Est. 1984
The Texas Tactical Police Officer's Association (TTPOA) is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and visitors. This page describes how the TTPOA collects data from its Web site and how the TTPOA uses this information.
It is the TTPOA's general policy to collect only personal information that the member or visitor knowingly chooses to provide. The following information is collected from all visitors to the TTPOA Web site and is recorded in a log file:
If users choose to use Single Sign On through Google or Microsoft, TTPOA will receive:
Single Sign-On (SSO) is a secure authentication method that allows you to access TTPOA using your existing work or personal email account from providers like Google or Microsoft. Instead of creating and remembering a separate username and password for TTPOA, you can use credentials you already trust and use daily. This technology, called OAuth 2.0, is the same secure authentication system used by thousands of organizations worldwide, including federal agencies, banks, and major corporations.
Yes! If you login to our site via SSO with the same email address your TTPOA account was created with, SSO will be connected to your account automatically. If the system doesn't find your email address, it will prompt you to create a new account. If you want to preserve your old account or used a different email address for our site, login to our site with your normal TTPOA username and password, and then go to "My Profile" to connect any SSO credentials to your account. Read more about connecting your agency account below.
When you choose to sign in with Google or Microsoft:
Important: Your login credentials never pass through TTPOA's systems—you authenticate directly with Google or Microsoft, and they simply confirm to us that you are who you say you are.
When you use SSO, TTPOA receives only the following information from your email provider:
TTPOA does not and cannot receive:
The OAuth 2.0 protocol is specifically designed to prevent password sharing and limit data access to only what is explicitly necessary. Your email provider maintains complete control over your account security.
Yes, SSO is highly secure and often more secure than traditional passwords. Here's why:
Yes! If your department or agency uses Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) or Microsoft 365 (Outlook) for email, you can use those credentials to access TTPOA. Your organization's IT department already trusts these platforms with sensitive work communications and data—using them to access TTPOA does not introduce any additional cybersecurity risk. In fact, many IT security professionals prefer SSO because it centralizes authentication and reduces password-related vulnerabilities.
If you signed up for TTPOA using an organizational email address (such as @youragency.gov) and later leave that organization, you will lose access to your TTPOA account when your IT department deactivates your email. To regain access:
This security feature ensures that only current members of your organization can access accounts tied to organizational email addresses.
For more information about Single Sign-On security from trusted, authoritative sources:
TTPOA's online security program is aligned with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and is reaffirmed through an annual self-assessment.
Card payments: TTPOA does not store, process, or transmit cardholder data on its own systems. All online card payments are processed by Authorize.net through a hosted payment form embedded directly from authorize.net—your card number, expiration date, and security code travel from your browser to Authorize.net and never touch TTPOA's servers or database. We retain only the Authorize.net transaction confirmation and the last four digits of the card. We will never ask you to send a card number to us by email, chat, or text message.
While we implement these and other security measures, you should be aware that 100% cyber security is not always possible. The TTPOA reserves the right to make modifications to these Policies without prior notice.