ACSI Community Code of Conduct Rules, Etiquette, and Privacy Guidelines

Thank you for being part of our community. To ensure the best possible experience for all members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using the ACSI Community, you acknowledge that you have read and will follow the following rules and guidelines. This is a great way to solicit your peers' advice, benefit from their experience, and participate in an ongoing conversation. Any questions should be directed to our Care Team via email at careteam@acsi.org or by completing the "Contact us" form.

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. To preserve an environment that encourages civil and fruitful dialogue, ACSI reserves the right to reject any post and to suspend or terminate membership in this community for anyone who violates these rules.

The Rules

• All discussion posts, replies, and document files will automatically undergo ACSI staff review and moderation. This may delay approval and content visibility by up to 3 business days or longer.*
• Respect the purpose of the ACSI Community, which is to connect Christian educators and staff in a protected virtual environment.
• Please use the community to share successes, challenges, requests, goals, and to offer constructive feedback, rather than to promote the products or services you provide. 
• ACSI will reject discussion post content that is self-promotional.
  • If you’ve found a product or service helpful, please share your experience with the group respectfully as a testimonial rather than a product sale. Your positive or negative perspective is valuable to this community of educators!
  • Don't post commercial messages on any discussion list, resource library entry, or other area. ACSI will reject this type of content. This includes any non-ACSI-sponsored events and job postings. 
• All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited.
• Respect intellectual property. Please properly attribute to the creator.
• For research and survey requests, the ACSI Research department requires that all surveys get approved through their team before we publish them to ACSI Members. Please fill out the research application form. You can also reach them via email at research@acsi.org.
• All messages must add to the body of knowledge. ACSI reserves the right to reject any message.

Discussion Group Etiquette

• Respect others.
• Focus on the content of posts rather than the people who make them.
• Post your message or documents only to the most appropriate community groups. This helps ensure all messages receive the best response.
• Please give members the benefit of the doubt; there’s no such thing as a stupid question.
• Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.
• State concisely the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search by subject.
• Please send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" directly to individuals, not to the entire list. Use the "Reply to Sender" link in every message. 
• When including external links in posts, ACSI moderation may flag more than five links as spam and subsequently reject the post.
• Adjust the frequency and amount of email communications received from the ACSI Community in your Profile>My Account>Community Notifications area in Your Profile. If you need assistance, please contact the Community Manager. Other helpful tips for optimizing the use of the ACSI Community, including setting up and using the new mobile app, can be found in the Help > Community Training documents.
• If you change your email address, please update your account settings. If you need assistance updating your email, please contact the Care Team.
• For items your school would like to sell, please join the Marketplace group and post them there, along with prices and descriptions.
• If you are looking for new candidates or a new school, please explore the ACSI Career Center, where members can post open positions, seek new positions, and more.
• If you need other assistance, please look at the Help/FAQ or Community Training under "Help" on the main page. Any questions should be directed to our Care Team via email at careteam@acsi.org or by completing the "Contact us" form.

The Legal Stuff

This site is provided as a service for the members of Association of Christian Schools International.  Association of Christian Schools International is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. We disclaim all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by Association of Christian Schools International or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall Association of Christian Schools International be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

Do not post defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials.  Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the copyright owner's permission. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants Association of Christian Schools International and users of this site have the non-exclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to restrict free trade illegally. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

Association of Christian Schools International actively monitors the site for inappropriate postings and undertakes editorial control of postings. If any inappropriate posting is made, Association of Christian Schools International reserves the right to reject any message.

Association of Christian Schools International reserves the right to terminate access to users who do not abide by these guidelines.


Privacy Policy

Any personal information you provide to us, including and similar to your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of our organization except as noted below.

With Whom Do We Share the Personal Information We Collect Through This Site:

Our Service Providers
We may share your personal information with companies (including our affiliates) that perform services on our behalf, for example, companies that help process credit card payments. Our service providers are required by contract to protect the confidentiality of the personal information we share with them and to use it only to provide specific services on our behalf.

Business Transfers
Your personal information may be transferred to another entity (either an affiliated entity or an unrelated third party) in connection with a merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar corporate event. If such a transfer were ever to occur, the acquiring entity’s use of your personal information will still be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Government and Legal Disclosures
We may disclose the personal information we collect through this Site when we, in good faith, believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law (or a court order or subpoena), to prevent or investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; to enforce our Terms and Conditions or other agreements that govern your use of this Site; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, or others.

External Sites
We are not responsible for the content of external internet sites. You are advised to read their privacy policies before disclosing any personal information.

Cookies
A "cookie" is a small text file placed in the browser that allows us to recognize you each time you visit this site (for personalization, etc.). Cookies themselves do not contain any personal information, and we do not use cookies to collect personal information. Cookies may also be used by third-party content providers, such as news feeds.

Remember The Risks Whenever You Use The Internet
While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition, other Internet sites or services accessible through our site may have separate data and privacy practices independent of ours. Therefore, we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions. Please contact those vendors and others with any questions about their privacy policies.  For any other information, please contact us at careteam@asci.org or by using the form at https://www.acsi.org/contact-us.

Modifications to this Privacy Policy

We may modify this privacy policy at any time by posting an electronic notice on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after the date on which such notices are posted will be deemed your agreement to the changed terms.

*Due to office closures for USA holidays and weekends, posts will remain in the moderation queue for review until staff are available. Thanks for your patience.