Terms & Conditions

The AAUWMI website, www.aauw.org, and online communications provide information and services in furtherance of AAUW’s mission to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research. Content focuses on all aspects of AAUW, including the Association, AAUW Educational Foundation, and AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund:

• public policy priorities and advocacy
• community programs
• initiatives to prevent and challenge sex discrimination in higher education
• research
• fellowships, grants, and awards
• membership services, programs, and benefits

This policy is designed to maintain the integrity of AAUW on the World Wide Web and in other online communications and to avoid the use of AAUW’s name in ways inconsistent with its image, mission, policies, and programs.

1. WWW.AAUWMI.ORG (INCLUDING LOGOS, WRITTEN CONTENT, PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS, VIDEO, AND AUDIO)

The policy addresses three distinct audiences:

• AAUW members, including regions, states, branches, branch members, members-at-large, college/university member institutions, student affiliates, and interbranch councils
• AAUWMI staff
• Other users

Website content is developed by AAUWMI in consultation with leaders and members, and the website is maintained by the AAUWMI co-Technology Website directors.. Any inquiries about the website or this policy should be directed to Webmanager, AAUWMI, webmanager@aauwmi.org.

Any entity or individual who uses, accesses, or links to www.aauwmi.org — including logos, written content, photographs, graphics, video, and audio — is bound by this policy. Use of, access to, or linkage to www.aauwmi.org shall constitute acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the terms in this policy. Entities or individuals who do not wish to be bound by these terms should not use, access, or link to www.aauw.org. AAUWMI has the right to restrict or revoke access to any entity or individual that violates any provision of this policy.

AAUWMI reserves the right to remove or not post any materials of external users onto www.aauw.org or materials that AAUWMI considers to be objectionable or outside its mission. Notwithstanding the reservation of this right, AAUWMI is not responsible for any material posted by any external users, for instance on chat rooms or bulletin boards. AAUWMI specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims or damages that result from postings by external users. Although www.aauw.org includes links providing direct access to other Internet sites, AAUWMI has not participated in the development of those other sites and does not exert any editorial or other control over those sites.

A. AAUW Members (Including Regions, States, Branches, Branch Members, Members-At-Large, College/University Member Institutions, Student Affiliates, and Interbranch Councils)

• AAUW members may use www.aauw.org in AAUW branch and state websites and online notices for AAUW activities. Standardized logos and placement specifications are provided through the Member Center at www.aauw.org.
• AAUW members shall not amend, alter, distort, or otherwise change the standardized AAUW logo or any placement specifications.
• AAUW members may reprint materials in accordance with this policy provided that credit is given to the AAUW website and usage is consistent with AAUW’s mission, policies, and programs.
• www.aauwmi.org cannot be linked to or used for personal or professional financial or political gain.
• AAUW members that use www.aauwmi.org to market, sell products, or raise funds across state lines, including marketing, sales, and fundraising via the Internet, need prior approval from AAUWMI. If approval is given, a standard contract will be executed between AAUWMI and the branch.

B. AAUW Board

• AAUWMI Board may use www.aauwmi.org in AAUWMI publications, newsletters, online notices, and other materials in furtherance of AAUW’s mission and consistent with AAUW’s policies and programs. Standardized logos and placement specifications are provided through the AAUW Member Center at www.aauwmi.org.
• www.aauwmi.org cannot be linked to or used for personal or professional financial or political gain.

C. Other Users

• www.aauwmi.org (including but not limited to text, content, photographs, video, and audio) is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws. Other users must abide by all additional restrictions in this agreement.
• Other users may create web links to any URL on www.aauwmi.org so long as such link is for educational and informational purposes; in furtherance of AAUW’s mission to promote equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change; and consistent with AAUW policies and programs. Use may not create an implication of AAUW’s endorsement of or affiliation with any third party.
• Without the explicit written permission of AAUWMI state board or leaders, other users may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit www.aauwmi.org, except that external users may download material for their own personal, noncommercial use. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, other users may not distribute any part of this service over any network, including a local area network, nor sell nor offer it for sale. In addition, www.aauwmi.org may not be used to construct any kind of database.

2. LINKS FROM WWW.AAUWMI.ORG

• www.aauwmi.org links only to websites that are affiliated with, working with, or supported by AAUW or web pages that support AAUW’s mission to promote equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change and are consistent with AAUW ’s mission, policies, and programs.
• AAUWMI is not responsible for any content on sites or web pages linked from www.aauwmi.org.
• AAUWMI does not support or endorse any activities on third party sites that may not be consistent with AAUW ’s mission, policies, and programs.

 

 

4. PRIVACY

AAUWMI is committed to protecting the privacy of people who use www.aauwmi.org.

A. General Browsing Information

Visitors to www.aauwmi.org remain anonymous, and AAUWMI does not attempt to obtain or retain personally identifiable information except as specifically stated. For example, AAUWMI does not require you to register to provide personal information to view the site. AAUWMI may maintain general aggregate information, such as the number of visitors to the site, which pages are most often viewed, or from which sites visitors have arrived. This information helps us to better serve our constituency and develop more effective and efficient programs. Unless you affirmatively provide personal information to us, however, we do not maintain information in a personally identifiable format and we take precautions to protect user data and privacy.

B. Third-Party Sites

www.aauwmi.org has links to third-party sites. Since we do not control those websites, we encourage you to review the privacy and other policies posted on these third-party sites.

www.aauwmi.org is liable nor responsible for any viruses or other malware, hackers/hacking that a visitor may encounter as a result of normal surfing and viewing of the site.