TERMS OF USE

Restrictions on use

TERMS OF USE FOR WWW.DECISIONDESKHQ.COM

Welcome to www.decisiondeskhq.com (the “Site”), which is owned and operated by Decision Desk HQ, LLC (“DDHQ”). Any reference to “DDHQ,” “we,” “us” or “our” in these Terms of Use shall mean Decision Desk HQ, LLC. The Site includes all subdomains (including without limitation https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com) and web pages accessible by the public. Any reference to “you” in these Terms of Use shall mean any user of the Site, including without limitation employees of DDHQ.

By entering or using any portion of the Site, you indicate that you have read and that you accept and agree to be bound by all of the following terms of use, conditions, and notices (the “Terms of Use”) and the Privacy Policy.

DDHQ reserves the right to change these Terms of Use, at its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time. If any change is not acceptable, you must discontinue your use of the Site immediately. Using the Site after the date that these Terms of Use are changed constitutes your irrevocable acceptance of such changes.

THESE TERMS OF USE CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE (MEANINING THAT DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN A COURT) AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER THAT IMPACT YOUR RIGHTS IN ANY DISPUTE WITH DDHQ.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND PASSWORDS FOR PREMIUM CONTENT

1. Registration Information. Access to certain Content or subdomains of the Site (such as https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com and its Content) (collectively “Premium Content”) may require registration and creation of an account with us in order for you to access such Premium Content. In order to register and create such an account, you must provide your name, a valid e-mail address and other contact information as DDHQ may determine, and you must set up a personal password known only to you. You represent and warrant that all registration information provided is true, correct and complete and you undertake to keep the information updated for the duration of this Agreement. We reserves the right to request supporting evidence from you to verify your identity and information. When you register for the Premium Content, you may also be asked to provide other information about yourself to help us better provide services to you or enhance your use and enjoyment of such content and the Site. You further agree to receive any notices from DDHQ to you regarding your access to the Premium Content and use of the Site pursuant to these Terms of Use at the email or other addresses set forth in your contact information. You are obliged to notify DDHQ of any updates or changes to any contact or other registration information that you provide in connection with your access to the Premium Content.

2. Email Address. You must ensure that the email address you provide is accessible from the time that you provide the email address and that the email account is not unable to receive emails due to forwarding of emails, closure of the email account, or a full inbox.

3. User Account. With the data provided upon registration, you will receive access to your own user account via the Site, as applicable, in which you can amend the data that you have provided. At its own discretion, DDHQ may delete any user account with incomplete or incorrect information or for other breach of these Terms of Use.

a. Deletion of Account. You may erase or delete your own user account at any time for any reason. To delete your account, you must log in where designated on the Site and follow the appropriate directions to delete or ask DDHQ to delete your account. After you have deleted your account, DDHQ shall have the right to delete any and all content and other data generated by you. By deleting your account, you also lose access to any content or features of the Premium Content that you may have already purchased. In the event that you purchased a subscription from DDHQ for access to the Premium Content, DDHQ shall not refund - even on a pro rata basis – any amounts paid for subscriptions still running at the time of deletion or for other additional services for which you may have prepaid. Deletion of your user account constitutes termination of this Agreement, including without limitation any ongoing subscription.

b. User Account after Termination or Expiration of Subscription. Your user account may be terminated or remain in place after any subscription for access to the Premium Content has terminated or expired. You must expressly ask DDHQ to delete your user account in order to ensure that the account is deleted after termination of these Terms of Use.

4. Usernames and Passwords. You are obliged to maintain the confidentiality of any usernames or passwords that you adopt and/or are provided by DDHQ in connection with your access to the Premium Content and use of the Site. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your username and password by any third party, you agree to notify DDHQ immediately at the Contact Information set forth in these Terms of Use. For your protection, if DDHQ believes that any unauthorized access may occur or has occurred, DDHQ may terminate access without prior notice to you. You also agree that DDHQ is permitted to act upon any instructions received using your username and password and to consider such instructions as authorized by you. DDHQ will not be responsible or liable for any loss or injury incurred by you for unauthorized use of your username and password, although you may be responsible or liable for any losses or injury caused by such unauthorized use.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

In order to register for access to the Premium Content and/or other features of the Site (as applicable) and purchase or otherwise obtain any subscription service options, you must confirm your agreement to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. Rights to subscriptions or other rights of access to the Premium Content and this Site are not transferable. Renewal of any subscription shall be specified by DDHQ on the Site. To terminate subscriptions purchased through a DDHQ web site, please use the termination function on such web site or notify DDHQ in writing at the address below or send an email to info@decisiondeskhq.com.

SITE CONTENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

You acknowledge that the messages, information, data, text, software, photographs, video, images, logos, button shapes, layout, design compilation and presentation of information, graphics or other materials as well as the “look and feel” of any web pages (collectively, the “Content”) that are posted on or are otherwise incorporated into the Site contain trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary material, the ownership or licensed rights to which are proprietary to DDHQ, or its vendors, service providers, and other third party licensors or suppliers (collectively “Third Party Licensors”), and that such proprietary material is protected by law, including U.S. copyright laws, trademark laws and international treaty provisions. DDHQ AND ITS AFFILIATES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY ENDORSEMENT, AFFILIATION OR SPONSORSHIP, OR OTHER ASSOCIATION BY OR WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY LICENSORS.

You agree not to copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license or otherwise use or exploit any Content, except as expressly permitted under these Terms of Use, without the prior written consent of DDHQ or the legal owner of such Content.

Any unauthorized use of Content accessed through the Site may constitute trademark or copyright infringement, unfair competition, or other potential state or federal causes of action, as applicable, which could subject the user to substantial civil penalties, damages or other relief.

Except as otherwise permitted under these Terms of Use, DDHQ grants to you the limited, non-transferable right to view, access and use the Site, subject to these Terms of Use. All rights not expressly granted under these Terms of Use are reserved by DDHQ.

LAWFUL USE

The Site (including without limitation all Content, including Premium Content) may be used only for lawful purposes. As one of the conditions of your use of the Site, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not use (or plan, encourage or help others to use) the Site for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by these Terms of Use or by applicable law (including but not limited to any applicable export controls). It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of the Site complies with these Terms of Use and to seek prior written permission for any uses not expressly permitted herein.

In connection with your use of the Site, you agree that you will not, nor will you assist or allow others to, directly or indirectly:

1. Contribute any Content, post or other submission or otherwise use the Site in a manner that “Crawls,” “scrapes,” or “spiders” any page, data, or portion of the Site (through use of manual or automated means);

2. Modify, copy, distribute, transmit, store, display, perform, use, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any Content contained on the Site;

3. Delete any attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels on Content that you upload to the Site;

4. Provide any false or intentionally inaccurate or misleading information when registering for or using the Site, including impersonation of any person or entity and misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity;

5. Permit any person or entity to use your username, password or other access credentials to access or use the Site;

6. Post, republish, distribute, or transmit any Content that you do not have a right to reproduce, display or transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships, or in violation of the rights of any third party;

7. Violate any applicable local, state, provincial, national or international law or regulation, or use the information provided through this Site for any unlawful purpose;

8. Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to violate or breach security or authentication measures of any computer network without proper authorization, including attempting in any manner to obtain usernames, passwords or other account access credentials;

9. Post any Content that constitutes or contains false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact, causes injury of any kind to any person or entity, or infringes or violates the intellectual property rights, or any other rights of any third party;

10. Collect or attempt to collect any personal information or other information of others;

11. Transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, or otherwise objectionable, or that may invade another’s right of privacy or publicity or other personal rights;

12. Directly or indirectly use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activity being conducted on the Site by any user, host or network, or

13. Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising, or in any way making up a part of, the Site.

Violations of the foregoing may result in civil or criminal liability. DDHQ will investigate all occurrences which may involve such violations and may contact, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

LINKED SITES

DDHQ may provide hyperlinks or references to Internet sites maintained by third parties. DDHQ does not operate or control in any respect any information, products or services on these third-party sites and provides no warranty whatsoever with respect to such sites. A hyperlink from this Site to another web site does not imply or mean that we endorse, recommend, or approve the content on such web site or the operator or operations of that web site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the operation, content, security or policies, including privacy policies, of any other web site that is linked or linking to the Site, and we shall have no liability to you or any other person or entity for the use of, or inability to use, any third party web sites.

FEEDBACK REGARDING THE SITE

You may provide suggestions, comments or other feedback on the operation of the Site, which may include, without limitation, ideas for new products, services, features, technologies, processes, materials, marketing plans or new product or service names (“Site Feedback”). Such Site Feedback is voluntary and DDHQ has the perpetual right to use any or all of such Site Feedback for any purpose without any obligation to you of any kind, although DDHQ will not publicly disclose the source of such feedback.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

DDHQ PROVIDES THE SITE, INCLUDING THE CONTENT AND DATA GENERATED BY, POSTED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY OF DATA OR CONTENT, AND ADEQUACY FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OR PRODUCTIVENESS. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS OF USE WILL IMPLY THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED AT A CERTAIN TIME. YOU HEREBY ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF THE SITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL DDHQ HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE FROM THE USE (OR ATTEMPTED USE) OF THE SITE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DDHQ WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED BENEFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR DATA, CORRUPTION AND THE LIKE), ARISING OUT OF ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF DDHQ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR IF SUCH POSSIBILITY WAS REASONABLY FORESEEABLE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES TO THE SERVICE

DDHQ reserves the right to modify, expand, remove, discontinue or change in any way the features, services, Content or other functionality of the Site in its sole discretion and without prior notice to you or other users. However, DDHQ may, in its sole discretion, notify you of such changes, although it is not required to do so. If any change is not acceptable to you, you must discontinue your use of the Site immediately. These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy shall apply to any such changes, modifications or updates of the Site.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DDHQ, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, owners, employees, licensors, agents, co-branders and other partners from and against any and all liabilities, claims, demands, losses or expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting fees and costs, resulting or arising from: (a) your breach of these Terms of Use, including, without limitation, any agreements, representations or warranties made by you herein; (b) any action taken or permitted by you which disrupts, degrades or damages the Site, Content or related data thereon; (c) your infringement or other violation of any intellectual property right of DDHQ or any other person or entity; (d) any negligent, wrongful conduct, or intentional torts, by you; (e) any materials or Content provided by you that is published on or through the Site or any third party web site pursuant to the rights granted to DDHQ hereunder; (f) your access to or use of the Site and any Content posted on or otherwise made available through the Site; (g) your violation of the rights of any third party; or (h) your actual or alleged violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law, or regulations.

You agree that you will cooperate as fully and reasonably as required by DDHQ in the defense of any claim arising out of your use of the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, DDHQ reserves the exclusive right to settle, compromise and pay and all claims, demands, proceedings, suits, actions or causes of action, which are brought against DDHQ arising out of or related to your use of the Site, and in no event shall you settle any such claim without DDHQ’s prior written approval.

TERMINATION

These Terms of Use are effective until terminated by DDHQ, which DDHQ may do at any time without notice for any reason. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the Site or use the Site. The applicable restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Site, indemnification obligations, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Use, shall survive such termination.

GOVERNING LAW; ARBITRATION; VENUE

1. Governing Law. This Agreement (including the arbitration agreement in this section where applicable) and all matters relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia without reference to conflict of laws principles;

2. Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising under, out of or relating to this Agreement shall be finally determined by arbitration conducted by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”) (or, if unavailable, then such other similar group that can provide former judges as arbiters) in accordance with JAMS’ rules of arbitration, by a single arbiter who is skilled and experienced with mobile application, cloud or internet services. The place of such arbitration shall be in Alexandria, Virginia. The judgment of the arbitrator shall be final, non-appealable (to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law) and binding upon the parties, and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

3. Exception for Provisional Equitable Relief. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, either party may request any judicial, administrative, or other authority in any other jurisdiction to order any provisional or conservatory measure, including injunctive relief, specific performance, or other equitable relief, prior to the institute of legal or arbitration proceedings, or during the proceedings, for the preservation of its rights and interests or to enforce specific terms that are suitable for provisional remedies.

4. Waiver of Class Action Claims. By agree to arbitrate your claims against DDHQ, (a) YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT AND HAVE YOUR CLAIMS TRIED BY A JUDGE OR JURY; AND (B) YOU GIVE YOUR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR OTHER CLASS PROCEEDING.

5. Conflicts of Laws. This Agreement shall not be governed by the conflict of laws rules of any jurisdiction, UCITA, or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which are expressly excluded.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

YOU WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING INSTITUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, THE PRIVACY POLICY OR THE SITE.

NOTIFICATION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on our site without authorization in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us at Decision Desk HQ, LLC, 107 S. West Street, Suite 948, Alexandria, VA, 22314; email: info@decisiondeskhq.com. Any personal information you provide in your notice to us will be used only for purposes related to your notice.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Should you have any questions concerning these Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy, you may contact DDHQ at the following address: Decision Desk HQ, LLC, ATTN President107 S. West Street, Suite 948, Alexandria, VA, 22314, email: info@decisiondeskhq.com.

MISCELLANEOUS

If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Any failure by DDHQ to exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy set forth in these Terms of Use, or otherwise under applicable law, shall not be deemed a waiver of DDHQ’ rights or remedies, which shall remain available to DDHQ. The rights granted under these Terms of Use may not be assigned to any third-party without the prior written consent of DDHQ, in its sole discretion. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. These Terms of Use shall be binding upon you, your successors and approved assignees.

Date of Last Update or Revision: November 3, 2025