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Terms of Service for AwfullyPolitical.com

1. Introduction

Welcome to AwfullyPolitical. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of our website located at [www.awfullypolitical.com] (the “Service”) operated by AwfullyPolitical (“us”, “we”, or “our”). Your agreement with us includes these Terms and our Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Agreements”). You acknowledge that you have read and understood the Agreements and agree to be bound by them.

Your commitment to the Agreements is a prerequisite for using the Service. However, if you have any concerns, please let us know by emailing editor@awfullypolitical.com so we can try to find a solution. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who wish to access or use the Service.

2. Communications

Using our Service, you agree to subscribe to newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information we may send. These communications may include updates on our services, new features, promotional offers, and industry insights. However, you may want to opt out of receiving any or all communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

3. Content

Our Service allows you to post, link, store, share, and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material (“Content”). You are responsible for the Content you post on or through the Service, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness.

4. Copyright Policy

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on the Service infringes on any person or entity's copyright or other intellectual property rights (“Infringement”).

5. Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding Content provided by users), features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of AwfullyPolitical and its licensors. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without AwfullyPolitical’s prior written consent.

6. Links To Other Web Sites

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites or services not owned or controlled by AwfullyPolitical. AwfullyPolitical has no control over and assumes no responsibility for any third-party websites or services' content, privacy policies, or practices.

7. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless AwfullyPolitical and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors, from and against any claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, by you or any person using your account and password, or b) a breach of these Terms.

9. Limitation Of Liability

In no event shall AwfullyPolitical, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

10. Disclaimer

I want you to know that your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or course of performance.

11. Exclusions

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you.

12. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed by the laws of Canada/Ontario, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

13. Changes To Service

We’re right to withdraw or amend our Service and any service or material we provide via the Service, at our sole discretion, without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of the Service is unavailable at any time or for any period.

14. Amendments To Terms

We may change the Terms at any time by posting the amended Terms on the site, so you have to review these Terms periodically.

15. Waiver And Severability

No waiver by AwfullyPolitical of any term or condition outlined in Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of AwfullyPolitical to assert a right or provision under Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

16. Acknowledgement

BY USING SERVICE OR OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY US, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.

17. Contact Us

Please send your feedback, comments, and requests for technical support by email: editor@awfullypolitical.com