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These Terms of Service cover your activities on Conikal, our platform that enables people to create the change\u00a0they want to see, and Conikal Politics, our platform that empowers voters to make informed election decisions\u00a0(\u201cplatforms\u201d). These platforms allow people to start and promote \u201ccampaigns\u201d, which include petitions and fundraisers\u00a0on Conikal, candidate questions and endorsements on Conikal Politics and related actions like creating and sharing\u00a0content 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,\u00a0a Conikal account is created for you. All your campaign activities are then tied to this account.<\/p>\n
To use Conikal Politics, you have to create a separate Conikal Politics account. All your activities, such as\u00a0endorsing a candidate or submitting a question to a candidate are then tied to your 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 Conikal<\/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 Conikal has discretion in enforcing these Terms. We may terminate or suspend your permission to use our platforms\u00a0and services or disable your account at any time, and with or without notice, for any material or repeated violation of these\u00a0Terms, your failure to pay any fees when due, upon the request of law enforcement or government agencies, for extended periods of\u00a0inactivity, for unexpected technical issues or problems, or for engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities. Upon any such\u00a0termination we may delete your account, passwords and content and we may prevent you from further access to the platforms\u00a0and use of our services. Your content may still be available on the platforms even if your account is terminated or suspended. You agree\u00a0that we will have no liability to you or any third party for termination\u00a0of 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>:\u00a0Any content you submit or post on the platforms is likely to be publicly available, including all petitions you create, your\u00a0comments to any petitions you signed and the questions you submit to candidates (on our websites, in apps and in social\u00a0media pages). If you are concerned about other Conikal or Conikal Politics community members or people you don\u2019t know seeing a\u00a0particular message or other content of yours, please do not post it. If you do\u00a0not wish to have your name publicly displayed in connection with a particular petition, you may select the option not to display\u00a0your signature publicly. Please check out our\u00a0Privacy Policy\u00a0for 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>:\u00a0By submitting and posting content, you do not lose any ownership rights you may have over your content. However, you authorize us to\u00a0share 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\u00a0(e.g. for clarity or optimization purposes). For example, we may shorten a petition title for it to appear on our homepage, reformat a\u00a0petition for a video highlighting petition victories, or share the content with interested media. You also authorize us to allow others\u00a0to do the same with your content. In legal language, by submitting or posting content on or through the platforms\u00a0, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt,\u00a0modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute your content in any and all media or distribution methods (existing now or later\u00a0developed). This includes making your content available to other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Conikal\u00a0for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication of content on other media. You represent and warrant that you have all\u00a0the rights, power, and authority necessary to authorize us to use any content that you submit. You also agree to all such uses of your\u00a0content 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 Conikal platform, we offer petition starters the ability to raise funds to support their Conikal\u00a0petition, which may include initiatives like raising funds for printing petition signatures, organizing a signature\u00a0delivery 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 Conikal users, you are legally bound\u00a0towards those other members to deliver on any promise you make in connection with your fundraiser campaign.\u00a0If you are unable to deliver on any such promises, and if there are disputes between you and the users who have\u00a0contributed to your fundraiser, you will have sole responsibility to reach a settlement with the members,\u00a0which may include refunds. Conikal may assist in resolutions of disputes between fundraisers and contributors,\u00a0for 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 Conikal may charge service fees for the hosting and administration of your fundraiser. You will be required\u00a0to 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\u00a0the starter of the fundraiser and the contributor. Conikal will not facilitate and disclaims any responsibility in\u00a0connection with any gifts or perks.<\/p>\n Any contributions or gifts you may receive via the fundraiser feature on our platform may constitute taxable\u00a0income for you. You are solely responsible for the payment of any taxes you owe as a result of your fundraising\u00a0activities on Conikal. Conikal 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\u00a0getting all information you may deem necessary before making the payment. Conikal does not endorse or provide\u00a0warranties 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\u00a0number of cases, Conikal may intervene and withdraw funds from the fundraiser account to refund contributors,\u00a0for example if Conikal determines that the fundraiser does not comply with our\u00a0Community Guidelines\u00a0or 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>:\u00a0Campaigns or content posted by users come from people, organizations, political candidates, and other various sources.\u00a0We make no promises about the reliability of any source or the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or\u00a0intellectual property rights of any user campaign or content, nor do we endorse any political candidates, campaigns,\u00a0or petitions or support any views, opinions, endorsements, recommendations, or advice that may be posted\u00a0by users. You acknowledge that certain users may have commercial interests in their campaigns. We do not monitor or review\u00a0petitions, fundraiser campaigns, or other content submitted by users, or evaluate them for compliance with foreign or\u00a0domestic laws and regulations. You therefore use the Conikal and Conikal Politics services and rely on any content\u00a0you 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 Conikal and Conikal Politics platforms and services including our website, our existing\u00a0or future applications, our APIs, databases, and the content our employees or\u00a0partners submit or provide through our services (but excluding content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of Conikal\u00a0and its licensors. Our platforms and services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries.\u00a0Nothing gives you a right to use the Conikal name or any of the Conikal or Conikal Politics trademarks, logos, domain names, and other\u00a0distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding Conikal, Conikal Politics, or the services is\u00a0entirely 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\u00a0transactions, (a) you will not use an invalid or unauthorized payment method; (b) you will be charged using the payment method you\u00a0designate; and (c) all transactions are final and non-refundable (unless otherwise determined by Conikal in its sole discretion).\u00a0You understand and acknowledge that payments made to Conikal are not tax-deductible as charitable donations. Charitable donations\u00a0to qualified tax-exempt organizations made through our platforms\u00a0may 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