Before registering a new username with the chat room, please take a moment to read the following Rules, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.  New users MUST agree to the following information and agree to abide by the rules at all times and with no exceptions.

*NOTE: TheHauntedZone.com Staff reserves the right to ban, remove or terminate anyone from the chat room or website at any time they see necessary or feel that it would be beneficial to the chat room with or without warning. We are not required to warn or notify anyone before or after they have been banned, removed or terminated.

The rules can be reviewed at any time here, or at http://www.thehauntedzone.com/rules.html

1. Please be respectful to the chat room and to each other at all times. Shouting (TYPING IN CAPS), fighting or in any way being rude to another member will not be tolerated.
   
   
   
2. To help us keep the chat room "family oriented" and decent for all, please avoid using profanity, including profanity acronyms (abbreviations for profanity). Also, racial remarks/jokes, hate speech or an offensive vocabulary will not be tolerated at any time in this chat room.
   
   
   
3. Room participation is required at all times! Please do not enter the chat room if you are not going to speak, regardless of how many users are signed in when you enter. Lurking (staying logged in without speaking) is not allowed either. Lurking is not only creepy, but can also make you seem like a jerk, hacker or spammer looking for your next target therefore you will definitely be kicked from the room if you aren't speaking. This rule will be strictly enforced!
   
   
   
4. Be fully aware that this is a PUBLIC chat room and may be accessed by anyone using the Internet. To help protect yourself and others in the room as well, please do NOT post, request or solicit for personally identifiable information such as (last names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, messenger names, myspace URLs or otherwise) at any time! If you post such information publicly, you may be removed from the room and also remember that you do it at your OWN risk, not ours! Please help us as the operators of this site to keep everyone safe by NOT POSTING personal information of any kind!
   
   *Also remember that you do not always know who you're communicating with online, including in the chat room. Be careful who you trust, no matter who they "say" they are! We won't be held liable or responsible for you posting such information!*
   
   
   
5. Please do not scroll or flood in the chat room! Scrolling means to post one word or letter at a time to complete a whole sentence or phrase. Scrolling takes up too much space in the room and is also very rude to your fellow chatters. Scrolling will get you removed so please do not do it! This applies to emoticons and smilies as well. Do not enter excessive amounts of emoticons at once and post them to the room like you see commonly in un-monitored public chats. This one is closely monitored and that will get you banned also!
   
   
   
6. Please treat others with respect, even if you do not like that person or what they are saying. Any users who engage in conduct that: threatens, victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability; will be immediately and permanently banned from this chat room and website.
   
   
   
7. We enforce a very strict no-spam policy on this website and chat room! DO NOT register for or enter our chat room if you intend on spamming in any way, shape or form! This applies to other paranormal groups as well. You are welcome to join this chat, but please do not join if your only intention is to spam and advertise your group or services. We are not interested in that or people who come here to try to steal members! We would be more than happy to exchange links with your site, but please do NOT spam links in the chat room.
   
   
   
8. Please keep in mind that this chat room is a family-oriented and decent environment. Please do not register for or enter the chat room if you intend on posting, advertising, performing or soliciting adult content or actions in any way, shape or form. This is not a dating service either, please save the flirts, come-ons and innuendos for another location!
   
   
   
9. Due to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act [C.O.P.P.A] you are required to be age 13 or older to register for or use this web site and chat room.
   
   
   
10. If you post a link in the chat room, please do not post the full URL, instead please leave off the beginning (http://www) and type it as "website.com" instead so that the chat does not convert it into a clickable hyperlink. This rule is for the safety of everyone in the room as hyperlinks may contain trojans, viruses or may direct you to an inappropriate and unwanted location that may harm your computer, steal your password or worse! Users are welcome to post links as long as the website is trusted and does not contain pornography of any kind, adult content, illegal materials or otherwise.
    
    
    
11. In order to maintain limited space on the server, users are only allowed to have ONE user name each. If desired you may change your user name ONLY on the condition that you get approval from the owner first so that your old user name can be removed from the database. Registered user names remain property of thehauntedzone.com and may not be shared with any person or website at any time! You also may NOT register a user name in attempt to impersonate another member. User names must not contain profanity or inappropriate words or acronyms.
    
    
12. We are the real deal here and do not like fake or made up stories! Please share your TRUE paranormal accounts with us, not a fake story, a dream you had OR someone else's story. If you have friends or family with paranormal encounters as well, please encourage them to sign up for the chat room.
    
    
    
13. One of our ways of treating our members with respect here is that when they are sharing their story, we ask that everyone please hold all chat until *after* the person is finished telling the story. This is so that they can share their true stories without interruptions. If you are asked to hold chat until after the story has ended, please respect that OR exit the room without a word! Also, if you are asked to hold chat immediately upon entering the room respect that just the same.
    
    
    
14. This room is strictly for sharing and reading true stories of the paranormal and spiritual encounters. Users are forbidden to discuss topics such as witchcraft, mirror channeling, ouija board use and/or how to do it. Please do not waste our time by entering the room and complaining of being bothered by spirits or entities if you are involved in any of the above, we see that as nothing but an invitation to be bothered by such things. Unfortunately we cannot help users who are involved in such activities.
    
    *This rule applies to psychic readings, tarot card readings, fortune telling and dream interpretation as well.....you may not discuss these topics in the chat either.*
    
    
    
15. Please be aware that we make NO GUARANTEES on the authenticity of content posted by others, including stories. By allowing users to post content and stories on this site and chat room, we are NOT stating or making any guarantee that the information is authentic OR not. This is to be determined at the discretion of the viewers, not us! Regardless of your belief, please do NOT debate, judge or preach in this room as that will not be tolerated! We accept ALL religions and beliefs here and make no judgments on anyone.
    
    
    
16. A valid and working email address is REQUIRED during registration in order to participate in the chat room! We cannot be any more serious about this! Please be sure to FULLY CHECK your email address before confirming your registration and entering the chat! Users who enter the chat room without a valid email address will either be asked to add one immediately, or will be banned. Your email address will never be viewed by any third party unless you post it or place it in your chat profile. This is very important for several reasons. For one, if you ever forgot your password the chat room could not automatically email it to you without a valid email address. Without that, we will NEVER release your password to you via email or otherwise at any given time so be sure to check that email address! Without it you're in bad luck!

Register for or using this chat room and/or website means that you agree to abide by the rules at ALL times with no exceptions! It also means that you agree to our privacy and information policy.

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