SYSTEMS USE & CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the Green Party of Texas ("the Green Party") and any volunteer employee requesting Green Party systems use permissions ("you"), as a pre-requisite for the issuance of any such permissions.

In consideration of your employment (which term includes voluntary, unpaid employment) by the Green Party, the access to confidential information which is provided to you by the Green Party, and other good and valuable consideration, you and the Green Party agree as follows:

1. During the course of your employment by the Green Party, you may be exposed to particular confidential information regarding the business and operations of the Green Party.  This information is a valuable proprietary asset of the Green Party and includes, by way of illustration and not limitation:  computer programs, mailing lists, financial information, employee information, member information, affiliate information, and the like.  Confidential information may also include information which you yourself generate in the course of your employment.
2. Confidential information is a valuable asset of the Green Party, and its unauthorized disclosure could cause significant harm to the Green Party.  In some instances, this harm, once caused, cannot be corrected.  Therefore, it is necessary that you and the Green Party take steps to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of confidential Green Party information.
3. In order to protect the Green Party’s confidential information, you agree that both during and subsequent to your employment by the Green Party you shall not disclose any Green Party confidential information to third parties without the prior written authorization of the Green Party, and your use of the Green Party’s confidential information shall be limited solely to the carrying out of your job-related duties.
4. The Green Party agrees that confidential information shall not include any information which is generally known to the public at large, was known by you prior to your employment by the Green Party, or which subsequently comes to be known to the public at large through no breach of your duties under this Agreement.
5. You agree that access to Green Party systems is granted at the discretion of the Green Party of Texas State Executive Committee. Data-scraping or harvesting of data from Green Party systems for purposes unrelated to Green Party work is forbidden. Tampering with information to delete or damage systems is forbidden. Using personal information for any kind of harassment is forbidden. Using Green Party systems in any way that is detrimental to the Green Party is forbidden. Any violation of guidelines may result in the termination of systems permissions, at the discretion of the Green Party of Texas State Executive Committee.
6. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Green Party and its successors.  This Agreement is entered into, and shall be interpreted under, the laws of the state of Texas.