Please read these Terms and Conditions before using, or submitting content in any form or medium for publication on Matern2020.com, the official campaign website of Matern 2020, a Utah Nonprofit Corporation and the authorized federal campaign committee of Matthew J. Matern, a Republican candidate for President of the United States. By continuing to use Matern2020.com, or by submitting content for publication on Matern2020.com, or on any of its subsidiary or affiliated websites, you agree to abide and be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Matern 2020 reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and you agree by virtue of your continued use of our site to be bound by any such changes.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features or functionality that augment or enhance our site shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions. The most current version of these Terms and Conditions can be viewed at any time at Matern2020.com.
If you provide Matern 2020 with your email or phone number, or otherwise request to receive updates or other information by email, mobile phone or text message through www.Matern2020.com, or through any of its subsidiary or affiliated websites, you expressly consent to receiving communications via your email and mobile device text messages, including text messages sent by an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS” or “autodialer”), from us or a third-party contractor we have retained for their expertise in initiating and transmitting text messages. Matern 2020 does not charge for these communications; however, your carrier’s standard messaging, data and other rates and fees may still apply to any messages you send, our confirmations, and all subsequent SMS correspondence and/or transmissions. At any time, you may text STOP to cancel or HELP for customer support information.
Matern 2020 reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, all or any portion of the site at any time with or without notice to you. You agree that Matern 2020, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of our site.
Matern 2020 reserves the right to terminate your access to our site for any reason, and to take any other actions that Matern 2020, in its sole discretion, believes to be in the interest of our organization, etiquette, and of our users as a whole. It is our policy, pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), to terminate use of our site by repeat copyright infringers. You agree that Matern 2020, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities will not be liable to you or any third party in the event of such termination.
You own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other proprietary rights in, and to any and all such submissions made to Matern 2020, and you authorize Matern 2020 to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions; and
You agree that you will not use the site to transmit or make available any content that:
Infringes any intellectual property rights of any party, including but not limited to, material that is copyrighted, trade secret, patent, trademark or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights;
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Contains threats, is harassing, pornographic, hateful, racially and/or sexually offensive, encourages criminal conduct, unlawful, obscene, libelous, defamatory, violates any laws or regulations, is otherwise inappropriate.
You know or have reason to know is false, misleading, fraudulent; or
Is in any way an advertisement or solicitation of business.
You agree to indemnify and hold Matern 2020, its officers and directors, campaign staff, independent contractors, service providers, employees, directors or consultants, subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or any other related entities, harmless from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions, any breach by you of your representations and warranties hereunder, or any infringement by you of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section 4. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.
If you are a copyright owner or agent thereof and believe that any of our content infringes upon your copyright ownership, please contact Matern 2020 in writing by providing a signed statement containing the following information pursuant to the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the DMCA:
Please send your notice of the alleged infringement to:
By Mail:
Matern 2020
Attn: Legal Counsel
P.O. Box 310
Manhattan Beach, CA 90267
Matern 2020 is in accordance with the requirements of the DMCA and implements a policy to terminate use of our site by repeat infringers when appropriate.
If you are the owner or agent of any Intellectual Property rights other than copyright, including, but not limited to, patent, trade secret, trademark, privacy and publicity rights, and believe that any of our content infringes upon your ownership of such Intellectual Property rights, please contact us at [email protected].
As an Internet Service Provider, we are not responsible for inaccuracies in the content and opinions expressed by content providers. Opinions and other statements expressed by independent contributors, bloggers, legislators, and other third parties, are not the opinions of Matern 2020. Content created by third parties is the sole responsibility of third parties. Matern 2020 makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy of any content on the site provided by third parties. By providing you with the ability to view and distribute content throughout the site, you acknowledge that Matern 2020 does not undertake any obligation or liability in relation to the content. Matern 2020, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities do not undertake any duty to monitor the site for unlawful or inappropriate conduct. Matern 2020, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities do not assume liability or responsibility which may arise from content thereof, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, slander, libel, infringement, invasion of privacy and publicity rise, profanity, obscenity, misrepresentation, or fraud. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Matern 2020, reserves the right to block or remove communications, postings, or materials at any time in our sole discretion.
Matern 2020 is not responsible for the content or availability of other services that may be linked to our site. Because Matern 2020 has no control over such services, you agree that Matern 2020 is not responsible for the availability of such external services, that Matern 2020 does not endorse such external services, and is not responsible or liable for any content, accuracy, quality, products, advertising or other materials on or available from such services or links. You further acknowledge and agree that Matern 2020 shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any goods, services or content available on or through such services or links.
You understand that Matern 2020 will comply with any subpoenas issued by a court or from a law enforcement or government agency, without your consent or prior notice to you. In such event, Matern 2020 may disclose your name, username, IP address, IP location or other information in response.
Matern 2020, its subsidiaries, affiliates, content providers, or other related entities, are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including, without limitation, lost profits or revenues, loss of data, or loss of business, in any way related to this site or for any claim, loss or injury based on omissions, errors, interruptions or other inaccuracies in our site (including, without limitation, as a result of breach of any warranty or other term of these Terms and Conditions).
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If any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.
15. Contributions
All contributions to Matern2020 through www.Matern2020.com, or through any of its subsidiary or affiliated websites, must be made from a contributor’s own funds, not funds provided to the contributor by another person, and using a personal credit card, not a corporate credit card. Contributions may not be made by any corporation, labor union, federal government contractor, or foreign national (non-citizens without a “green card”), nor may contributions be made using the general treasury funds of a corporation, labor organization or national bank.
Contributions to Matern 2020 are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. Funds received in response to any solicitation will be subject to federal contribution limits and source prohibitions. The Matern 2020 presidential campaign committee may accept contributions of up to $2,800 per election from an individual, up to $5,600 per election from a married couple, and up to $5,000 per election from a federal PAC. Contributions from individuals up to $2,800 will be designated for the primary election, and contributions up to an additional $2,800 will be designated for the general election to the extent permitted by law. Federal law requires our best efforts to obtain and report the name, address, occupation, and employer of individuals whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 per election cycle.
All contributions to Matern 2020 are final. Refunds and cancellations may be given at the sole discretion of Matern 2020. If you believe that an error has been made in connection with your online contribution, please contact the campaign treasurer at [email protected] and we will do our best to correct any such error.
Questions or comments about these Terms and Conditions may be directed to the campaign committee’s legal counsel at [email protected].