PowerIn Public™ Terms of Use

Welcome to PowerIn Public™. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the PowerIn Public website, platform, services, resources, communications, and related features (collectively, the "Platform").

By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Platform.

1. Purpose of PowerIn Public

PowerIn Public is designed to support connection, knowledge sharing, collaboration, learning, communication, and access to information among public-sector professionals, organizations, communities, and other authorized participants.

Features and services may evolve as the Platform develops.

2. Acceptable Use

Eligibility. You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding legal agreement to use the Platform. By using PowerIn Public, you represent that you meet this requirement.

You agree to use PowerIn Public lawfully, professionally, ethically, and in a manner consistent with the purpose of the Platform.

You may not:

• use the Platform for unlawful, fraudulent, harmful, or abusive purposes;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, data, or restricted areas;
• interfere with the security or operation of the Platform;
• impersonate another person or organization;
• knowingly submit false, misleading, defamatory, infringing, or unlawful material;
• scrape, harvest, systematically extract, copy, reproduce, republish, sell, or commercially exploit Platform content or data except as expressly authorized;
• reverse engineer or attempt to discover proprietary technology, systems, prompts, processes, algorithms, or methodologies except where such restrictions are prohibited by applicable law; or
• use PowerIn Public content, data, or proprietary materials to develop or train a competing product, service, dataset, or artificial intelligence system except with our written authorization.

We may restrict or terminate access when reasonably necessary to protect the Platform, its participants, or its integrity.

You may close your account at any time by contacting us. Upon termination of your account, whether by you or by us, certain information may be retained or anonymized as described in our Privacy Policy and Section 5 below, including content you have submitted to the Platform.

3. Intellectual Property

PowerIn Public™, its branding, original website content, graphics, designs, reports, compilations, educational materials, proprietary methodologies, software elements, workflows, and other original materials are owned by PowerIn Public or its applicable licensors and are protected to the extent available under applicable intellectual-property laws.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of PowerIn Public intellectual property to a user.

Users receive only the limited permission necessary to access and use the Platform for its intended purposes.

No PowerIn Public trademark, logo, proprietary material, or other protected content may be reproduced, distributed, modified, sold, licensed, or commercially exploited without prior written permission except as otherwise permitted by law.

4. Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

PowerIn Public respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. If you believe content on the Platform infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice to our designated agent that includes: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized representative; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to locate it on the Platform; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Notices should be sent to our designated DMCA agent at support@powerinpublic.org. We may remove or disable access to material identified in a valid notice and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

5. User-Submitted Content

Users may have opportunities to submit questions, answers, comments, recommendations, documents, resources, feedback, or other information.

You remain responsible for content you submit and represent that you have the necessary authority or rights to submit it.

By submitting content, you grant PowerIn Public a non-exclusive license to host, store, process, organize, display, analyze, summarize, and otherwise use that content as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, improve, and provide the Platform and its features, subject to our Privacy Policy and applicable law. This license survives termination of your account. If your account is closed or terminated, PowerIn Public may retain and continue to display content you submitted, with your personal identifying information removed or anonymized, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

You should not submit confidential, privileged, security-sensitive, personally identifiable, or otherwise restricted information unless the Platform expressly indicates that the applicable feature is designed and authorized to receive it.

6. Government and Public-Sector Information

PowerIn Public may contain information originating from governmental entities, public records, laws, regulations, policies, professional discussions, or third-party sources.

PowerIn Public does not claim ownership over governmental or third-party material merely because that material appears on the Platform.

Users affiliated with governmental entities are responsible for complying with applicable laws, regulations, public-records requirements, confidentiality obligations, records-retention requirements, cybersecurity policies, and their organization's rules when using the Platform.

PowerIn Public is a privately owned platform. It is not a public agency, government body, or official records custodian, and use of the Platform by government-affiliated users does not make PowerIn Public a recordkeeping system of record for any governmental entity.

7. Artificial Intelligence

PowerIn Public may use artificial intelligence and automated technologies to organize information, identify themes, generate summaries, support research, analyze patterns, or provide other functionality.

AI-generated information may contain errors, omissions, outdated information, or inaccurate interpretations.

AI-generated output should not be treated as an authoritative determination or substitute for professional judgment, official government records, applicable law, legal advice, financial advice, or other qualified professional guidance.

Users remain responsible for reviewing and validating information before relying upon it for official decisions.

8. No Professional Advice

Content available through PowerIn Public is provided for informational, educational, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing purposes.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, information provided through the Platform does not constitute legal, accounting, financial, tax, regulatory, personnel, cybersecurity, or other professional advice.

Users should consult appropriate qualified professionals and official sources when making decisions requiring professional or governmental authority.

9. Accuracy and Availability

We strive to provide a useful and reliable Platform but do not guarantee that all information will be complete, current, accurate, error-free, or continuously available.

The Platform may be modified, expanded, suspended, or discontinued in whole or in part as it evolves.

10. Third-Party Services

PowerIn Public may integrate with or link to third-party websites, platforms, services, or resources.

Those third parties operate under their own terms and privacy practices. PowerIn Public is not responsible for third-party services solely because they are linked or integrated with the Platform.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

Nothing in these Terms excludes rights or warranties that cannot legally be excluded.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, PowerIn Public and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of or inability to use the Platform.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, PowerIn Public's total liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid PowerIn Public in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or (b) $100.

Any limitations contained in these Terms apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PowerIn Public and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Platform; (b) content you submit; (c) your violation of these Terms; or (d) your violation of any applicable law or third-party right.

14. Privacy

Your use of PowerIn Public is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and shared.

15. Changes to These Terms

PowerIn Public may update these Terms as the Platform and its services evolve.

The current version and effective date will be posted on the Platform. Continued use following an update constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by applicable law.

16. Governing Law; Venue; Dispute Resolution

Governing Law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable federal law or other mandatory law controls.

Venue. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform that is not resolved through arbitration under the Arbitration Agreement below will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Manatee County, FL, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there.

Government Entity Agreements Control. Where PowerIn Public enters into a separate written agreement with a government entity — including a services agreement, data processing agreement, or procurement contract — the terms of that separate agreement govern as to governing law, venue, and dispute resolution to the extent they conflict with these Terms. These Terms continue to govern all other aspects of that entity's use of the Platform not addressed in the separate agreement.

Arbitration Agreement. Except for claims for injunctive relief, intellectual property disputes, or disputes covered by the Government Entity Agreements Control provision above, you and PowerIn Public agree to resolve any dispute through binding individual arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, rather than in court, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court.

Class Action Waiver. You and PowerIn Public agree that any arbitration or proceeding will be limited to the dispute between us individually. Neither party will seek to have any dispute heard as a class, collective, or representative action.

17. Contact

Questions regarding these Terms or use of the Platform may be submitted through the contact information provided on the PowerIn Public website.

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