1Acceptance of these Terms
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and The Candidate's Toolbox ("TCB," "we," "us," or "our"). They govern your access to and use of our website, applications, the AI campaign assistant known as "Sam," and all related features and services (collectively, the "Service").
By creating an account, clicking "I agree," subscribing, or otherwise accessing or using the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
If you use the Service on behalf of a campaign, committee, organization, or another person, you represent that you are authorized to bind that entity, and "you" refers to both you and that entity.
2Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract to use the Service. By using the Service you represent that you meet these requirements and that all registration information you provide is accurate and kept current.
The Service is intended for use by candidates, campaigns, political committees, consultants, and their authorized staff. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service complies with all laws applicable to you, including federal, state, and local election and campaign-finance laws.
3Accounts & security
You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to notify us promptly of any unauthorized use. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your credentials.
An account owner may invite sub-users and assign them permissions. The account owner is responsible for the conduct of all sub-users under their workspace and for ensuring those sub-users comply with these Terms.
4Subscriptions, billing & renewals
Certain features require a paid subscription. By subscribing, you authorize us and our payment processor to charge your payment method the applicable recurring fee.
Automatic renewal
Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period (monthly, unless otherwise stated) at the then-current rate, until you cancel. We will charge your payment method on each renewal date.
Cancellation
You may cancel at any time through your account's billing settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will retain access until then. Except where required by law, fees already paid are non-refundable, and we do not provide refunds or credits for partial periods, unused time, or features you did not use.
Price changes
We may change subscription prices. We will give you advance notice of any price increase that affects you, and the new price will apply on your next renewal after the notice period. Continued use after a price change constitutes acceptance of the new price.
Payment processing
Payments are processed by a third-party processor (Stripe). We do not store full payment-card numbers. Your use of payment features is also subject to the processor's terms and privacy policy. You are responsible for any taxes associated with your purchase other than taxes based on our net income.
5Acceptable use
You agree not to, and not to permit any sub-user or third party to:
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any election, campaign-finance, privacy, anti-spam, or other applicable law;
- Upload, store, or transmit data you do not have the right to use, including personal data obtained without a lawful basis;
- Use the Service to generate or distribute content that is defamatory, harassing, fraudulent, or knowingly false, or that impersonates a real person without authorization;
- Attempt to reverse engineer, scrape, decompile, probe, or circumvent any security or access control of the Service;
- Resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties except through the sub-user features we provide;
- Use the Service to develop a competing product, or to train a machine-learning model;
- Interfere with, overload, or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure, or use it in a way that exceeds reasonable usage limits.
We may suspend or terminate access immediately, without notice, for any violation of this Section or any conduct we reasonably believe is harmful to the Service, other users, or us.
6AI features & your duty to verify
The Service includes generative-AI features, including "Sam," that produce text, research summaries, strategy suggestions, calculations (such as estimated vote targets), and information about election rules, deadlines, and campaign finance.
AI output is generated by automated systems and is not guaranteed to be accurate, current, complete, or fit for any particular purpose. AI systems can and do produce errors, including fabricated facts, citations, figures, dates, and legal or compliance statements ("hallucinations"), and their behavior can change over time.
You must independently verify
You agree that before relying on any AI output for any legal, compliance, financial, filing, electoral, or other consequential decision, you will independently verify it against an authoritative source — such as the relevant Secretary of State, state or local election authority, ethics commission, the Federal Election Commission, qualified legal counsel, or a licensed professional. AI output is provided for informational and drafting assistance only.
Not professional advice
Nothing produced by the Service is legal, accounting, tax, or professional advice, and no attorney-client, fiduciary, or other professional relationship is created by your use of the Service. Election and campaign-finance laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. We do not warrant that any information in the Service reflects current law.
7Your content & our content
Your data
You retain ownership of the data, documents, and other materials you submit to the Service ("Your Content"). You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to host, process, transmit, and display Your Content solely to operate, secure, and provide the Service to you, and to improve the Service in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. We do not sell Your Content, and we do not use Your Content to train third-party foundation models.
AI output ownership
As between you and us, and subject to these Terms and the rights of any underlying model provider, you may use the output the Service generates for you in connection with your campaign activities. You are responsible for reviewing all output before use. Because AI may generate similar output for different users, output is provided on a non-exclusive basis.
Our property
The Service, including its software, design, text, and trademarks, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Service per these Terms. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
8Third-party services & data sources
The Service relies on third-party providers and public data sources, including AI model providers, our payment processor, hosting and search infrastructure, and public data such as Federal Election Commission filings, state legislative data, and publicly available news and reference material. We do not control and are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or content of third-party services or public data. Your use of features powered by third parties may be subject to those parties' terms.
9Disclaimer of warranties
THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL AI OUTPUT AND ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH IT, IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness, timeliness, or availability of the Service or any AI output. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any information obtained through the Service is accurate or current. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the Service creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
10Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL TCB, ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, VOTES, ELECTORAL OUTCOMES, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE OR ANY AI OUTPUT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON AI OUTPUT — INCLUDING INACCURATE, INCOMPLETE, OR FABRICATED COMPLIANCE, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, FILING, OR ELECTORAL INFORMATION — THAT YOU DID NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).
Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you. In such cases, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
11Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TCB and its owners, officers, employees, and suppliers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) Your Content; (c) your reliance on or use of any AI output, including any compliance, legal, or financial decision; (d) your violation of these Terms or any law; or (e) your infringement of any third party's rights. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate with us.
12Suspension & termination
You may stop using the Service and cancel your subscription at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or to protect the Service or other users. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution — will survive.
Following termination, we may delete Your Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy and our data-retention practices. You are responsible for exporting any data you wish to keep before cancellation.
13Governing law & dispute resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration provision below, you agree that any dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Texas, and you consent to their jurisdiction.
Informal resolution
Before filing any claim, you agree to first contact us and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.
Arbitration & class-action waiver
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be settled by binding individual arbitration rather than in court, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court. You and TCB each waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in any class, collective, or representative action. If this class-action waiver is found unenforceable, the entirety of this arbitration provision will be void.
You may opt out of this arbitration provision by sending us written notice within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.
14Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide reasonable notice, such as by posting the updated Terms with a new "Last updated" date or notifying you through the Service. Changes are effective when posted unless stated otherwise. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service.
15General
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce any right is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, partnership, or joint venture between you and us.
