Privacy Policy of the Sun Microsystems Alumni Association (SMAA)

The Sun Microsystems Alumni Association maintains a list of its members as a networking tool that is limited to use by its members. The database, and the information contained therein, may not be given to third parties, nor may it be used by non-members. Personal information may not be given to non-members, nor may it be exposed without their individual permission.

Terms of Use for the Sun Microsystems Alumni Association (SMAA)

Limited Membership

When you apply for membership, you will be asked to provide certain information:

• Your name
• Your phone number
• The email address you used when you requested membership from Yahoogroups
• Your current job title, if you have one, and company
• When you started working at Sun
• Your last job there (title/division/group)
• When you left Sun
• How you heard about the Sun Alumni Association

We request personal information for a few reasons: to filter out spammers, and to limit this list to Sun alumni, not current Sun employees. We get a lot of requests from current Sun employees to have access to the network. Once people have left Sun, they are welcome to join SMAA (how to join...).

Appropriate Postings

In general, we stay pretty business-focused but there is occasional discussion of Sun's current events or situation. Occasional deviations from business topics are tolerated, and they are rather rare. It's appropriate to list job opportunities on this list, in fact you're encouraged to do so. If at any time you feel you're getting too many emails you can go to "digest" mode or decide to only view things on the web, and not receive emails at all. All those changes are managed by you, through your account with Yahoo, using that Yahoo ID. We doubt we have to mention this, but flaming people on the list is considered bad manners.

Reply to the Original Sender

The email list is configured to let you reply directly to someone who posts a message, so please be sensitive about using "reply all"-- only use it when your comment is of interest to the group. For example, if Joe Smith announces his new position, send your "Congrats" response to him directly, not the whole list.

We Keep a Membership Database

We keep a database within yahoogroups with the members' info, and when your membership is approved you'll get one more email from us explaining how to go into that database and put in your contact info. As mentioned, you'll need a Yahoo ID to have access the database, which is for your personal use only.

Information for Recruiters

Please see our Recruiters page.