Terms and Conditions

WaterISAC Terms & Conditions

By indicating consent to this Agreement, users agree to fully comply with the following terms and conditions, including any amendments thereto, and to otherwise abide by the provisions of this Agreement.

WaterISAC reserves the right to disapprove a request for subscription, or to terminate an organization’s subscription, at any time, for failure to comply with this nondisclosure agreement. 

1.  Confidentiality.  “SENSITIVE INFORMATION” means information distributed by or housed on WaterISAC.  WaterISAC owns or has permission to own, distribute or house information, materials, knowledge and facts that are confidential and proprietary. 

a.  Classification levels of SENSITIVE INFORMATION may include, among others, Confidential, Secret, Top Secret, Proprietary, Sensitive, Very Sensitive and For Official Use Only, or combinations thereof.

b.  Designated users who are granted access to the “subscribers only” portion of WaterISAC website or other WaterISAC sources of SENSITIVE INFORMATION must prevent access by anyone but themselves.

c. Designated users may not disclose SENSITIVE INFORMATION to other parties, except that they may share SENSITIVE INFORMATION, solely on a need-to-know basis, with their employees, agents, officers or contractors that are approved to view the subscriber’s security information, for the purpose of protecting public health and facilities. The subscribing organization must limit such sharing of SENSITIVE INFORMATION to that which is required to perform specific duties.

d. Utility contractors working for a subscribing utility may not disclose WaterISAC information to clients that are not WaterISAC subscribers, except in the case of an imminent threat to public health and safety.

e. Subscribing organizations must implement protocols to prevent and prohibit employees, agents, officers or contractors from further disseminating SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

f. Designated users may share SENSITIVE INFORMATION, to the extent necessary, with other parties solely for the purpose of preventing or responding to an imminent threat to public health and safety.

2.  More Restrictive Controls.  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, some SENSITIVE INFORMATION may be accompanied by instructions requiring special handling and more restrictive access controls than other SENSITIVE INFORMATION requires, including, but not limited to, prohibitions on copying or distributing.  Designated users must comply with such instructions.

3.  Return of Sensitive Information.  Upon request of WaterISAC at any time and for any reason, designated users must return SENSITIVE INFORMATION, including the original and any and all copies, in whatever form or media, in its possession.

4.  Termination of Subscription or User Participation.  Subscribing organizations and their designated users remain subject to these Terms and Conditions despite termination of the subscription or of a user’s access.

5.  Breach. Unauthorized disclosure of SENSITIVE INFORMATION may cause WaterISAC, the nation and individual drinking water and wastewater utilities and their consumers irreparable damage for which WaterISAC cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages.  WaterISAC shall therefore be entitled to injunctive and punitive relief to prevent such disclosure, and may rescind subscriptions and access to WaterISAC if these Terms and Conditions are violated.

6.  Disclaimer.  Information submitted to or disseminated by WaterISAC may be unevaluated and unverified. WaterISAC makes no representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy, completeness or currency of such information, and disclaims any and all liability whatsoever with respect to or in any way related to such information.  Subscribing organizations and their designated users bear the sole responsibility for, and assumes all risks and liabilities related to, the taking or not taking of any action based on such information.

7.  Governance. Governance of WaterISAC rests with the Board of Managers.