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Terms and Conditions

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TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PEW RESEARCH DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES BASED ON YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE CONTENT.

IN ANY EVENT, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF PEW RESEARCH FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER RELATED TO USE OF THIS SITE AND THE CONTENT SHALL NOT EXCEED $50.00.

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9. Submissions. Pew Research also welcomes your feedback and suggestions about how to improve this Site. Any ideas, suggestions, information, know-how, material, or any other content (collectively, "Submissions") received through this Site, however, will be deemed to include a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license for Pew Research to adopt, publish, reproduce, disseminate, transmit, distribute, copy, use, create derivative works of, display (in whole or part) worldwide, or act on such Submissions without additional approval or consideration, in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such Submissions. You hereby waive any claim to the contrary.

10. Governing Law. This policy shall be governed by the laws of the District of Columbia, without regard to conflicts of law rules, and the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any dispute shall be in Washington, D.C.

11. Term, Termination, Amendments. Pew Research reserves the right at any time and for any reason to deny you access to the Site or any portion thereof, and to terminate this Agreement. Termination will be effective without notice. Please note that Pew Research reserves the right to change the Terms and Conditions under which this Site is made available to you, upon notice, which may be given by Pew Research posting such modifications on the Site, by e-mail, or any other reasonable way. Your continued use of this Site following notice of such modifications will be conclusively deemed acceptance of any changes to these Terms and Conditions. You agree that notice of changes to this Agreement on the Site, delivered by email, or provided in any other reasonable way, constitutes reasonable and sufficient notice.

12. Waiver. Failure to insist on strict performance of any of the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of any subsequent default or failure of performance. No waiver by Pew Research of any right under these Terms and Conditions will be deemed to be either a waiver of any other right or provision or a waiver of that same right or provision at any other time.

13. Nature of Relationship/Severability. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Pew Research as a result of this Agreement or your use of this Site. If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

14. Entire Agreement/Reservation of Rights. These Terms and Conditions and Pew Research's Privacy Policy represent the entire agreement between you and Pew Research with respect to your use of the Site and the Content, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written between you and Pew Research with respect to this Site. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.