Terms of Service

Time To Vote is providing this experience in partnership with Democracy Works.

1.  Acceptance of these Terms

Democracy Works, Inc. is please to welcome to its network of client communities! (a.k.a. "we" or "us"). We are excited to have you as a user and member. The following terms and conditions (collectively, these "Terms") apply to your use of the Make Time to Vote website (the "Service"), including any content, functionality, or services offered on or via the Service. These Terms also include our Privacy Policy, which you can review here.

We want to keep our relationship with you as lean and informal as possible, but please read these Terms carefully before you start using the Services, because by using the Services you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms.

Should you disagree with some of the provisions herein, you can either leave the Services (although we'll be sad to see you go!) or contact us.

2.  Changes to these Terms and the Services

Our Services are a work in progress, meaning that things may change in the future. We reserve the right to update the Services and these Terms from time to time, at our discretion. Your continued use of the Services following the publishing of updated Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

3.  Accessing the Services, Security and Privacy

We are working hard on improving our Services, but we can't guarantee that the Services will be up and running 24/7. We also reserve the right to suspend or restrict access to some features to users. In any case, we will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Services is unavailable at any time or for any period, nor for any data loss (see also section 7 below).

It is a condition of your use of the Services that all the information you provide on the Services is correct and current. In the future, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. As is custom for internet Services, we reserve the right to disable any user account, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any provision of these Terms.

We do not guarantee that the Services or any content provided on the Services is error-free.

We manage your personal data according to our Privacy Policy.

4.  Intellectual Property Rights and Use Guidelines

The Services and its original content, features and functionality, are owned by us and our clients, and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. You shall not copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, or republish, any of our copyrighted material, except to the extent permitted by the Services itself.

You are permitted to use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use, or legitimate business purposes, provided that your activities are lawful and in accordance with these Terms. Prohibited uses include violation of laws and regulations and hacking the Services in any manner. No right, title or interest in or to the Services or any content on the site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved. Any use of the Services not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and can lead to account termination.

We encourage your feedback, in the form of reviews, comments, and suggestions or recommendations for modifications, improvements or changes to the Services or the Services that you may choose in your sole discretion to provide us from time to time ("Feedback"). When you provide Feedback, you grant us, under all right, title and interest in and to the Feedback, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable, irrevocable, perpetual license to use that Feedback or to incorporate it into the Services or other products or services.

5.  User Content

Our Services contain the ability for users to enter content into our Services. All such content must be lawful, not spammy, and clear of virus or other malware. More specifically, but without limiting the foregoing, it must comply with the following standards:

Not contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.

Not promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Not infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property rights of any other person.

Not violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms.

Not be likely to deceive any person.

Not promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.

Not be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.

Not involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter or advertising.

Not give the impression that they emanate from us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

6.  Law and Copyright Infringement

We do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Services, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. In the unlikely event we receive a disclosure request from an authorized party, we reserve the right to disclose user identities when required to do so by the law, including in response to a law enforcement request supported by a valid court order. You waive and hold harmless the Company from any claims resulting from any action taken by the Company during or as a result of its investigations and from any actions taken as a consequence of investigations by either the Company or law enforcement authorities.

If you believe that any User Content violates your copyright, please follow the procedure set forth by article 512(c) of the DMCA and provide us a written takedown notice including the following information:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.

Information reasonably sufficient for us to contact you, such as email, address, telephone number.

A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

The notice should be addressed to us here, or via snail mail to DMCA Designated Agent, 20 Jay Street, Suite 140, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

7.  Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitations of Liability and Indemnification.

Your use of our Services is at your sole risk. The Services are provided "as is" and "as available". We disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We are not liable for damages, direct or consequential, resulting from your use of the Services, and you shall defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, liability costs and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from your violation of any third party's rights. You acknowledge that you have only a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services. Because the Services are not error or bug free, you shall use them carefully and avoid using them in ways which might result in any loss of your or any third party's property or information.

8.  Geographic Restrictions

For now, we provide this Services for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Services or any of its content is accessible, appropriate or legal outside of the United States. You may not access the Services from outside of the United States.

9.  Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of, or related to them, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Services shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New York.

10.   Waiver and Severability

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms constitutes the entire agreement between you and us and govern your use of the service, superseding any prior agreements (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of these Terms). If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

11.   Feedback

Please contact us with any comments, questions, or communications.