Society for the Teaching of Psychology Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Cookie Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 2025

About this policy

The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (“STP”) believes that the protection and privacy of your personal data is paramount and we value your right to privacy. Personal data (“Personal Data”) means any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to you, but does not include publicly available data or data that can no longer reasonably be linked to you. STP strives to protect the Personal Data that we collect through your interaction with the STP website, STP applications, STP social media tools, STP, and other digital and non-digital spaces where STP may collect Personal Data (collectively, “STP Digital Assets”).

Personal Data you provide to us through your use of STP Digital Assets helps to inform STP about how best to provide you with a fulfilling user experience as it relates to our mission. Our goal is to ensure that your Personal Data is secure, and that STP only uses your Personal Data subject to this Policy and our Terms of Use.

STP is committed to working with you to obtain a fair and rapid resolution of any queries, complaints, or disputes about privacy. If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policyor our information collection and data protection practices, please contact stp@teachpsych.org.

BY USING STP DIGITAL ASSETS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND STP’S INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Personal Data STP collects and how it is collected

You may provide Personal Data when you create an account or transact business with us. We also collect Personal Data from all visitors or users of STP Digital Assets in order to interact with you. The following are examples of the types of Personal Data we collect and how that Personal Data is collected:

Categories of Personal Data Collected	Sources of Personal Data
Identifiers: name; email address; postal address, telephone number; and member account username.	Directly from you From service providers when you interact with STP Digital Assets. From other parties like social media platforms. From data analytics providers when you interact with STP Digital Assets.
Member records: purchase history; billing and shipping information; and any other Personal Data about your transactions with us.	Directly from you when you buy something from us or become a member or renew your membership. From data analytics providers when you interact with STP Digital Assets. From service providers, like vendors who process payments on our behalf.
Financial information: billing address.	Directly from you when you become a member or buy something from us. From service providers, like vendors who process payments on our behalf.
Internet or Other Network Activity: device ID and operating system; browser information; IP address; internet activity or social media activity; information about how you interact with our STP Digital Assets.	From data analytics providers From service providers when you interact with STP Digital Assets. From other parties like social media platforms or third party cookies.
Location information: location information, such as IP address, that describes your general location.	From data analytics providers From other parties like social media platforms or third party cookies.
Content of Communications: contents of emails to us; comments or information you post in our online communities; any audiovisual information provided in your communications.	Directly from you when you contact us or interact with our STP Digital Assets. From service providers who contact us on your behalf.
Demographic Data: gender or age.	Directly from you, if you choose to provide this data when you contact us or interact with STP Digital Assets.
Professional or Employment-Related data: work history; current employer; and personal references.	Directly from you when you provide that information through your interactions with STP Digital Assets. From service providers, such as when you add a LinkedIn profile via our online forum(s) or within other STP Digital Assets.
Education information: education history and level of education.	Directly from you when you provide that information through your interactions with STP Digital Assets.
Video Viewing History: Personal Data relating to any video content, audiovisual content, or content of a like nature.	From data analytics providers via Short.io or similar technologies when you interact with STP Digital Assets.
Sensitive Personal Data: such as data that reveals racial or ethnic origin ; political opinions; religious or philosophical beliefs; a mental or physical health condition or diagnosis; citizenship or citizenship status; genetic or biometric data; or data concerning sexual orientation.	Directly from you when you interact with STP Digital Assets. From data analytics providers via pixels or similar technologies when you interact with STP Digital Assets.

Cookies, third party collection, and service providers

Other companies may collect data automatically through cookies on our websites. Please see our Cookie Policy to find out more about how we use cookies and similar technologies.

De-identified data

This data, which can no longer be used to make inferences about you or otherwise be linked to you, may be used by STP or disclosed to third parties. We may combine these kinds of data with other similar data from other sources. We don’t try to reidentify it unless the law allows or requires it. We also may share aggregated data with third parties like telling our advertisers the number of visitors to our Sites. This sharing excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent. That data is not shared with any third parties.

How STP uses your Personal Data

WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO CONTACT YOU, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP, CONDUCT SURVEYS, AND PERSONALIZE OUR SERVICES TO YOU.

Except to the extent necessary to fulfill our business obligations as described in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, transfer, or otherwise disclose to third parties any of the Personal Data that we collect directly from or about you.

We use Personal Data that is collected on STP Digital Assets in the following ways:

• To provide member related services;
• To deliver services, such as educational programs, information or newsletters you request or purchase;
• To alert you to special offers, updated information and other new services from STP, other third parties, or to forward promotional materials;
• To fulfill the terms of a promotion;
• To ensure the STP Digital Assets are relevant to your needs;
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you;
• To request your feedback about your experience with STP;
• To improve and develop new STP Digital Assets;
• To protect STP Digital Assets, our network, and business operations, and to stop activities that may violate our policies or be fraudulent or illegal;
• To comply with legal processes like warrants or court orders, and to comply with relevant laws;
• To notify you about a material change to this Privacy Policy, if necessary; and
• To allow you access to limited-entry areas of STP Digital Assets.
• For other business purposes that help optimize your experience as you interact with STP Digital Assets.

Disclosure of Personal Data to third parties

The STP member directory is available only to members in a members-only section of the site. All members’ names are listed in the directory, but members have the option to suppress all other information. Personal Data collected as a function of the STP Digital Assets will not be released to third parties except to further the purpose for which you provided the Personal Data and in the following instances:

• To fulfill a service to you including answering questions, completing an order or to follow through on a sweepstakes entry.
• To send you invitations for events or newsletters, or to enable you to link a social media profile.
• To affiliates, strategic partners, agents, third party marketers or other unaffiliated parties who are offering products or services that we believe may be of interest to you or who require your Personal Data for research, administrative and/or internal business purposes. These parties may use your Personal Data to contact you with an offer or advertisement related to a product or service, or they may use such Personal Data for their own research, administration or business purposes. If you do not want us to share your Personal Data in this manner, let us know.
• To unaffiliated third-party service providers, agents or independent contractors who help us maintain our STP Digital Assets and provide other administrative services to us (including, but not limited to, order processing and fulfillment, providing customer service, maintaining and analyzing data, sending customer communications on STP's behalf, and entry collection, winner selection and prize fulfillment for contests, sweepstakes and other promotions). We seek to ensure that these unaffiliated third parties will not use the Personal Data for any other purpose than to provide the administrative services for which they are responsible.
• To complete your purchase. If you choose to make a purchase on STP Digital Assets, we may collect from you your credit card number, billing address and other Personal Data related to such purchase, and we may use such collected Personal Data in order to fulfill your purchase. We may also provide such Personal Data to unaffiliated third parties as necessary to complete your purchase (for example, to process your credit card).
• To comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on us, protect and defend our rights or property, including the rights and property of STP and STP Digital Assets or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our end users.
• To third parties as part of any corporate reorganization process including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, and sales of all or substantially all of our assets.
• To track and analyze de-identified and aggregate usage and volume statistical data from our users and provide such Personal Data to third parties.

To protect against potential fraud, we may verify with third parties the Personal Data collected from STP Digital Assets. In the course of such verification, we may receive Personal Data about you from such services. Third party websites and advertisers

STP Digital Assets may provide you with links to other websites, although we do not necessarily advise that you are linking to another website. In the event you choose to access such websites, STP is not responsible for any actions or policies of those sites. Further, please note that the third party's Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy or security practices may differ from STP. STP neither assumes responsibility for, nor does it control, endorse or guarantee any aspect of your use of the linked site. We recommend that you check the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and other pertinent security practices of such a party before providing Personal Data to it. For information on advertising and third-party cookies, as well as links to opt-out, please see our Cookie Policy.

Forums, chat rooms and other public posting areas

Please note that any Personal Data you include in a message you post to any chat room, online community, forum or other public posting area is available to others. If you don't want people to know your email address, for example, don't include it in any message you post publicly. PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN DISCLOSING ANY PERSONAL DATA IN CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS, ONLINE COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC POSTING AREAS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE BY OTHERS OF THE PERSONAL DATA THAT YOU DISCLOSE IN CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS, ONLINE COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC POSTING AREAS.

Opt-out of communications

We communicate with users on a regular basis via email. For example, we will use your email address to contact you regarding membership renewal and dues payments, STP elections, to confirm a request you have made of STP, to send you notice of upcoming payments that are due, to send you information about changes to our products and services or to send notices and other disclosures as required by law. Generally, members cannot opt-out of these communications since it is necessary to keep members of informed of specific information regarding membership and actions related thereto.

STP provides you the opportunity to exercise an opt-out choice if you do not want to receive other types of communications from us, such as messages or updates from us regarding new services and products offered on STP Digital Assets or if you do not want us to share your Personal Data with third parties. For emails, you may opt-out by clicking on the "unsubscribe” link within the text of an email. We will process your request to unsubscribe as soon as possible, but please be aware that in some circumstances you may receive a few more messages until the unsubscribe is processed. 

If you have elected to receive notices to your mobile device via text message, you may opt-out by replying “STOP” to such mobile message. You may receive a confirmatory text message in response to your “STOP” request and you hereby consent to receipt of such confirmation.

Data retention

We keep your Personal Data for as long as you are a member or as long as your relationship with STP Digital Assets continues and as required by law. We retain your Personal Data while your membership is active or as necessary to continue to provide services. This includes Personal Data you or others provided to us and Personal Data obtained from your use of STP Digital Assets. There may be some instances where we retain your information in a deidentified or aggregated form.

How to access and control your Personal Data

You can access, change or delete your Personal Data if you have an STP account by logging into your account. You can also email us at stp@teachpsych.org. 

We collect your Personal Data in many ways, most often where you provide it to us, and we provide you with several options for collecting, using and sharing of your Personal Data, including deleting or correcting Personal Data you have provided to us. We offer you settings to control and manage your Personal Data through your STP account.

Depending on your location, you might have different rights applicable to your Personal Data. STP responds to rights requests according to local law. 

Delete Personal Data: You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your Personal Data (for example if you resign from being a member) and we will work hard to honor all requests in a timely manner. In some instances, we may not be able to delete your Personal Data in order to comply with applicable laws (for example, it is necessary to keep the financial records of a transaction with you).

Please note that STP will not delete or restrict access to Personal Data about you where you have published in an STP journal or other STP publication including journals and/or newsletters. We will not delete historical Personal Data that reference your service to STP in governance unless required by law. We will not delete any comments or posts you have made on any of STP’s social media accounts or on any other of STP’s Digital Assets unless required by law. 

Change or correct Personal Data: You can edit some of your Personal Data through your MySTP account. You can also ask us to change, update or fix your Personal Data in certain cases, particularly if it’s inaccurate.

Object to, or limit or restrict, use of Personal Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your Personal Data.

Right to access and/or take your personal data: You may have the right to see your Personal Data and take your data and we will work with you to be sure we can provide the most complete set of your Personal Data and a secure way to transfer your Personal Data.

Resignation/account closure: We will keep some of your Personal Data even after you resign your membership with STP or close your STP account in order to fulfill any final service requests. Please note that we will retain your Personal Data even after you have resigned your membership or closed your STP account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our Terms of Use, or fulfill your request to “unsubscribe” from further messages from us. We will retain deidentified data after your account has been closed.

Colorado residents have the following additional rights:

Right to opt-out of profiling: If we base decisions solely on profiling or automated decision-making that may result in important legal or other effects, you may have the right to opt-out.

Submitting rights requests

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at stp@teachpsych.org. You may under certain circumstances, authorize another individual or a business, called an authorized agent, to make requests on your behalf.

We must verify your identity before responding to your request. We do this by asking you to provide information that we can match against information we may have about you already. We may need to follow up with you to request more information to verify your identity. We will not use Personal Data we collect in connection with verifying or responding to your request for any purpose other than responding to your request.

We may have a reason under the law why we do not have to comply with your request, or why we may comply with it in a more limited way than you anticipated. If we do, we will explain that to you in our response. Residents of Colorado have the right to appeal a denial of their request by contacting us as described in the notice of denial.

How we respond to do not track signals

The “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) privacy preference is an option that may be made in some web browsers allowing you to opt-out of tracking by websites and online services. At this time, global standard DNT technology is not yet finalized and not all browsers support DNT. We therefore do not recognize DNT signals and do not respond to them.

Children’s privacy

STP Digital Assets, and the services STP provides to its users, are not directed to or intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us at stp@teachpsych.org.

Assignment

In the course of any direct or indirect reorganization process including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, bankruptcies, and sales of all or a part of our assets, you grant us the right to share, transfer, or assign the Personal Data collected via STP Digital Assets following completion of such transaction and/or during the assessment process pending transfer.

Consent to transfer

If you are visiting STP Digital Assets from a location outside of the U.S., your connection may be through and to servers located in the U.S. Any information you provide during your visit will be processed and maintained on our server and other internal systems located within the U.S. The U.S. may not have the same data protection laws as the country you are visiting from and may not afford many of the rights conferred upon data subjects in your country. You acknowledge you understand that by providing your Personal Data to us, your Personal Data (i) will be used for the uses identified above in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and (ii) may be transferred to the U.S. as indicated above, in accordance with applicable law.

EU user consent

For users of this website located in the European Union (“EU”), STP follows the Google EU User Consent Policy found at this link: http://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy.html. By voluntarily using this website, EU users consent to STP’s data collection, sharing, and usage as described above.

EU data subjects

This section applies if you are an EU data subject (for these purposes, reference to the EU also includes the European Economic Area countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the United Kingdom and, where applicable, Switzerland).

STP is the data controller for processing Personal Data provided to us through STP Digital Assets. Our registered office is at the American Psychological Association, 750 First Street NE, Washington D.C. 20002.

We collect and use Personal Data when we have a lawful basis to do so, as follows:

• At your direction and with your consent.
• To fulfill contracts we might have with you.
• For public interest.
• For vital interests.
• For other legitimate business purposes.
• To comply with a legal obligation.

We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.

If there is any change in the purposes for which we collect your Personal Data, we will inform you of such change. If you wish to obtain an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purposes, please contact us through the contact details provided at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Subject to applicable law, you have the following rights in relation to your Personal Data:

• Right of access: If you ask us, we will confirm whether we are processing your Personal Data and, if so, provide you with a copy of that Personal Data (along with certain other details). If you require additional copies, we may need to charge a reasonable fee.
• Right to rectification: If your Personal Data is inaccurate or incomplete, you are entitled to have it rectified or completed. If we have shared your Personal Data with others, we will tell them about the rectification where possible. If you ask us, where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you with whom we shared your Personal Data so that you can contact them directly.
• Right to erasure: You may ask us to delete or remove your Personal Data and we will do so in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it (we may not delete your data when other interests outweigh your right to deletion). If we have shared your data with others, we will tell them about the erasure where possible. If you ask us, where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you with whom we shared your Personal Data so that you can contact them directly.
• Right to restrict processing: You may ask us to restrict or ‘block’ the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of that Personal Data or object to us processing it. We will tell you before we lift any restriction on processing. If we have shared your Personal Data with others, we will tell them about the restriction where possible. If you ask us, where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you with whom we shared your Personal Data so that you can contact them directly.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to obtain your Personal Data from us that you consented to give us or that is necessary to perform a contract with you. We will give you your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You may reuse it elsewhere.
• Right to object: You may ask us at any time to stop processing your Personal Data, and we will do so:
• • If we are relying on a legitimate interest to process your Personal Data—unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing; or
  • If we are processing your Personal Data for direct marketing.
• Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling: You have the right to be free from decisions based solely on automated processing of your Personal Data, including profiling, unless such profiling is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us. STP does not make decisions based solely on automated processing.
• Right to withdraw consent: If we rely on your consent to process your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your prior consent.
• Right to anonymity: You have the right to request anonymity. This means that your Personal Data would not be collected or processed. If you choose to exercise this right, we may not be able to provide you with your requested goods or services.
• Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority: If you have a concern about our privacy practices, including the way we have handled your Personal Data, you can report it to the data protection authority that is authorized to hear those concerns.

How we protect your Personal Data

We maintain reasonable risk-based physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect against unauthorized and accidental disclosure, use, alteration, or destruction of Personal Data in our possession, and to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of our systems, data, and services. We restrict access to Personal Data to those individuals and third parties that need to know the information to accomplish the business purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We are committed to taking appropriate measures to enforce compliance with this Privacy Policy. In addition, we comply with applicable law for protecting Personal Data.

We provide reasonable security controls to protect electronic Personal Data that we receive from you against foreseeable hazards, but please note that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. In addition, use of email to transmit Personal Data is insecure and violates STP policy. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you understand that any information that you transfer to us is done at your own risk. If we learn of a security system breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using the STP Digital Assets or providing information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the STP Digital Assets. We may post a notice via our STP Digital Assets if a security breach occurs. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

Changes in our privacy policy

STP reserves the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason without prior notice. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this page and other places we deem appropriate so that you are always aware of our policies. If we make a material change to this Privacy Policy, we will we will notify you by prominently posting the changes on our STP Digital Assets or by using the contact information you have on file with us. Additionally, we will update the “last updated” date above.

Contacting STP

Users may contact STP’s Executive Director through email at stp@teachpsych.org.

 

Terms of Use

Effective date: June 2025

1. Acceptance of this Agreement

These Terms of Use (the “Agreement”) are a binding agreement between you and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (collectively, “STP”, “we,” “us,” or “ours”) that governs your use of the websites, mobile applications, and other services operated by STP where this Agreement is posted (collectively, the “Sites”).

By using the Sites (other than for the purpose of reviewing this Agreement), you expressly represent that you are above the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence, are legally competent to enter into this Agreement, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement, you may not use the Sites. You can always review the most current version of this Agreement on the Sites.

If you are using the Sites as an employee or otherwise on behalf of a business or other legal entity (each a “Business User”), you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind the Business User to this Agreement. If you do not have such authority, or if you or the Business User does not agree to any terms of this Agreement, you may not use the Sites. If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a Business User, the terms “you” or “your” in this Agreement refer to both you and the Business User you represent, unless context requires otherwise.

Certain areas, features, or functionality of the Sites may be subject to different or additional terms, rules, guidelines or policies (“Additional Terms”), and we may provide such Additional Terms to you via postings, pop-up notices, links, or other means at the time that you access or use the relevant area, feature or functionality. From time to time, such Additional Terms may conflict with this Agreement. In the event of such a conflict, the Additional Terms will control. Any reference to the “Agreement” herein includes the Additional Terms.

Important notice: Please note the arbitration requirement and class action waiver set forth below in section 21, which, subject to some limited exceptions, requires you to arbitrate claims you may have against us on an individual basis. Arbitration on an individual basis means that you will not have, and you waive, the right for a judge or jury to decide your claims, and that you may not proceed in a class, consolidated, or representative capacity.

2. Information Purposes Only; No Medical Advice

The Sites are intended to provide information that may be of interest or value to psychology professionals. Importantly, the Sites are provided for general informational purposes only. The Sites are not intended to provide medical, tax, legal, accounting, financial, or any other type of professional advice to any person. While the Sites may contain research, perspectives, and other information on matters related to psychological conditions, treatments, and teaching  , and other related content, such information is general in nature, does not take into account the specific circumstances of any individual, and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of STP.

If you are a psychology instructor, you hereby agree and acknowledge that you have full responsibility for education of your students and that nothing contained on the Sites shall diminish that responsibility. You are responsible for establishing procedures, as you deem appropriate in your professional judgment, to verify the accuracy of any information provided on the Sites before relying on such content.

Further, all users of the Sites acknowledge and agree that, by providing the Sites, STP is not providing medical advice, rendering medical or other health care services, or engaged in the practice of medicine. You agree that STP shall not be liable to any party for that party’s actions or failure to act based on information found on the Sites. The contents of the Sites are not intended to be, and should never be treated as, a substitute for the advice of a qualified health care professional. You should never delay in obtaining medical advice or disregard medical advice because of something you have or have not read on the Sites. Instead, you should always consult with a qualified health care professional for medical advice or information about the diagnosis and treatment of any condition. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, you should not rely on any information on the Sites and should seek appropriate emergency medical assistance immediately, such as by calling “911”.

All users of the sites agree that any reliance on the contents of the sites is done entirely at their own risk.

3. Ownership of the Sites; Restrictions on Use of the Content

The Sites and their content, information, communications, software, photos, text, videos, graphics, music, sounds, images, and other material, services, features, and functionalities, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof (collectively, the “Content”), is owned by STP or by licensors of STP. You agree and acknowledge that the Content is protected by patent, copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property and proprietary rights laws.

We are providing you with access to the Sites pursuant to a limited, non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable, revocable license. You can use the Sites for personal, non-commercial use, and subject to this Agreement. This license is available to you as long as you are not barred from the Sites by applicable law and your access is not terminated by us. If this Agreement is not enforceable where you are located, you may not use the Sites. STP reserves all right, title, and interest not expressly granted under this license to the fullest extent possible under applicable laws.

Under this license, you may download information from the Sites and print out a hard copy for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact and do not remove or alter any copyright or other notice (e.g., trademark, patent, etc.) contained thereon. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, you may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any other way exploit the Sites and/or any of the Content, in whole or in part. Further, without the prior written permission of STP, you may not frame, or make it appear that a third-party site is presenting or endorsing, any of the content of the Sites, or incorporate any intellectual property of the Sites, STP or any of its licensors into another website or other service.

You agree to comply with reasonable written requests from us to help us protect our proprietary and intellectual property rights.

4. Accounts and Access to Member Services

Certain portions of the Sites are reserved for Members (“Member Service Areas”). In order to obtain access to Member Service Areas, you must be a current Member and have created an account or profile (each an “Account”). You may be required to create additional Accounts beyond your membership Account to access certain Member Service Areas. For example, Members are eligible to participate in the STP members-only Facebook group but must have or create an Account with Facebook in order to access this Member benefit.

You agree to provide truthful and accurate information during the Account creation process. You also agree to maintain the accuracy of any submitted data. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, we reserve the right to terminate your Account and suspend your use of any and all of the Sites. Further, during the process of creating certain Accounts, you may be invited to include a self-description or other content that will be visible to other users of the relevant service. Please do not share any information in response to such prompts that you do not want to be publicly visible.

You agree that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account credentials and for any activity that occurs as a result of your enabling or permitting another person or entity to use your Account. You agree to immediately notify us in the event that your Account credentials are lost or stolen or you become aware of any unauthorized use of your Account or of any other breach of security that might affect the Sites. STP is not responsible for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the provisions of this section.

If your STP membership expires, STP shall be free to delete any of your Accounts and any information therein, and you agree that STP shall not have any liability or other obligation to you or any third party in connection with any such actions.

5. Privacy Policy

Please carefully review the STP Privacy Policy prior to using the Sites. The terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

6. User Conduct

By using the Sites, you agree to not use the Sites in any manner that:

• Is designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of, any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment (including by means of software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs);
• Interferes with or disrupts the Sites, services connected to the Sites, or otherwise interferes with operations or services of the Sites in any way;
• Infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other right of any party, or defames or invades the publicity rights or the privacy of any person, living or deceased (or impersonates any such person);
• Consists of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;
• Causes STP to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our Internet service providers or other suppliers;
• Links to materials or other content, directly or indirectly, to which you do not have a right to link;
• Is false, misleading, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, bigoted, or likely to be considered offensive by other users;
• Copies, modifies, creates a derivative work of, reverse engineers, decompiles or otherwise attempts to extract the source code of the software underlying the Sites or any portion thereof;
• Violates, or encourages anyone to violate, this Agreement; or
• Violates, or encourages to violate, any applicable local, state, national, or international law, regulation, or order.

(the foregoing being “Prohibited Conduct”). STP shall have the right—but, to be clear, not the obligation—to monitor, evaluate, and analyze any use of and access to the Sites to determine compliance with this Agreement.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

Your use of the sites is done solely at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted under law, the sites are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. STP makes no representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever to you or any other person relating in any way to the sites or the content or communications on the sites, or any website or other content or service that may be accessible directly or indirectly through the sites, to the extent permitted by law. STP expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind with respect to the sites, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and noninfringement. STP makes no warranty that the sites and/or any content therein will meet your requirements, or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, current, complete, or error-free, or that the results that may be obtained by use of the sites and/or any content therein will be accurate or reliable. You understand and acknowledge that your sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any defect in or dissatisfaction with the site is to cease using the sites.

Further, STP does not endorse and makes no warranty regarding the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, information, advice or statement on the sites. Under no circumstances will STP be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through the sites. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through the sites. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice or other content on the sites.

Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you.

8. Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that, to the fullest extent permitted under law, STP and its officers, shareholders, employees, agents, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, suppliers, and licensors shall not be liable for any damages or liabilities, including direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages (including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, and data loss), even if STP has been advised of the possibility of such damages, resulting from: (I) your use or inability to use the sites, (II) the cost of procuring any substitute products and/or services, (III) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions by third parties, (IV) any third-party content made available to you through the sites, or (V) any matter otherwise related to your use of the sites.

In addition, when using the sites, information will be transmitted over a medium which is beyond the control and jurisdiction of STP, its partners, advertisers, and sponsors or any other third party mentioned on the sites. Accordingly, STP assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the sites.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

9. User Content & License Grant to STP

Certain aspects of the Sites may permit you to upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit content, data, information, or other materials (collectively, “User Content”) for display on the Sites or otherwise.

You will retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you have in your User Content. However, in exchange for the opportunity to use the Sites, when you submit any User Content to or through the Sites, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted, STP a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such User Content (in whole or part) on a worldwide basis and in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed in perpetuity. We may sublicense these rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.

User Content shall not be deemed confidential and STP shall not have any obligation to keep any such material confidential. You are responsible for any User Content that you upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit using the Sites, and acknowledge that, once published, we cannot always remove it. Likewise, you are responsible for complying with all third-party rights with respect to User Content shared by other users and, as such, agree not to download, reproduce, display, transmit, or otherwise use or exploit the User Content of other users in violation of any such third party’s rights.

10. User Feedback

If you provide STP with ideas, suggestions, or other feedback regarding the Sites, the content of the Sites, or products or services on the Sites (collectively, “User Feedback”), you agree that such User Feedback shall be deemed nonconfidential and that STP shall be free to use or exploit the User Feedback without limitation.

User Feedback is considered a type of User Content under this Agreement, as such, shall be licensed to STP under the terms set forth in Section 9 of this Agreement. This means that STP is free to reproduce, use, disclose, display, exhibit, transmit, perform, create derivative works from, and distribute any User Feedback to others without limitation, and to authorize others to do the same. Further, STP shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in your User Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products, services, and other items incorporating the User Feedback. STP shall not be liable or owe any compensation to you or any third party in connection with its use or disclosure of User Feedback.

11. Forums

From time to time, STP may provide message boards, chat features, and/or other forums for the purpose of facilitating information sharing and user engagement on certain topics (collectively, “Forums”) on the Sites or third party websites. Some or all of the Forums may be Member Access Areas, meaning they are reserved for Members only. All terms of this Agreement apply to Forums, even when the Forum is hosted on a third-party platform. Content posted by users in Forums is considered User Content under this Agreement and, as such, is licensed to STP under the terms set forth in Section 9 of this Agreement.  Please note that Forums hosted on third party platforms may have additional or separate terms and conditions that apply.

In addition to the Prohibited Conduct set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement, when participating in Forums, you agree to comply with the following rules (“Forum Rules”): APA Forum Rules.

If other Forum users conduct themselves in a way that you believe violates the Forum Rules or otherwise violates this Agreement, please report such conduct by using the applicable report function within the Forum (if available) or otherwise contact STP at contract information provided in Section 25 of this Agreement.

12. Disclaimer of Third-Party Content

You understand and acknowledge that STP assumes no responsibility to screen or review User Content or other Content that is originated by parties other than STP (“Third-Party Content”), including all content posted by users in Forums. As such, Third-Party Content has not necessarily been reviewed or approved by STP, and we, therefore, make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of any such content. Any views or opinions expressed in Third-Party Content belong to the party with whom the content originated and not to STP. Your reliance on any Third-Party Content is done entirely at your own risk. You understand and agree that we are not responsible for, and shall have no liability related to, any Third-Party Content, including your reliance on any such content.

At the same time, STP shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to review, refuse, monitor, moderate, edit, or remove any Third-Party Content that is available on or submitted to the Sites. STP expressly disclaims all responsibility or liability to you or any other person or entity for the performance or nonperformance of such Third-Party Content review. You acknowledge and agree that you assume all risk associated with the use of any and all Third-Party Content.

13. Your Warranties

By using the Sites, you represent and warrant that you have all the rights necessary to receive, use, transmit, and disclose all data that you use in any way in connection with the Sites. You further represent and warrant that you and your employees’ and agents’ use of the Sites and of any data input into or generated by the Sites shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. You agree and acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any liabilities, fines, penalties, or forfeitures occasioned by any such violations or lack of rights.

14. Site Transactions

The Sites permit users to engage in financial transactions (“Transactions”), including the purchase of memberships and conference registrations. STP only engages in Transactions with adults. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence, you may not make a purchase or provide any information to STP. If you wish to make a Transaction on the Sites, you will be asked to supply certain information, including, information about your method of payment (such as your payment card number and expiration date), and your billing address. You represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any payment card or other payment method utilized in connection with any transaction.

You further agree to provide current, complete, and accurate information for all Transactions initiated on the Sites. You agree to promptly update your account and other information, as applicable, so that we can complete your Transaction and contact you as needed. By submitting any information in connection with a Transaction, you grant to STP the right to provide such information to third parties for purposes of facilitating the completion of the Transactions. Verification of information may be required prior to the acknowledgment or completion of a Transaction.

STP’s acknowledgement of a Transaction means that your Transaction request has been received; it does not mean that your Transaction request has been accepted, that your order has shipped (if applicable), or that the price or availability of the product or service has been confirmed. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or cancel or modify Transactions in our sole discretion and shall have no liability to you other than issuing a refund, if applicable. Without limiting the foregoing, we may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household, or per order. These restrictions may include Transactions initiated by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or Transactions that use the same billing and/or shipping address. If we make a change to or cancel a Transaction, we will attempt to notify you by contacting the email and/or billing phone number provided at the time the Transaction was initiated or otherwise on file for you.

Purchase of our merchandise for resale purposes is not authorized. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit Transactions that, in our sole judgment, appear to be initiated by unauthorized dealers, resellers or distributors, and to cease doing business with such users, with no further notice.

You agree to pay all charges that may be incurred by you or on your behalf through the Sites, at the price in effect when such charges are incurred including, without limitation, all shipping and handling charges (if applicable). You remain solely responsible for any taxes that may be applicable to your Transactions. Further, it is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the receipt, possession, use, and sale of any item or service purchased from the Sites. By initiating a Transaction, you represent that the relevant products or services will be used only in a lawful manner. Any offer for any product or service made on the Sites is void where prohibited. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the risk of loss for and title to products purchased on the Sites passes to the purchaser upon delivery to the carrier.

Transactions may be subject to Additional Terms, including terms and conditions related to the automatic renewal of services and the recurring nature of charges (“Autorenewal Terms”). Please carefully review any Autorenewal Terms and any other applicable Additional Terms before initiating the Transaction. 

15. Links

The Sites may include links to other websites. You acknowledge and agree that such links are provided for your convenience only and do not reflect any endorsement by STP with respect to the provider of such linked site or the quality, reliability, or any other characteristic or feature of such linked site, and that STP is not responsible in any manner (including with respect to any loss or injury you may suffer) for any matter associated with any linked sites, including the content provided on or through any linked sites or your reliance thereon. STP makes no representations or warranties with respect to any linked site. Your use of any linked site is done solely at your own risk. In addition, you should be aware that your use of any linked site is subject to the terms and conditions applicable to that site, including the privacy policies (or lack thereof) of such site.

16. Jurisdictional Issues; Export Control Laws

Unless otherwise specified, the materials, information, products, and services available on the Sites are solely available in and applicable to the United States (including its territories, possessions, and protectorates). STP makes no representation that the Sites, including the Contents and the products and services available on the Sites, are appropriate or available for use outside the United States. Those who choose to access the Sites from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Certain aspects of the Sites, such as software on the Sites, may be subject to the export control and economic sanctions laws of the United States (“Export Control Laws”). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no aspect of the Sites may be downloaded or accessed in or released, exported, or re-exported to any country or jurisdiction or to any person in violation of any Export Control Laws, and you agree that you will otherwise comply with all applicable Export Control Laws.

17. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold STP, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from and against any third-party claim, action, or demand (“Claim”) and all liabilities and settlements related thereto (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) resulting from, or alleged to have resulted from, your misuse of the Sites or any breach by you of this Agreement. STP shall provide notice to you of any Claim subject to indemnification by you and shall, as reasonably necessary, cooperate with you, at your expense, in your defense of any such Claim. That being said, we reserve the right, at our expense, to assume exclusive defense and control of any Claim subject to indemnification by you, and you agree to cooperate with us if and as requested by us in the defense and settlement of such matter. In any case, you agree never to settle any matter for which your indemnification is required absent our prior written consent.

18. Trademark Information

The word marks Society for the Teaching of Psychology and our logo are trademarks owned by STP orAmerican Psychological Association. Other trademarks on the Sites are owned by APA or its affiliated entities or are used with the permission of their respective owners. You agree not to use any trademarks of STP or that are otherwise displayed on the Sites without the prior written consent of APA or the owner of such mark.

19. Copyright Infringement Policy

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(2) (“DMCA”), STP’s designated agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement is stp@teachpsych.org.

If you believe that material on the Sites violates your copyrights, you may submit a copyright infringement claim under the DMCA (a “Notification”) by contacting our agent designated at the contact information above. In the subject line of your message, please include “Re: Claim of Copyright Infringement.”

To be effective, the Notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an email address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and;
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

When we receive a Notification, we may remove the allegedly infringing content from the Sites and give notice to the relevant user by means of a general notice on the Sites, an email to the user’s address in our records, or a written communication sent by first-class mail to the user’s physical address in our records.

If you receive such a notice and believe that the content in question has been removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may provide a response to the Notification (a “Counter-Notification”) in writing to our designated agent. To be effective, the Counter-Notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature;
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
3. A statement from you, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
4. Your name, physical address, telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a federal district court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.

In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, we maintain a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, and where technically feasible, of account holders who are repeat infringers.

20. Dispute Resolution & Agreement to Arbitrate

You and STP agree that, if there is any controversy, claim, action, or dispute arising out of or related to your use of the Sites or the breach, enforcement, interpretation, or validity of this Agreement or any part of them (“Dispute”), both parties shall first try in good faith to settle such Dispute by providing written notice to the other party describing the facts and circumstances of the Dispute and allowing the receiving party thirty (30) days in which to respond to or settle the Dispute. Notice shall be sent to:

• Notice to STP: You must send notice (1) by electronic mail to stp@teachpsych.org
• Notice to You: We will send notice by (1) first class or certified mail to the physical address we have on file for you (if any) or (2) by electronic mail to the email address we have on file for you (if any). If we do not have a physical or email address on file for you, or if we are, for any reason, unable to provide notice via the contact information on file, we reserve the right to provide notice by such means as we deem reasonable.

Both you and STP agree that this dispute resolution procedure is a condition precedent that must be satisfied before initiating any litigation or filing any claim against the other party.

If any dispute cannot be resolved by the above dispute resolution procedure, you agree that such dispute will be decided by binding arbitration on an individual basis. Arbitration on an individual basis means that you will not have, and you waive, the right to have a judge or jury to decide your claims, and that you may not proceed in a class, consolidated, collective, or representative capacity. Other rights that you and we would otherwise have in court will not be available or will be more limited in arbitration, including discovery and appeal rights.

All such Disputes shall be exclusively submitted to Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS) (www.jamsadr.com) for binding arbitration under its rules then in effect (as modified by this agreement to arbitrate), before one arbitrator to be mutually agreed upon by both parties. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the JAMS Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards (https://www.jamsadr.com/consumer-minimum-standards/), but only if it is determined by JAMS or the arbitrator that these standards are applicable to the Dispute. The location of any hearings will be determined by the applicable JAMS rules, provided that if the claim is for $10,000 or less, you may choose to have the arbitration conducted (1) solely on the basis of the documents submitted to the arbitrator or (2) through a non-appearance based hearing by teleconference or videoconference.

The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any Dispute arising under or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this Agreement, including any claim that all or any part of this Agreement is void or voidable. For the avoidance of doubt, you and STP agree that the arbitrator shall have the exclusive power to rule on his or her own jurisdiction, including any objections with respect to the existence, scope, or validity of this agreement to arbitrate or the arbitrability of any claim or counterclaim. The arbitrator may award (on an individual basis) any relief that would be available in a court. The award rendered by the arbitrator may be confirmed and enforced in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of arbitration either you or STP may (1) bring an individual claim in small claims court in the United States consistent with any applicable jurisdictional and monetary limits that may apply and (2) file an individual claim in court to enjoin the infringement or other misuse of its intellectual property rights, provided that any such claim is brought and maintained on an individual basis.

21. Choice of Law & Forum

You and STP agree that this Agreement and the relationship between you and STP will be governed by the laws of the United States (including federal arbitration law) and the District of Columbia, without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles. Except for claims properly lodged in a small claims court in the United States, any Disputes not subject to the arbitration provision discussed above shall be resolved in the state and federal courts located in the District of Columbia and you agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. You further agree that any such claims will be brought and maintained solely on an individual basis and not as part of any class, consolidated, collective or representative capacity, and that you waive your right to a jury trial with respect to any such action.

You and STP acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Any arbitration conducted pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16).

22. Modification/Termination of this Agreement and the Sites

We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time. When we do so, we will update the “Effective Date” above. In our sole discretion, we may also provide notice of updates to this Agreement by other means that we deem reasonable. Regardless of any other notice provided to you (or the lack thereof), by continuing to use the Sites (or any portion thereof) after we post any revisions to this Agreement and update the “Effective Date,” you accept this Agreement, as modified.

We shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement with respect to any user which we, in our sole discretion, consider to be in breach of this Agreement. The following provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement: This section; Sections 2, 3 (except for license granted to you), 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, and 25; and any other provisions of this Agreement that, either explicitly or by their nature, must remain in effect even after termination of this Agreement.

We also may change, restrict access to, suspend or discontinue the Sites, or any portion of the Sites, at any time and at our sole discretion, with or without notice. You understand, acknowledge and agree that STP will not be liable to you or to any third party for any such termination, modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Sites. Relatedly, you understand and agree that STP may from time to time establish and revise practices and limitations concerning the Sites and your use of the Sites. You agree that STP shall have no liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content or User Content maintained on the Sites or transmitted using the Sites.

23. Miscellaneous

A. Interpretation

In this Agreement, the words “include,” “includes,” and “including” are used in an illustrative sense and shall not limit the generality of the language preceding such term. Titles and headings to sections in this Agreement are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Any limited or specific disclaimers or limitations of liability found in this Agreement shall not limit the effect, forth, or breadth of any other disclaimers or limitations of liability in the Agreement.

B. Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and STP with respect to your use of the Site. 

C. Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

D. No Waiver

The failure of STP to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or condition.

E. Assignment

You may not assign, transfer, or sublicense any or all of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our express prior written consent. We may assign, transfer, or sublicense any or all of our rights or obligations under this Agreement without restriction.

F. No Relationship

This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, create any partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency, or franchisor-franchisee relationship between you and STP.

G. Notice to California Residents

You may reach STP at the contact information provided below in Section 25 of this Agreement. California residents may also reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.

26. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the Sites or this Agreement, please contact us at stp@teachpsych.org.

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