Terms of Service

1. About Our Civic Duty

Our Civic Duty (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a nonpartisan civic resource platform. We provide a directory of vetted nonpartisan organizations, free civics learning resources, a Local Wiki of local government records, and a civic-assistant chat that points you to the right resource. By accessing or using our website at ourcivicduty.app(the “Service”), you agree to these Terms of Service.

2. User Accounts

You may use the Service as a guest (anonymous) or by signing in with a Google account or a one-time sign-in link sent to your email. Signing in is required only to contribute to the Local Wiki. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and for all activity that occurs under it.

You must be at least 13 years of age to create an account. By creating an account, you represent that you meet this requirement.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service
• Reproduce or distribute any content from the Service without written permission
• Impersonate any person or entity
• Submit false, misleading, or deliberately inaccurate information to the Local Wiki

4. Intellectual Property

All content on the Service — including text, graphics, logos, and Local Wiki pages — is owned by or licensed to Our Civic Duty, or contributed by its authors. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without our express written consent, except to fairly cite or quote sourced material. Educational use for personal, non-commercial purposes is permitted.

5. Third-Party Services

The Service uses third-party services including Google Firebase (authentication, database, and hosting), Google Cloud Vertex AI (the Gemini models behind the chat assistant), Qdrant Cloud (vector search for chat sources), and Upstash (rate limiting). Your use of these services is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content or practices of these third parties.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that government, election, or civic information will be complete or current. Always verify information with your official local government or election authority.

7. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR CIVIC DUTY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU SHALL NOT EXCEED $100.

8. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to update these Terms at any time. We will post the revised Terms with an updated effective date. Continued use of the Service after changes constitute acceptance of the new Terms.

9. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which Our Civic Duty is incorporated, without regard to conflict of law principles.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, email us at ourcivicduty.app@gmail.com.