Community Guidelines

You understand that the Foodism Connect Community comprises users from all over the world. Foodism Connect cares deeply about the content posted on its platform and the manner in which the content is consumed by masses. The goal of our Community Guidelines has always been to create a place for expression and give people a voice to come out openly and discuss. This is a recruitment website and we do not support anything off-topic. However, as much as we wish that people may express themselves confidently, the Internet creates new and increased opportunities for abuse.

For these reasons, we have listed down the guidelines that our users as a community must strictly abide by. If you come across any content that violates our guidelines or if you think is not acceptable, you may please contact us so that we can review it and take further steps.

Your use of the Website is subject to all applicable laws and regulations, and you are solely responsible for the substance of your communications through the website/application and availing of services. Foodism Connect aims to protect its users, viewers, and all other visitors of Foodism Connect’s website. There is zero tolerance for nudity, sexual content, harmful or dangerous content, predatory behaviour, violent graphics, hate speech, harassment, cyber bullying or any other illegal content on Foodism Connect.

By posting information in or otherwise using any videos, blogs, communications service, chat room, message board, newsgroup, or other interactive services that may be available to you on or through our website/application, you agree that you will not upload, share, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content - including text, communications, software, images, sounds, data, or other information that:

  • Is against someone’s safety, privacy and dignity and may cause potential harm or contains violence-related content or incitement to criminal behaviour;
  • Names organizations or individuals connected with publicizing crime, terrorist activity, organised hate, murder (including attempts) or multiple murder, human trafficking, organised violence or criminal activity;
  • Is fraudulent and deceptive or contains fake reviews;
  • Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libellous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortuous, contains explicit or graphic descriptions, fetish imagery, pornography or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), or otherwise violates our rules or policies;
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary rights of any party;
  • Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk email (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
  • Dehumanizes or incites violence or hatred against individuals or groups, based on the attributes listed above, including but not limited to claiming that they are physically or morally inferior, referring negatively to them as animals, inanimate objects, or other non-human entities or promoting or justifying exclusion, segregation, or discrimination against them;
  • Contains false news, manipulated media data, negative information that harms child safety and promotes suicide or self-injury. shows violent graphics;
  • Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or
  • Impersonates any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives.

We understand that the safety of our users is of paramount importance and it includes the security of their personal information accounts, profiles and other entities that they may manage. Attempts to gather sensitive personal information or engage in unauthorised access by deceptive or invasive methods are really harmful. Therefore, we do not allow attempts to gather sensitive user information or engage in unauthorised access through the abuse of our platform, products or services.

We don’t allow content that reveals personal or sensitive information including but not limited to personal ID and passport information, private contact information and addresses, online login information (usernames and passwords), photos of private people that they don’t want posted online, personal financial or medical history.

Also, Foodism Connect is not a place for trading or selling certain regulated goods—products or substances that can cause harm when used, altered or manufactured irresponsibly—or for the display or encouragement of dangerous activities. including but not limited to alcohol, tobacco, drugs and weapons, including firearms and accessories, firearm parts or attachments, or ammunition.

To respect the rights of people on and off Foodism Connect, you are requested not to infringe anyone's intellectual property, privacy or other rights, not do anything or post any content that violates laws or regulations and not use Foodism Connect’s name, logo or trademark in a way that confuses people (check out our brand guidelines for more details).

Moreover, once you publish your content, you may not click their own links or use any means to inflate impressions and/or clicks artificially, including manual methods or promoting others to do so. You must not indulge in spam and deceptive practices like fake engagement, impersonation or posting previously removed content.

You as a user cannot troll, abuse or have indecent conversations on the Foodism Connect platform. In general, Foodism Connect expects you to be all things clean with no mala-fide intent. Be welcoming and open-minded, respect each other, communicate with empathy and keep it legal, clean, relevant and specific.

You understand that you are responsible for your interactions with other users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

Foodism Connect retains the right to remove the content, penalise your account and in some cases, terminate your account at its sole discretion. You, as a user, are also bound by the Privacy Policy of Foodism Connect. Foodism Connect constantly monitors the news, social media, and user reports to ensure that nothing affects the safety of others.

Our Community Guidelines boil down to courtesy, basic respect and decency for all. We may update these guidelines and recommend you check back once in a while. We'll also continue to introduce new community features which will fall under these guidelines.

You can email [email protected] with feedback, questions or issues about our online community.

Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Foodism.xyz PrivateLimited, including our subsidiary (ies) and/or affiliate(s), (hereinafter referred to as “Foodism/ we/ our/ Company”) acknowledges the expectations of its users (hereinafter referred to as “User/ you/ your”)regarding privacy, confidentiality, processing and security of personal information that resides with Foodism. Keeping the personal information of users secure and preventing any misuse thereof, is, therefore, a top priority of Foodism.

We are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of our users and have taken all necessary and reasonable measures in line with the best industry practice to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and its transmission through our website/applications.

This Privacy Policy(hereinafter referred to as “Policy”) therefore, explains how we and/or our subsidiary (ies) and/or affiliate(s) protect your personal information provided to us on our website/application (jointly referred to as “Website”)and how we use that information in connection with the service offered through the website/application (hereinafter called as "services") and must be read in conjunction with our Terms of Service.

Please read this Privacy Policy and understand it before using our services. By visiting and/or availing services on this Website, you agree and, where required, consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information as set out in this policy and you agree to be legally bound by this Privacy Policy and any code of conduct or amendments thereof that we may put forth from time to time. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use or access the website/application.

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or country of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

This Policy is published and shall be construed to be in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules,2011 under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and other applicable laws that require publishing of the privacy notice for collection, usage, storage, disclosure and transfer of sensitive personal data or information.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

While you use our platforms, we may collect and process personal information (personally identifiable or potentially personally-identifiable) about you when you voluntarily provide us with such information. The personal information that we collect may include your name, surname, email address, phone number, postal address, social security number, identification number, date of birth, transaction information, payment card information amongst the others. If you contact us, we may also keep a record of the correspondence. We collect all the information to carry out the functions offered on the Website and to provide you with offers and information about Foodism and other services we think you may be interested in. We might collect this personal information through your interaction on our platform, entry into competitions; subscribing to our newsletter; creating a user account; sending 'contact us' messages or other correspondence through the Website.

When you visit our Website and/or use our services, we automatically collect the information sent to us by your computer, mobile device or other equipment that provide access. This information includes, but is not limited to information from your interaction with our Website and Services, including, but not limited to, device ID, device type, geo-location information, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from our website, referring URL, ad data, IP address and standard web log information. We may collect this information in the background even if you are not actively using the Website/application.

Further, Foodism may use analytics services provided by third parties. These service providers may use various technologies to collect information about your activities on the Website/application. You may also be able to connect to the Foodism Website through social media platforms, programs or applications, such as Twitter, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook or any other social media platform (“Social Media”), in which case we may collect your Social Media user name/ID, session key timestamps and your user profile picture, URL (if applicable) and list of friends/contact IDs etc.

Moreover, if you permit the Website/application to access the address book on your device through the permission system used by your device platform, we may access and store names, contact and messages information from your address book to facilitate any form of interactions through our Services and for other purposes specified in this Privacy Policy corresponding to our Terms of Use.

All the aforesaid information is service dependent and we may use the above-said user information to, maintain, protect, and improve services (including advertising services)and/or for developing new services. Users can always refuse to supply personally identifiable or any other information, with the condition that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities and functionalities.

USAGE OF INFORMATION

Foodism generally uses the information collected about you to provide and improve the Services, including to:

  • Provide and deliver services;
  • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, notifications, support and administrative messages;
  • Provide you access to our Services and Customer Support using e-mail or telephone;
  • Respond to your comments, questions and requests and provide customer service;
  • Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards and events, if any, offered by Foodism and others and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
  • Monitor and analyse, usage and activities in connection with our services;
  • Revise, modify, and update existing services and develop new services;
  • Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights of Foodism and others;
  • Personalise the service and present you with advertising, content or features that we believe will be of interest or useful to you;
  • Facilitate contests, sweepstake, promotions, process and deliver entries and rewards;
  • Establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
  • Trace computer resources or any person who may have contravened, or is suspected of having or being likely to contravene, any provision of law including the Information Technology Act,2000 that is likely to have an adverse impact on the services provided on the Website;
  • Link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and
  • Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

We may disclose any information we receive or collect in connection with your use of the Website to the extent that we determine in good faith to be required by any applicable laws, rules, regulations, order or in the enforcement of our rights or property or the defence of claims. Without limiting the foregoing and in addition, thereto, we may transfer your information to another entity if we are acquired by or merged with another entity if all or substantially all of our assets or business are acquired by another company, or as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

INFORMATION USAGE FOR ADVERTISING

We may use your history to help us and other third party brands present advertisements that are more relevant to you on our website and third-party websites, mobile applications and other digital media channels. We will not increase the number of ads you see but instead will help deliver more personalized advertisements and offerings to you.

Interest-based advertising, generally called “online behavioural advertising” uses information collected from your online behaviour across multiple websites that you visit, or across multiple devices you may use, in order to predict your preferences and show you ads that are most likely to be of interest to you. In an effort to provide you with relevant content and offers that may be useful to you, we may partner with third-party companies to display content, offers or advertising that is tailored to your interests based on how you browse and shop online. These third-party companies use information and technologies such as browser type, hardware or software information, cookies, session ID, time or date, click-stream information or static IP addresses. We may provide your personal information to third-party companies that display purchase-based or interest-based ads. In addition, others (advertisers and ad networks, ad serving companies, or other service providers) may infer user interests or purchase history based on interactions with, or clicks on, personalized ads or content.

INFORMATION SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

All the information described above is stored on restricted database servers. Foodism also has in place reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information. Foodismmakes persistent efforts to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data including but not limited to internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where personal data is stored. We will destroy any personal information that we hold about you that we no longer required under the terms of this Privacy Policy. Where you have chosen a password to access certain services of the Website, you are responsible for keeping your password confidential. We recommend not sharing your password with anyone.

All the information gathered is securely stored within our controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the web. You can contact us immediately if you become aware or have reason to believe there has been any unauthorized use of your personal information in connection with the Website.

Foodism may give you access to message boards, forums or chat rooms from time to time. You acknowledge and agree that any personal data or any other kind of data published by you using these features is at your sole discretion and is accessible by the public.

DATA PROTECTION AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Besides the implementation of reasonable and adequate physical, technical and administrative security measures to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction, we ensure that the service providers are committed to the “same level of data protection” as applicable data protection laws and regulations. To ensure maximum confidentiality of all the information, we ensure that the data is processed fairly & lawfully; data is obtained only with the consent of the information provider; data is collected only when the information is collected for a lawful purpose connected with a function or activity to provide services and the collection of sensitive personal data or information is considered necessary for that purpose.

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Users acknowledge that we may engage the services of third parties to help us serve our customers better. In general, the third-party service providers engaged by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions and they pursue their operations as per their privacy policies and they process your personal information accordingly.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our Website contains links to third party websites. Any information you provide to, or that is collected by, third-party sites may be subject to the privacy policies of those sites if any. You may please take note that the third party websites are independent of the services provided by Foodism, and Foodism and its affiliates shall not be liable for wrongful use or disclosure of your personally identifiable information by any third party. When you click on third party links on our Website, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and for the loss or consequential damage that may be caused to you. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website before submitting your personal information.

Foodism hereby disclaims liability for, any information, materials, products or services posted or offered at any of the third-party sites linked to this website. By creating a link to a third-party website, Foodism does not endorse or recommend any products or services offered or information contained at that website, nor is Foodism liable for any failure of products or services offered or advertised at those sites. Such third party may have a privacy policy different from that of Foodism and the third-party website may provide less security than this site.

USER RIGHTS

Every user has the right to ask us not to process his/her data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking/ticking certain tick boxes we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us using our contact details set out below.

GRIEVEANCE REDRESSAL

If you have grievances, complaints, questions, comments, concerns or feedback in relation to the processing of information or regarding this Privacy and Security Policy or any other privacy or security concern, contact us at:

Foodism.xyz Private Limited

601, Sarap, B/h.Guj. Vidyapit Navjivan Press Road,

Ashram Road,Ahmedabad- 380014, Gujarat

MODIFICATIONS TO THE POLICY

We reserve the right to modify or revise this Privacy Policy at any time and our sole discretion. If we revise this Privacy Policy, we will make the revised Privacy Policy available through our Service. We encourage you to visit this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our practices concerning your information and to learn of any changes to those practices. Your continued use of the Website will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes.

CONTACT

If you have any questions, comments or requests about this privacy policy, the practices of the Website or your dealings with the Website, please contact us at +91 6359111000 or e-mail us at [email protected].

Terms & Condition

Here you will find Foodism's Terms and Conditions. Please, read carefully. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

This document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules thereunder as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures. This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and Terms of Service for access or usage of the Site, Application and the Services.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE OR THE APP.

These terms of service (“Terms of Service”) (together with the documents they refer to) tell you the terms on which you may make use of Foodism’s website (“Site”) or mobile application (“App”). Use of the Site or the App includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use Site or App.

By using our Site or App, you confirm that you accept and agree to comply with these Terms of Service set out below. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, you must not use our Site or App. We recommend that you keep a copy of these Terms of Service for future reference.

All users and visitors of the Site or app must take note of our additional policies which must be read in conjunction with this document.

Our Privacy Policy, which explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, the controls you have over your personal information and the procedures that we have in place to protect your privacy. It applies to personal information we collect through the Site and the App. Please make sure that you read our Privacy Policy carefully before using the Site or the App.

Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our Site and App.

Our Community Guidelines, which set out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our Site or App. These Community Guidelines form part of these Terms of Service, so references to Terms of Service includes them.

Please read these Terms and our Privacy Policy carefully. Failure to use the Site in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties.

THESE TERMS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE ADVISED TO REFER BACK TO THESE TERMS FROM TIME TO TIME. BY CONTINUING TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE OR SERVICES AFTER WE HAVE POSTED A MODIFICATION ON THE SITE OR HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH NOTICE OF A MODIFICATION, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE MODIFIED TERMS. IF THE MODIFIED TERMS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO CEASE USING THE SITE AND SERVICES.

Eligibility

The site and services are intended solely for persons aged 18 or older. By accessing or using the site or services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage so that we can verify that minors under the age of 18 are not using the Website. In the event that it comes to our knowledge that a person under the age of 18 is using the site, we will prohibit and block such members from accessing the site and will make all efforts to promptly delete any Personal Information (as defined in our Privacy Policy) with regard to such members. Foodism will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the unauthorised access to or use of your site or services. Upon termination for any reason, Foodism will disable and/or delete your Account at its own discretion.

No Endorsement

Foodism does not endorse any content or any other information listed from time to time. Furthermore, our terms of service may require every user to register and provide actual and accurate information, however, we do not attempt to confirm and do not confirm any user/member’s purported identity. Before your interaction as a user or your usage of the website and the services, you will be responsible for determining the identity and suitability of others who you contact via the website and services.

Content Posted by Users

We may even provide a social-media forum and other interaction platform options; however, we will never be responsible for the identity of the user who you choose to interact with. In no way will we be responsible for any damage or harm of any nature, resulting from your interaction/s with other users/members o By using the website and services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other users will be limited to a claim against the particular users/members and you agree not to impose any liability on or seek legal remedy from Foodism with respect to such actions or omissions.

Errors and Omissions

Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders (or purchases) if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order or purchases). We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the Service or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied in the Service or on any related website, should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.

Recipe Approval Guidelines

  • All the details must be filled incorrectly.
  • The Thumbnail of the video/written recipe needs to be of good quality, non-blurred, related to the recipe, and non-stock real image.
  • Ingredients and Method shall be filled incorrectly
  • Categories and Subcategories selected must be relevant
  • The selection of Tags needs to be checked.
  • In the case of Video recipes, the recipe links are not valid.
  • In case of any description or Tips mentioned in the recipe, it needs to be checked whether it is relevant or not.
  • Approvals are done on a daily basis

Product Description

We make reasonable efforts to display, as accurately as possible, the colours of the products as shared with us by the users. However, the actual colours you see depend on your monitor or device, and thus we cannot guarantee that the colours of products you see when viewing the website will be accurate.

Our Site and App provide you with an ability to share recipes with other users of our Site and App, participate in events, build a community, and browse other users’ recipes (“Foodism Service”). Except for optional services that we may offer, Foodism Service is made available free of charge.

Our Site and App is designed to work on modern web browsers, major operating systems and platforms. Features and compatibility may vary between some web browsers, operating systems and platforms

We may use third party service providers in the provision of the Foodism Service or in fulfilling our obligations under these Terms of Service.

We do not promise that our Site or App, any content on them, or services as may be provided by such third-party service providers, will be free from errors or omissions.

LIMITED LICENSE AND USE OF SERVICES

Foodism grants to you a limited personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable right and license to access the Site and App and use the services thereon. Unless otherwise specified in writing, the services are for your personal and non-commercial use.

Foodism’s services shall contain, without limitation, email services, bulletin and message boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, calendars, and various other message communication applications.

FEATURES OF SITE OR APP

The Foodism platform provides many opportunities and features for the community to thrive, showcase their talent, find jobs and do a lot more. Please have a look at how you can use the platform for your purposes-

Recipe and Video Sharing: Users can share text or video recipes.

Networking: Users can connect with like-minded individuals, build communities, and network with others.

PASSWORDS AND SECURITY

You may need to create an account to use some of our Services on the platform. It is your sole responsibility to safeguard your account, so we advise you to actively protect your login credentials. Foodism is not liable for any loss or damage associated with your failure to protect your account.

If any of our Site, App or Services require you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing Foodism with current, complete and accurate information, as prompted by the applicable registration form. You acknowledge that by providing any information to Foodism which is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Foodism reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and your continued access and use of the Site, App and/or the Services.

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of your account and password. FURTHERMORE, YOU ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND CONDUCT, WHETHER BY YOU, THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT. You agree to notify Foodism immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Foodism will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you may be held liable for any losses incurred by Foodism or another party due to someone else using your account or password.

CONTENT

Foodism reserves the right to review or remove all content that appears on the platform. Foodism may take punitive action against any account that posts content that is in violation of our Community Guidelines.

All content on Foodism is the sole responsibility of the person or organization that submitted it. Although Foodism reserves the right to review or remove all content that appears on the platform, we do not necessarily review all of it. As a result, we do not take responsibility for any content that others provide through our platform.

For leaked exclusive content, Foodism will take disciplinary action against any users who, intentionally or unintentionally, leak (defined as any, intentional or unintentional, sharing of content to any platform or medium) any other user's "exclusive content" (defined as any content that a user posts only to their subscribers OR any content sent by another user within a private message).

RIGHTS YOU GRANT US

You retain your rights to any content you submit or post on the platform. Additionally, by using our Services, you grant us a license to use that content. By submitting or posting content on the platform, you hereby grant to Foodism a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, host, store, copy, reproduce, publish, adapt, distribute, modify, publicly display, and create such content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed. This includes Foodism’s ability to use this content for service providers or third parties that support our Services, as well as allowing us to use this content to provide, promote, and improve the Services.

INFORMATION ABOUT RECIPES

All recipes on our Site or App are provided for general information only and published by other users, like you, and not by Foodism. Foodism does not screen or check recipes before they are posted, so there may be some inappropriate, incorrect or unsafe recipes, ingredients or cooking methods. The recipes, comments and other information provided on our Site or App are not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and any use of or reliance on any recipe of other content provided on our Site or App is at your own risk.

Foodism makes no statements, whether express or implied, about the accuracy, quality, safety or fitness for purpose of recipes published on the Foodism service.

Therefore:

  • you should verify any unusual or novel ingredients or methods in a recipe by referring to other sources;
  • you should comply at all times with any food safety notices or bulletins issued by your local government authority, and you should not expect the Foodism Service to note or explain risks contained in food preparation, method or techniques of cooking or consumption of certain food; and
  • if you are not an experienced cook, we advise that you take instruction from an experienced cook, or other appropriate authority, when using recipes from the Foodism Service, particularly in respect of health and safety.
  • If you have any comments or concerns about any recipes or other content on the Foodism Service or, if you believe that your copyrighted work has been infringed or are aware of other infringing, illegal or inappropriate material, please contact us at __________.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

In connection with your use of the Site, App and/or the Services, you acknowledge and agree that you will not:

  • copy, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, otherwise attempt to discover the source code, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information, software, products or services obtained through the Site, App or the services;
  • access the Site, App or services by any means other than through the standard industry-accepted or Foodism-provided interfaces;
  • transmit any message, information, data, text, software or image, or other content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or otherwise objectionable which may invade another's right of privacy or publicity;
  • impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation, a Foodism official, forum leader, chat room monitor, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with such a person or entity;
  • post or transmit any material that contains a virus or corrupted data;
  • delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels that you upload to any communication feature;
  • use of any Site, App or service's communications features in a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., excessive shouting, use of all caps, or flooding continuous postings of repetitive text);
  • post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes" or any other form of solicitation or any non-resume information such as opinions or notices, commercial or otherwise;
  • violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
  • upload or transmit any material that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
  • delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity;
  • manipulate or otherwise display the Sites and/or the Services by using framing or similar navigational technology;
  • register, subscribe, attempt to register, attempt to subscribe, unsubscribe, or attempt to unsubscribe, any party for any Foodism product or Service if you are not expressly authorized by such party to do so; or
  • use the Sites and/or the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms and conditions. You may not use the Site or the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair Foodism’s servers or networks, or interfere with any other user's use and enjoyment of the Sites and/or the Services. Furthermore, you may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Sites, Services, accounts, computer systems or networks connected to Foodism through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Sites or the Services.

MESSAGE BOARD, CHATROOMS AND OTHER FORUMS

Foodism hosts message boards, chats and other public forums on its Site or App. Any user failing to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be expelled from and refused continued access to, the message boards, chats or other public forums in the future. Foodism or its designated agents may remove or alter any user-created content at any time for any reason. Message boards, chats and other public forums are intended to serve as discussion centers for users and subscribers. Information and content posted within these public forums may be provided by Foodism staff, Foodism’s outside contributors, or by users not connected with Foodism, some of whom may employ anonymous user names. Foodism expressly disclaims all responsibility and endorsement and makes no representation as to the validity of any opinion, advice, information or statement made or displayed in these forums by third parties, nor are we responsible for any errors or omissions in such postings, or for hyperlinks embedded in any messages.

Under no circumstances will we, our affiliates, suppliers or agents be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information obtained through these forums. The opinions expressed in these forums are solely the opinions of the participants, and do not reflect the opinions of Foodism or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

Certain products or Services may be offered for sale on the Site or App. In the event you wish to purchase or to subscribe for any of these products or Services, you will be asked by Foodism or an authorized third party to supply certain information, including without limitation, your full name, address, telephone number and credit card information. You agree to provide Foodism or such third party with the foregoing information as well as any other mandatory information that is accurate, complete and current, and to comply with the terms and conditions of any agreement that you may enter into governing your purchase of the product or Service. You shall be responsible for all charges incurred through your account as well as for paying any applicable taxes.

Your right to use the Service or a specific product is conditional on our receipt of payment. If payment cannot be charged to your credit card or if a charge is refunded for any reason, including chargeback, we reserve the right to either suspend or terminate your access and account, thereby terminating this Agreement and all obligations hereunder.

PAYMENT

When you provide payment information, you represent and warrant that the information is accurate, that you are authorized to use the payment method provided, and that you will notify us of changes to the payment information. We reserve the right to utilize third party credit card updating services to obtain current expiration dates on credit cards.

Foodism uses third party payment platform and by using this Service and agreeing to Foodism’s Terms of Service, you also agree to be bound by the third-party Terms of Service. You expressly understand and agree that Foodism shall not be liable for any payments and monetary transactions that occur through your use of the Service. You expressly understand and agree that all payments and monetary transactions are handled by third parties. You agree that Foodism shall not be liable for any issues regarding financial and monetary transactions between you and any other party. You are responsible for all transactions (one-time, recurring, and refunds) processed through the Service. Foodism is not liable for loss or damage from errant or invalid transactions. This includes transactions that were not processed due to a network communication error, or any other reason.

MONITORING OF CONTENT

Foodism has no obligation whatsoever to monitor any of the content or postings on the message boards, chat rooms or other public forums on the Site or App. However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the absolute right to monitor the same at our sole discretion. In addition, we reserve the right to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any postings or content, in whole or in part, for any reason and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request and to protect ourselves, our clients, sponsors, users and visitors.

Materials posted and/or uploaded to the various public forums may be subject to size and usage limitations. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations.

OTHER LINKS

Foodism has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its app and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Foodism of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user's own risk.

THIRD PARTY CONTENT

In general, the content contained on any of the Sites or Services is supplied by third parties and users. Accordingly, you agree that Foodism is not a publisher of such content and has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, content creators, chefs are those of the respective authors or distributors, and not Foodism. Neither Foodism nor any third-party provider of information guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content. Furthermore, Foodism neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy and reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on any of the Site, App or Services by anyone other than an authorized Foodism representative while acting in his/her official capacity.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the Site, App and Services contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, and are the sole property of Foodism or its licensors. You further acknowledge and agree that any content contained in advertisements or information presented to you through advertisers concerning Foodism or otherwise is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.

By sending or transmitting to us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, concepts, information, or other materials (collectively, " Submission Materials") or by posting such Submission Materials on the Sites, you hereby grant to us and our designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, sub licensable, assignable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display, digitally perform, make, have made, sell, offer for sale and import such Submission Materials in any media now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you, the provider of the Submission Materials. The foregoing license to Foodism shall be fully paid-up and royalty free. In addition, under no circumstances shall Foodism have any obligation whatsoever to pay a fee to any subscriber or user in connection with the Submission Materials upon the occurrence of a transfer of all or any portion of Foodism’s business through a merger, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Foodism, nor shall the sale of advertising on any of the Site or App give rise to any obligation to pay a fee to Subscribers.

None of the Submission Materials disclosed or posted via message boards, chats or other public forums shall be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, on Foodism’s part and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any such Submission Materials.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Except for your Content, including your recipes, all intellectual property rights in the Foodism Service and all materials on our Site or App, including design, graphics, text, pictures, software, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Materials”) are owned by us and/or our licensors.

We give you permission to use the Materials to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to access and use the Foodism Service for your personal, non-commercial use in accordance with these Terms of Service. All other rights are expressly reserved.

Therefore:

  • you must not use any part of the Materials, or our Site or App, for commercial purposes without obtaining an explicit consent to do so from us and/or (if applicable) our licensors;
  • you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text; or
  • you must not use Materials outside our Site or App, especially by deleting any identified contributors’ status as the authors of Materials on our Site or App.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE SITES AND THE SERVICES, AND ANY CONTENT, TOOLS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISPLAYED, ACCESSED OR OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE", AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, FOODISM AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, AND AGENTS DO NOT WARRANT AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM THAT: (i) YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND/OR SERVICES AND ACCESS TO AND USE OF ALL OF THE TOOLS AND FEATURES THEREON WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, (ii) THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THEREIN IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR COMPLETE, (iii) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, or (iv) THAT ANY SOFTWARE, SERVICES, SITES OR SERVER(S) ON WHICH THE SERVICES AND SITES ARE HOSTED ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND THE SERVICES AND ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES AND SERVICES ARE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

NEITHER FOODISM NOR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS OR SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO (i) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES OR THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONTENT CONTAINED ON THE SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT POSTED OR MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES; (iv) ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITES; (v) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO OR AS A RESULT OF ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE SITES OR THE SERVICES; (vi) ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY LOSS OF ACCESS TO, DELETION OF, FAILURE TO STORE, FAILURE TO BACK UP, OR ALTERATION OF ANY CONTENT ON THE SITES OR THE SERVICES, or (vii) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITES AND/OR THE SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL FOODISM’STOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR USING ANY OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITES.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Foodism and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, employees, and representatives harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) which arise directly or indirectly out of or from (i) your breach of this Agreement, (ii) any allegation that any materials that you submit to Foodism or post on any forums (e.g., message boards, chat rooms) infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property rights of a third party, and (iii) your access or use of the Site, App and/or the Services. This Section shall survive in the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason.

TERMINATION

This Agreement shall remain effective until terminated in accordance with its own terms and conditions. You agree that Foodism, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (in whole or in part), or use of the Site, App or Services, and remove and discard any content within the Sites, at any time and for any reason. You agree that any actions taken under this Section may be effective without prior notice to you. In the event of termination, however, those Sections in this Agreement which provide for continuing obligations on your part shall survive indefinitely.

JURISDICTION & GENERAL TERMS

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and Foodism and governs your use of the Site, App and the Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and Foodism. This Agreement and the relationship between you and Foodism shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Foodism irrevocably agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

The failure of Foodism to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severed here from and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience purposes only and have no legal or contractual effect.

This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable by you except with our prior written consent. However, we may assign this Agreement to any third party whom we choose without your consent. No waiver by Foodism of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.

MISCELLANEOUS

  • We reserve the right to alter these Terms of Service at any time. Moreover, we may revise these terms of service at any time without notice. By using Foodism Site or App, you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.
  • We reserve the right to deny access to the platform to anyone for any reason at any time;
  • We reserve the right to force forfeiture of any username for any reason at any time;
  • You may end your agreement with Foodism by deleting your account and discontinuing your use of the platform;
  • There may be changes in applicable laws and regulations;
  • There may changes in the specification or operation of the Foodism Service;
  • There may be changes to Foodism group policy or internal regulations;
  • There may be changes to the service specification or policy of external third-party services used by Foodism or connected to the Foodism Service;
  • There may be changes to the business environment in which Foodism operates;
  • It is necessary to respond to actual or potential threats to our business (such as cyber-security threats), or unwelcome or dangerous practices or behaviours in our community;
  • It is necessary to clarify or make a correction of any part of these Terms of Service; or
  • Changes may be made if unanticipated, situations that may reasonably require us to revise these Terms of Service.
  • FORCE MAJEURE

    We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control which will be considered as a Force Majeure event. A Force Majeure event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular, without limitation, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war; fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster; impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport; impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks and the acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.

    Our performance under any contract is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure event/s continues and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavors to bring the Force Majeure event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under the contract may be performed despite the Force Majeure event.

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    Cookies Policy

    Here you will find Foodism's Cookies Policy. In case of any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

    This Website uses cookies or similar electronic tools to distinguish you from other users of our website as well as to improve the responsiveness of the sites for the users.

    A cookie is a string of information. A small data file is transferred to a device that recognizes and identifies the user and allows the user’s device to remember information from the Website for future use.

    Each user is assigned a unique User Identification (User ID) to understand the user’s interests. It is mainly used to understand how the Website is used by its users in order to enhance website performance and improve user experience in browsing the Website and availing of our services. This also helps to analyze what a website stores on a user’s computer and to see how users move around the website when they are using it.

    We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors and/or users, usage of the Website and Website access preferences.

    Further, the pages on the website may also include web beacons or pixels, which are electronic files to count users who have visited that page, to track activity over time and across different websites, to determine users’ interactions with emails we send. This helps to identify certain cookies on the computer or other electronic device accessing that page or to collect other related information, and this information may be associated with your unique browser, device identifier, or Internet Protocol address.

    We may, for example, implement a pixel on the pages of the Services where you view a certain advertisement so that we can track whether you visit a website associated with that advertisement at a later time.

    Cookies inherently do not contain any information that personally identifies the users. However, the Website may collect technical information from a user’s mobile device/computer or any electronic device or user’s use of the services through any device, for example, location data and certain characteristics of, and performance data about the device, carrier/operating system including device and connection type, IP address, pages a user has visited, links followed, mobile payment modes etc.

    Cookies may be of many types including Performance Cookies, Functionality Cookies, Targeting and/or Advertising Cookies. We may also share the information received from these cookies with third parties/partners for advertisement and promotional purposes to make our website and the information/advertisements therein relevant to a user’s interests. Similarly, our partners may use cookies, attribution services or other similar technology to determine whether we've served an ad and how it performed or provide us with information about how users interact with them. Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies in different manners, over which we have no control and hold no liability for any usage by them in any manner.

    Cookies may be of many types including Performance Cookies, Functionality Cookies, Targeting and/or Advertising Cookies. We may also share the information received from these cookies with third parties/partners for advertisement and promotional purposes to make our website and the information/advertisements therein relevant to a user’s interests. Similarly, our partners may use cookies, attribution services or other similar technology to determine whether we've served an ad and how it performed or provide us with information about how users interact with them. Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies in different manners, over which we have no control and hold no liability for any usage by them in any manner.

    Users are provided with a choice to not have cookies placed on their computers/devices by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. Accordingly, such users may set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the Website, with the drawback that certain features of our Website may not function properly due to the disablement of cookies. By continuing to browse the site, it is implied that you agree to our use of cookies.

    You can find more detailed information about cookies and how they work at www.aboutcookies.org to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them.

    We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time. Any changes we may make to our policy in the future will be notified and made available to you while using the services/Website. Your continued use of the services and the Website shall be deemed your acceptance of the varied policy.