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Privacy Policy for Party For America

Party For America (PFA)  is committed to protecting the privacy and security of both new and frequent visitors as well as our supporters and subscribers. Here is our online privacy policy for information collected through our website and through email lists.

PFA expects it may need to revise its privacy policy as it develops the features of its future site.  PFA will make reasonable efforts to inform users of any changes, but the spirit of this policy will be maintained, and our policy to never sell, exchange, rent, trade, or give email lists to third parties will never be altered.

Use of PFA's website is not restricted to registered users, and we expect to provide a robust experience to all users.  We've created some personalization features that we hope will be useful to you and will provide you the most timely and salient information.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us

You can also reach us via US Mail at:
Party For America, 50 El Camino Real, Berkeley CA 94705

What PFA will do with your information:

PFA will never sell or share the personal information you provide or we collect through our website.  We will not disclose your information to any entity without your permission.

From time to time, we may send you information from other like-minded organizations whose products or services we think subscribers might find interesting, but we do not exchange, trade, rent, or give email lists to third parties.

If you sign up for one of our mailing lists:

PFA is committed to providing timely updates to our users by email.  We will request information from you to enhance our ability to customize our communications with you so you get the information you want.  We will collect relevant contact information and enable you to self-select the type of information that you'd like to receive. You will be able to unsubscribe or change your subscriptions at any time.

If you submit information:

Users who submit information will be informed if information is being collected to customize an individual experience or to learn more about visitors in general to improve our site.

Cookies:

PFA may use permanent cookies to enhance the experience of registered users.  A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store on a computer and later use to recognize a user.  A cookie cannot be read by any website other than the one that sets it up.  The purpose of the permanent cookie is to enhance your ability to receive the information you want.

PFA may use session cookies to enhance the experience of users who have not registered.  A session cookie expires when a user closes the browser in which PFA's website was viewed.  As with all cookies, users can personalize their browser settings to reject session cookies.

If at some time after you accepted  cookies, you change your mind, you will be able to delete them by altering your browser settings.

IP Addresses and Log File Data:

IP addresses are ID numbers for the location of your computer or network on the internet.  Log files are recordings of the traffic to and from a server.  PFA's servers log IP addresses for systems administration and troubleshooting.   We track page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit.  With that information we can improve the quality of the site. PFA does not use these files to collect personal identifying information, and log files and IP addresses are neither stored with nor used in conjunction with personal information.

Children's privacy

PFA is concerned about the safety and privacy of children online.  Because of this, we will make all efforts to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not and will not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we will develop our site with the capacity to block acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.

It is possible that by fraud or deception by others we may receive information given to us or pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or else delete the information from our servers.

Security

Only select PFA staff and contracted individuals have access to personally identifiable information provided by visitors to our site.  We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving sensitive personal and financial data from our site.  These security measures will protect against loss or misuse of your information. In addition, we have taken appropriate security measures in our server environment to protect against the loss or misuse of information that you've provided to our site.

Please Note:

PFA plans to regularly update and add new features to our website.  Because of this, PFA expects to revise its privacy policy as its site develops.  Such amendments will be posted in the privacy policy section of the site.  As stated above, the spirit of this policy will be maintained, and our policy to never sell, exchange, rent, trade, or give email lists to third parties will never be altered. PFA links to other like-minded websites, but is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those websites.

User Policy

Welcome to the User Agreement for the Party For America Phone Project. This agreement describes the terms on which you may access and use our services. The Party For America Phone Project and Party For America are both projects of VoterHub LLC, and this User Agreement is an agreement between you and VoterHub LLC.

In order to become a Party For America Phone Project user, you must read and accept all of the terms and conditions of this agreement and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms, you may not use or access our services.

We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time, and without prior notice, by posting amended terms on this website. Your continued use of the Party For America Phone Project service indicates your acceptance of the amended User Agreement.

Description of Service
Party For America Phone Project is an online service offered by VoterHub LLC to enable individuals to cooperate with to learn about political and policy issues.

Membership Eligibility
The Party For America Phone Project Service is not available to minors under the age of 18 or to any users suspended or removed from the system by Party For America Phone Project for any reason. Users may not have more than one active account. Additionally, users are prohibited from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your Party For America Phone Project account to another party. If you do not qualify, you may not use the Party For America Phone Project Service.

Use of Service
Your use of the Party For America Phone Project Service is governed by this User Agreement. Party For America Phone Project may refuse service without prior notice to any user for any or no reason.


Termination
You agree that Party For America Phone Project may, with or without cause, immediately terminate your Party For America Phone Project account and access to the Party For America Phone Project Service without prior notice. Without limiting the foregoing, the following will lead to a termination by Party For America Phone Project of a user's use of the Party For America Phone Project Service (a) breaches or violations of this User Agreement or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies,
(c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) unexpected technical issues or problems, and (e) extended periods of inactivity. Termination of your Party For America Phone Project account includes (a) removal
of access to all offerings within the Party For America Phone Project Service, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c)
barring further use of the Party For America Phone Project Service. Further, you agree that all terminations shall be made in Party For America Phone Project's sole discretion and that Party For America Phone Project shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account or access to the Party For America Phone Project Service.

User Conduct
You understand and agree not to use Party For America Phone Project to:
***** Post content or initiate communications which are unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable.
***** Use the Party For America Phone Project Service for any illegal purpose, including but not limited to conspiring to violate laws.
***** Falsely state, impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent your identity, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or affiliations with a person or entity, past or present.
***** Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or initiate communications which include information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under
contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).
***** Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or initiate communication that infringes upon patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights.
***** Collect or store personal data about other users, including but not limited to information about another user's contact information, preferences, opinions, or reputation information or metadata such as the
number or identity of contacts in another user's Party For America Phone Project network.
***** Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of
solicitation.
***** Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any
computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
***** Interfere with or disrupt the Party For America Phone Project Service or servers or networks connected to the Party For America Phone Project Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Party For America Phone Project Service.

International Use
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all applicable local rules including but not limited to rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

Information Provided on this Website
In the course of using the Party For America Phone Project Service, users may provide information about themselves which may be visible to certain other users (see our Privacy Policy to learn more about information collected on this website). You understand that by posting materials on the Party For America Phone Project website or otherwise providing materials to Party For America Phone Project, you are granting to Party For America Phone Project, a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to use this information in the course of offering the Party For America Phone Project service. Furthermore, you understand that Party For America Phone Project retains the right to reformat, excerpt, or translate any materials submitted by you. You understand that
all information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Party For America Phone Project Service is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and that Party For America Phone Project will not
be liable for any errors or omissions in any content. You understand that Party For America Phone Project cannot guarantee the identity of any other users with whom you may interact in the course of using the Party For America Phone Project Service. Additionally, we cannot guarantee the authenticity of any data which users may provide about themselves or relationships they may describe.

Access to Service
Use of manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to "crawl" or "spider" any web pages contained in the Party For America Phone Project website is strictly prohibited. You agree not to monitor or copy, or allow others to monitor or copy, our web pages or the content included herein. You also agree not to "frame" or otherwise simulate the appearance or function of this website. Furthermore, you agree not to take any action that interferes with the proper working of or places an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, including but not limited to unsolicited communications, attempts to gain unauthorized access, or transmission or activation of computer viruses.

Party For America Phone Project Communications
In the course of providing you services, Party For America Phone Project may need to communicate with you via email (see our Privacy Policy to learn more about communications). You agree to receive emails which are specific to your account and necessary for the normal functioning of the Party For America Phone Project Service, including a series of up to five welcome emails which help inform new users about various features of the
Party For America Phone Project Service. You also agree to have your name and/or email address listed in the header of certain communications which you initiate through the Party For America Phone Project Service.

Monitoring and Enforcement
While we have the right to monitor activity and content associated with the Party For America Phone Project Service, we are not obligated to do so. And since we do not, and may not have the ability to, control or actively monitor content we don't guarantee its accuracy, integrity or quality. Because community standards vary and individuals sometimes choose not to comply with our policies and practices, in the process of using our website, you may be exposed to content that you find offensive or objectionable. You can contact our Customer Service Department to let us know of content that you find objectionable. We may investigate the complaints and violations of our policies that come to our attention and may take any action that we believe is appropriate, including, but not limited to issuing warnings, removing the content or terminating accounts and/or subscriptions. However, because situations and interpretations vary, we also reserve the right not to take any action. Please remember that you can always choose to refrain from using any part of the Party For America Phone Project Service that may expose you to something that you are uncomfortable with. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, any errors
or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any content on the website.

Fees
Signing up for the Party For America Phone Project.  Party For America Phone Project reserves the right to charge for the Party For America Phone Project Service or any portion thereof, modify the pricing of, add to, or discontinue the Party For America Phone Project Service or any portion thereof with prior notice.

Indemnification
By accepting this User Agreement, you agree to indemnify and otherwise hold harmless Party For America Phone Project, , its officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, affiliates and other partners from any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from i) your use of the Party For America Phone Project Service; ii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your communications with or through the Party For America Phone Project Service, or iii) any other matter relating to the Party For America Phone Project
Service.

You understand and agree that Party For America Phone Project may disclose information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce this User Agreement, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Party For America Phone Project, its users, and the public.

Any transactions which may arise between users from their use of Party For America Phone Project are the sole responsibility of the users involved.

Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND THAT PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROMPT OR PROPER DELIVERY, OR RETENTION OF ANY USER INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN USERS. PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN USERS. PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT
SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY
ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT OR THROUGH OR FROM THE PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS USER AGREEMENT.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Entire Agreement
The User Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Party For America Phone Project and governs your use of the Party For America Phone Project Service, superceding any prior agreements between you and Party For America Phone Project.

Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF THE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME
OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT WILL PARTY FOR AMERICA PHONE PROJECT'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE DAMAGES EXCEED US$ 100.

Governing Law
The User Agreement between you and Party For America Phone Project, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of laws principles.

General Information
Party For America Phone Project, the Party For America Phone Project logo, the Party For America logo and other Party For America Phone Project logos and names are trademarks of VoterHub LLC. You agree not to display or use these trademarks in
any manner without Party For America Phone Project's prior, written permission. The section titles of this User Agreement are displayed for convenience only and have no legal effect. Please send any questions or comments, or report violations of the User Agreement to:

VoterHub LLC
50 El Camino Real
Berkeley CA 94705

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