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These Terms of Service cover your activities on Conservative Change, our platform that enables people to create the change they want to see our platform that empowers voters to make informed election decisions (\u201cplatforms\u201d). These platforms allow people to start and promote \u201ccampaigns\u201d, which include petitions and fundraisers on Conservative Change, candidate questions and endorsements on Conservative Change and related actions like creating and sharing content via our platforms and third-party sites and services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
When you sign or create a petition or contribute to a fundraiser via our platform, a Conservative Change account is created for you. All your campaign activities are then tied to this account.<\/p>\n
When setting up your account, you must provide accurate and complete information, including a valid email address. You have complete\u00a0responsibility for your account and everything that happens on your account, including for any harm or damage (to us or anyone else)\u00a0caused by someone using your account without your permission. This means you need to be careful with your password. You may not\u00a0transfer your account to someone else or use someone else\u2019s account without their permission. Inform us immediately upon learning that\u00a0someone else may be using your account without your permission by contacting us through our\u00a0Help Center.<\/p>\n
Our platforms are\u00a0for people who are at least 13 years of age. If you are younger than 13 you may not set up an account by yourself, but we encourage\u00a0you to invite a parent or guardian to create a campaign about areas of interest to you. If we discover that you have created an account\u00a0and you are younger than 13, we will terminate your account.\u00a0In order to create or contribute to a fundraiser campaign, you must be at least 18 years of age. For more information, see\u00a0Fundraiser campaigns, below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Follow our Community Guidelines<\/strong>:\u00a0When posting content you must follow the\u00a0Community Guidelines\u00a0that are applicable to the product or feature you are using.<\/p>\n Abide by the law and respect rights of others<\/strong>:\u00a0You cannot post any campaign or content that violates applicable local or national laws of your country, or internationallaws or regulations. If your fundraising initiative is not legitimate, don\u2019t start it. You are solely responsible for any campaign, content,\u00a0and actions you post or take via the platforms and their consequences.<\/p>\n Enforcement by Conservative Change<\/strong>:\u00a0If we are put on notice that your campaign or content violates the law or the rights of others (for example, if it is established\u00a0that it is defamatory or violates privacy, intellectual property or publicity rights or others,\u00a0or is funding an illegal activity), if we discover that your campaign or content violates our\u00a0Community Guidelines, or if we believe your campaign or content is inappropriate or objectionable, we may remove it from our platforms\u00a0, or we may make edits to bring your content into compliance. In the vast majority of cases, we will notify you and try to\u00a0work with you to fix the issue before we take any of these actions (but we are not obligated to do so).<\/p>\n Conservative Change has discretion in enforcing these Terms. We may terminate or suspend your permission to use our platforms and services or disable your account at any time, and with or without notice, for any material or repeated violation of these Terms, your failure to pay any fees when due, upon the request of law enforcement or government agencies, for extended periods of inactivity, for unexpected technical issues or problems, or for engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities. Upon any such termination we may delete your account, passwords and content and we may prevent you from further access to the platforms and use of our services. Your content may still be available on the platforms even if your account is terminated or suspended. You agree that we will have no liability to you or any third party for termination of your account, removal of your content or blocking of your access to our platforms and services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The content you submit on the platforms is not confidential<\/strong>: Any content you submit or post on the platforms is likely to be publicly available, including all petitions you create, your comments to any petitions you signed and the questions you submit to candidates (on our websites, in apps and in social media pages). If you are concerned about other Conservative Change community members or people you don\u2019t know seeing a particular message or other content of yours, please do not post it. If you do not wish to have your name publicly displayed in connection with a particular petition, you may select the option not to display your signature publicly. Please check out our Privacy Policy for more details on information we collect and share when you use the platforms.<\/p>\n The content you post (including photos) remains yours, and you also allow us to reuse and share it<\/strong>: By submitting and posting content, you do not lose any ownership rights you may have over your content. However, you authorize us to share this content with anyone, distribute it on any platform and in any media, and to make modifications or edits to it as we see fit (e.g. for clarity or optimization purposes). For example, we may shorten a petition title for it to appear on our homepage, reformat a petition for a video highlighting petition victories, or share the content with interested media. You also authorize us to allow others to do the same with your content. In legal language, by submitting or posting content on or through the platforms , you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute your content in any and all media or distribution methods (existing now or later developed). This includes making your content available to other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Conservative Change for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication of content on other media. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power, and authority necessary to authorize us to use any content that you submit. You also agree to all such uses of your content with no compensation paid to you.<\/p>\n Sharing campaigns\u00a0<\/strong>and other actions:\u00a0Except in very limited circumstances where we\u2019ll expressly ask you not to, we encourage you to link to, post to social media and\u00a0third party services, such as Facebook or Twitter, share via email, or otherwise copy and share individual petitions and campaigns of interest to you,\u00a0or your candidate endorsements or questions you post or upvote, but only for informational, non-commercial purposes. If you share another user\u2019s\u00a0petitions, questions, or other content, you may not make any modifications, and you may not remove any attributions. When you post content\u00a0to any third party service through the features and functionalities of our platforms (such as our apps or API), you will be subject to the terms of that\u00a0third party service. If you want to remove any petition or\u00a0content from a third party service, you should contact that third party service and request removal directly from them.<\/p>\n No user content storage<\/strong>:\u00a0We are not a content-archiving service. We do not promise to store or make available on our platforms\u00a0any content that you or other users may post for any length of time. You are solely responsible for keeping backups of everything you post on the platforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Through our Conservative Change platform, we offer petition starters the ability to raise funds to support their Conservative Change petition, which may include initiatives like raising funds for printing petition signatures, organizing a signature delivery event, advertising the petition, or donating to a cause related to the petition.<\/p>\n If you start a fundraiser campaign and accept contributions from other Conservative Change users, you are legally bound towards those other members to deliver on any promise you make in connection with your fundraiser campaign. If you are unable to deliver on any such promises, and if there are disputes between you and the users who have contributed to your fundraiser, you will have sole responsibility to reach a settlement with the members, which may include refunds. Conservative Change may assist in resolutions of disputes between fundraisers and contributors, for example by sharing their mutual contact information, but is under no obligation to do so.<\/p>\n If you are raising funds on behalf of a third party individual or organization, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so.<\/p>\n Conservative Change may charge service fees for the hosting and administration of your fundraiser. You will be required to agree to such service fees upon the creation of your fundraiser.<\/p>\n Credit card payment processing services are provided by Stripe. Upon setting up a fundraiser, you agree to\u00a0Stripe\u2019s Connected Account Agreement\u00a0which includes the\u00a0Stripe Terms of Service. This includes your obligation to provide Stripe accurate and complete information as requested for the\u00a0processing of contribution payments. Stripe will store certain information about you. For more information, see our\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n Any perks or gifts you give or accept to receive in connection with a fundraiser campaign is the sole responsibility of the starter of the fundraiser and the contributor. Conservative Change will not facilitate and disclaims any responsibility in connection with any gifts or perks.<\/p>\n Any contributions or gifts you may receive via the fundraiser feature on our platform may constitute taxable income for you. You are solely responsible for the payment of any taxes you owe as a result of your fundraising activities on Conservative Change. Conservative Change may be obligated to report taxable income to the relevant tax authorities.<\/p>\n If you make contributions to fundraisers of others, you are solely responsible for making any investigation and getting all information you may deem necessary before making the payment. Conservative Change does not endorse or provide warranties of any kind regarding fundraisers of its users.<\/p>\n Refunds are to be agreed between the starter of the fundraiser campaign and the contributor. In a very limited number of cases, Conservative Change may intervene and withdraw funds from the fundraiser account to refund contributors, for example if Conservative Change determines that the fundraiser does not comply with our Community Guidelines or other rules under these Terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n We are not responsible for the content or actions of our users, and we do not monitor user campaigns or content<\/strong>: Campaigns or content posted by users come from people, organizations, political candidates, and other various sources. We make no promises about the reliability of any source or the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of any user campaign or content, nor do we endorse any political candidates, campaigns, or petitions or support any views, opinions, endorsements, recommendations, or advice that may be posted by users. You acknowledge that certain users may have commercial interests in their campaigns. We do not monitor or review petitions, fundraiser campaigns, or other content submitted by users, or evaluate them for compliance with foreign or domestic laws and regulations. You therefore use the Conservative Change services and rely on any content you find at your own risk.<\/p>\n If you find any campaign or other user content that violates our\u00a0Community Guidelines, please use the \u201cReport a policy violation\u201d function on each petition page or file a\u00a0Help Center Request.<\/p>\n Links out<\/strong>:\u00a0When you use our platforms, you will find links to other websites that we don\u2019t own or control. We are not responsible for\u00a0the content or any other aspect of these third party sites, including their collection of information about you. You should\u00a0also read their terms and conditions and privacy policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n All right, title, and interest in and to the Conservative Change platform and services including our website, our existing or future applications, our APIs, databases, and the content our employees or partners submit or provide through our services (but excluding content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of Conservative Change and its licensors. Our platforms and services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing gives you a right to use the Conservative Change name or any of the Conservative Change trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding Conservative Change or the services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments, or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.<\/p>\n You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the platforms and services:<\/p>\n We may provide you the ability to purchase promotional items related to petitions and campaigns (for example our\u00a0Promoted Petitions), make a charitable donation to a third party organization, contribute to a fundraiser, or purchase other products or services.<\/p>\n We work with Stripe, a credit card payment processing company to process all credit card transactions. If you\u00a0participate in a fundraising campaign, or if you make a payment for services, Stripe will store on our behalf\u00a0certain information about you. For more information, see our\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n You agree that, for all purchase, donation, or contribution transactions, (a) you will not use an invalid or unauthorized payment method; (b) you will be charged using the payment method you designate; and (c) all transactions are final and non-refundable (unless otherwise determined by Conservative Change in its sole discretion). You understand and acknowledge that payments made to Conservative Change are not tax-deductible as charitable donations. Charitable donations to qualified tax-exempt organizations made through our platforms may be tax-deductible. Please review any relevant terms and conditions of the receiving organization when making a donation.<\/p>\n If you make a purchase, donation, or contribution through our platform, you agree to pay the applicable fee or amount in accordance with\u00a0any pricing and payment terms presented to you for that purchase donation or contribution. All amounts do not include taxes, and you are\u00a0responsible for paying any applicable taxes. You are also responsible for paying applicable standard credit card processing fees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n If you believe that one of our users has violated your copyright, you should notify our copyright agent in writing.\u00a0In order for us to take action, you must do the following in your notice:<\/p>\nPosting user content<\/h3>\n
Fundraiser campaigns<\/h3>\n
Open platform<\/h3>\n
Our rights<\/h3>\n
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Purchases, donations and fundraiser contributions<\/h3>\n
Copyright infringement<\/h3>\n