Last updated 2 September 2026
These short terms set the basic agreement for using Beacon as a constructive UK Armed Forces community.
Version 2026-09-02
Who may join
Beacon is currently for people aged 18 or over. Do not create an account if you are under 18. Giving false eligibility information may lead to restriction or removal. Report an account or contact @beacon if you believe a young person may be at risk; call 999 if someone is in immediate danger.
Your account
Keep your sign-in details secure and give us information you are entitled to use. You are responsible for activity from your account.
Public conversations
Beacon is a public network. Profiles, posts, replies, reactions and reposts may be seen or shared outside Beacon. Use the Op-sec display-name option and avoid publishing sensitive personal or operational information.
Your content
You keep ownership of content you post. You give Beacon the limited, non-exclusive permission needed to host, process, display and share it through the service. This permission ends when the content is deleted, apart from reasonable backup, legal and already-shared copies.
Community conduct
Follow the Community Guidelines. Do not use Beacon to harm, threaten, deceive, harass or break the law. Only post content you have the right to share.
Moderation
Beacon may remove content, limit posting or take other proportionate action to protect members and the service. Reports are reviewed discreetly, but we cannot promise a particular outcome.
Beacon Alerts
Beacon is not an emergency service. Call 999 if someone is in immediate danger and contact the police before creating or acting on a missing-person alert. Do not obstruct an official investigation.
Keeping Beacon available
We work to keep Beacon useful and secure, but the service may occasionally change or be unavailable. We will explain important changes and ask you to review them when appropriate.
Product statistics
Beacon uses limited first-party aggregate statistics to understand daily use and improve reliability. It does not use third-party analytics or analytics cookies. Recent member-level activity used for daily visitor and engaged-time estimates is short-lived, and you can turn that measurement off in profile settings. See the Privacy Notice for more detail.