Site Guidelines

 

Quick Links

General

Editorial and Content Authority

"Homeowners' Corner" Content Authority

Unauthorized Use

Posted Information

Website Privacy Policy

Links and Cookies

Changes to Privacy Policy

General

With the addition an Internet site as part of the communications system for the Waterford Parks Homeowners Association (HOA), the following guidelines regarding notices and all published material to be included on the WEB site have been adopted by the Website Committee and approved by the HOA Board of Directors. 

The WEB PAGE is to be used to disseminate the following information:

  • Web Site Guidelines
  • Waterford Parks  News
  • Waterford Parks HOA Newsletter
  • Neighborhood and Community Information
  • Calendar of Events
  • Committee Information
  • HOA Board News
  • HOA Board Minutes
  • HOA Forums
  • Community Activities and Events

Editorial and Content Authority

Except were explicitly noted, Communications Committee will have editorial and content authority and control over the HOA web site subject to these guidelines and regulations. All information to be posted on the HOA web site must be approved in advance by the Committee or its designee. The Communications Committee reserves the right NOT to publish notices and advertisements that will reflect poorly on Waterford Parks.

The following are not permitted

  • Fund raising events not sponsored by the HOA Board and/or Committees
  • Offensive or vulgar language
  • Commercial advertisement of any kind, by either individual property owners or agencies
  • Partisan political notices for any party or candidate
  • Petition notices
  • Objectionable Services / Products (as determined by the Board and/or Communications Committee)
  • Illegal Services / Products

“Home Owner’s Corner” Content Authority *Coming Soon*

Content contained in the “Home Owners” corner is used to disseminate information regarding special interests of individual or a group of Homeowners. All information to be posted on the HOA web site must be approved in advance by the Committee or its designee, but the Communications Committee can only refuse to publish information based on the following criteria: reserves the right NOT to publish Notices and advertisements that will reflect poorly on Waterford Parks and the following information is not permitted:

  • Notices and advertisements that will reflect poorly on Waterford Parks
  • Content that reveals any personal or private information about any individual without the mentioned person’s consent
  • Commercial advertisement of any kind, by either individual property owners or agencies
  • Partisan political notices for any party or candidate
  • Offensive or vulgar language
  • Petition notices
  • Objectionable Services / Products / Events (as determined by the Board and/or Communications Committee)
  • Illegal Services / Products

Unauthorized Use

User names and passwords to the property owner's area of the HOA web site are provided to Waterford Parks Homeowners as a benefit of membership. The user names and passwords are and at all times shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the HOA, and the members agree to maintain their respective user names and passwords as private and confidential information. Any unauthorized use of the user names, passwords, or web site is strictly prohibited.

Posted Information

As a condition to the posting of any information provided by a HOA member (including, without limitation, classified advertisements and services advertisements), the HOA member requesting such posting represents and warrants to the HOA that such member will not post or request the posting of any information that infringes on the trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. The member requesting such posting agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the HOA from all costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by the HOA related to, or arising from, any breach of this representation and warranty.

 

Additional Information on the use of the cafe@waterfordparks.com email list and forums

  • Waterford Parks residents are an ethnically, nationally, culturally, politically, and spiritually diverse group of individuals.   Please respect this diversity, and do not send material that could be considered inappropriate or offensive.

  • Any use of this list for commercial purposes is not allowed.

  • This list is not a forum to complain about other Waterford Parks residents.  Please be respectful of other residents at all times.  Any issues with other residents need to be resolved outside of this list.

  • This is a private, non-commercial e-mail list only for the residents of Waterford Parks.  People who are not residents of Waterford Parks will not be added to this list.

  • Please respect everyone’s privacy, and do not give out any personal information (including names, email addresses, addresses, and phone numbers) regarding anyone on this list.

  • Many Waterford Parks residents have low-bandwidth Internet connections.  Please limit your use of email attachments (pictures, files, video clips, etc.)  When sending an email attachment to the list, please limit the attachment to no more than 300 kilobytes.

  • Violation of these rules may result in your removal from the list. 

Website Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how the HOA will treat information posted on the HOA web site. Please remember that no computer system should be considered safe from intrusion. Web site information and/or e-mail may pass through many computer systems, and should not be considered a secure means of communication unless encrypted. Even then, information is only as secure as the encryption method. Therefore, although we take precautions to protect our system and our servers, we cannot guarantee the security of any data on any server, including "secure servers."

Links and Cookies

The HOA may provide links on the HOA web site to other web sites of interest to HOA members, which web sites are owned, operated and/or maintained by third parties. Persons or companies who own/operate such web sites or who advertise on the HOA web site may use cookie technology. We do not control the use of cookies by our advertisers or by such linked web sites. Cookies are files written to a user's hard disk and read by server programs to inform a web site if the user has previously visited that site.

Changes to Privacy Policy

The HOA board may make changes to this policy from time to time. We will post changes to our privacy policy here, so be sure to check back periodically. We may also decide to notify members by e-mail of significant changes.