Terms of Use

Welcome and thank you for visiting Our website. This Website, located at http://www.crnc.org, is owned and operated by The College Republican National Committee (CRNC). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to this website and any other website where these Terms are posted (collectively referred to as the “Website”). As used in the Terms, “You” or “Your” refers to visitors and users of the Website. “We,” “Our” or “Us” refers to CRNC,” as well as any third-party vendors We hire to assist directly in the administration of the Website.

Binding Agreement – By using the Website and accessing information provided on the Website, You acknowledge that You have read, understood and agree to be bound by the following Terms and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. You further agree that any other agreements between You and CRNC are superseded and of force or effect. If You do not agree to these Terms, You may not use the Website.

Children – The Website is not intended for use by persons under the age of 13. By accessing and using the Website, You have indicated that You are at least 13 years old or older.

Proper Use of the Website – You agree that You will use the Website in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations. Violation of any of the foregoing may result in immediate termination of these Terms and may subject You to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. We reserve the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate Your use of the Website in order to (a) determine whether a violation of these Terms has occurred or (b) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. You may not use the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair Our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any services, user accounts, computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You further agree not to use the Website to advertise, or to solicit anyone to buy or sell, products or services, nor to solicit anyone to make donations of any kind, without CRNC’s express written approval. We may take any legal and technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce these Terms.

Certain parts of the Website may require a password to enter. You agree that You are responsible for all acts or omissions that occur on Your account while Your password is being used. If You believe someone has used Your password or account without Your authorization, You must notify us immediately. We reserve the right to access and disclose any information, including, without limitation, user names of accounts and other information, to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests.

CRNC may permit Internet users to engage in discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Website. From time to time, CRNC may monitor or review such content, but CRNC expressly disclaims any duty to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from such content. CRNC reserves the right (but assumes no obligation) to delete, move, or edit any such content that We consider, in Our sole discretion, to be unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. CRNC will cooperate with law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing CRNC to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Intellectual Property Rights & Grant – The Website contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including data, text, software, photos, video and graphics (“Content”). This Content is copyrighted or otherwise protected and owned by CRNC or a third party who licensed or granted to CRNC the right to use such material.

CRNC authorizes You to copy materials published by it on the Website for non-commercial, personal use only. In the event You make a permitted, non-commercial use of the Content, You must ensure that any such copy of the Content includes the appropriate copyright and/or other proprietary notification. You may not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way commercially exploit the Content of the Website or any portion of it. You may not use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Content, frame any portion of the Website or Content, or reproduce, reprint, copy, store, publicly display, broadcast, transmit, modify, translate, port, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell, loan, or otherwise distribute the Content without the prior written consent of CRNC. You may not circumvent any mechanisms included in the Content for preventing the unauthorized reproduction or distribution of the Content. Nothing contained in these Terms shall be construed as conferring, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any patent or trademark of CRNC or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right to use or exploit any copyrighted Content or Website.

Except as expressly set forth on the Website, if You submit any information to Us, including any comments, remarks, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, graphics, concepts, or other information, You are giving that information, and all Your rights in it, to CRNC free of charge and such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and CRNC shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation, without Your consent or any compensation to You or anyone else. CRNC shall be free to use any know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such information.

Links to Other Websites – The Website may contain links or references to other Websites. We do not control, nor endorse, other Websites and these Terms does not apply to those Websites. Under no circumstances shall We be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused to a user in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on such an external website. We encourage You to read the terms of use and privacy policy of every Website You visit.

General Disclaimer – THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS AND “AS AVAILABLE.” CRNC, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SPECIFICALLY, CRNC, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, SUITABILITY OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, TOOLS, LINKS, OR COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR CRNC, OR ON ANY SITE OR SITES “LINKED” TO THE WEBSITE. CRNC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, NON-INFRINGING, ERROR FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Limitation of Liability – To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall CRNC, its licensors, its suppliers, or any third parties mentioned on the website be liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use the website, reliance upon any statement or information or content provided by the website, or any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, effect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, line system failure, loss of data, or loss of use related to the website or any site operated by any third party. If you are dissatisfied with the Website or these Terms, Your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue use of the Website.

Changes to the Terms of Use – CRNC may, from time to time in its sole discretion, change or modify these Terms. Any changes or modification will be effective upon posting of the revisions on the Website. At any given time, Your access and use of the Website and provision of information is governed by the Terms then in effect. Your continued use of the Website following CRNC’s posting of any changes or modifications constitutes Your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Should You not wish to be bound by the modified Terms, please do not access or make any further use of the Website.

Privacy – We collect personal information on the Website, which is subject to the terms of Our Privacy Policy, located here.

Choice of Law & International Visitors – The Website is intended for use by U.S. residents only. These Terms are governed by the laws of the District of Columbia, without resort to its conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with CRNC, or in any way relating to Your use of the Website, resides in the courts of the District of Columbia.

Effective Date: 4/12/2010