Members Only Area Policies
ALL PERSONS USING TSPRA'S WEBSITE AND ESPECIALLY MEMBERS WHO USE THE MEMBER ONLY AREAS ARE ASKED TO READ THROUGH THESE POLICIES. USE OF THE SITE BINDS YOU TO THE TERMS OF USE.
- The information provided to TSPRA will be kept confidential and used to support your member relationship with TSPRA. TSPRA
officers, members and staff who have access to any of your information
are required to keep the information confidential and not use it for
any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing
for TSPRA.
- TSPRA will not disclose your personal information to any outside organization for its use for marketing without your consent.
- TSPRA
may be required to disclose personal information in connection with law
enforcement, fraud prevention, regulation and legal actions, or if
TSPRA reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to protect the
Association, its members or the public.
- TSPRA’s online directory is available only to TSPRA members.
- Directory Information is updated through the website administrator. It can not be modified by the member them self.
- You may opt-out of the online directory by filling out the appropriate boxes on a
Membership Directory Information Form and then e-mail, fax or mail the form to the TSPRA state office. The form must be on file for us to honor your request to opt-out.
- TSPRA's ListServ is one way - from TSPRA to our members. Do not reply to ListServ messages.
- The ListServ is used to send information about TSPRA and its products/services, as well as information and the
products/services from other sources, if we feel these may be of interest to
you, If you do not include
your email address and a password on a Membership Directory Information
Form, you will not receive e-mail information or have access to the
member areas of TSPRA’s website. Note that TSPRA sends much of its information only through the ListServ.
- You may opt-out of receiving
TSPRA information and information from other sources by filling out the appropriate boxes on a
Membership Directory Information Form. This form must be on file at the
state office in order to honor your request.
- TSPRA leaders will receive the names of those members who use the opt-out provisions.
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No TSPRA member is to publish member information in printed directories
or in a visible format unless such a directory is 100% opt-in.
- TSPRA members may not sell, trade or give away member information to
any outside organization, nor use member information in the pursuit of
business and other activities not under TSPRA's control. Such use of
TSPRA member information for some other affiliation or business
relationship will be considered a conflict of interest and may result
in loss of membership privileges.
- Whenever
possible, TSPRA members should not send e-mail in batches that will
include the e-mail addresses of other members in a list which could be
harvested and used for spam.
Use of E-Mail and Internet Tools: Examples of Inappropriate Use
- Posting messages that include vulgar, inappropriate or misleading messages
- Posting messages that could be interpreted as official TSPRA messages, but are not
- Using the online directory member search to distribute unsolicited e-mail, known as “spam”
- Harvesting
e-mail addresses or other contact information from the TSPRA site for purposes of distributing spam
- Sending
out any form of promotional communication to our members that implies
TSPRA endorsement, when no such endorsement exists
- Posting
messages to any TSPRA online forum: (a) to
promote products or services not endorsed by TSPRA; and/or (b) that are
threatening, profane or bigoted in nature
- Interfering with or “making mischief” via any present or future TSPRA online application
- Security
breaches including but not limited to: password theft, password
sharing, misrepresenting one’s identity via any present or future TSPRA
online application.
Definition of Unsolicited E-mail, a.k.a. “spam”
TSPRA members depend on the website for
networking and support. Our definition of Unsoliced E-mail or spam, may differ
from definitions used by commercial organizations. TSPRA defines Unsoliced E-mail as
unsolicited commercial e-mail that is sent:
- To recipients whom the sender does not know personally or
with whom the sender does not have an Existing Business Relationship.
This would not include TSPRA leaders e-mailing our members or TSPRA
members who provide services and who already have the TSPRA members they are contacting in their
databases.
- As a marketing type of communication that is not explicitly requested.
Web Site User Conduct Policy
We respect your privacy while online with
TSPRA. We also recognize that as communicators and
business
people, you have a need to share information within the TSPRA member area.
Sharing information is a major benefit of your membership. This
Web Site User Conduct policy states our guidelines for site usage, so
that all users can have a quality experience online with us.
- You agree, as a user of our Web site, to abide by all
applicable local, state, national and international laws and
regulations in your use of the TSPRA Website and agree not
to interfere with the use and enjoyment of the site by other users
- You
agree to be solely responsible for your actions and the contents of
your transmissions through TSPRA.
- You agree to all the policies stated on this site in regards to site usage.
TSPRA may, at its sole discretion, immediately terminate your access
to the Members Only Area if your conduct fails to conform to any of these terms and
conditions. TSPRA may, but is not in any way obligated to,
enforce these terms against any user. |
