Welcome to PositivelyBernie.com (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Website”).
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of PositivelyBernie.com. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms of Use.
If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the Website.
1. About the Website
PositivelyBernie.com is an informational website that publishes articles, explainers, commentary, and other content covering subjects such as economics, work, public policy, politics, government, and related topics.
The Website is intended primarily for general informational and educational purposes.
2. Informational Content
The information published on PositivelyBernie.com is provided for general informational purposes only.
While we make reasonable efforts to present useful and accurate information, we do not guarantee that every article or statement is complete, current, or error-free.
Economic conditions, laws, government policies, political positions, statistics, and other information can change over time.
You should independently verify important information before relying on it for financial, legal, political, professional, or other significant decisions.
3. Political and Public Policy Content
Some content published on PositivelyBernie.com may discuss political figures, political parties, elections, legislation, public policies, economic systems, or political ideas.
Such content is intended to provide information and context to readers.
The presence of an article, person, political idea, policy, or organization on the Website does not necessarily mean that we endorse or oppose it.
Readers should consider multiple reliable sources and make their own political and civic decisions.
4. No Professional Advice
Nothing on this Website should be interpreted as:
- Legal advice
- Financial or investment advice
- Tax advice
- Medical advice
- Professional advice
- Personalized political or electoral advice
If you require professional advice, you should consult an appropriately qualified professional.
5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the original text, graphics, design elements, logos, and other materials appearing on PositivelyBernie.com are owned by or licensed to the Website operator and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may access and read the Website’s content for personal, non-commercial purposes.
You may not reproduce, republish, redistribute, sell, or commercially exploit substantial portions of Website content without appropriate authorization, except where permitted by applicable law.
6. Permitted Use
You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes.
You may not use the Website to:
- Violate applicable laws or regulations
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or its systems
- Interfere with Website security or functionality
- Distribute malware or malicious code
- Scrape or copy content in a manner that violates applicable law or these Terms
- Impersonate another person or organization
- Use the Website to engage in fraudulent or abusive activity
7. User Comments and Submissions
If the Website allows comments or other user submissions, you remain responsible for the content you submit.
You agree not to submit content that is unlawful, threatening, defamatory, fraudulent, abusive, invasive of another person’s privacy, or otherwise inappropriate.
We reserve the right to remove, edit, restrict, or refuse to publish user submissions at our discretion and where permitted by law.
8. Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites.
These links are provided for convenience and informational purposes. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, availability, security, or privacy practices of third-party websites.
Your use of third-party websites is governed by their respective terms and policies.
9. Advertising and Affiliate Links
PositivelyBernie.com may display advertising or participate in affiliate marketing programs in the future.
If affiliate links are used, we may receive a commission when a visitor makes a qualifying purchase or takes another qualifying action through those links.
Any such compensation does not necessarily determine the content or subject matter of an article.
10. Accuracy of Information
We make reasonable efforts to publish useful and accurate information, but we do not warrant that Website content will always be:
- Accurate
- Complete
- Current
- Reliable
- Free from errors
We reserve the right to correct, update, modify, or remove content at any time.
11. Availability of the Website
We do not guarantee that PositivelyBernie.com will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from technical problems.
The Website may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical issues, hosting problems, updates, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
12. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
We do not guarantee that the Website or its content will meet your particular requirements or that information obtained through the Website will produce any particular result.
13. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PositivelyBernie.com and its operators, contributors, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from or related to your use of the Website.
This includes, where permitted by law, losses resulting from reliance on Website content, interruptions to Website availability, third-party websites, or inaccuracies or omissions in published information.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.
14. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Website operator and its affiliates, contributors, service providers, and representatives from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from your unlawful use of the Website or your violation of these Terms.
15. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time.
Updated terms will be posted on this page along with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
16. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
17. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy and any other policies expressly incorporated into these Terms, constitute the agreement governing your use of the Website.
18. Contact
If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please use the contact information provided on PositivelyBernie.com.
By accessing or using PositivelyBernie.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms of Use.