Westwood Commons

Community Guidelines for Posting

DePaul, a progressive, private not-for-profit organization founded in 1958, is committed to providing quality services including assisted living services for seniors; residential and support services to persons with mental illness in recovery, some of whom have a history of homelessness; addiction prevention and support services, vocational programs and affordable housing. Our intention for utilizing social media websites is to foster discussion about DePaul and all of its affiliated lines of service with the community. Conversation, suggestions and questions about DePaul are encouraged; however, please note that by participating, you are subject to the following guidelines even if you have not read them:

(1) By participating in DePaul social media, you are prohibited from:

a) Posting material that is obscene, vulgar, harassing, threatening, pornographic, illegal, commercial, repetitive, abusive, hateful, embarrassing and profane. c) Posting links to sites that contain viruses or malicious software. d) Posting material that infringes on the rights of any third party. e) Posting advertisements. f) Impersonating someone else. g) Using/disclosing any DePaul client or resident identifiable information of any kind on any social media without the express written permission of the DePaul client or resident. Even if an individual is not identified by name within the information you use, if there is a reasonable basis to believe that the person could still be identified from the information, then its use or disclosure could constitute a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Mental Health Confidentiality Laws. h) Creating any form of social media on behalf of DePaul.


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(2) By participating in DePaul social media, you agree that you:

a) Will be respectful and civil to other members, even if you disagree with them. Sharing your opinion is permitted, but only if the discussion is tactful. b) Will stick to the discussion topic. c) Will assume responsibility for all material you post on DePaul social media. d) Have the ability to delete your own communications on DePaul social media. e) Will obey the guidelines of the respective social media website.
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(3) DePaul reserves the right (but is not obligated) to:

a) Reproduce, distribute, publish, edit, modify and otherwise use your posting for any purpose in any form on any media. b) Post-moderate all communications. DePaul’s designated moderator(s) scans all comments (although DePaul is not obligated to respond to all comments). c) Terminate a user’s access to DePaul’s social media upon any breach of the guidelines outlined in this document. d) Edit communications on any of DePaul’s social media pages, regardless of whether such communications violate these standards.
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DePaul does NOT reject unfavorable/negative comments (in context of conversation), but comments containing any prohibited material outlined in Guideline (1) will be removed. Any user who feels any communications on DePaul social media are objectionable may contact the DePaul social media team at communications@depaul.org. Please be specific and include a link if possible.