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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Please read these Terms and Conditions before using, or submitting content in any form or medium for publication on www.districtatjv.com. By continuing to use www.districtatjv.com, or by submitting content for publication on www.districtatjv.com, you agree to abide and be bound by these Terms and Conditions.


The District of Jurupa Valley reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and you agree by virtue of your continued use of our site to be bound by any such changes.


Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features or functionality that augment or enhance our site shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.

The most current version of these Terms and Conditions can be viewed at any time at www.districtatjv.com.

1. Modifications and Discontinuance of Site

The District of Jurupa Valley reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or any portion of the site at any time with or without notice to you. You agree that The District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of our site.

2. Terminating Your Use of Our Site

The District of Jurupa Valley reserves the right to terminate your access to our site for any reason, and to take any other actions that The District of Jurupa Valley, in its sole discretion, believes to be in the interest of our organization, etiquette, and of our users as a whole. It is our policy, pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), to terminate use of our site by repeat copyright infringers. You agree that The District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities will not be liable to you or any third party in the event of such termination.

3. Contributor Content on the Site

  • Any content submitted or otherwise made available by individual independent contributors on the site, including articles, comments to articles or other content that does not originate with www.districtatjv.com, is not the responsibility of The District of Jurupa Valley, but rather the sole responsibility of the person who created the content for use on the site. In no way and under no circumstances will The District of Jurupa Valley be held responsible for any content made available on the site by you or any third party.
  • The District of Jurupa Valley does not claim ownership of the content created and posted by individual independent contributors to the site. Content posted by independent contributors is owned by the author of such content. However, by submitting content to www.districtatjv.com, you automatically grant The District of Jurupa Valley and its sponsors, an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive, right and worldwide license to use, publish, copy, modify, edit, create derivative works, reproduce, distribute, sub-license, exploit such content in any manner, media or format now known or hereafter developed, for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such content, without any obligation of notice or compensation to you.
  • You, as content provider, shall be solely responsible for your own submissions and any consequences that arise from posting and publishing them. In connection with each of your submissions, you affirm and/or represent that:
  1. You own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other proprietary rights in, and to any and all such submissions made to The District of Jurupa Valley, and you authorize The District of Jurupa Valley to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions; and
  2. You agree that you will not use the site to transmit or make available any content that:
  1. Infringes any intellectual property rights of any party, including but not limited to, material that is copyrighted, trade secret, patent, trademark or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights;
  2. Contains falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage The District of Jurupa Valley or any third party;
  3. Contains threats, is harassing, pornographic, hateful, racially and/or sexually offensive, encourages criminal conduct, unlawful, obscene, libelous, defamatory, violates any laws or regulations, or is otherwise inappropriate.
  4. You know or have reason to know is false, misleading, fraudulent; or
  5. Is in any way an advertisement or solicitation of business.
  1. The District of Jurupa Valley reserves the right, without the obligation, to edit, pre-screen, remove, or refuse to publish submissions to the site without prior notice.
  2. You understand that when you submit content in any form to www.districtatjv.com, we may authorize such content to be distributed or syndicated to or published on other The District of Jurupa Valley branded environments, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, other related entities, or any sub-licensees of The District of Jurupa Valley.
  3. You take sole responsibility for your postings on the site and any disputes that result from such postings. You acknowledge that The District of Jurupa Valley has no obligation to resolve or become involved in any disputes between users of this site or any other third parties.

4. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and holdThe District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or any other related entities, harmless from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions, any breach by you of your representations and warranties hereunder, or any infringement by you of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section 4. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.

5. Copyright Ownership

  • www.districtatjv.com contains copyrighted material, including, but not limited to, text, photographs, graphics, video and audio content, which are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein. All articles, blogs, content and other elements on our site are also copyrighted works and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein.
  • Unless expressly permitted, or as authorized by the principles of “fair use,” you may not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, transmit or in any way exploit any part of our site or any content therein. In addition, these files cannot be used to construct any kind of database. The District of Jurupa Valley respects the right of others to use materials set forth on this site consistent with the principles of “fair use.” Content is protectable under the Federal Copyright laws of the United States, whether registered or unregistered. Based on this notice of copyright ownership, The District of Jurupa Valley reserves the right to deem any and all infringement of protected content on the site to be an intentional infringement.
  • The District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, and other related entities, own all rights to the logos and trademarks used in connection with the site. All other logos and trademarks that appear on www.districtatjv.com are the property of their respective owners.

6. Copyright Infringement

If you are a copyright owner or agent thereof and believe that any of our content infringes upon your copyright ownership, please contact The District of Jurupa Valley in writing by providing a signed statement containing the following information pursuant to the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the DMCA:

  1. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address. If you are acting on behalf of a third party, please state their name;
  2. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  3. 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;
  4. 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 the service provider to locate the material;
  5. A statement that the complaining party has 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; and
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please send your notice of the alleged infringement to:


By Mail:

Copyright Agent
The District of Jurupa Valley

[Insert agent address]

[Insert agent fax]

Jennifer@DistrictatJV.com


The District of Jurupa Valley is in accordance with the requirements of the DMCA and implements a policy to terminate use of our site by repeat infringers when appropriate.

7. Intellectual Property Infringement

If you are the owner or agent of any Intellectual Property rights other than copyright, including, but not limited to, patent, trade secret, trademark, privacy and publicity rights, and believe that any of our content infringes upon your ownership of such Intellectual Property rights, please contact us at Jennifer@DistrictatJV.com.

8. Disclaimer Regarding Content Accuracy and Opinion

As an Internet Service Provider, we are not responsible for inaccuracies in the content and opinions expressed by content providers. Opinions and other statements expressed by independent contributors, bloggers, legislators, and other third parties, are not the opinions of The District of Jurupa Valley. Content created by third parties is the sole responsibility of third parties. The District of Jurupa Valley makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy of any content on the site provided by third parties. By providing you with the ability to view and distribute content throughout the site, you acknowledge that The District of Jurupa Valley does not undertake any obligation or liability in relation to the content. The District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities do not undertake any duty to monitor the site for unlawful or inappropriate conduct. The District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities do not assume liability or responsibility which may arise from content thereof, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, slander, libel, infringement, invasion of privacy and publicity rise, profanity, obscenity, misrepresentation, or fraud.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, The District of Jurupa Valley, reserves the right to block or remove communications, postings, or materials at any time in our sole discretion.

9. The District of Jurupa Valley is Not Responsible for Linked Sites

The District of Jurupa Valley is not responsible for the content or availability of other services that may be linked to our site. Because The District of Jurupa Valley has no control over such services, you agree that The District of Jurupa Valley is not responsible for the availability of such external services, that The District of Jurupa Valley does not endorse such external services, and is not responsible or liable for any content, accuracy, quality, products, advertising or other materials on or available from such services or links. You further acknowledge and agree that The District of Jurupa Valley shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any goods, services or content available on or through such services or links.

10. The District of Jurupa Valley May be Legally Compelled to Disclose Certain Information

You understand that The District of Jurupa Valley will comply with any subpoenas issued by a court or from a law enforcement or government agency, without your consent or prior notice to you. In such event, The District of Jurupa Valley may disclose your name, username, IP address, IP location or other information in response.

11. Limited Liability

The District of Jurupa Valley, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities, are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including, without limitation, lost profits or revenues, loss of data, or loss of business, in any way related to this site or for any claim, loss or injury based on omissions, errors, interruptions or other inaccuracies in our site (including, without limitation, as a result of breach of any warranty or other term of these Terms and Conditions).

12. Disputes Governed by [Insert Jurisdiction] Law

Without regard to conflict of laws principles, these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the United States and [Insert Jurisdiction], and are applicable to agreements made and to be performed therein. BY CONTINUING TO USE OUR SITE, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

13. Disclaimer

OUR SITE IS AVAILABLE “AS-IS.” The District of Jurupa Valley DOES NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS AND INACCURACIES IN THE NEWS, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE. The District of Jurupa Valley DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE OR ANY INFORMATION OR GOODS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR ADVERTISED OR SOLD THROUGH OUR SITE. The District of Jurupa Valley  DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, NOR DO WE ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER MATERIAL OR DATABASE DISPLAYED, UPLOADED OR DISTRIBUTED ON THIS SITE OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS ON OUR SITE. The District of Jurupa Valley RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON OUR SITE.


ALTHOUGH The District of Jurupa Valley INTENDS TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES” OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO OUR SITE, The District of Jurupa Valley DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM OUR SITE DO NOT CONTAIN SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. The District of Jurupa Valley IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITE AND ANY MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.


OUR SITE MAY CONTAIN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF TEXT, IMAGES, AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTIONS, OPINIONS, STATEMENTS, FACTS, ARTICLES, MARKET DATA, STOCK QUOTES OR OTHER INFORMATION CREATED BY US OR BY THIRD-PARTIES. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES FROM WHICH CONTENT ON OUR SITE IS OBTAINED, AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS OR INACCURACIES IN SUCH CONTENT. ACCORDINGLY, SUCH CONTENT, INCLUDING MARKET DATA, IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON BY YOU FOR ANY PURPOSE. SUCH CONTENT IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAX OR INVESTMENT ADVICE AND IT DOES NOT ADVOCATE THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY SECURITY OR INVESTMENT.


INFORMATION CREATED BY THIRD PARTIES THAT YOU MAY ACCESS ON OUR SITE OR THROUGH LINKS IS NOT ADOPTED OR ENDORSED BY The District of Jurupa Valley AND REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUCH THIRD PARTIES.

Terms & Conditions

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: June 25, 2024

The Independent Voter Project (IVP) , which owns and operates the website independentvoterproject.org (the “Site”), takes your privacy seriously. This privacy policy is intended to inform you about the information that is collected from you when you visit the Site; how this information may be used and disclosed; how you can control the use and disclosure of this information; and how this information is protected. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact our privacy team at contact@independentvoterproject.org.

Scope

This privacy policy applies only to the Site. This policy does not apply to information collected through any other website or to the practices of companies that the Independent Voter Project does not control. Please note that the Site may contain links to other websites. For example, if you click on an advertisement on the Site and link to another website, then this privacy policy will not apply to any information collected on that website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, and we recommend that you read the privacy policies of each website that you visit.

What information the Site collects

Information you provide directly to us:

You are not required to provide information directly to us in order to view the Site. However, when you use certain Site functions, such as when you register for certain services, access certain content or features, or directly contact the Site, we may ask you to provide information, including:

Information automatically collected when you visit and interact with the Site:

When you visit and interact with the Site, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

Information we collect from other sources:

We may access information about you from third-party sources and platforms (such as social networking sites, databases, online marketing firms, and ad targeting firms), including:

Please note that the Site may combine the information that we collect with information we obtain from third-party sources.

How we use the information that we collect

Email Communications:

We may use the information that we collect to send you email communications, such as editorial updates, information about your account or changes to the Site, and promotional messages about our own or our marketing partners’ products and services. If you signed up for one of our email newsletters, we also will send you the newsletter that you requested.

Mobile Communications:

With your consent, we may use your mobile number to send you promotions, notifications, or other services.

Advertising:

We display advertisements on the Site, many of which are targeted based on information about you. For example, using information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other sources, we may use demographic data or information about your online activities or interests to display targeted advertising that may be relevant to your preferences. Through this process, advertisers reach Site visitors who are most interested in their products, and you see advertising for products or services in which you may be interested. For more information on how cookies and other technologies work, please see our discussion of cookies and other technologies.

Third-party advertisers and advertising platforms also may serve targeted ads on the Site. Please remember that the information practices of third-party advertisers or platforms collecting data on our site are not covered by this privacy policy.

User Accounts:

To provide you with an open, but also civil, discussion forum, we track user involvement in our community discussions. Our rules for comment moderation are:

Request Fulfillment:

We may use the information that we collect to fulfill your requests for products, services, and information. For example, we may use your contact information to respond to your customer service requests or to enable you to participate in features on the Site such as surveys, polls, sweepstakes, and message boards. We may also provide you with information or services that we think will be of interest to you, such as sending you information to keep you informed about various campaigns, candidates, issues, events, resources, promotions, or contests.

Statistical Analysis:

In order to learn more about how our Site is used, we aggregate and analyze the data that we collect. We may use this information, for example, to monitor and analyze use of the Site, to increase our Site’s functionality, and to better tailor our content and design to suit our visitors’ needs. We may also use the information we collect to personalize and improve the Site and our users’ experiences on the Site, such as providing ads, content, or features that match your profiles or interests, and to increase the Site’s functionality and user friendliness.

Enforcement:

We may use the information that we collect to prevent illegal activities, to enforce the Site’s Terms and Conditions, and to otherwise protect our rights and the rights of our users.

In addition to the uses identified above, we may use the information that we collect for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or pursuant to your consent.

Information sharing:

It is our policy not to share the information we collect from you through our Site with third parties, except as described in this Policy or as otherwise disclosed on the Site. For example, we may share information we collect as follows:

Nothing herein restricts the sharing of aggregated or anonymized information, which may be shared with third parties without your consent.

Please note that third parties may independently collect data about you, including your IP address and information about the websites you visit and the links you click, through cookies, clicks on links, or other means when you visit or view ads on the Site.

Third-party services:

To customize your experience on the Site and to simplify the Site’s registration process, we may provide you with the opportunity to access or interact with third-party services, such as Facebook and Twitter. When you connect to the Site through these third-party services, we may share information about you with these third-party service providers and they may share data about you with us.

When you allow us to access your data through a third-party service, we may use this data for several purposes, including:

In addition, if you connect to a Facebook account, your experience on the Site may be personalized. For example, you may automatically see what stories are popular in your network, and what your friends are saying about particular stories.

We are not responsible for the actions of any service providers or other third parties, nor are we responsible for any additional information you provide directly to third parties and we encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices before disclosing information directly to any such parties.

Other Purpose

We may use the information we collect for any other purpose for which the information was collected.

We may store and process personal information in the United States and in other countries.

Your choices

Deactivating your account

You can deactivate your account at any time by visiting the preferences page for your profile. When you deactivate your account, your user profile will be disabled, but your public comments will remain on the site. The Site has no responsibility to take down, remove, or edit any of your public activities or any submissions that are a result of your public activities. For more information, please review our Terms and Conditions.

Opt Out

You may “opt out” of receiving text messages, email updates and newsletters by following the instructions in those text messages and emails. Please note that we may still send you other types of emails, such as emails about your use of our Site, or use information as otherwise described in this Policy, even if you opt out of receiving email updates and newsletters. Changes to information in your account does not affect information provided to others as set forth in this policy, including in connection with petitions or donations or that are shared with like-minded candidates, organizations, groups or causes.

Cookies and other technologies

When you use the Sites, some information is also automatically collected, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your operating system, the browser type, the address of a referring website, and your activity on our Sites. We treat this information as the other information we collect if we combine it with or link it to any of the identifying information mentioned above. Otherwise, it is used in the aggregate only.

We may also automatically collect certain information through the use of “cookies” or web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive at the request of a website. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Sites and your experience.  We may also use cookies and other technologies to provide you with personalized online display advertising tailored to your interests. If we link cookies to any personally identifying information, we will treat this information as the other information we collect. If you wish to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, please refer to your browser manufacturer to learn about these functions. However, if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect certain features on our Sites. Web beacons are small, invisible graphic images that may be used on the Sites or in emails relating to the Sites to collect certain information and monitor user activity on the Sites.

We may allow others to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and to provide analytics services.  These entities may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information.  This information may be used by the Site and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites and better understand your online activity.  For more information about Internet-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit here or here.

Online petitions

When you sign an online petition, you understand that such petition is public information and that we may make the petition, and your name, city, state, any comments, and other information you provided in connection therewith publicly available. In addition, we may provide such petitions or compilations thereof, including your comments, name, city, and state to national, state or local leaders, or to the press.

Interactive Features

You understand that when you use the Site, information you post in your profile, blogs, forums and other interactive areas of the Site, as well as any information you share with individuals through the Site or share through social network sites, will be available to other users and, in some cases, may be publicly available. In addition, when you sign up and create an account, certain information regarding actions you take through the Site, may be available to other users and, in some cases, may be publicly available. We recommend you be cautious about giving out personal information to others or sharing personal information in public or private online forums. We are not responsible for the actions of any third parties with whom you share personal information. In some cases, there may be privacy setting available regarding the information available to others, and we suggest you take time to familiarize yourself with these options and utilize these settings.

Access

If you choose to share contact information with us, you may update or amend this information by contacting us at contact@independentvoterproject.org.

Confidentiality and security

We have adopted commercially reasonable technical, physical, and administrative procedures to help protect information about you from loss, misuse, and alteration.

Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and no method of data transmission that can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. We want you to feel confident using the Site, but we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.

To protect the confidentiality of personal information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are responsible for all uses of our Site by any person using your password, or your device.

Visitors from outside the United States

The Site’s offices are located in the United States. If you visit the site from another country, please be aware that the information you provide to us or that we obtain as a result of your use of the Site may be processed in and transferred to the United States and will be subject to U.S. law.

Children under 13

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected any personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from our database as quickly as possible. If you believe that we may have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us at contact@independentvoterproject.org.

Changes to the privacy policy

We may update this privacy policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices and service offerings. If we modify this privacy policy, we will update the “Effective Date.” We will notify you of any material changes in the way we treat the information we collect by placing a prominent notice on our site or sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account.

Questions and suggestions

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact our privacy team at contact@independentvoterproject.org.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Please read these Terms and Conditions before using, or submitting content in any form or medium for publication on independentvoterproject.org. By continuing to use independentvoterproject.org, or by submitting content for publication on independentvoterproject.org, you agree to abide and be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

IVP reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and you agree by virtue of your continued use of our site to be bound by any such changes.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features or functionality that augment or enhance our site shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.

The most current version of these Terms and Conditions can be viewed at any time at www.independentvoterproject.org

1.      Modifications and Discontinuance of Site

IVP reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or any portion of the site at any time with or without notice to you. You agree that IVP, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of our site.

2.      Terminating Your Use of Our Site

IVP reserves the right to terminate your access to our site for any reason, and to take any other actions that IVP, in its sole discretion, believes to be in the interest of our organization, etiquette, and of our users as a whole. It is our policy, pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), to terminate use of our site by repeat copyright infringers. You agree that IVP, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities will not be liable to you or any third party in the event of such termination.

3.    Contributor Content on the Site

(a) Any content submitted or otherwise made available by individual independent contributors on the site, including articles, comments to articles or other content that does not originate with independentvoterproject.org, is not the responsibility of IVP, but rather the sole responsibility of the person who created the content for use on the site. In no way and under no circumstances will IVP be held responsible for any content made available on the site by you or any third party.

(b) IVP does not claim ownership of the content created and posted by individual independent contributors to the site. Content posted by independent contributors is owned by the author of such content. However, by submitting content to independentvoterproject.org, you automatically grant  Independent Voter Project and its sponsors, an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive, right and worldwide license to use, publish, copy, modify, edit, create derivative works, reproduce, distribute, sub-license, exploit such content in any manner, media or format now known or hereafter developed, for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such content, without any obligation of notice or compensation to you.

(c) You, as a content provider, shall be solely responsible for your own submissions and any consequences that arise from posting and publishing them. In connection with each of your submissions, you affirm and/or represent that:

(i) You own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other proprietary rights in, and to any and all such submissions made to IVP, and you authorize IVP to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions; and

(ii) You agree that you will not use the site to transmit or make available any content that:

a.    Infringes any intellectual property rights of any party, including but not limited to, material that is copyrighted, trade secret, patent, trademark or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights;

b.    Contains falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage IVP or any third party;

c.    Contains threats, is harassing, pornographic, hateful, racially and/or sexually offensive, encourages criminal conduct, unlawful, obscene, libelous, defamatory, violates any laws or regulations, is otherwise inappropriate, or violates IVP Etiquette Guidelines;

d.    You know or have reason to know is false, misleading, fraudulent; or

e.    Is in any way an advertisement or solicitation of business.

(d) IVP reserves the right, without obligation, to edit, pre-screen, remove, or refuse to publish submissions to the site without prior notice.

(e) You understand that when you submit content in any form to independentvoterproject.org, we may authorize such content to be distributed or syndicated to or published on other IVP branded environments, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, other related entities, or any sub-licensees of IVP.

(f) You take sole responsibility for your postings on the site and any disputes that result from such postings. You acknowledge that IVP has no obligation to resolve or become involved in any disputes between users of this site or any other third parties.

4.    Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold IVP, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or any other related entities, harmless from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions, any breach by you of your representations and warranties hereunder, or any infringement by you of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section 4. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.

5.    Copyright Ownership

(a) Independentvoterproject.org contains copyrighted material, including, but not limited to, text, photographs, graphics, video and audio content, which are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein. All articles, blogs, content and other elements on our site are also copyrighted works and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein.

(b) Unless expressly permitted, or as authorized by the principles of “fair use,” you may not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, transmit or in any way exploit any part of our site or any content therein. In addition, these files cannot be used to construct any kind of database. IVP respects the right of others to use materials set forth on this site consistent with the principles of “fair use.” Content is protectable under the Federal Copyright laws of the United States, whether registered or unregistered. Based on this notice of copyright ownership, IVP reserves the right to deem any and all infringement of protected content on the site to be an intentional infringement.

(c) IVP, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, and other related entities, own all rights to the logos and trademarks used in connection with the site. All other logos and trademarks that appear on independentvoterproject.org are the property of their respective owners.

6.  Copyright Infringement

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