Terms and Conditions
Crystal Clear Donations (CCD) charges a flat fee of 2.75% on all payments collected. We use Stripe as a payment portal to ensure that all donations automatically go directly to the Campaigning Institution (CI). A chained payment mechanism provided by Stripe extracts Stripe’s fee and the 2.75% CCD fee.
In addition to CCD’s 2.75% fee, donors are also agreeing to Stripe’s fees. Stripe charges 2.9% AND $0.30 per transaction. Read Stripe’s Terms & Conditions.
CCD is not the same company as Stripe and their fees and commissions are subject to change without notice from us.
As a CCD CI, the online donation page published for you will be publicly available on the internet, for all to see, including search engines like Google and Yahoo.
You are independently responsible for complying with all applicable laws and all of your actions related to your use of CCD’ services, regardless of the purpose of the use. In addition, you must adhere to the terms of this Acceptable Use Policy.
Tax & Legal Representations As a condition of posting on our website, as a CI you represent to us that: (a) Should you obtain all the requested funds through our website, the funds will be used solely for the purposes described in the posting; (b) Should you obtain less than all the requested funds through our website within a 90 day posting window, the total amount of obtained funds will be used solely for purposes coincident with the mission of your entity; (c) You will comply with all relevant local, state, and federal laws applicable to you when you solicit funds, particularly but not limited to the laws relating to your marketing and solicitation.
Prohibited Activities You may not use the CCD service for activities that violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation related to sales of: (A) items that facilitate, encourage, promote or instruct others to engage in illegal activity; (B) certain controlled substances, narcotics, steroids, or other products that present a risk to consumer safety; (C) items that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction; (D) drug paraphernalia; (E) items that promote racial intolerance, hate, violence, or the financial exploitation of a crime; (F) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories; (G) items that are considered obscene; (H) certain sexually oriented services or materials; (I) certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law relate to transactions that: (1) are for the sale of certain items before the seller has control or possession of the item; (2) show the personal information of third parties in violation of applicable law; (3) are associated with the following Money Service Business activities: the sale of traveler’s checks or money orders, currency exchanges or check cashing; (4) support pyramid or Ponzi schemes, matrix programs, other “get rich quick” schemes or certain multi-level marketing programs; (5) are by payment processors to collect payments on behalf of merchants; (6) are associated with purchases of real property, annuities, investments, equity or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or transactions to finance or refinance debts funded by a credit card; or (7) provide certain credit repair or debt settlement services involve the sales of products or services identified by government agencies to have a high likelihood of being fraudulent violate applicable laws or industry regulations regarding the sale of: (a) prescription drugs; (b) devices involving gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to casino games, sports betting, horse or greyhound racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes; or (c) tobacco products.
Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy We encourage you to report violations of this Acceptable Use Policy to CCD immediately.
In this document the following phrases are defined as: Service: This web site, Crystal Clear Donations LLC. Campaigning Institution (CI): An individual or entity that registers an account for the service. Donor: An individual or entity that donates to a campaign or posts a comment to a campaign.
Introduction These Terms and Conditions may only be modified by an authorized member of Crystal Clear Donations LLC. These Terms and Conditions will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns. Stripe processes payment transactions. Crystal Clear Donations is not a chartered banking entity. The CI will receive all donations. Fees will be paid from the donations. Fees include Stripe’s fee and CCD’s fee. You will not hold Crystal Clear Donations LLC liable or responsible for any funds or tax obligations on those funds paid. Donors and CIs agree not to involve Crystal Clear Donations LLC in any litigation that occurs due to using the website. Crystal Clear Donations.com is owned by Crystal Clear Donations LLC. Neither Crystal Clear Donations.com nor Crystal Clear Donations LLC will be held liable for any loss or damage due to failure to comply to the terms of this agreement.
Disclaimer of Warranties WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF OUR SERVICE OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE RELEASING US FROM ANY LIABILITY THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO YOU IN RELATION TO OR ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR OUR PRODUCTS, FOR NON-LIMITING REASONS INCLUDING, FAILURE OF OUR SERVICE, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER TORT. TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW RESTRICTS THIS RELEASE OF LIABILITY, YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE ONLY LIABLE TO YOU FOR THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT THE LAW RESTRICTS OUR LIABILITY TO, IF SUCH A MINIMUM EXISTS. YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR OFFERS MADE BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. THIS INCLUDES ANY FAILURE OF ANY GOODS OR SERVICES TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY THIRD PARTY CHARITABLE OFFERS THAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE FRAUDULENT, IRRESPONSIBLE, OR OTHERWISE ADVERTISED IN BAD FAITH. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURES ON THE PART OF OUR THIRD PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSORS. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE OF THE GOODS OR SERVICES OF OUR COMPANY OR A THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING ANY FAILURES OR DISRUPTIONS, UNTIMELY DELIVERY, SCHEDULED OR UNSCHEDULED, INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH PREVENT ACCESS TO OUR WEBSITE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY. THE PROVISION OF OUR SERVICE TO YOU IS CONTINGENT ON YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THIS AND ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS “REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES” SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS SECTION. For Jurisdictions that do not allow us to limit our liability: Notwithstanding any provisissson of these Terms, if your jurisdiction has provisions specific to waiver or liability that conflict with the above then our liability is limited to the smallest extent possible by law. Specifically, in those jurisdictions not allowed, we do not disclaim liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence or that of any of its officers, employees or agents; or (b) fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any liability which it is not lawful to exclude either now or in the future.
Crystal Clear Donations Service CCD enables CIs to collect money into their own Stripe accounts for a specific purpose. Upon becoming a CI through the Registration process, or a Donor through the Donation process, you agree that Crystal Clear Donations LLC may, in our sole discretion, modify the terms of this Agreement by updating the modified terms to the Crystal Clear Donations LLC website. By continuing to use the product after registering you are accepting the modified Terms and Conditions of Service.
By using the Crystal Clear Donations LLC service you agree to the following: 1) You are to alert the Crystal Clear Donations LLC about any unauthorized use of your CI accounts. 2) You are at least 18 years of age. 3) You will comply with all local, state/provincial, regional & national laws in your area of residence. You agree to allow Crystal Clear Donations LLC to use anonymous aggregate data to enable Crystal Clear Donations LLC to offer a better service in the future.
Indemnification You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Crystal Clear Donations LLC, Crystal Clear Donations LLC employees, and Crystal Clear Donations LLC agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, costs, and disbursements, arising out of your use of the Web site, including but not limited to, out of your violation of any representation or warranty contained in these Terms and Conditions. In the event of a claim such as one described in this paragraph, we may elect to settle with the party/parties making the claim, and you shall be liable for the damages as though we had proceeded with a trial.
Crystal Clear Donations LLC Accounts Crystal Clear Donations LLC reserves the right to delete CI accounts at our discretion. You are fully responsible for any content you post as a CI or a Donor. You agree by becoming a CI or Donor that you will not: 1) Attempt to circumvent or otherwise bypass the designated method of payment as provided by CCD; 2) Use obscenities, sexually explicit content, abusive/hateful language, or copyrighted material in any area of the site; 3) Provide information that is not complete and accurate; or 4) Use your Crystal Clear Donations LLC account for any illegal purposes. Crystal Clear Donations LLC has the right to, in Crystal Clear Donations LLC’s sole discretion, to remove any content or block any individual or entity for any reason. Crystal Clear Donations LLC will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid. Crystal Clear Donations LLC does not and cannot review all the material posted to the Crystal Clear Donations LLC system. By visiting Crystal Clear Donations LLC you are responsible for protecting yourself from content that is offensive or harmful that may have been posted on the website by another CI. By visiting Crystal Clear Donations LLC you are responsible for protecting your equipment (computer, etc.) from any harm resulting from a visit to the website.
Choice of Law These Terms and Conditions and our provision of services to you shall be governed by the laws—state, federal, or otherwise—applicable in the State of Maryland.
Forum of Dispute Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms and Conditions or our provision of services to you must be resolved in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Maryland. If you fail to bring a dispute in compliance with these “Forum of Dispute” provisions, we may make a motion to dismiss your claim, which you must consent to, and you will be responsible for all of our reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and disbursements involved in making such a motion. Additionally, the successful party in any dispute will be entitled to receive from the unsuccessful party all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees, cost, and disbursements.
Communications Electronic communications from Crystal Clear Donations LLC will be sent to CIs to inform them of a variety of events that inform them about the state of their campaign. You agree to allow Crystal Clear Donations LLC to send these communications to your email address. You also agree that Crystal Clear Donations LLC is not liable for any CI generated content that is sent to you as a part of these communications. You agree that you are liable for any communications you send to potential Donors promoting your campaign. These communications include, but are not limited to, “share” emails sent through the Crystal Clear Donations LLC and communications sent outside of the Crystal Clear Donations LLC system.
Severability In the event that a provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unlawful, conflicting with another provision of the Terms and Conditions, or otherwise unenforceable, the Terms and Conditions will remain in force as though they had been entered into without that unenforceable provision being included in it. If two or more provisions are deemed to conflict with each other’s operation, CCD shall have the sole right to elect which provision remains in force.
Amendments We may amend this Agreement from time to time. When we amend this Agreement, we will update this page and indicate the date that it was last modified. You may refuse to agree to the amendments, but if you do, you must immediately cease using our website and our service. You must visit this page each time you come to our website and read and agree to it if the date it was last modified is more recent than the last time you agreed to the Agreement.
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