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Welcome to Campaign Verify!
Welcome to Campaign Verify! These terms of service and use, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference, including CV's Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Terms” or “Terms of Use”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity, your heirs, assigns, and successors (collectively, “you” or “your”) and Campaign Verify, Inc., a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation(“CV, “we”, “us”, or “our”) governing your access to and use of the https://www.campaignverify.org/ website (the “Site”), including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the Site, such as participating in a verification process, or remotely through any CV applications (collectively the Site and services are referred to herein as the “Services”).
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS,INCLUDING THE SECTION RELATING TO THE BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, CLASSACTION WAIVER AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, SINCE THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGALRIGHTS. BYAGREEING TO BINDING ARBITRATION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW,YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO LITIGATE DISPUTES THROUGH A COURT AND TO HAVE A JUDGEOR JURY DECIDE YOUR CASE.
Changes to these Terms
We may revise and update these Terms from time to time for any reason at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them to the Site, and apply to all access to and use of the Services thereafter. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes to the Terms. As we expect to be continually improving the Services and adding more features, you are expected to check this page each time you access the Services so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Use of the Site and the Services
By using the Site and the Services, you agree to be bound and abide by these Terms and that you have read and acknowledge our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference. You also represent that: (i) you are of legal age to form a binding contract with us and are not barred under any applicable laws from doing so; (ii) you have the authority to enter into these Terms personally and, if applicable, on behalf of any organization on whose behalf you have created an account and to bind such organization to these Terms; and (iii) you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to these Terms. If you do not meet these requirements, you must not access or use the Services.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and without notice to you, to revise the Site and the Services and to change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site and the Services and we will not be liable to you or to any third party for doing so. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Services (e.g., providing your own equipment and internet connection and paying any internet access fees). We may also impose rules for and limits on the use of the Site and the Services or restrict your access to part, or all, of the Site and the Services without notice or penalty. Your continued use of the Site and the Services will constitute your acceptance of any such changes.
By using the Services, you understand and agree that CV is only responsible for the provision of its verification services to you, and CV has no liability for misuse of our identity verification tokens by you or anyone using tokens on behalf of your political committee or political entity.
Registering and Eligibility to Use the Services; License;
Subject to timely payment of verification fees and compliance with the terms and limitation in these Terms, CV grants you the non-exclusive and limited license and right to participate in and use its Services, including the verification process. You shall have the right to use the Services to: (i) submit a verification request; (ii) obtain access to Tokens issued to you; and (iii) allow you to provide the Token to your Campaign Service Provider (CSP) or texting platform provider. CV shall have the right to seek to validate your identification with the entity that issued it prior to determining if you are eligible to have a Token issued.
You will be required to register for an account to use parts of the Services. You must provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and at all other times when you use the Services, and update the information to keep it accurate, current, and complete. You are the sole authorized user of any account you create through the Services. You are solely and fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree that you shall monitor your account to prevent use by anyone under 18 years of age, and you will accept full responsibility for any unauthorized use of your password or your account. You may not authorize others to use your accounts, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. Should you suspect that any unauthorized party may be using your password or account, you will notify us immediately. CV will not be liable and you may be liable for losses, damages, liability, expenses, and fees incurred by CV or a third party arising from someone else using your account, regardless of whether you have notified us of such unauthorized use. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
When you register on the Site to use the Services, we may enable or require you to use a single pair of login credentials (“Credentials”). We may also provide you, upon request, with a unique code, or token, that may only be used in connection with the Services and in connection with the federal, state, local or tribal political committee that you have indicated you represent (each, a “Token”). You agree to request a Token only for Services you intend to use and, in the event you no longer represent the political campaign or committee for which a Token was generated, access to your account will be terminated and you will cease using the corresponding Token. All Tokens generated prior to November 15, 2022, expired on, and may not be used after, January 31, 2025. Tokens generated on or after November 15, 2024 will be valid until January 31, 2027. If you fail to use your Token(s) prior to its expiration, you will not be eligible for a refund of any kind. You are solely responsible for securely storing and safeguarding your Credentials and Tokens and will immediately notify CV of any unauthorized access to or use of your Credentials or Tokens, including if they are leaked or stolen. You agree not to create an account or use the Services if you have been previously removed by CV, or if you have been previously banned from use of the Services.
You agree to keep any CV confidential and proprietary information, including but not limited to CV’s proprietary verification methods and tools and any other CV intellectual property, secure and not disclose any such nonpublic information without the written authorization from CV. You agree to only display information that is meant for public information.
Privacy Policy
We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy. You agree that all information you provide to us, whether as part of your registration or through the Services or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features of the Services, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property Rights mean all intellectual property rights worldwide arising under statutory or common law, and whether or not perfected, including, without limitation, all (i) patents, patent applications, and patent rights; (ii) rights associated with works of authorship including copyrights, copyright applications, and copyright registrations; (iii) rights relating to the protection of trade secrets and confidential information; (iv) any other proprietary rights relating to intangible property; (v) divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues and extensions of the foregoing (as and to the extent applicable) now existing, hereafter filed, issued or acquired; and (vi) all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.
The Site and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, code, algorithms, database, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), CV verification process and tools and the Services are proprietary to, are owned by CV and its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. No right, title or interest in or to the Site or the Services or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by CV. Any use of the Services not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws. You agree that you will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site or the Services.
These Terms permit you to use the Services for your own personal, non-commercial purposes only. You are granted a limited, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Services, subject to these Terms and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and any agreements or terms with third parties to which you are subject.
You retain sole ownership of any content (“User Content”) you submit via the Site or the Services; however, you grant us the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose your User Content solely (i) for the purpose of providing the Services to you, (ii) unless you opt out of such permission, for marketing and advertising purposes or (iii) as provided in the Privacy Policy.
Trademarks
The Campaign Verify name is a trademark of CV. You must not use this name and logo, brands, marks, or any other CV source identifier without the prior written permission of CV. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Rules and Prohibitions
You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to use the Services in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation:
You also agree not to:
Security
You are responsible for the security, confidentiality and integrity of all CV intellectual property, tokens, APIs and any other content that you access or receive from CV that is confidential and proprietary. You shall be solely responsible for any authorized or unauthorized access to your account by any person. You agree to bear all responsibility for the confidentiality of your passwords and all usage or other charges incurred from use of the Services to change your credentials.
You are also responsible for notifying us immediately of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your token(s), or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of your account login information, or any other Personal Information. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity of your tokens may be reported to appropriate law enforcement agencies by us. In the event of a confirmed security incident that involves Services user’s Personal Information, we will notify you, the respective regulator, law enforcement, and/or individuals of such incident as required by applicable law or where CV deems appropriate.
Fees and Payment
CV currently charges $95 for each verification request. CV may change the fees for our Services as we deem necessary or appropriate for our business. If you wish to purchase any Service made available through the Site (each such purchase, an “Order”), you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your Order including, without limitation, your credit card number, the expiration date of your credit card, the CVV code for your credit card and your billing address. You represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any credit or payment card(s) or other payment method(s) utilized in connection with any Order. By submitting such information, you grant to CV the right to provide such information to our third party service providers for purposes of processing payments and facilitating the completion of Orders initiated by you or on your behalf. Verification of information may be required prior to the acknowledgment or completion of any Order. Payments made in connection with the Site and Services will be processed by our service provider who is processing your payment card data in compliance with PCI-DSS and applicable laws. CV does not store any payment card information. We reserve the right to refuse to process an Order due to suspected fraud or unauthorized or illegal activity.
You agree that, by placing an Order, you are entering into a binding contract with CV and agree to pay all fees that may be incurred for the Service at the price(s) in effect when such Order is placed. In addition, all fees are exclusive of applicable taxes, unless otherwise stated, and you are solely responsible for the payment of any such taxes that may be imposed on your use of the services provided to you.
Feedback
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the Site or the Services (“Feedback”) provided by you to us are non-confidential and can be used by us without restriction other than as described in our Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Websites And Content
The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. Your use of Third-Party Websites or Third-Party Content is at your own risk.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless CV and its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates (each, an “Indemnified Party”), from and against any losses, claims, actions, costs, damages, penalties, fines and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses, that may be incurred by an Indemnified Party arising out of, relating to or resulting from (a) your User Content; (b) your misuse of the Site or the Services; (c) your breach of these Terms or any representation, warranty or covenant in this Terms; or (d) your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations through or related to the use of the Site or the Services. In the event of any claim, allegation, suit or proceeding alleging any matter potentially covered by the agreements in this section, you agree to pay for the defense of the Indemnified Party, including reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Indemnified Party. CV reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with CV in asserting any available defenses. This provision does not require you to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any unconscionable commercial practice by such party, or for such party’s negligence, fraud, deception, false promise, misrepresentation or concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact in connection with the Site or the Services. You agree that the provisions in this section will survive any termination of your account, these Terms, or your access to the Site and/or the Services.
Disclaimer
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF LAW, YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE SERVICES IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE SITE AND SERVICES AND MAY BE MADE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CV MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, SECURITY, QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR THAT ANY FEATURES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
CV DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES AND OTHER HARMFUL MALWARE. IF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, CV SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
Limitations of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL CV AND ITS AFFILIATES, NOR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE OR KIND, OR ANY MISUSE OF IDENTITY VERIFICATION TOKENS (INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY, LOST PROFITS, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, USE AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF CV AND ITS AFFILIATES, NOR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS, EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO CV DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.
Geographic Restrictions
Campaign Verify, Inc. is a U.S. company and the Services are based in the United States. The Services can only be accessed from users within the United States including U.S. territories. We make no claims that the Services or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Services may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries.
Termination
We may terminate your CV account or revoke access to any Tokens with immediate effect for any violation whatsoever of these Terms. In addition to suspending or terminating your access to the Site or the Service, CV reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal or injunctive redress. Even after your right to use the Site or the Services is terminated, these Terms will remain enforceable against you. All provisions which by their nature should survive to give effect to those provisions shall survive the termination of your CV account or the termination of your right to use the Site or Services.
Governing Law And Venue
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the District of Columbia and consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act, without giving effect to any principles that provide for the application of the law of any other jurisdiction. To the extent the parties are permitted under these Terms to initiate litigation in a court, both you and CV agree that all claims and disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms will be litigated exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the District of Columbia.
Arbitration and Class Action Waiver
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY. IT REQUIRES YOU TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES WITH CV AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF. THIS SECTION WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE “ARBITRATION AGREEMENT”.
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to, or use of, the Site or the Services, to the products you purchase through the Site or the Services, or to your relationship to CV ("Claims") will be exclusively submitted to confidential and binding arbitration in Washington D.C., including based on contract, tort (including intentional tort), fraud, agency, your or our negligence, statutory or regulatory provisions, or any other sources of law; Claims made as counterclaims, cross-claims, third-party claims, interpleaders or otherwise; and Claims made independently or with other claims; provided, however, that to the extent that you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the District of Columbia. The party filing arbitration must submit Claims to the American Arbitration Association and follow its rules and procedures for initiating and pursuing arbitration. Any arbitration hearing that you attend will be held in Washington D.C., or at some other place to which you and CV agree in writing, and the arbitrator shall apply the District of Columbia law consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act. YOU SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATECLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST OTHER USERS OR TO ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM AS AREPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. You may obtain copies of the current rules, and forms and instructions for initiating arbitration by contacting the American Arbitration Association at using the contact information noted below.
American Arbitration Association
Website: www.adr.org
A single, neutral arbitrator will resolve Claims. The arbitrator will be either a lawyer with at least ten (10) years’ experience or a retired or former judge, selected in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration will follow the procedures and rules of the American Arbitration Association which are in effect on the date the arbitration is filed unless those procedures and rules are inconsistent with these Terms, in which case these Terms will prevail. Those procedures and rules may limit the discovery available to you or us. The arbitrator will take reasonable steps to protect your customer account information and other confidential information if requested to do so by you or us. Each party to the arbitration will bear the expense of that party's attorneys, experts, and witnesses, and other expenses, regardless of which party prevails, but a party may recover any or all expenses from another party if the arbitrator, applying applicable law, so determines. The arbitrator's award is final and binding on the parties.
ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE CLAIM ARISES. AS NOTED ABOVE, YOU AND CV HEREBY VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL.
We will not choose to arbitrate any Claim you bring in small claims court. However, if such a Claim is determined by the court to be outside its jurisdiction, the parties agree that the dispute shall then be submitted to arbitration.
You may opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. If you do so, neither you nor CV can force the other to arbitrate as a result of this Agreement. To opt out, you must notify CV in writing no later than 30 days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration Agreement. Your notice must include your name and address, your CV username (if any), the email address you used to set up your CV account (if you have one), and a CLEAR statement that you want to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. You must send your opt-out notice to: info@campaignverify.org. If you opt out of this Arbitration Agreement, all other parts of these Terms will continue to apply to you. Opting out of this Arbitration Agreement has no effect on any other arbitration agreements that you may have entered into with us or may enter into in the future with us.
This Arbitration Agreement will survive any termination of your relationship with CV.
Miscellaneous
These Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to the Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. You may not assign any of your rights in these Terms, and any such attempt is void but we may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Terms or use of the Site.
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