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Terms of Use

MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC PARTY TERMS OF USE

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Last Updated: [Sep 16, 2021]

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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

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These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the websites, mobile sites and other online offerings (collectively, the “Site”) provided by the Mississippi Democratic Party (the “Party,” “we,” or “us”) that link to these Terms. By accessing or by using our Site, you agree to these Terms, and any terms incorporated by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use our Site.

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We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will provide you with notice of such changes, such as by sending an email, providing a notice through our Site or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Site after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using our Site.

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If you have any questions about these Terms or our Site, please contact us at info@mississippidemocrats.org.

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1. PRIVACY

For information about how we collect, use, share and otherwise process information about you, please see our Privacy Policy.

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2. CONSENT TO USE OF DATA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SMS PROGRAM TERMS

You consent to our communicating with you about the Site and MSDP by SMS, text message, email or other electronic means.  Your carrier’s normal, messaging, data and other rates and fees will apply to these communications.

If you subscribe to any text programs that MSDP makes available, the following terms apply:

By subscribing to MSDP updates or alerts, you consent to receive periodic updates or alerts by automatic text message.  Text STOP to stop.  For Help, text HELP or contact us at info@mississippidemocrats.org.   Message and data rates may apply. Neither MSDP nor the participating carriers guarantee that messages will be delivered.  MSDP may discontinue the program at any time without notice.

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3. PROHIBITED CONDUCT

You are solely responsible for your conduct while using our Site. You will not:

  • Engage in any harassing, threatening, intimidating, predatory or stalking conduct;

  • Sell, resell or commercially use our Site;

  • Copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform or publicly display all or portions of our Site, except as expressly permitted by us or our licensors;

  • Modify our Site, remove any proprietary rights notices or markings, or otherwise make any derivative works based upon our Site;

  • Use our Site other than for their intended purpose and in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying our Site or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of our Site in any manner;

  • Reverse engineer any aspect of our Site or do anything that might discover source code or bypass or circumvent measures employed to prevent or limit access to any part of our Site;

  • Use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods designed to scrape or extract data from our Site;

  • Develop or use any applications that interact with our Site without our prior written consent;

  • Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file; or

  • Use our Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, or engage in, encourage or promote any activity that violates these Terms.

Enforcement of this Section 3 is solely at MSDP's discretion, and failure to enforce this section in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce it in other instances.  In addition, this Section 3 does not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Site will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules.

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4. OWNERSHIP; LIMITED LICENSE

The Site, including the text, graphics, images, photographs, videos, illustrations and other content contained therein, are owned by MSDP or our licensors and are protected under both United States and foreign laws. Except as explicitly stated in these Terms, all rights in and to the Site are reserved by us or our licensors. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you are hereby granted a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use our Site for your own personal, noncommercial use. Any use of the Site other than as specifically authorized herein, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited, will terminate the license granted herein and violate our intellectual property rights.

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5. TRADEMARKS

Democratic Party of Mississippi and our logos, our product or service names, our slogans and the look and feel of the Site are trademarks of MSDP and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and MSDP names or logos mentioned on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by us.

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6. FEEDBACK

You may voluntarily post, submit or otherwise communicate to us any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, original or creative materials or other information about MSDP or our Site (collectively, “Feedback”). You understand that we may use such Feedback for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you, including, without limitation, to develop, copy, publish, or improve the Feedback in MSDP's sole discretion. You understand that MSDP may treat Feedback as nonconfidential.

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7. THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, AND SITES.

We may provide information about third-party organizations, events, products, services, or activities, or we may allow third parties to make their content and information available on or through the Site (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). We provide Third-Party Content as a service to those interested in such content. Your dealings or correspondence with third parties and your use of or interaction with any Third-Party Content are solely between you and the third party. MSDP does not control or endorse, and makes no representations or warranties regarding, any Third-Party Content, and your access to and use of such Third-Party Content is at your own risk.

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8. INDEMNIFICATION

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless MSDP and its independent contractors, service providers, and consultants, successor organizations, and joint committee members, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, partners and employees (individually and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, demands, damages, expenses or costs (“Claims”) arising out of or related to (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your violation, misappropriation or infringement of any rights of another (including intellectual property rights or privacy rights); or (c) your misconduct in connection with the Site. You agree to promptly notify Indemnified Parties of any third-party Claims, cooperate with Indemnified Parties in defending such Claims and pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with defending such Claims (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees). You also agree that the Indemnified Parties will have control of the defense or settlement, at the Indemnified Party’s sole option, of any third-party Claims.

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9. DISCLAIMERS

Your use of our Site is at your sole risk. Except as otherwise provided in a writing by us, our Site and any content therein are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. In addition, MSDP does not represent or warrant that our Site are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. While MSDP attempts to make your use of our Site safe, we cannot and do not represent or warrant that our Site or servers are free of viruses or other harmful components. You assume the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Site.

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10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, MSDP and its contractors, service providers, consultants, successor organizations, and joint committee members, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees (collectively the “MSDP-Related Parties”),  will not be liable to you under any theory of liability—whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, warranty, or otherwise—for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, punitive or special damages or lost profits, even if such parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The total liability of MSDP and MSDP-Related Parties for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Site, regardless of the form of the action, is limited to the greater of $5

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11. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE

Any dispute arising from these Terms and your use of the Site will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Mississippi, except to the extent preempted by U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict of law rules or principles (whether of Mississippi or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Any dispute between the parties will be resolved in the state or federal courts of Mississippi the United States, respectively.

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12. MODIFYING AND TERMINATING OUR SITE

We reserve the right to modify our Site or to suspend or stop providing all or portions of our Site at any time. You also have the right to stop using our Site at any time. We are not responsible for any loss or harm related to your inability to access or use our Site.

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13. SEVERABILITY

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is 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.

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14. MISCELLANEOUS

The failure of MSDP to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, these Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person or entity. You agree that communications and transactions between us may be conducted electronically.

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