Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms 

Welcome to gae.org, public-groups, (hereinafter referred to as “our sites”). The Georgia Association of Educators ("We" or "GAE") provides our sites to you as a service subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all features of our sites are subject to the TOU. By using our sites, you accept the terms below. If you do not accept any of these terms, you are not authorized to use our sites. We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Your continued use of our sites following the posting of any changes to the TOU constitutes your acceptance of the new terms. 

Description of Service 

Through our sites, GAE strives to provide users -- GAE members and friends of public education -- with access to a rich array of educational resources. We hope you find our sites useful. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue our sites, or any part of them, at any time, for any reason without prior notice to you. You agree that we shall not be liable for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuance. 

Registration Obligations 

If you choose to become a registered user of our sites, you agree to provide us with true, accurate, and current registration information and to update your registration information to keep it that way. 

Privacy Statement 

Your registration information, as well as other personally identifiable information that you provide us about yourself on our sites, is subject to our Privacy Statement. Click here to read our Privacy Policy. 

Password Security 

Please keep your user ID and password confidential. You agree to accept sole responsibility for all activities that occur using your password. 

User Conduct 

As a condition of using our sites, you agree not to use our sites, among other things, to: 

1. impersonate any person or entity, including but not limited to an official of GAE or its affiliates, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; 

2. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, or other materials (hereinafter referred to as "Content") transmitted through our sites; 

3. harm minors in any way; 

4. harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention, or discomfort to a person or entity; 

5. transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable, as solely determined by GAE; 

6. transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party; 

7. transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited advertising, promotional information, bulk e-mail or other solicitation; 

8. transmit or otherwise make available any Content containing any "virus," "worm," "trojan horse," or any other computer code, file, or program designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; 

9. interfere with or disrupt our sites or servers or networks connected to our sites, or disobey any requirements or policies of networks connected to our sites; or 

10. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. 

You further agree that this list is not intended to be complete, but merely illustrative. We reserve the right in our sole and final judgment to determine whether certain conduct violates this User Conduct Section. 

User-Submitted Content 

By submitting Content to us for inclusion on our sites, an electronic mailing list, a message board, or otherwise, you represent and warrant that: 

1. you own all the legal rights to the Content that you submit, 

2. our publication of the Content will not infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party, and 

3. you have complied with the TOU. 

You also grant GAE, NEA, our affiliates, NEA Member Benefits Corporation, NEA Members Insurance Trust, and NEA Health Information Network, and NEA Foundation: 

1. a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such Content throughout the world in any medium, and 

2. the right to use the name and contact information that you submit in connection with such Content, if we so choose. You agree that you will not be compensated for any Content you submit to our sites unless expressly contracted in writing to do so. 

Indemnity 

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GAE, NEA, our affiliates, NEA Member Benefits Corporation, NEA Members Insurance Trust, and NEA Health Information Network,  and NEA Foundation, and each entity’s respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and partners from and against any claim or demand, including attorneys' fees, made by any third party in connection with: 

1. any Content that you transmit or otherwise make available via our sites, 

2. your use of our sites, 

3. your connection to our sites, or 

4. your violation of the TOU. 

Termination 

You agree that GAE may, in its sole discretion, terminate your use of our sites for any reason, including but not limited to a violation of the TOU, without prior notice to you. You also agree that GAE shall not be liable for any termination of access to our sites. 

Dealings with Advertisers 

To defray the costs associated with providing our sites, GAE may sell advertising space on our sites. We do not examine or evaluate the products, services, or offerings of advertisers found on our sites. Accordingly, we do not warrant any products, services, or offerings of, such advertisers. Your correspondence or dealings with such advertisers are solely between you and the advertiser. You agree that GAE shall not be held liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of any such correspondence or dealings. 

Third-Party Content and Services 

Because we provide a variety of resources on our sites, it is necessary for us to use third parties to contribute Content and offer services. Any Content or services made available by third parties on our sites are those of the respective authors and not of GAE. GAE neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy, reliability, or correctness of such Content or services. 

Links 

The terms in the TOU do not apply to any Web sites that are linked from our sites ("linked-sites"). These linked-sites will have their own policies and practices that may be different from ours. You understand and agree that GAE is not responsible for the operation of any linked-site, and does not endorse nor is responsible for any Content, services, or advertising on linked-sites. You agree that GAE shall not be held liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of such Content, services, or advertising. 

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES 

YOU AGREE THAT: 

A.  YOUR USE OF OUR SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" OR "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. GAE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. 

B.  GAE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: 

THE CONTENT AVAILABLE VIA OUR SITES IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR CORRECT; 

OUR SITES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; 

THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR THE MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SITES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; 

THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED; AND 

CONTENT AVAILABLE VIA OUR SITES IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. 

BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

YOU AGREE THAT GAE, NEA, OUR AFFILIATES, NEA MEMBER BENEFITS CORPORATION, NEA MEMBERS INSURANCE TRUST, AND NEA HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK,  AND NEA FOUNDATION, AND EACH ENTITY'S RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND PARTNERS SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR SITES. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER GAE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER BASIS. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, CERTAIN LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

Intellectual Property 

Unless otherwise indicated, the Content displayed on our sites is the property of GAE, NEA, our affiliates, NEA Member Benefits Corporation, NEA Members Insurance Trust, and NEA Health Information Network,  and NEA Foundation, third-party providers, or their respective licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. Any such Content may be displayed solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree not to reproduce, modify, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, display, retransmit, or sell such Content without the prior written permission of the respective owner. gae.org and the GAE logo are service marks of GAE. You may not display or use such service marks in any manner without prior written permission from GAE. 

Copyright Agent 

GAE respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work or any other work has been used on our sites in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: 

1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed; 

2. a description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; 

3. a description of where the work that you claim is infringing is located on our sites; 

4. your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; 

5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and 

6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. 

For notice of claims of copyright infringement we can be reached as follows: 

Copyright Agent 

Georgia Association of Educators
100 Crescent Centre Pkwy #500
Tucker, GA 30084

E-mail: [email protected] 

Mobile Terms and Conditions 

1. There is no fee from Georgia Association of Educators to receive text messages. Message and data rates may apply- this can be checked with your mobile service provider. Charges are billed and payable to your mobile service provider or deducted from your prepaid account. Consent is not a requirement for purchase. 
2. Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include your mobile phone number, your carrier’s name and the date, time and content of your messages. We may use this information to contact you and provide the services you request from us. Alerts sent via SMS may not be delivered if the mobile phone is not in range of a transmission site, or if sufficient network capacity is not available at a particular time. Even within a coverage area, factors beyond the control of the wireless operator may interfere with message delivery, including the customer’s equipment, terrain, proximity to buildings, foliage, and weather. Wireless operators do not guarantee message delivery and will not be held liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
3. For information on data collection and us, please read our full Privacy Policy. 
4. We will not be liable for any delays in the receipt of any SMS message as delivery is subject to effective transmission from your network operator. 
5. By subscribing to Georgia Association of Educators alerts, the user consents to receive automated text messages from Georgia Association of Educators. Recurring messages. Message & data rates may apply. 
6. If you have any questions, text HELP to 48744. To stop receiving messages, text STOP to 48744. 

Choice of Law 

You agree that the laws of Georgia shall govern the TOU and any disputes relating to our sites. 

Entire Agreement 

The TOU constitutes the entire agreement between you and GAE governing your use of our sites and supersedes any prior agreements, if any, between you and GAE relating to any matter dealt with in the TOU. You may also be subject to additional terms that apply when you deal with advertisers or use links or third-party Content or services. 

Contact Information 

If you have any questions or comments regarding the TOU, please contact us. 

Last Updated January 4, 2024