have the right to freely express your opinions in the comments. However, you must not violate the law, good morals or unjustifiably interfere with the rights of third parties.

15. Preventive control

The Provider is entitled (but not obliged) to carry out a preventive control of the information stored or disseminated by users within the Service.

16. Responsibility for the content you upload

JAs a user, you acknowledge that you are responsible for the content of your contributions to the individual services and that the Provider are not responsible for the content of the information you upload in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of Act No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services and on Amendments to Certain Acts (Act on Certain Information Society Services), as amended. The Provider are not liable for illegal acts of the user. In the event that the Provider is notified or otherwise becomes aware of or suspects the possible defectiveness of the content or actions you have uploaded, it is entitled to delete or make such contributions unavailable without further delay. In the event that the Provider requests the user to provide assistance to investigate a possible defect, the user undertakes to provide the Provider with the necessary assistance to resolve such an incident without undue delay at the Providers's request, in particular to comment in writing on the facts complained of.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 2021/784 of 9 April 2021 on combating the dissemination of terrorist content online, we hereby inform the user that - in addition to the other restrictions set out in these terms and conditions - it is prohibited to disseminate terrorist content in any way through our service. Such content means material that:

1. incites the commission of any of the offences referred to in Article 3(1)(a) to (i) of Directive (EU) 2017/541, where such material directly or indirectly, for example by glorifying terrorist acts, advocates the commission of terrorist offences and thereby creates a risk that one or more such offences may be committed,
2. recruits a person or group of persons to commit or contribute to the commission of one of the offences referred to in Article 3(1)(a) to (i) of Directive (EU) 2017/541,
3. recruits a person or group of persons to participate in the activities of a terrorist group within the meaning of Article 4(b) of Directive (EU) 2017/541,
4. provides instructions for the manufacture or use of explosives, firearms or other weapons or harmful or dangerous substances, or other specific methods or techniques, for the purpose of committing or contributing to the commission of one of the offences referred to in Article 3(1)(a) to (i) of Directive (EU) 2017/541,
5. threatens to commit any of the offences referred to in Article 3(1)(a) to (i) of Directive (EU) 2017/541.

Given the nature of our service and the current risks, no special measures are taken to combat terrorist content, including the use of automated tools

Should content erroneously identified as terrorist content be removed from our service or made inaccessible without authorisation, a user who has shared such content may lodge a complaint regarding the removal of such content or the inaccessibility of such content, requesting that it be restored or made accessible again, either by contacting the contacts listed on Vodafone's Digital Responsibility website.

Please note that, pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) č. 2021/784 users are entitled to submit a reasoned request for a review of the removal order (within the meaning of paragraph 3, first subparagraph of this Article) to the competent authority of the Member State in which our company has its main establishment (i.e. the competent authority of the Czech Republic) within 48 hours of receiving the information referred to in Article 11(2) of this Regulation.

17. Additional forum rules

Within the Discussion Forum it is prohibited to:

1. Use on your user account an email available only in the Tor system, the Vodafone logo or mark including its modifications and a username similar to the administrators.
2. Sharing your own or others' personal and login information or attempting to obtain such information from anyone.
3. Insult, attack, ridicule or make anyone's experience here unpleasant in any way.
4. Intentionally cause arguments or conflicts or disrupt the peace in any way.
5. Start threads with the same or very similar title or content.
6. Significantly deviate from the topic of discussion.
7. Promote any third party services or products that are not related to the discussion.
8. Post this kind of content:
   - spam,
   - profanity,
   - pornography,
   - violence,
   - suppression of rights and freedoms,
   - nonsensical, false or distorted information,
   - illegal content or links to share it,
   - any material whose distribution would infringe copyright or which you do not have the permission of the author or owner to distribute,
   - anything that may harm the user or the site in any way.

18. Codes of Conduct

The Provider is not bound by any codes of conduct in relation to users within the meaning of Section 1826(1)(e) of the Civil Code.

19. Change of Rules

The Provider is entitled to change these rules and the terms and conditions of the individual service at any time, such changes being binding on the User from the moment of their publication on the relevant website, unless otherwise provided by the Provider. As a user using the free services, you are entitled to terminate your registration at any time if you do not agree to the change.

20. Provisions to the EU Digital Services Regulation

For detailed information on how Vodafone meets its obligations under the digital services legislation under EU Regulation 2022/2065 on the Digital Single Market and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (the Digital Services Regulation) (dále jen "DSA Regulation"), please visit www.vodafone.cz/digitalniodpovednost.

Liability for damages on the part of an Provider acting in accordance with the DSA Regulation is excluded.

In particular, the Provider is entitled to delete or make unavailable any illegal content, especially within the meaning of the DSA Regulation, that infringes the law.

The User acknowledges that the Provider is entitled to take measures pursuant to Article 17(1) of the DSA Regulation. In the event that the Provider is obliged to take measures due to the DSA Regulation, the user acknowledges that the Provider is not liable for compensation for damages.

21. Consent to the rules

Consent to the rules set forth is confirmed upon registration.