TERMS OF USE

Summary

WWW.WEARECNTA.ORG is a place for CNTA members to meet, interact and share ideas with each other. In doing so, it is important that members build a community that is based on purpose, trust, and boundaries, the same issues that exist in a real-world community.

As in any community, members have different opinions and choose to express those ideas in many ways. However, community is most effective when we remember a few rules that foster respect for individuals, groups and the organization. It is CNTA's intent to provide its members with the best service possible through the website. To utilize in this site, you must follow the policies outlined below and in the expanded Acceptable Use Policy that follows this brief summary.

Policies

The use of the logged in area of this site is for CNTA members only and it is dedicated to providing an opportunity for users to exchange ideas and opinions regarding education — pre-school through Adult Transition.

As a user of this site: 

• You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

• You agree not to forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video or other materials.

• You agree not to harm minors in any way.

• You agree not to post any material or lines to any material that you know to be false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or that otherwise violate any local, state, or federal law.

• You further agree not to transmit or otherwise make available any content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party.

• You also agree not to transmit or make available any content containing any “virus,” “worm,” “Trojan horse,” or any computer code, file, or program designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

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In addition:

CNTA reserves the right to edit or delete any message.

Messages that do not relate to education or the issues related to our profession or local will not be posted.

Messages may not be posted in “real time.” CTA reserves the right to post messages only after they have been reviewed by a moderator.

All messages posted on wearecnta.org express only the views of the author of the message and do not necessarily reflect the views of CNTA.

CNTA uses moderators to monitor the content and appearance of messages posted. Users agree that neither any posting, nor any CNTA moderator/editors associated with their modification, will be held responsible for the content, accuracy, completeness, validity, nor character of any information posted there.

CNTA strongly discourages the visible posting of personal email addresses within the body of any message on its site, except where CNTA deems it necessary for member organizing (i.e., email addresses of CNTA offices). Responses may be unwelcome, inappropriate, offensive, abusive, hateful, obscene, or threatening. In using any part of wearecnta.org, users agree to take full responsibility for any personal distress that could result from such action.

CNTA reserves the right to change or modify these policies and disclaimers as necessary and without prior notice.

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Acceptable Use Policy

CNTA may review this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time without notice by posting a new version of this document on the website at wearecnta.org (or any successor URL). All revised policies are effective immediately upon posting. Accordingly, members and users of wearecntaa.org should regularly visit the website and review the Policy to ensure that their activities conform to the most recent version. In the event there is a conflict between any member or user and this Policy, the terms of this Policy will govern. Questions regarding this policy may be directed to president@wearecnta.org.

It is the responsibility of all wearecnta.org website users and members who have access to the site, to comply with this Policy. It is your responsibility to secure your computer equipment so that it is not subject to external threats such as viruses, spam and other methods of intrusion. Failure to comply with these or other policies could result in the suspension or termination of your access to the members only area of cta.org. If you do not agree to abide by all of these policies, you must immediately stop using the members only area and notify CNTA so that your account access may be closed.

CNTA reserves the right to terminate your use of the members only area of wearecnta.org if you engage in any of the prohibited activities listed in this Policy, or if you use wearecnta.org in a way that is contrary to any CNTA Bylaws and Standing Rules. You must adhere strictly to any policy set forth by any service provider accessed through wearecnta.org as well. You should be aware that CNTA Standing Rules are constantly changed and updated by vote of the CNTA Executive Board at regularly scheduled meetings. Any changes that affect wearecnta.org will be considered adopted as soon as action is taken by the appropriate CNTA governance body and you will be responsible for adhering to those rules immediately.

Prohibited Uses and Activities

Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using wearecnta.org to:

1. Undertake or accomplish any unlawful purpose. This includes posting, sorting, transmitting or disseminating information, data or materials that is libelous, obscene, unlawful, threatening, defamatory, or infringes the intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or that in any way constitutes or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international law, order or regulation.

2. Post, store, send, transmit, or disseminate any information or material that a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, offensive, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, distressing, vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless or whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful.

3. Upload, “hotlink,” post, publish, transmit, reproduce, create derivative works or distribute in any way information, software or other material obtained through cta.org that is protected by copyright or other proprietary right, without obtaining permission of the owner.

4. Restrict, inhibit, or otherwise interfere with the ability of any other person, regardless of intent, purpose, or knowledge, by posting or transmitting any information software that contains a worm, virus, or other harmful features or generating levels of traffic sufficient to impede others’ ability to send or retrieve information.

5. Transmit unsolicited bulk or commercial messages or “spam.” This includes unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation materials, bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests and petitions for signature.

6. Send numerous copies of the same or substantially similar messages, empty messages, or messages that contain no substantive content or send very large messages or files to a recipient that disrupts a server, account, newsgroup, or chat service.

7. Initiate, perpetuate or in any way participate in any pyramid or other illegal soliciting scheme.

8. Participate in the collection of email addresses, screen names, or other identifiers or others (spidering or harvesting) or participate in the use of software (including “spyware”) designed to facilitate this activity.

9. Collect responses from unsolicited messages.

10. Impersonate any person or entity, engage in sender falsification, forge anyone else’s digital manual signature or perform any other similar fraudulent activity.

11. Collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their consent.

12. Violate the rules, regulations, or policies applicable to any network, servers, computer databases or websites that you access.        

Security

You are responsible for any misuse on wearecnta.org, even if the misuse was committed by a friend, family member, or guest with access to the members only area of wearecnta.org. 

Therefore, you must take steps to ensure that others do not use your account to gain unauthorized access to the members only area of wearecnta.org by strictly maintaining the confidentiality of your login and password. In all cases, you are solely responsible for any data stored on your home computer that has been downloaded from wearecnta.org.

Inappropriate Content and Transmission

CNTA reserves the right, but not the obligation, to refuse to transmit or post and to remove or block any information or materials, in whole or in part, that it, in its sole discretion deems to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless or whether the materials or its dissemination is unlawful. Neither CNTA nor any of its affiliates or agents has any obligation to monitor transmissions or postings including, but not limited to, email, comments, blog posts, as well as any information available on wearecnta.org. However, CNTA and its affiliates have the right to monitor these transmissions and postings from time to time for violations of this Policy and to disclose, block, or remove them in accordance with this Policy and any other CNTA agreements and policies.