Where the entity name “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” is named in this Privacy Policy/Terms of Service, PoliticalMeetings.com and their property to include the websites politicalmeetings.com, the associated mobile application is one and the same.
PoliticalMeetings.com is a registered trade name for PoliticalMeetings.com LLC. The trade name is registered with the Secretary of State of Colorado.
Contents:
Introduction
Terms and Definitions
Obligations
Rights and Limits
Disclaimer and Limit of Liability
Termination
Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
General Terms
“PoliticalMeetings.com LLC’s” “Dos and Don’ts”
How To Contact Us
Introduction
1.1 Contract
“PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” has Customers, and they are the Subscribers of the PoliticalMeetings.com “PM Platform.” A Customer is defined as an individual who subscribes to the PoliticalMeetings.com database for the purpose of accessing one or more calendars and other data relating to a candidate(s) meeting and having access to the political party meetings data nationwide of the party affiliation of same candidate(s). By using our “PM Platform,” the website, mobile App and accessing our data, you agree to all these terms.
The following is a list of definitions and terms applicable to this document.
Terms
PM Electronic Agreements
PM Access
Private Agenda Access- access that Donors are provided by the Platform to meetings or events that are ordinarily not open to the public and are by invitation specifically for donors of any eligible “Meeting Sponsor.” Eligible PM Meetings Sponsors are defined below and according to the PoliticalMeetings.com Terms and Conditions.
PM Meeting Sponsors
Meetings
Customer is the Subscriber of the PM Platform
Platform Security Measures
Federal Election Campaign Act requires candidates and other political committees to use best efforts to report that information for contributions aggregating over $200 in a calendar year from the contributor to that candidate, and that the information, once reported is made public on the Commission’s website. Each contribution made through PM must be aggregated with all other contributions made by the User to that candidate and that aggregate must be less than (legal contribution rate) per election.
Candidate’s Authorized Committee Representative Perspective:
PM will verify the legal contribution limits per cycle and office held when applicable. We realize that this is an important record keeping aspect to comply with Federal, State and any local regulations.
The electronic form will require the following
*The PM Platform provides encryption which hides all sensitive information from our database including passwords and credit card or other information used in making payments.
This Contract applies to “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”-branded apps, “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” Learning and other “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”-related sites, apps, communications, and other services that state that they are offered under this Contract (“Services”), including the offsite collection of data for those Services, such as our ads and the “Apply with “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” and “Share with “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” plugins. Registered users of our Services are “Subscribers” and unregistered users are “Visitors”. This Contract applies to both Subscribers, Visitors, and all other users of the PM Platform.
“PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”
You are entering into this Contract with “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” (also referred to as “we” and “us”). If you reside outside of the United States, you are entering into this Contract with “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” (“PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”) will be the controller of you and/or your entity’s, or other organization’s personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services. Colorado, USA will be the jurisdiction for governing law and all legal concerns and questions. Denver courts are the agreed-upon venue. This Contract applies to Members and Visitors.
As a Visitor, Subscriber, or Donor who uses our services, the collection, use, and sharing of your and/or your entity’s, political parties, or other organization’s personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy (which includes our and other documents referenced in this Privacy Policy) and updates.
1.2 Subscribers and Visitors
If you have chosen not to register for our Services, if or when we choose to offer the opportunity to access certain features as a “Visitor,” this opportunity would be permissive and not of right.
1.3 Change
We may make changes to the Contract.
We may modify this Contract, our Privacy Policy, and our Cookies Policies from time to time. If we make material changes to them, we will provide you with notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you with the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. We agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may close you and/or your entity’s, political parties, or other organization’s account. You continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms.
2.1 Service Eligibility
Here are some promises that you make to us in this Contract:
You’re eligible to enter this Contract and you are at least our “Minimum Age.”
The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 18.
To use the Services, any entity eligible for services according to the policies and procedures, and-or you as an individual agree that: (1) you must be the “Minimum Age” (described below) or older; (2) you will only have one “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” account, which must be in your real entity or personal name; and (3) you or the entity you represent are not already restricted by “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” from using the Services. Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 18.
“Minimum Age” means 18 years old. However, if the law requires that you must be older for “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older age.
Any representative of an approved organization may be under the age of 18 (eighteen) if he or she is delegated the official responsibility and provided permission by the organization to enter into this agreement.
2.2 Your Account
You will keep your or your organizations, entities, or political party’s affiliated account password a secret.
You will not share the account information with anyone else and will follow our rules and the applicable law.
Subscribers and/or Customers are account holders. You agree to (1) try to choose a strong and secure password; (2) keep your password secure and confidential; (3) not transfer any part of your account (e.g., connections) and (4) follow the applicable law and our list of Dos and Don’ts and Professional Community Policies listed below. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you or the political party you are affiliated with makes the choice to close it or report misuse.
As between you and others (including your employer or political party affiliate), your account belongs to you who, or the political party office which subscribes to our service or services. Professional Community Policies: Our meetings postings are to be for professional and or political purposes, only. PoliticalMeetings.com in its sole discretion may not publish or be required to publish content or meetings data or engage in or provide a Service which focuses on non-political or mixed-political/non-political issues or agenda. PoliticalMeetings.com reserves the right to remove content that is not respectful to others. Any content on behalf of a political leader, candidate, advisor, representative, and/or the public is not to be misunderstood as the opinion of PoliticalMeetings.com LLC. Those opinions are from the person or entity who posted or commented regarding the subject, not those of “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC.
2.3 Payment
You the Customer may cancel at any time upon notice by sending an email to business@politicalmeetings.com. Customers will pay $2.98 per month unless more than one donation is made to a candidate. All donations are $1 for each candidate. Subscribers understand that taxes may be added subject to the state or jurisdiction you reside in. The subscriber does not incur additional fees from PM if they do not donate to more than three candidates and a choice of one Non-profit organization, the RNC or DNC. The subscription rate can increase by another $2.98 when they choose to donate to more than one Candidate. Subscribers pay their own Pay Gateway fees for any subscription that costs more than $2.98 monthly. Subscribers may cancel at any time by contacting the office by email or telephone; however, it is recommended that the subscriber cancel by email so that the cancellation is in writing. Visitors on the Platform have access to free information such as news and nonprofit listings or other information. Visitors are not subscribers and are not required to complete a Subscription Registration Form and have limited access. Free Listing requests may be submitted to business@politicalmeetings.com and in the subject line “Free Listing” should be stated. Clients shall be bound by this and a separate agreement together and the separate agreement shall reference these terms and conditions/privacy policy.
Refunds are not automatic. See below.
If you buy any of our paid Services, you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes and additional terms specific to the paid Services. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services.
Also, you agree that:
Although the (“PM Platform”) has encryption meaning that as a company, we cannot see your passwords and credit card payment information, we will use a third party for payment. We use Stripe who may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g., credit card) even after it has expired if you are on a subscription plan. Most of our payment options are one-time fees or subscription-based plans for services. You agree on behalf of your organization or yourself personally that there may be fees and taxes applicable which may or may not be included as part of the price displayed on the website or other application including any mobile application. To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date.
All your purchases of Services are subject to the “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” refund policy.
We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase.
You can obtain a copy of your invoice through your “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” account by emailing business@politicalmeetings.com.
2.4 Notices and Messages
You are agreeable to us providing notices and messages to you through our websites, apps, and contact information. If your contact information is out of date, you may miss out on important notices.
You agree that we will provide notices and messages to you in the following ways: (1) within the Service, or (2) sent to the contact information you provided us (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address). You agree to keep your contact information up to date.
2.5 Sharing
When you share information on our Services, others can see, copy and use that information, we are not obligated to publish any information or content on our Service and can remove it at our sole discretion, with or without notice.
3.1. Your License to “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”
You own all the content, feedback, and personal information you provide to us, but you also grant us a non-exclusive license to use it.
As between you and “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”, you own the content and information that you submit or post to the Services, and you are only granting “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” and any affiliates the following non-exclusive license:
A worldwide, transferable, and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish, and process, information, and content that you provide through our Services and the services of others, without any further consent, notice, and/or compensation to you or others. These rights are limited in the following ways:
You can end this license for specific content by deleting such content from the Services, or generally by closing your account, except (a) to the extent you shared it with others as part of the Service and they copied, re-shared it, or stored it and (b) for the reasonable time it takes to remove from backup and other systems.
We will not include your content in advertisements for the products and services of third parties to others without your separate consent (including sponsored content). However, we have the right, without payment to you or others, to serve ads near your content and information, and your social actions may be visible and included with ads, as noted in the Privacy Policy.
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While we may edit and make format changes to your content (such as translating it, modifying the size, layout, file type, or removing metadata), we will not modify the meaning of your expression.
Because you own your content and information and we only have non-exclusive rights to it, you may choose to make it available to others.
You and “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” agree that if the content includes personal data, it is subject to our Privacy Policy. You also agree that you are 18 (eighteen) years or older and legally able to enter into an agreement.
You and “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data that you provide in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).
By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services to “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC”, you agree that “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” can use and share (but does not have to) such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you. You promise to only provide information and content that you have the right to share, and that your “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” profile will be truthful. You agree to only provide content or information that does not violate the law nor anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights). You also agree that your profile information will be truthful. “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” may be required by law to remove certain information or content in certain countries.
3.2 Service Availability
We may change, suspend, or end any Service, or change and modify prices prospectively at our discretion. To the extent allowed under applicable law, these changes may be effective upon notice provided to you.
We may change or discontinue any of our Services. We don’t promise to store or keep showing any information and content that you’ve posted.
“PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” is not a storage service. You agree that we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Policy.
3.3 Other Content, Sites, and Apps
Your use of others’ content and information posted on our Services is at your own risk.
Others may offer their own products and services through our Services, and we aren’t responsible for those third-party activities.
By using the Services, you may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful. “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” generally does not always review content provided by candidates or others. You agree that we are not responsible for others’ content or information. We cannot always prevent this misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse. You also acknowledge the risk that you or your organization may be mistakenly associated with content about others when we let connections and followers know you or your organization were mentioned in the news.
You are responsible for deciding if you want to access or use third-party apps or sites that link from our Services. If you allow a third-party app or site to authenticate you or connect with your “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” account, that app or site can access information on “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” related to you and your connections. Third-party apps and sites have their own legal terms and privacy policies, and you may be giving others permission to use your information in ways we would not. Except to the limited extent, it may be required by applicable law, “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” is not responsible for these other sites and apps – use these at your own risk. Please see our Privacy Policy.
3.4 Limits
We have the right to limit how you connect and interact with our Services.
“PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including the number of your connections and your ability to contact other Members. “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if “PoliticalMeetings.com LLC” believes that you may be in breach of this Contract or law or are misusing the Services (e.g., violating any of the Dos and Don’ts or Professional Community Policies).
Professional Community Policies:
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