LINK POLICY
Links
to Cypress Mill Neighborhood
Association's Website
Advance permission to link to
the Cypress Mill Neighborhood
Association website
(http://www.main.org/cmna) is not
necessary. However, be aware that
CMNA subpages, may change at any
time without notice. Entities and
individuals linking to CMNA's
website must continuously verify
links to our subpages.
Entities and individuals linking to
CMNA's website shall not capture
CMNA web pages within frames,
present CMNA content as its own, or
otherwise misrepresent CMNA content.
Furthermore, they shall not
misinform users about the origin or
ownership of CMNA content. Certain
information on CMNA's website may be
trademarked, service-marked, or
otherwise protected as intellectual
property. Protected intellectual
property must be used in accordance
with state and federal laws and must
reflect the proper ownership of the
intellectual property.
Any
link to the CMNA's website site
should be a full forward link that
passes the client browser to the
CMNA website unencumbered. The
"Back" button should return the
visitor to original site if the
visitor wishes to back out.
Links
from Cypress Mill Neighborhood
Association's Website
This section outlines the
criteria and requirements that
external web sites must meet to have
a link from CMNA's website. It also
details how links are accepted and
removed from CMNA's website
CMNA reserves the right to link to
external web sites that it feels
would provide a service to the
citizen.
Acceptance Criteria
CMNA links to state, and local
governments that provide information
and services that benefit Texas
citizens and business entities. At
its discretion, CMNA will consider
link requests to non-governmental
web sites that contain information
and/or services that further the
purpose of the Cypress Mill
Neighborhood Association.
CMNA's website is not a forum for
public communication and debate. The
criteria outlined in this section
have been established to ensure that
CMNA's website remains a non-public
forum.
Every link request
must undergo review to determine its
relevance and appropriateness to the
purpose of CMNA. Links are approved
for CMNA based on the following
criteria:
1.The external web site
corresponds with the purpose of
Cypress Mill Neighborhood
Association
2.The site's content
is appropriate with respect to the
purpose of CMNA and the site is not
a
o Commercial site, which
charges a fee for products or
services online; (Notices of the
availability of publications by
government entities that charge for
the publications or notices of
government sponsored conferences
that charge a registration fee are
not commercial sites and may be
considered for linking.)
o Site
that exhibits hate, bias,
discrimination, pornography,
libelous or otherwise defamatory
content;
o Site that advocates
or promotes the use of alcohol or
tobacco;
o Site that lobbies,
advocates, or advances the policies
and priorities of a particular
industry, organization or
enterprise. This includes sites of
non-profit organizations;
o Site
belonging to or supporting a
political affiliation; or
o Site
that furthers the agenda of a
political organization or candidate
running for office.
CMNA
reserves the right to deny links if
it determines that a web site
contains misleading or
unsubstantiated claims, conflicts
with the purpose of CMNA, or does
not meet one or more of the criteria
set forth above in numbered sections
or set out below in the Conditions
for Link Maintenance on CMNA's
website section
Review
Process
1.Contact us
for an email link request. Each link
request should address how the site
meets the two acceptance criteria
outlined above.
2.The link
request will be reviewed against the
acceptance criteria set forth above.
The decision of the CMNA is final as
to whether the requesting site may
have a link from CMNA's website.
3.Approved sites must comply with
the following conditions for link
maintenance.
Conditions for Link Maintenance on
CMNA's website
To
ensure superior customer service to
citizens and businesses accessing
information and services through
CMNA's website, we require that
external web sites linked from
CMNA's website meet the following
conditions in order to maintain a
link on the agency's website:
1.The linked site must provide the
user with access to an email address
and/or a customer service telephone
number on every page of the site, in
order for users to contact the site
if there are problems with format,
accuracy, timeliness, or payment
processing.
2.When the user
clicks on the external web site
link, he/she must have easy access
back to CMNA's website. One of two
options can accomplish this:
o A
link to CMNA's website can be
established on the external
website's main page; or
o The
"Back" button returns the user to
CMNA's website.
3.Linked sites
must have a privacy and security
policy accessible from their home
page informing the user of what
information is collected, how it is
collected, how it is used, and how
the user can review and correct the
information. Linked sites must
comply with accepted accessibility
standards as provided by the
Worldwide Web Consortium
(http://www.w3c.org) to ensure that
persons with disabilities may access
these sites.
4.Linked sites must
notify the CMNA if the site to which
CMNA's website links become
inaccurate, inactive or otherwise
compromised.
Removal Process
Cypress Mill Neighborhood
Association reserves the right to
remove links if it determines that a
web site contains misleading or
unsubstantiated claims, conflicts
with the purpose of CMNA, or does
not meet one or more of the criteria
set forth above in numbered sections
or set out above in the Conditions
for Link Maintenance on CMNA's
website section.
Links from
CMNA's website will be reviewed
regularly and may be removed for the
following reasons:
•The link no
longer points to the original
information or resource to which it
was intended to point;
•The web
site pointed to by the link contains
inaccurate or misleading information
or has changed such that it is no
longer in compliance with the
acceptance criteria;
•The web
site pointed to by the link violates
the conditions for link maintenance;
•Access to the information has
become difficult due to non-standard
formatting, lengthy download times,
or intrusive advertising; and
•The link is permanently unreachable
or remains unavailable for a lengthy
period.
•The decision of the CMNA
is final as to whether a link is to
be removed from CMNA's website.
Contact Information
For questions and concerns
regarding the linking policy, please
contact us.