1. Introduction

This Agreement is a legal document which sets out your rights and obligations, and those of Carnival plc, trading as P&O Cruises, a company registered in England under registration no. 04039524 ("Community", "we" or "us"), in relation to this site and the services offered by Community through it (the "Community Service"). By registering for the Community Service, you agree to the terms of this Agreement, and you re-affirm that agreement every time you use it. You should be aware that this Agreement may be updated by us from time to time without prior notice to you. We will post an updated Agreement on the Community Service from time to time and you should review this Agreement periodically for changes.

2. Membership

In order to use the Community Service, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through devices that access web-based Content, and pay any fees associated with such access. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web, including a computer and modem or other such access device.

People who successfully register for the Community Service become members. Members may:
- post their name and some other details in the On Board Forum and Message Board, which appear on the Community Service;
- post Content to any message boards or online forums which may be available on the Community Service.

3. Registration

In consideration of your use of the Community Service you undertake to (a) register for the Community Service using true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Community Service's registration form – including your correct name, address, email address, cruise and passenger history and any other requested details and (b) maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

As part of the registration process for the Community Service, you will receive a verification email, the purpose of which is to take reasonable steps to ensure that the email address you have nominated during registration is controlled by you. That email contains simple instructions, which you must follow.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Community Service or any part of it by you.

4. Member Account, Password and Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account and any other breach of security, (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session, and (c) do not give consent to other members or non-members to use your username, password or account in order to access the Community service. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Clause 4.
For security or other reasons, we may at any time require you to change your password or other information, which facilitates your access to the Community Service.

5. Privacy Policy

P&O Cruises privacy policy forms part of this Agreement, and by agreeing to this Agreement, you also give your consent to the way we may handle your personal data as detailed in that policy. Please note that some information about you that you upload may be available to other members and you explicitly consent to this by uploading your information.  The information that may be available to other members will normally be clearly indicated when you give it. Given the global nature of the World Wide Web, any posting on the Community Service (including any which contain personal information) is, potentially accessible to Internet users around the world and so you should take care what information you upload. The privacy policy may also be updated from time to time without notice to you.

Click here to view our privacy policy. 

6. Community Role

You acknowledge that we are not and cannot be responsible for the behaviour of members - whether on the Community Service or outside of it. We only provide a venue from where the Community Service may be accessed.

You acknowledge that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, messages and other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. This means that you, and not Community, are entirely responsible for all content that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via the Community Service and, as such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. You acknowledge that by using the Community Service, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Community Service. Community does not pre-screen the content contributed or posted by members.

7. Operation of the 'Community Services'

Community reserves the right to withdraw or modify one or more aspects of the Community Service, with or without notice to you, where we have legal, technical or other reasons to do so. There may also be times when the Community Service becomes unavailable, whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any withdrawal, modification, unavailability, suspension or discontinuance of the Community Service.

8. Use of Community Service

The Community Service is intended to be used by its members for the purposes referred to in Clause 2 above.

Please respect others in your choice of words, thoughts and comments. Accordingly, members must not:
- include an email address, postal address, phone number, the address of any website, or any other information which is intended to facilitate direct communication, in Content which is uploaded, posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted on or through the Community Service;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any names or Content, which includes details of any member of P&O Cruises staff or any of its associated sister companies.
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content, or otherwise use, the Community Service for any business or commercial purpose;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content, or otherwise use, the Community Service for any advertising or promotional purpose;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Community official or employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Community Service;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "Spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware of telecommunications equipment;
- disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Community Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges;
You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve Content and may also disclose Content; (a) to our affiliated companies worldwide for the purpose of providing the Content to you in an efficient manner, (b) for the purpose of properly administering your account and/or (c) if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that any such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, enforce this Agreement, respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties, or protects the rights, property, or personal safety of Community, other members or the public.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Community Service, use of the Community Service, or access to the Community Service.

9. Misuse and Termination of Community Service

Without prejudice to Clause 6 we reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor and review the Community Service and any Content whether publicly posted or privately transmitted from time to time.