Acceptable Use & Posting Rules

1. General Conduct

All users — whether job seekers, employers, or visitors — agree to the following when using Catholic Teams.

1.1 Honesty and Accuracy

• No misrepresentation. Do not provide false, inaccurate, or misleading information in your profile, resume, application, or job posting. This includes fabricating credentials, falsifying work history, or misrepresenting your organization’s identity or affiliation.
• No impersonation. Do not claim to be a person or organization you are not, or suggest an affiliation with a diocese, parish, school, or other Catholic institution without authorization.

1.2 Lawful Use Only

• Do not use the Service for any purpose that violates federal, state, provincial, or local law, including employment discrimination laws (except where a lawful religious exemption applies — see Section 2.4).
• Do not use the Service to transmit unlawful, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or threatening content.
• Do not attempt to solicit personal information from minors.

1.3 No Unauthorized Automated Access

• Do not scrape, crawl, or use automated tools to extract data from the Service without our prior written consent.
• Do not attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or interfere with the security or integrity of the Service.

1.4 No Off-Platform Fee Circumvention

• Do not use contact information or connections established through the Service to solicit users to bypass Catholic Teams and engage directly in a way that avoids paying for the Service.

1.5 Respectful Community

• Do not harass, threaten, or intimidate other users.
• Do not post content that is discriminatory, offensive, or contrary to the dignity of persons as understood within the Catholic tradition.

2. Employer Posting Rules

Employers who post jobs on Catholic Teams agree to these additional requirements.

2.1 Real Organizations Only

• Job postings may only be submitted by or on behalf of genuine, operating Catholic organizations — including dioceses, parishes, Catholic schools, charities, apostolates, Catholic-owned businesses, and similar entities.
• Your organization profile must accurately represent your identity. Do not create listings on behalf of an organization without authorization.

2.2 Real, Lawful Job Listings

• Post only genuine, currently open positions. Do not post speculative, fictitious, or previously filled roles.
• Job titles, duties, qualifications, and compensation must be accurately described. If you know the salary or salary range, disclose it — misleading compensation information undermines trust in the platform and may violate applicable pay transparency laws.
• The role must be for a lawful employment or independent-contractor arrangement.

2.3 Prohibited Listing Types

• No multi-level marketing (MLM) or pyramid schemes. Positions where income is primarily derived from recruiting others, or where the candidate must pay to participate, are not permitted.
• No pay-to-apply or investment-required positions. Candidates must never be required to pay fees, purchase products, or make financial investments as a condition of applying or being employed.
• No predatory or deceptive listings. Listings designed to harvest applicant data, conduct phishing, or mislead applicants about the nature of the role are strictly prohibited.

2.4 Faith-Based Requirements and Discrimination

• Permissible religious requirements. Under applicable law (including Title VII exemptions for religious organizations in the United States), Catholic institutions may require that employees for certain roles profess and live in accordance with Catholic faith and values. Such requirements must be genuinely related to the nature of the role (e.g., a religious education director, a campus minister, or a role embedded in the organization’s religious mission).
• Prohibited discrimination. Regardless of any religious exemption, job postings may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or provincial law, where no lawful religious exemption exists for that characteristic in the specific context of the role.
• Your responsibility. Employers are solely responsible for ensuring their hiring requirements comply with all applicable employment laws. Catholic Teams does not provide legal advice and does not adjudicate whether any specific requirement constitutes a lawful religious exemption.

3. Enforcement

3.1 Our Rights

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to:

• Remove or modify any content that violates these rules or our Terms.
• Issue warnings to users who violate these rules.
• Suspend or permanently terminate accounts for repeated or serious violations.
• Report unlawful conduct to appropriate authorities.

We may act on violations with or without prior notice, depending on the severity. We are not obligated to monitor all content, but we will respond to reports promptly.

3.2 Reporting Violations

If you encounter a listing, profile, or communication that you believe violates these rules, please report it to us at support@catholicteams.com. Include as much detail as possible — a URL, a description of the concern, and any supporting evidence — so we can investigate promptly.

4. Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

We respect intellectual property rights and expect our users to do the same. If you believe content on Catholic Teams infringes your copyright, you may send a written notice to our copyright agent that includes: (1) your physical or electronic signature; (2) identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed; (3) identification of the material you claim is infringing and where it is located on the Service (such as a URL); (4) your contact information (address, telephone number, and email); (5) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (6) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Send DMCA notices to: support@catholicteams.com. A physical mailing address for our copyright agent is available upon request at that email address.

We will respond to valid notices in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including by removing or disabling access to the material in question, and we may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. If you believe your content was removed in error, you may send a counter-notification to the same address.

5. Related Policies

• Terms of Service — the overarching agreement that incorporates this document.
• Privacy Policy — how we handle your personal information.

Questions about these rules? Contact us at support@catholicteams.com.