Terms of Service

Effective date: May 31, 2026

Please read these Terms of Service carefully.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") apply to your access to and use of the website, forms, donation pages, financial account connection features, communications tools, and related digital services operated by Aidan Hill for Berkeley City Council District 7, 2026 ("the Campaign," "we," "us," or "our").

By accessing or using the website or related services, you agree to these Terms and all applicable laws. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the website or related services.

We may update these Terms to reflect changes in campaign operations, legal requirements, technology, service providers, financial integrations, or website practices. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date and post the revised Terms on this website. Your continued use of the website or related services after changes are posted means the updated Terms apply going forward.

Who we are

Aidan Hill for Berkeley City Council District 7, 2026

2512 Telegraph Avenue, PMB #142

Berkeley, CA 94704

Website: www.aidanhill.vote

Questions: support@aidanhill.vote

Campaign identification: FPPC ID 1481885

Use of the website and services

The website and related services are provided for lawful campaign, civic engagement, volunteer, informational, fundraising, organizing, financial management, compliance, and public communication purposes.

You agree to use the website and related services only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not interfere with their operation, security, availability, accessibility, or integrity.

You may not use the website or related services to:
violate any law, regulation, campaign finance rule, election law, or third-party right;
attempt unauthorized access to systems, accounts, data, source code, credentials, tokens, or nonpublic information;
transmit malicious code, spam, phishing messages, automated abuse, or harmful content;
impersonate another person, misrepresent your identity, or submit false, misleading, or incomplete information;
scrape, harvest, copy, or collect personal information without authorization;
interfere with campaign operations, website performance, security controls, or other users;
reverse engineer, test, scan, or probe the website or related systems without written authorization;
use the website or related services for unrelated commercial purposes or unauthorized political, fundraising, or data collection activity.

We may restrict, suspend, or block access to the website or related services if we believe these Terms have been violated, if access creates security or operational risk, or if restriction is necessary to comply with law.

Forms, submissions, and user-provided information

If you submit information through the website or related services, you agree that the information is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the right to provide it.

This may include information submitted through contact forms, donation pages, volunteer forms, endorsement forms, event registrations, surveys, petitions, pledge forms, financial account connection flows, email, text message, phone, or other communications.

You may not submit content that is unlawful, knowingly false, misleading, abusive, threatening, defamatory, invasive of another person's privacy, infringing, or otherwise harmful.

By submitting information, you understand that the Campaign may collect, use, store, retain, share, and protect that information as described in our Privacy and Data Policy.

Donations and contribution compliance

Donations made through the website may be processed by third-party fundraising platforms, payment processors, banks, compliance tools, or other service providers.

By making a contribution, you agree to provide accurate and complete information and to comply with all contribution rules and certifications presented at the time of contribution.

The Campaign may collect, retain, report, disclose, refund, reject, or cancel contributions where necessary for legal, compliance, accounting, security, operational, or campaign finance reasons.

Unless otherwise stated on the donation page:

Paid for by Hill for Berkeley City Council District 7, 2026. FPPC ID #1481885.

Contributions are not tax-deductible.

Contributions must be made from your own personal funds and may not be reimbursed by another person, business, committee, or entity.

Individuals may contribute only within the limits that apply to the Campaign.

The Campaign cannot accept contributions from prohibited sources, including businesses, corporations, nonprofit corporations, labor unions, partnerships, LLCs, proprietorships, firms, joint ventures, business trusts, companies, campaign committees, foreign nationals, or contributions made in the name of another person.

No goods, services, or other consideration are provided in exchange for a contribution.

If the Campaign participates in Berkeley's Public Financing Program, Berkeley resident contributions may qualify for public matching funds only if all program requirements are met.

Connected financial accounts

Some features may allow authorized users to connect financial accounts through Plaid or another financial data provider.

By choosing to connect a financial account, you authorize the applicable financial data provider to collect and share selected account information with the Campaign for the purposes described at the time of connection and in our Privacy and Data Policy.

Connected financial account information may be used for account verification, account ownership review, transaction tracking, donation and expenditure reconciliation, balance reporting, budgeting, cash flow analysis, campaign finance reporting, accounting, compliance, and related financial management functions.

We do not request or store your financial institution username or password. Financial account connections are handled through the applicable third-party financial data provider.

You are responsible for connecting only accounts that you are authorized to access and share. You may not connect an account that belongs to another person or entity unless you have authority to do so.

You may revoke access to connected financial accounts by using available account settings, disconnecting the account through the applicable service, or contacting support@aidanhill.vote.

The Campaign does not use connected financial account information for credit underwriting, lending decisions, insurance eligibility, employment screening, tenant screening, debt collection, or unrelated commercial purposes.

No financial, legal, or professional advice

The website and related services are provided for campaign, civic engagement, organizing, informational, compliance, and operational purposes.

Content on the website does not constitute legal, financial, tax, accounting, investment, or professional advice.

Any budgeting, reporting, reconciliation, compliance, or financial management tools are provided to support internal campaign and operational workflows. You remain responsible for reviewing records, verifying information, and complying with applicable legal, financial, tax, campaign finance, and reporting obligations.

Communications

If you provide your contact information, the Campaign may contact you by email, phone, text message, or similar means for campaign, volunteer, event, fundraising, civic engagement, organizing, public service, or related purposes.

Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of text messages by replying STOP where available or by contacting us directly.

Campaign emails may include unsubscribe options where appropriate. You may also request removal from communications by contacting support@aidanhill.vote.

Intellectual property and campaign content

Unless otherwise stated, all content on the website and related services, including text, graphics, logos, images, videos, designs, forms, campaign materials, slogans, and other materials, is owned by the Campaign, licensed to the Campaign, or used with permission.

You may view and share campaign content for personal, informational, civic, or noncommercial campaign-support purposes.

You may not reproduce, republish, sell, modify, misrepresent, or use website content for commercial purposes or in a way that falsely implies endorsement, affiliation, authorization, or approval by the Campaign.

You may not use Campaign names, marks, logos, images, candidate likenesses, slogans, or materials in a misleading way or for unauthorized fundraising, advertising, impersonation, or commercial activity.

User submissions and public materials

If you submit messages, photos, videos, endorsements, testimonials, comments, event materials, or similar content to the Campaign, you confirm that you have the right to provide that content.

You grant the Campaign permission to use, reproduce, edit, publish, display, distribute, and create related materials from that content for campaign, civic engagement, organizing, fundraising, public communication, archival, and related purposes, unless otherwise agreed in writing or limited by applicable law.

The Campaign may decline, edit, remove, or stop using submitted content at any time.

Artificial intelligence and automated tools

The Campaign may use artificial intelligence, machine-assisted tools, analytics tools, and other software systems in a limited, supervised, and human-reviewed role to support campaign operations, communications, research, organizing, financial management, compliance, and workflow.

AI-generated content, summaries, classifications, or recommendations are reviewed by a person before being relied upon for significant operational, financial, compliance, or public-facing decisions.

Public-facing visual content substantially generated by AI will be labeled where appropriate.

More information about our use of AI and automated tools is provided in our Privacy and Data Policy.

Third-party services

The website and related services may link to or integrate with third-party services, including donation platforms, payment processors, financial account connection providers, forms, maps, event tools, communications platforms, analytics tools, social media platforms, hosting providers, and other external services.

Third-party services operate under their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, and availability standards.

We are not responsible for the content, availability, accuracy, security, privacy practices, or conduct of third-party services that we do not control.

Your use of third-party services may be subject to additional terms and requirements from those providers.

Privacy

Your use of the website and related services is also governed by our Privacy and Data Policy.

The Privacy and Data Policy explains what information we collect, where it comes from, how we use it, when we share it, how long we retain it, what safeguards we use, and what choices you have.

Accessibility

We seek to make the website reasonably accessible and usable. If you experience an accessibility issue, contact support@aidanhill.vote and describe the issue so we can review it.

Website availability and accuracy

The website and related services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

We do not guarantee that the website or related services will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, current, complete, or free of harmful components.

We try to keep website information accurate and current, but campaign information, event details, donation rules, compliance requirements, service provider features, and other content may change.

We may modify, suspend, replace, or discontinue any part of the website or related services at any time.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Campaign and its staff, volunteers, consultants, contractors, service providers, and representatives are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages related to your use of, or inability to use, the website or related services.

This includes damages related to interruptions, errors, delays, data loss, unauthorized access, security incidents, third-party services, inaccurate submissions, user conduct, or reliance on website content.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Campaign and its staff, volunteers, consultants, contractors, service providers, and representatives from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses arising from your misuse of the website or related services, your violation of these Terms, your violation of law, your submission of false or unauthorized information, or your infringement of another person's rights.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Any dispute related to these Terms, the website, or related services will be handled in a court or forum with proper jurisdiction in California, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as campaign operations, tools, legal requirements, technology, financial integrations, security practices, or organizing practices change.

When we update these Terms, we will revise the effective date above and post the updated version on this website.

Contact us

Questions about these Terms may be sent to:

support@aidanhill.vote