Terms of Use

Effective date: April 15, 2026

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing or using The New Rouge website, forms, email tools, campaign materials, or other online services we provide, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and by any applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms, you should not use this website or our campaign tools.

2. Purpose of This Website

This website is provided to share information about The New Rouge campaign, support public education, and enable users to participate in lawful advocacy efforts, including receiving updates, sending messages to public officials, and engaging with campaign initiatives.

3. Permitted Use

You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes. You must not:

• Use the site in any way that violates applicable law or regulation
• Submit false, misleading, defamatory, abusive, or unlawful content
• Attempt to interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the site
• Use bots, scraping tools, or automated systems to access campaign tools in a way that could disrupt the service or distort campaign activity
• Misrepresent your identity or your authority when participating in advocacy actions through the website

4. Advocacy Actions and User Responsibility

The website may allow you to sign up for updates, submit information, or send messages to elected officials or other decision-makers. When you participate in these activities, you are responsible for the content you submit and for ensuring that it is accurate, lawful, and appropriate.

Where a tool allows you to send or personalize a message, you acknowledge that the message may be transmitted using third-party advocacy or communications platforms on your behalf in accordance with your instructions.

5. User Submissions

If you submit information, comments, testimonials, survey responses, or other content to us, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, and distribute that content for campaign, operational, communications, and advocacy purposes, subject to our Privacy Policy and any legal obligations that apply.

You represent that you have the rights necessary to provide any content you submit and that your submission does not infringe the rights of any third party.

6. Privacy

Your use of the website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information.

7. Third-Party Services and Links

This website may rely on or link to third-party services, including advocacy platforms, email services, analytics providers, social platforms, or external websites. We do not control and are not responsible for the availability, content, security, or privacy practices of those third parties.

Your use of third-party services may also be subject to the terms and policies of those providers.

8. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all content on this website, including text, branding, graphics, logos, design elements, and campaign materials, is owned by or licensed to The New Rouge and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may view, download, and share materials from the website for personal, non-commercial, and campaign-support purposes, provided you do not remove attribution, alter materials in a misleading way, or use them in a manner that falsely suggests endorsement by The New Rouge.

9. No Legal, Political, or Professional Advice

Information provided on this website is for general informational and advocacy purposes only. Nothing on this site constitutes legal advice, professional advice, or a guarantee of any policy, political, or governmental outcome.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and all campaign tools are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, representations, and conditions of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the website will always be available, error-free, secure, or free from viruses or other harmful components.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, The New Rouge and its organizers, affiliates, partners, volunteers, service providers, and representatives shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising out of or related to your access to, use of, inability to use, or reliance on this website or any campaign tools or content made available through it.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The New Rouge and its organizers, affiliates, partners, volunteers, service providers, and representatives from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from your misuse of the website, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your infringement of any law or third-party right.

13. Suspension or Termination

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate access to the website or any campaign tool at any time, without notice, if we believe it is necessary to protect the campaign, other users, the integrity of the platform, or our legal interests.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time. Any revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

15. Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the applicable jurisdiction in which the campaign operator is based, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Before publication, this section should be updated by counsel to identify the intended governing jurisdiction and dispute-resolution approach.

16. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact info@thenewrouge.ca.