These Terms of Use (or “Terms”) govern your use of Polliticly, except where we expressly state that separate terms (and not these) apply, and provide information about the Polliticly Service (the “Service”), outlined below. When you create a Polliticly account or use Polliticly, you agree to these terms.
The Polliticly Service is one of the Polliticly des, provided to you by Polliticly, Inc. These Terms of Use therefore constitute an agreement between you and Polliticly, Inc.
ARBITRATION NOTICE: YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION. WE EXPLAIN SOME EXCEPTIONS AND HOW YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION BELOW.
The Polliticly Service
We agree to provide you with the Polliticly Service. The Service includes all of the Polliticly products, features, applications, services, technologies, and software that we provide to advance Polliticly’s mission: Create a platform that enables constructive expression and community betterment. Create an educational tool that enriches the minds of users and the communities they inhabit. We utilize American made products and prioritize local vendors in our procurement process. Create a business model to redefine how Americans use social media to interact with current events, legislation, economics, and sociology. All while earning Polliticly Points which can be redeemed for Programs Powered by Polliticly. The Service is made up of the following aspects:
We are in the business of constructive expression, community betterment and celebrating people. Created to construct a marketplace of ideas, we offer a platform that allows individuals to earn points and effect lasting change in their communities. Being a user of the app makes you eligible to participate in our CIVIC system, which gives you the opportunity to redeem these points for events powered by Polliticly.
Points can only be redeemed for Programs Powered by Polliticly. Polliticly, Inc. reserves the right to revoke and/or nullify “Polliticly Points” at any time.
As a user of Polliticly you agree to receive any form of communication regarding the balance of your points and the decision to redeem them. During the redeeming process the user will be offered a set of options and must choose one. Programs Powered by Polliticly are facilitated in an effort to stimulate local economies throughout the United States of America.
To operate our Service, we must store and transfer data across Amazon Web Services(AWS)’ global network, including outside of your country of residence. The use of this AWS is necessary and essential to provide our Service. The data is hosted by AWS and managed by Polliticly, Inc.
We use the information to figure out how to better serve our users and make our application as efficient as possible.
How Our Service Is Funded
Instead of paying to use Polliticly, by using the Service covered by these Terms, you acknowledge that we can sell your data to businesses and organizations. We use your personal data, such as information about your activities to generate insights which will be sold to businesses and organizations.
By selling your data to businesses and organizations, Polliticly Inc. is able to fund our Programs Powered by Polliticly.
The Data/Privacy Policy
Providing our Service requires collecting and using your information. The Data Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information across Polliticly. As of now we do not have customizable privacy settings. You must agree to the Data Policy to use Polliticly.
Your Commitments
In return for our commitment to provide the Service, we require you to make the below commitments to us.
Who Can Use Polliticly. We want our Service to be as inclusive as possible, but we also want it to be secure, safe, and in accordance with the law. So, we need you to commit to a few restrictions in order to be part of the Polliticly community.
How You Can’t Use Polliticly. Providing a safe and open Service for a broad community requires that we all do our part.
This includes misusing any reporting, dispute, or appeals channel, such as by making fraudulent or groundless reports or appeals. You can’t attempt to create accounts or access or collect information in unauthorized ways.
This includes creating accounts or collecting information in an automated way without our express permission.
This includes attempts to buy, sell, or transfer any aspect of your account (including your username); solicit, collect, or use login credentials of other users. You can’t post someone else’s private or confidential information without permission or do anything that violates someone else’s rights, including intellectual property rights
(e.g., copyright infringement, trademark infringement, counterfeit, or pirated goods).
You may use someone else’s works under exceptions or limitations to copyright and related rights under applicable law. You represent your own or have obtained all necessary rights to the content you post or share. Learn more, including how to report content that you think infringes your intellectual property rights.
Permissions You Give to Us. As part of our agreement, you also give us permissions that we need to provide the Service.
We do not claim ownership of your content that you post on or through the Service and you are free to share your content with anyone else, wherever you want. However, we need certain legal permissions from you (known as a “license”) to provide the Service. When you upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (like) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). This license will end when your content is deleted from our systems. You can delete content all at once by deleting the app.
You give us permission to show your name and personal information and all activities that are displayed on Polliticly, without any compensation to you. For example, we may sell your information to whomever is in the market for information except for governments and foreign agencies.
Additional Rights We Retain
Content Removal and Disabling or Terminating Your Account
Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree
Our Agreement.
Who Has Rights Under this Agreement.
Who Is Responsible if Something Happens.
We also don’t control what people and others do or say, and we aren’t responsible for their (or your) actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or content (including unlawful or objectionable content). We also aren’t responsible for services and features offered by other people or companies, even if you access them through our Service.
How We Will Handle Disputes.
The following claims don’t have to be arbitrated and may be brought in court: disputes related to intellectual property (like copyrights and trademarks), violations of our Platform Policy, or efforts to interfere with the Service or engage with the Service in unauthorized ways (for example, automated ways). In addition, issues relating to the scope and enforceability of the arbitration provision are for a court to decide. This arbitration provision is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. You can opt out of this provision within 30 days of the date that you agreed to these Terms. To opt out, you must send your name, residence address, username, email address or phone number you use for your Polliticly account, and a clear statement that you want to opt out of this arbitration agreement, and you must send them here: Polliticly, Inc., ATTN: Polliticly, Inc. 400 Scotia Dr. Apt 206 Hypoluxo, FL 33462
Unsolicited Material.
We always appreciate feedback or other suggestions, but may use them without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them, and are under no obligation to keep them confidential.
Updating These Terms
We may change our Service and policies, and we may need to make changes to these Terms so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our Service) before we make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect. Then, if you continue to use the Service, you will be bound by the updated Terms. If you do not want to agree to these or any updated Terms, you can delete the app from the device.
Revised: January 11, 2022
Data Policy
This policy describes the information we process to operate Polliticly.
I. What kinds of information do we collect?
To provide the Polliticly Points, we must process the information you provide and synthesize it as we see fit. The types of information we collect depend on how you use Polliticly.
Things you and others do and provide.
Device Information
Information we obtain from these devices includes:
Information from partners.
Partners receive your data when you visit or use their services or through third parties they work with. We require each of these partners to have lawful rights to collect, use and share your data before providing any data to us.
How do we use this information?
We use the information we have (subject to choices you make) as described below and to provide and support the operation of Polliticly.
Provide, and improve our Polliticly.
Provide measurement, analytics, and other business services. Promote safety, integrity and security.
We use the information we have to verify accounts and activity, combat harmful conduct, detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences, maintain the integrity of our Polliticly, and promote safety and security on and off of Polliticly.
Communicate with you.
We use the information we have to send you marketing communications, communicate with you about our Polliticly, and let you know about our policies and terms. We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us.
Research and innovate for social good.
We use the information we have (including from research partners we collaborate with) to conduct and support research and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being.
III. How is this information shared?
Your information is shared with others in the following ways:
Sharing on Polliticly.
Posts created can include your name or you can opt to be anonymous. Responses to posts are never shown to other users on Polliticly.
Content others share
On Polliticly you will see posts from others that you can engage with. All posts are reviewed by our internal review team. We are not responsible for any malicious content or links shared on Polliticly. While we diligently review all posts, the Service is not liable for any damages caused by any content on the Service.
New owner.
If the ownership or control of all or part of Polliticly or their assets changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner.
Sharing with Third-Party Partners
We work with third-party partners who help us provide and improve the Service and help third-party partners grow their businesses, which makes it possible to operate our companies and provide free services to people in the United States
of America. We do sell all of your information to various businesses but never governments or foreign agencies. Here are the types of third parties we share information with:
Partners who use our analytics services.
We provide aggregated statistics and insights that help people and businesses understand how people are engaging with content on Polliticly. For example, aggregate demographic and other information that helps them understand interactions of users.
Advertisers.
We provide advertisers with reports about the kinds of people interacting with content and how they can provide their services to you. We do share information that personally identifies you (information such as your name or email address that by itself can be used to contact you or identify who you are). For example, we provide demographic and interest information to advertisers.
Vendors and service providers.
We provide information and content to vendors and service providers who support our business, such as by providing technical infrastructure services, analyzing how Polliticly is used, providing customer service, facilitating payments or conducting surveys.
Researchers and academics.
We also provide information and content to research partners and academics to conduct research that advances scholarship and innovation that support our
business or mission, and enhances discovery and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being.
Law enforcement or legal requests.
We share information with law enforcement or in response to legal requests in the circumstances outlined below.
How can I manage or delete information about me?
We store data until it is no longer necessary to provide the service, or until your account is deleted – whichever comes first. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the data, why it is collected and processed, and relevant legal or operational retention needs. If you submit a copy of your government-issued ID for account verification purposes, we delete that copy 30 days after review, unless otherwise stated.
To delete your account you can delete the app from your device and send an email to us at chris@polliticly.com.
How do we respond to legal requests or prevent harm?
We access, preserve and share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others:
standards.
death or imminent bodily harm. For example, if relevant, we provide information to and receive information from third-party partners about the reliability of your account to prevent fraud, abuse and other harmful activity on and off our Polliticly.
Information we receive about you (including financial transaction data related to purchases made with Polliticly) can be accessed and preserved for an extended period when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations of possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We also retain information from accounts disabled for terms violations for at least a year to prevent repeat abuse or other term violations.
How do we operate and transfer data as part of our global services?
We share information globally, both internally within Polliticly, Inc., and externally with our partners and with those you connect and share with around the world in accordance with this policy. Your information may, for example, be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in the United States or other countries
outside of where you live for the purposes as described in this policy. These data transfers are necessary to provide the services set forth in the Terms of Service. We utilize standard contract clauses that rely on the European Commission’s adequacy decisions about certain countries, as applicable, and obtain your consent for these data transfers to the United States and other countries.
VII. How will we notify you of changes to this policy?
We’ll notify you before we make changes to this policy and give you the opportunity to review the revised policy before you choose to continue using our Products.
VIII. How to contact Polliticly with questions
You can learn more about how privacy works by contacting us. If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us as described below.
You can contact us on our website or by mail at:
Polliticly, Inc.,
ATTN: Polliticly, Inc. 400 Scotia Dr. Apt 206 Hypoluxo, FL 33462
Privacy Notice for California Residents
If you are a California resident, you can learn more about your consumer privacy rights by reviewing the California consumer privacy notice.
Polliticly has never turned over our encryption or authentication keys or our customers’ encryption or authentication keys to anyone.
Polliticly has never weakened, compromised, or subverted any of its encryption at the request of law enforcement or another third party.
Polliticly has never modified customer content at the request of law enforcement or another third party.
Polliticly has never modified the intended destination of DNS responses at the request of law enforcement or another third party.
Polliticly has never provided any law enforcement organization a feed of our customers’ content transiting our network.
Polliticly has never provided any law enforcement organization a feed of our customers’ content transiting our network.
Polliticly has never installed any law enforcement software or equipment anywhere on our network.
The Short
Polliticly is a celebration of people through constructive expression and community betterment. You use the app, we sell your data, we give back to local communities across the United States of America.
The Long
By using Polliticly, you agree to these guidelines and our Terms of Use. We’re committed to these guidelines and we hope you are too. Not following these boundaries may result in deleted content, disabled accounts, or other restrictions.
In some cases, we allow content for public awareness which would otherwise go against our Community Guidelines – if it is newsworthy and in the public interest. We do this only after weighing the public interest value against the risk of harm and we look to international human rights standards to make these judgments.
We have zero tolerance when it comes to sharing sexual content involving minors or threatening to post intimate images of others. Respect other members of the Polliticly community.
We want to foster a positive, diverse community. We remove content that contains credible threats or hate speech, content that targets private individuals to degrade and/or shame them, personal
information meant to blackmail or harass someone, and repeated unwanted messages. We do generally allow stronger conversation around people who are featured in the news or have a large public audience due to their profession or chosen activities.
It’s never OK to encourage violence or attack anyone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, disabilities, or diseases. When hate speech is being shared to challenge it or to raise awareness, we may allow it. In those instances, we ask that you express your intent clearly.
Serious threats of violence to public and personal safety aren’t allowed. This includes specific threats of physical harm as well as threats of theft, vandalism, and other financial harm. We carefully review reports of threats and consider many things when determining whether a threat is credible.
We understand that many people use Polliticly to share important and newsworthy events. Some of these issues can involve graphic images. Because so many different people and age groups use Polliticly, we may remove videos of intense, graphic violence to make sure Polliticly stays appropriate for everyone.
We understand that people often share this kind of content to condemn, raise awareness or educate. If you do share content for these reasons, we encourage you to caption your photo with a warning about graphic violence. Sharing graphic images for sadistic pleasure or to glorify violence is never allowed.
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