Louisiana REALTORS® Social Media Policy
(effective June 9, 2009)

General

            Louisiana REALTORS® uses a variety of social media tools – including Facebook, Active Rain, Twitter and other technology-driven opportunities for interaction and collaboration (“Social Media”) – to benefit its members and the real estate industry.  Social Media are made available by LOUISIANA REALTORS® for our members and the public to share information about real estate-related topics. By accessing and/or posting on LOUISIANA REALTORS’® Social Media, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

 LOUISIANA REALTORS® grants you a limited right to access, use and display its Social Media and the material contained therein, provided that you comply fully with these terms and conditions.

• You may not post content that is illegal, obscene, defamatory, infringing on intellectual property rights, threatening or is otherwise objectionable.  LOUISIANA REALTORS® reserves the right to delete messages for any reason.

• Louisiana REALTORS’® Social Media may be changed without notice and their information is not guaranteed to be complete, correct or up-to-date.

• The opinions expressed on Louisiana REALTORS’® Social Media are the opinions of the individual authors and should not be construed as reflecting the opinions of LOUISIANA REALTORS® members or staff.

• While LOUISIANA REALTORS® makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information with its Social Media, LOUISIANA REALTORS® does not endorse, approve, or certify such information, nor does it guarantee its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness.

• Reference to any commercial product, process, or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by LOUISIANA REALTORS®.

• At certain places on Louisiana REALTORS’® Social Media, live links to other web sites can be accessed. Such external sites contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by organizations independent of LOUISIANA REALTORS®.  LOUISIANA REALTORS® does not endorse, approve, certify, or control these external sites, nor any commercial product or service referenced therein, and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of information located on these sites.

• LOUISIANA REALTORS® assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from use of the information contained on its Social Media or obtained at linked sites, and expressly disclaims all liability for damages arising out of use, reference to, reliance on, or performance of such information.

• LOUISIANA REALTORS® reserves the right to modify at any time these terms and conditions.

LOUISIANA REALTORS® Antitrust Policy

            Topics that may give an appearance of an agreement to violate the antitrust laws may not be discussed using LOUISIANA REALTORS’® Social Media.

            Members shall not discuss with any competitor their individual company policies relating to prices or related types of sensitive information, including (a) commission levels, fees, business expenses or other business information or policies which would allow or encourage price fixing or maintenance; (b) bids on contracts for particular properties or any information which would allow or encourage bid rigging; (c) a firm’s competitive business decisions; (d) duration or types of listing agreements the firm will enter into or the form of compensation the firm will accept or negotiate; (e) the compensation offered or paid to a firm’s agents or employees; (f) plans concerning any proposed or existing customers, clients or territories; (g) any other actions that might be construed as concerted attempts to restrain competition, including joint attempts to control or affect prices, market conditions, marketing practices, customer choice, or the like.

            It is the responsibility of each member to avoid raising improper subjects for discussion. However, if discussion of any inappropriate topics occurs on LOUISIANA REALTORS’® Social Media, all members participating in the discussion should openly disassociate themselves from such discussions, and inform LOUISIANA REALTORS® staff immediately.