Acceptable Use Policy

Scope

This Acceptable Use Policy (“Policy”) applies to each Organization’s use of (a) the CTA Offering (the “Offering”) or (b) the Hopper Service (“Hopper”), as applicable (each of the Offering and Hopper referred to herein as the “Applicable Service”), including any authorized users of the Applicable Service (“Users”) each of whom are individually subject to this Policy. 

Changes to Policy 

CTA may change this Policy by posting an updated version of the Policy at https://communitytechalliance.org/acceptable-use-policy and such updates will be effective upon posting.

Violations

A User’s violation of this Policy will be considered a material breach of the Organization’s agreement governing its use of the Applicable Service and may result in temporary or permanent loss of access to the Applicable Service.

No Third-Party Use or Access

Organization may not, and may not allow its Users, to sell or otherwise transfer the access or right to access or use the Applicable Service to any third party, except Users.

Prohibited Material

Organization may not, and may not allow its Users, to use the Applicable Service to display, store, process or transmit, store, process or transmit:

  • Material that infringes or misappropriates a third party's intellectual property or proprietary rights;

  • Hate-related or violent material, and/or material advocating discrimination against individuals or groups;

  • Obscene, excessively profane material, libelous, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable material;

  • Material advocating or advancing criminal hacking, cracking, or phishing;

  • Malicious material, including material that supports or facilitates unlawful, hateful, discriminatory, or violent causes;

  • Unlawful software;

  • Malicious code, such as viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses and other harmful or malicious files, scripts, agents or programs; or

  • Material that violates, encourages or furthers conduct that would violate any applicable laws, including any criminal laws, or any third‐party rights, including publicity or privacy rights.

Prohibited Actions

Organization may not use the Applicable Service to, and may not allow its Users, to use the Applicable Service to:

  • Upload, distribute, disseminate, or offer to do the same: any unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, infringing, obscene, excessively profane, hateful, violent, or otherwise objectionable material, or promote, support or facilitate unlawful, hateful, discriminatory, or violent causes;

  • Upload any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses, corrupted files, hoaxes, or any other items of a destructive or deceptive nature;

  • Conduct multi‐level marketing, such as pyramid schemes and the like;

  • Use the Applicable Service in any manner that violates any applicable industry standards, third party policies or requirements that CTA may communicate to Organization or its Users; 

  • Use the Applicable Service in a manner that is inconsistent with the Permitted Purpose;

  • Impersonate another person, entity or CTA (via the use of an email address or otherwise) or otherwise misrepresent themselves; 

  • Use the Applicable Service in any way that violates the rights of others, including their right to privacy and to be free from harassment or discrimination;

  • Interfere with other Users' enjoyment of the Applicable Service;

  • Engage in activity in connection with illegal peer‐to‐peer file sharing;

  • Engage in or promote gambling, or run a gambling operation;  

  • Operate an "open proxy" or any other form of Internet proxy service that is capable of forwarding requests to any end user or third party‐supplied Internet host;

  • Take any action that imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on CTA’s infrastructure, or otherwise interfere with or disrupt the Applicable Service without obtaining written approval from security@techallies.org at least 72-hours before the start of such increased load;

  • Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Applicable Service or reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Applicable Service’s administration display;

  • Use the Applicable Service in any manner that would disparage CTA or its affiliates;

  • Jeopardize the security of Organization’s or any of its Users’ account or anyone else's (such as allowing someone else to log on as you on the Applicable Service);

  • Interfere with security-related features of the Applicable Service, including by removing, disabling, circumventing or otherwise creating or implementing any workaround to any copy protection, rights management or security features in or protecting the Applicable Service or the content;

  • Modify, translate, adapt or otherwise create derivative works or improvements, of the Applicable Service or any content or source code, without our prior written consent;

  • Use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Applicable Service or others’ content or information, without our prior written consent; or

  • Decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive or gain access to the source code or underlying ideas or information of or relating to the Applicable Service, without our prior written consent; or

  • Attempt to do any of the acts described above, or assist or permit any person in engaging in any of the acts described above.