Copy of Terms of Use
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS.
Your use of any of the Cooksy Corporation Websites (collectively, the “Sites”), services and/or products (collectively, the “Services”) is subject to this Terms of Use Agreement (the “TOU Agreement”). BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, USING THE SERVICES AND/OR ORDERING AND USING A PRODUCT (referred to as “Use” or “Using” the Services), YOU ARE DEEMED TO ACCEPT THIS TOU AGREEMENT AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS TOU AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO USING THE SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS TOU AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
The Sites are for U.S. residents only, unless indicated otherwise.
USE OF INFORMATION: ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITES IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS REGARDING FOOD, RECIPES OR SERVICES HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR INDIVIDUAL GUIDANCE ON HEALTH, MEDICAL OR OTHER ADVICE. YOU SHOULD SEEK THE GUIDANCE OF A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT FOOD RELATED, DIETARY, MEDICAL OR HEALTH ISSUES. OUR CONTENT SHOULD NEVER BE VIEWED AS PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL OR HEALTH ADVICE.
2. REVISIONS TO THE TOU AGREEMENT.
Cooksy Corporation may revise this TOU Agreement in its sole discretion. Each time changes are made to this TOU Agreement, a revised TOU Agreement will be posted on the Cooksy Corporation home page. If you continue to Use the Services following the posting of a revised TOU Agreement, it will constitute your acceptance of any such changes and of the revised TOU Agreement. The most current version of the TOU Agreement will always be made available by us here: https://Cooksy.com. Please check this page from time to time to view the most current TOU Agreement.
3. COOKSY CORPORATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
The Services and all photographs, information, data, text, software, music, sound, graphics, video, messages, tags or other materials (the “Content”) are intended for your personal or internal business use. The Content provided by the Services is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on and provided by the Services is the property of Cooksy Corporation or our licensors and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Subject to the terms of this TOU Agreement, Cooksy Corporation hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-assignable license to Use Services for your personal use only. You may not attempt to discover any source code, modify, publish, adapt, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, exhibit, distribute, display, reverse engineer, decompile, dissemble, perform, reproduce, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the Services, in whole or in part. Downloading or copying Services and/or Content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of us or any other copyright owner. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading or copying any of the Services and/or Content, nor may you frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or copyrighted material from the Services or use any meta tags or any other hidden text utilizing our names or trademarks, without our express written consent.
If you Use the Services and opt to upload materials of any kind (including, but not limited to, a video or recipe), you must not include third-party intellectual property (such as copyrighted material) unless you have permission from that third-party or are otherwise legally entitled to do so. You are legally responsible for the materials you submit to us. We may remove your materials at any time in our sole discretion.
By providing materials, you grant Cooksy a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use the materials (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works and display) in connection with Coosky Sites and Services, including for the purpose of promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service and our businesses (including the businesses of our affiliates).
You also grant each other user of Cooksy Sites and Services a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to access your materials through the Sites and Services, and to use the materials, including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works and display, only as enabled by a feature of the Service (such as video or audio features).
The licenses granted by you continue for a commercially reasonable period of time after you remove or delete your materials from the Sites. You understand and agree, however, that Cooksy may retain your materials that have been removed or deleted.
You may remove your materials from the Sites at any time and please contact us here if you ever wish to remove any or all of your materials: privacy@cooksy.com.
You acknowledge, accept and agree that you are required to remove your materials if you no longer have the rights required by these terms.
All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
4. COOKSY CORPORATION PRIVACY POLICY.
Our Privacy Policy governs the collection and use of certain information that will be obtained by us as you Use the Services. Please review the Privacy Policy before you Use the Services. Our Privacy Policy may be viewed here: privacy@cooksy.com.
5. AUTOMATED QUERIES ARE NOT ALLOWED.
Automated queries may never be sent by you to our Services unless Cooksy Corporation has provided you with express written permission. “Sending automated queries” includes, among other things:
(a) using any software which sends queries to our Site to determine how a Website or Webpage “ranks” for various queries;
(b) “meta‑searching”; and
(c) performing “offline” searches on the Site.
6. SERVICES MATERIALS.
A. You agree to:
- only Use (or attempt to Use) the Services through interfaces provided by Cooksy Corporation; and
- comply with the instructions in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
You agree to not Use the Services to:
- engage in activity that is in violation of this TOU Agreement or is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- harm or threaten to harm users in any manner;
- harm or threaten to harm minors in any manner;
- stalk or harass any person or entity;
- impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Services;
- infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights (“Rights”) of any party;
- engage in activity that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Services or of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
- interfere with or disrupt the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
- intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law and any regulations having the force of law;
- use the Services to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation;
- provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and/or
- collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in the above paragraphs.
B. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Cooksy Corporation may access, preserve and disclose your account information (if such information exists) if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce this TOU Agreement; (c) respond to claims that any of your acts violate the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Cooksy Corporation, its users and the public.
7. INTERSTATE DATA TRANSMISSIONS
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
You understand that the Services and software embodied within the Services may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected and that use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by Cooksy Corporation and/or content providers who provide content to the Services. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Services. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Services, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
By agreeing to this TOU Agreement, you acknowledge that Use of the Services results in interstate data transmissions because of Cooksy Corporation’s network architecture, business practices and the manner in which electronic communications are processed.
8. INTERNATIONAL USE
9. INDEMNITY
10. NO RESALE OF SERVICES
11. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
12. TERMINATION
13. ADVERTISERS
14. LINKS
15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. COOKSY CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON‑INFRINGEMENT.
COOKSY CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICES, CONTENT, OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSED, PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SERVICES OR ON THE SITES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR‑FREE, OR WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE OR THAT OUR SITES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES A SITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; (ii) THE QUALITY OF SERVICES, CONTENT, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (iii) ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) WILL BE CORRECTED.
ANY MATERIAL UPLOADED, TRANSMITTED, OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONTENT, FILES, OR SOFTWARE, OR MATERIAL OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS USED AND/OR ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK; AND COOKSY CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES TO ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA, THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR UPLOAD, POSTING, TRANSMITTAL, OR DOWNLOAD OF CONTENT, FILES, OR SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM COOKSY CORPORATION OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOU AGREEMENT.
A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE SERVICES. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICES AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THE SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
17. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
18. ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS
THE INFORMATION IN THE SITES IS BASED ON DATA GATHERED FROM WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE RELIABLE SOURCES.
SOME OF THE MATERIAL ON THE SITES MAY BE PASSWORD-PROTECTED AND ACCESS TO THESE AREAS IS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED USERS ONLY.
THE USER IN PASSWORD-PROTECTED AREAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY USE OF THE PASSWORD AND MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE PASSWORD.
19. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
20. TRADEMARKS
21. GENERAL INFORMATION
Entire Agreement. The TOU Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Cooksy Corporation and governs your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and Cooksy Corporation with respect to the Services. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or obtain certain other Cooksy Corporation services, affiliate services, third‑party content or third‑party software.
Choice of Law and Forum. The TOU Agreement and the relationship between you and Cooksy Corporation shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona, excluding its conflict of law provisions. You and Cooksy Corporation agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Pima County, Tucson Arizona.
Waiver. The failure of Cooksy Corporation to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOU Agreement or breach of this TOU Agreement by you shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Severability. If any provision of this TOU Agreement is unenforceable, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objections of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions of this TOU Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or the TOU Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Section Titles. The section titles in the TOU Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Account Information. You are responsible for reviewing all account statements received by you in order to verify the accuracy of all Cooksy Corporation account information provided in the statement and all transactions entered through our Sites. You are also responsible for promptly notifying Cooksy Corporation of any errors or inaccuracies relating to information contained in, or omitted from your Cooksy Corporation account statements, including errors or inaccuracies arising from the transactions conducted through our Sites.
22. VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of this TOU Agreement to the following:
Attention: LEGAL
e-mail address: privacy@cooksy.com
REVISED AS OF NOVEMBER 3, 2021
EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 1, 2021