The intended use of Influence the Cause is for registered and active nonprofit organizations, schools and churches, Corporations, ITC and approved worthy causes to display and market their fundraising campaigns to raise awareness and receive donations and Influence the Cause reserves the right to cancel and/or not display any campaign or Organization, including but not limited to, campaigns or organizations that do not coincide with our company philosophy or that deceive the public. Influence the Cause can also cancel an account or deny access to any Campaigns, Supporter/User or Sponsor for any reason what-so-ever. Hacking/Tampering or misuse of the ITC website and its intellectual property can be grounds for denying access and termination of an account inside ITC and possible criminal proceedings against you. Influence the Cause (aka ITC) is serious about protecting your privacy at all times. Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. If you do not accept any aspect of the Policy, we fully understand and you should not use oursite.
So you have an understanding this policy is designed to assist you in what information you may be asked to provide, how the information is used and shared, and how you can control the information via our website www.influencethecause.com (aka "Website, platform or site"). We will not use or share or sell your information with anyone except as prescribed in this Privacy Policy (aka "Policy").
For the purposes of this Terms of Use/Privacy Policy the following terms may be used: ITC: Influence the Cause User: A person who registers and creates an account on ITC Supporter/User/Player or Donor: People who support campaigns in any manner whatsoever on the ITC website. Campaign Creator: The person(s), Organizations or Causes who create and market a landing page on the ITC website Sponsors: Are person(s), corporations, or businesses that sponsor a campaign on the ITC site and/or provide rewards within the ITC site. Phlog: What we call our Philanthropic Blog. Get it Philanthropic Blog.... Phlog Play-anthropy:: A new and exciting way to support a cause and create new Philanthropists Gamification/game: The methodology we use in Playanthropy to help you build your legacy and allow displayed campaigns to reach their goals.
If you are a supporter/Player/Donor:
If you choose to create an account with us, you will have the choice to register
through certain social media accounts or email as displayed on our sign up page.
The information we gather is what is allowable by the social media platforms to
include but is not limited to email and social media profile picture.
As a responsible company, we recognize the importance of protecting your privacy
and have developed this privacy policy to explain how we collect, use, and protect
your personal information.
Information We Collect:
When you create an account on our website, we may collect certain personal
information from you, including your name, email address, phone number, and
profile photo. We may also collect information allowable from your social media
profiles if you connect them to our platform.
You will select your own personal username and password in order to log into your own personal dashboard.
Each supporter/account is only allowed 1 (one) email account inside the ITC platform.
The information you provide will only be accessible to ITC and shared to either its
affiliates, the campaign creator that you support or donate to through the ITC
site and any sponsor that you receive a reward from through the ITC site.
You will not solicit anyone within the ITC site for personal direct donations.
You also grant permission to ITC and its affiliates, organizations and sponsors to
display to the public your name, game levels, points, rewards, badges in our
leaderboard and other areas of the ITC site, social media and other areas as
approved by ITC, Sponsors and Organizations when playing in the ITC site
without recourse or consideration. You also permit any approved content you
send ITC to be displayed to the public at ITC's sole discretion without recourse
and consideration.
You also allow ITC to send notifications via email or any other means periodically
to update you on ITC information, campaign status, leaderboard status or
gamification information. We also use Stripe for each campaign donation
process and they will have access to your information through your own personal
account you have with them so please check their policies, security and terms of
use
Now we cannot ensure nor do we guarantee what the campaign creator,
sponsor, Stripe or other third party payment affiliates we use do with your
information once they receive it.
You will hold ITC harmless for any injury or damages that you may occur from an
Organization, campaign, sponsors or third party affiliate on the ITC site.
Influence the Cause and its affiliates, sponsors, investors and displayed
campaigns have access to the information you submit when you register an
account and/or display on the Website and by using our site you are allowing
them access to provide you with information if you support, donate or receive a
reward on any campaign as displayed in the ITC site.
The Leaderboards and your position in those leaderboards as displayed on the
campaign landing page and your personal dashboard are for Play-anthropy
gamification purposes only.
Any misuse, tampering, multiple email accounts, using a bot or hacking of the
ITC site and its intellectual property are grounds for denying access and/or
termination of your account and disqualifying you from any campaign rewards, if
any, within ITC and possible criminal proceedings filed against you.
If you are a Campaign Creator/Organization on our site:
Only active 501(c)3, schools, churches, natural disasters and other worthy causes
ITC approves can display campaigns on the ITC website.
If you choose to create an active account and landing page campaign with us,
you will be asked to create a user account through email only.
Your email will serve as your login and you will be allowed to create your own
personal password.
In order to be as transparent as possible to supporters and/or donors or sponsors
who view your landing page on the ITC site we ask that you provide the following:
Organization Name
First and last name of campaign creator
Contact information of either the cause on your landing page or your cause you
are representing on the ITC landing page. To include an email, web address and
phone number
You will be asked for your EIN number in order to verify that your 501(c)3 and
Organization status is active as a registered nonprofit, school, church or worthy
cause before you can launch any campaign.
If you do not have an active EIN number with current 501(c)3 status it will be up
to the sole discretion of ITC to allow you to market your landing page to the
general public.
You will also need to set up a Stripe account in order to receive your donations.
You agree to using Stripe or any other third party payment processor ITC uses,
through the ITC system and allow the split of donated funds, currently 10% of the
donation amount to be split with Influence the Cause for use of the site and the
remaining to be directed into your designated Stripe account as set up inside
your ITC dashboard. You are also responsible for any 3rd party processing fees.
You agree to allow the Play-anthropy gamification process to be displayed on
your campaign landing page and allow ITC and its sponsors to reward or
recognize supporters of your campaign, if any rewards or “games” are being
offered by ITC or the sponsor inside your campaign.
Please contact us at info@influencethecause.com for approval and with any
questions.
You will not misrepresent any part of your campaign to the public through the
ITC site in any manner whatsoever.
You are using the ITC site strictly as a marketing platform to promote your cause
and/or organization and you will hold Influence the Cause harmless for any
injuries or damages that you may occur.
Your Organization name will be fully accessible to the public within any landing
page on the ITC site.
Campaigns start at 12:00am est on the date you provide and end at 12:00am est
on the end date you provide.
Once you are "connected" inside the ITC platform with a sponsor they will see
your contact information.
You are responsible for all tax liability, if any, from funds received in any
campaign.
ITC can cancel your account and any campaign(s) you may be running at any
time, for any reason what-so-ever, without cause.
If you are a Sponsors :
If you choose to create an active account with ITC, you will be asked to create a
user account through email only and provide the following:
Company and/or sponsor name
Contact info to include direct name, email and phone number
Both campaign creators and supporters/donors will have access to your
information as displayed on the ITC landing page and/or ITC website.
Show your Corporate Social Responsibility to the world!!
If you should sponsor a campaign within the ITC website the following rules will
apply:
You can offer some type of in-kind gifts or rewards to supporters. (These rewards
to be displayed within a campaign will be agreed on by you and the campaign
creator only).
You must help promote any campaign you are connected with on the ITC site.
You must show good faith for any in-kind gift or reward or statements you
display to the general public through the ITC site.
You must not misrepresent an in-kind gift or reward to the public or solicit your
services inside the ITC platform.
You must provide the Fair Market Value of ANY in-kind gift or reward you offer
the public through the ITC site.
If for any reason ITC and or its campaign creators, or general public feel you are
not in good faith or undermining the general public or the campaign creator in
any way, ITC has the full right to cancel your sponsorship forever, without cause.
Neither Organization or Sponsor can display to the public any picture that
incentivizes the public for sharing its content on Facebook or displaying to
specifically receive a gift or reward for sharing on Facebook.
Example: You Cannot
Phlog/Blog:
Supporters/Donors. Sponsors, Bloggers and Campaign Creators may be asked to
post/send information, such as comments, texts, images, videos, and other
content (aka “Materials”) to the Website or company Phlog (blog).
Any Materials you post to the Website may be viewable by the general public and
are governed by our Terms of Use and the sites they are being displayed on and
ITC or its affiliates can remove or not display anything they so choose.
If you so choose to post anything outside a campaign please email us at
info@influencethecause.com for approval.
Transparency and viral component:
Campaigns displayed on the website are required to display their authentic
identities when using Influence the Cause so supporters/donors/Sponsors can do
their own due diligence on a campaign's authenticity.
Because of the Influence the Cause unique viral component there may be other
sites or social media outlets that Organizations, sponsors and Influence the
Cause uses to attract donors/supporters (i.e. links, hashtags, blogs etc..) to a
particular user’s site, always make sure the Influence the Cause name and logo
are displayed to show authenticity.
Influence the Cause viral component may connect certain social media sites link
back to the users Influence the Cause donation landing page. In doing so, the
user’s name, photo and number of people they have influenced in supporting a
cause may be displayed.
However, the link to a user’s Facebook profile remains private.
By using the site users/supporters/donors/organizations/sponsors/bloggers of the
site give Influence the Cause permission to possibly have their names, pictures
and comments displayed on the site in the campaign leaderboard and elsewhere
within the site that will be displayed to the public.
As in everything else in this world Influence the Cause does not and cannot
police all content, as displayed in any social media or website that you may be
directed to. So please, use caution when doing so.
If you see anything offensive or immoral or to the like please contact the directed site and us at info@influencethecause.com
Gamification/Play-anthropy:
We have created an uplifting and rewarding support platform that allows
supporters to build their philanthropic legacy through support of a cause or
causes displayed on the ITC site.
We call it Play-anthropy.
Playanthropy is one of the intellectual properties inside ITC and is the process of
tracking your support of a cause or causes inside the ITC platform and allowing
you to climb the ladder of support while receiving points, badges and rewards to
build one’s philanthropic legacy and get on the support leaderboard. It is not a
game of chance.
Activity as displayed inside ITC can only be tracked using Play-anthropy inside
the ITC platform and its intellectual properties. Using any methods, including but
not limited to bots, multiple accounts or sources outside the ITC platform will notbe given credit for as it pertains to Play-anthropy and ITC, its rewards, gifts,
points, leaderboard, recognitions or contest winners and will be grounds for
automatically terminating your account within ITC.
Our gamification process inside the ITC platform can track your support activity
from within our site and allows you to use your influence to support a campaign
and track your activity and display it in your personal dashboard and possibly
showcase your activity to the general public.
Campaigns inside ITC may or may not display gifts or rewards to its supporters.
Please check the campaign page for details.
There may or may not be age restrictions for “rewards” given out please see the
reward itself inside any campaign landing page for any age restrictions.
Not every person who supports a campaign on ITC will receive a reward.
Each reward provided is created specifically by the campaign creator and/or its
sponsor(s) and for that particular campaign and cannot be used or commingled
or interpreted in other campaigns displayed at any time.
Influence the Cause does not guarantee that any recognition, reward or
giveaways or the like within the campaign comply with government or state
rules and regulations. Any user/supporter(s) will hold Influence the Cause
harmless of any damage that may be caused to the user/supporter for the
content, authenticity and delivery of the reward being displayed by the
campaign.
Leaderboards display the “top supporter(s)” for each category shown. The “top
supporter” as shown on the leaderboard can be declared the “top supporter” for
that campaign and each individual campaign creator, sponsor or ITC can
recognize that “top supporter” if they so choose.
Leaderboards display the “top supporter(s)” for each category shown. The “top supporter” as shown on the leaderboard can be declared the “top supporter” for that campaign and each individual campaign creator, sponsor or ITC can recognize that “top supporter” if they so choose.
Each person supporting a campaign, no matter where they are on the
leaderboard, can and will be verified as a “Real Account” inside ITC and have not
been found to have violated any of the terms inside this agreement.
All rewards, points, badges, cause coins, levels and/or any other promotions apply
to any person with an active account inside the ITC platform.
Game rules can be changed at any time by ITC.
Because of the Influence the Cause Viral component it is very critical that we use your information for transparency.
Campaign creators need to know who is supporting their cause.
Campaign sponsors need to know who is receiving a reward.
Supporters need to know who they are supporting
Supporters need to know who the sponsors are
ITC can showcase your philanthropic activity to the world.
We do not sell your information to any third party.
ITC will:
Periodically contact all users through email and SMS text messaging to include but not limited to:
System updates
Campaign updates
Leaderboard updates
Game rule changes
Sponsor updates
Reward updates
Anything of importance that ITC deems relative to a campaign success andsupporters' privacy.
Influence the Cause is a for-profit company and does not take all direct donations
from donors. In some instances ITC may create a landing page and ask for
donations in which monies received will go directly into the ITC account and be
distributed as stated on the campaign landing page or given to a recipient
disclosed to the supporters and general public on our website and/or social
media accounts after the campaign has ended.
Donations received on a displayed campaign go directly through Stripe (or any
other payment processing portal ITC uses) to the account as directed by the
campaign creator or ITC.
ITC takes an agreed upon percentage on each donation and the rest goes
directly into the campaign creators account. It is ITC’s goal to direct up to 90% of
the net proceeds to the cause, less any 3rd party payment processing fee.
Stripe (or any other payment portal we use) may charge a fee for using their
platforms through the ITC platform called “third party charge” and each
campaign creator and/or donor agree to their third party charges and their terms
of service through the ITC platform.
ITC is not making the perception or ensuring that every donation made by a supporter is tax deductible.
There are no campaign minimums to meet.
Supporters should only contribute payments to a campaign displayed on ITC and
we encourage everyone to do their own due diligence on the authenticity of a
campaign that is displayed on ITC.
Unfortunately there is no way to 100% guarantee that the authenticity of an
Influence the Cause campaign(s) donation page contains accurate or truthful
information. As such, donors should use caution and not make donations to any
campaigns or people unless they fully understand and trust the cause presented.
Because funds are going directly into the campaign(s) account at
the time of a donation or when a campaign ends (less our fee) ITC
will not issue any refunds to a donor what-so-ever and you will
hold ITC harmless for trying to receive a refund from the
campaign you donated to or any damages that may occur from
your donation. If you are disputing your donation please contact
the Organization directly about your donation. So please do your
due diligence before making any donation.
Donations through Stripe (or any other third party payment provider) will always
be delivered to the indicated campaign creator account they established
through those platforms.
Any other possible direction of donations through an Influence the Cause page
should be dealt with in CAUTION and if there is an attempt to bypass this process
should be directed to info@influencethecasue.com
All donations made through Stripe initiated through Influence the Cause are
deemed securely encrypted through Stripe platforms and their processes.
If there are any issues or concerns of their security practices please direct these
questions to www.stripe.com
www.stripe.com
Attempting to bypass the prescribed donation method (i.e., posting direct links to
alternative payment methods) is strictly prohibited by Influence the Cause and
will result in account termination and possible criminal prosecution.
At no time will Influence the Cause request or store sensitive data such as users’
banking information or passwords to payment accounts. Users will securely
provide such information only within and when prompted by the Stripe platform.
Please beware of, and immediately report any solicitations made through your
Influence the Cause page using the ‘Contact’ feature. Influence the Cause will
never contact its users through this method. Do not provide your personal
contact information, such as phone number, to anyone that requests it. Ask
questions and have a conversation directly or over email if need be.
Additionally, exercise caution if you receive offers from 3rd-party fundraising
companies or individuals offering personal assistance
NEVER arrange to personally meet anyone who contacts you through your
Influence the Cause page. Report any suspicious activity directly to us at
info@influencethecause.com
Except where prohibited, you agree that: (1) Any donations made are directed to
the Organization in which the donation was made or voted on by supporters
after the campaign and you have done your due diligence before making any
donation and hold Influence the Cause harmless for any dispute that arises in
connection with that Organization and your donation to that Organization (2)
any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with
Playanthropy or any reward shall be resolved individually by the sponsor of that
reward or Organization and you hereby hold Influence the Cause Harmless for
any dispute (3) if any claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual
out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering
Play-anthropy and in no event will you be entitled to receive attorneys’ fees or
other legal costs; and (4) under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain
rewards for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental
and consequential damages and any other damages. and waive any and all
rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased or participate in a class
action lawsuit. You hereby irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of said
courts and waive any claim of forum non-conveniens or lack of personal
jurisdiction they may have.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant
and Sponsor in connection with Play-anthropy, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws in Arizona, without giving effect to any
choice of law or conflict of law rules which would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Arizona.
Entrants personal information and privacy are governed by the terms of services
Influence the Cause takes security seriously and we take reasonable measures to protect our user’s information. We are not, however, responsible for any information you share with other users of the Website or other third parties.
ITC has created certain intellectual property inside its platform and one cannot, including but not limited to, use of bot technology, tamper with or copy any part of the ITC platform for any use whatsoever inside or outside the ITC platform other than its intended use inside ITC without the expressed written consent of Influence the Cause LLC is strictly prohibited.
This Website is not directed to children under the age of thirteen. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from persons under the age of 13 through the Website or otherwise. If we later learn that any user is under the age of 13, or that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of 13 through the Website, we will take appropriate steps to remove that user’s information from the database and restrict that user’s access to the Website.
Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 via the Website, we also do not knowingly distribute such information to third parties, and we do not condition the participation of a child under 13 in the Site's online activities on providing personally identifiable information. In some instances the age may be 18 years or older to receive a reward. Please see the campaign page if there are any age restrictions.
If you are a registered user on our platform, you can make changes to your user account information by logging in to the Website and using the account tools available via the platform through your dashboard or profile area.
If you have any questions about modifying your account or preference information, please visit the customer service pages of our Website or contact us at info@influencethecause.com
The Website may contain links to third-party websites, including but not limited to nonprofits, sponsors and other organizations. Influence the Cause is not responsible for the privacy practice, policies, or content of such websites.
Although such a situation may be unlikely, Influence the Cause may be required to disclose user information to appropriate authorities in accordance with law, whether by subpoena or other legitimate request, or if, in our business judgment, such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our Website, us, our affiliates, our officers, directors, employees, representatives, our licensors, other users, and/or the public.
Any changes or updates to this Privacy Policy will be posted on our Website, with the effective date listed at the top. By continuing use of the Website after we post any such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified. Please check back often to read the most updated and amended Policy.
Influence the Cause has the right to terminate, cancel and remove any displayed campaign and/or access to the site and halt all information being displayed or discontinue a registered account for any reason what-so-ever.
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your dealings with us or any campaign or company sponsor please contact us by writing to:
Influence the Cause
E-mail address: info@influencethecasue.com
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