The following outlines the policies for linking to, the use of, or copying information from Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites and protecting the personal information of members of the public who access Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites.

Requirements Applicable to Those Linking to Oklahoma House of Representatives Web Sites.

(A) Linking to Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites.

Organizations and individuals (the site owners) are encouraged to link to Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites information. Advance permission is not required before linking. Links should be made using the appropriate base URL of www.okhouse.gov or such other URL as the Oklahoma House of Representatives may use. Because the Oklahoma House of Representatives may change subpages at any time without notice, the site owner should routinely verify links to the Oklahoma House of Representatives subpages.

(B) What Site Owners May Not Do in Linking to Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites.

Site owners may not capture the Oklahoma House of Representatives pages within the site owner's frames, present the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site content as that of the site owner, otherwise misrepresent the content of the the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site pages or misinform users about the origin or ownership of the content of the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site. Any link to the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site should be a full forward link that passes the client browser to the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site unencumbered. The BACK button should return the visitor to the site owner's site if the visitor wishes to back out. Although the content of Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites is available to the public, certain information on some of the Oklahoma House of Representatives web sites may be trademarked, service marked, or otherwise protected as the the Oklahoma House of Representatives intellectual property, and all of the Oklahoma House of Representatives content is protected by federal copyright laws. Use of protected intellectual property must be in accordance with federal and state law and must reflect the copyright, trademark, service mark or other intellectual property ownership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Site owners should not link to individual Oklahoma House of Representatives graphics or tables within the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site pages, especially in an effort to place the downloading burden on the Oklahoma House of Representatives servers. Such an action may be considered a misuse of state resources. Site owners should contact the the Oklahoma House of Representatives to request permission to use a copy of the Oklahoma House of Representatives graphics within the site owner's pages.

(C) Copying and Use of Information by Web Site Owners Linking to the Oklahoma House of Representatives Web Sites.

The information posted on the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site may be copied so long as it is presented in a non-misleading way and does not imply that either the site owner or the information, as it is presented on the site owner's web site, is endorsed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Use of the information must identify the state agency that is the source of the information, its web address, the date the information was copied from the Oklahoma House of Representatives web site by the site owner and must be accompanied by a statement that neither the site owner nor the information, as it is presented on the site owner's web site, is endorsed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The Oklahoma House of Representatives may not charge a fee to access, use or reproduce information on its web site or to link to information on its web site, unless specifically authorized to do so by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. To protect the intellectual property of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, copied information must reflect the copyright, trademark, service mark or other intellectual property rights of the Oklahoma House of Representatives whose protected information is being used by the site owner.