Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Cooking Spot. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site.

We may modify these Terms at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified terms on the website. You agree to review the Terms periodically to be aware of such modifications, and your continued access or use of the website shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified terms.

2. User Accounts

Some features of our website may require registration. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.

You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access our website and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use "strong" passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols) with your account.

You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

3. User Content

Our website allows you to post, link, store, share and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material ("User Content"). You are responsible for the User Content that you post on or through our website, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness.

By posting User Content on or through our website, you represent and warrant that:

• The User Content is yours (you own it) or you have the right to use it and grant us the rights and license as provided in these Terms.
• The posting of your User Content on or through our website does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person.
• The User Content does not contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.

We reserve the right to remove any User Content from our website at our sole discretion, without prior notice and without liability.

4. Intellectual Property

The website and its original content, features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Cooking Spot and its licensors. The website is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of Cooking Spot.

When you submit User Content to our website, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content in any media. This license terminates when you delete your User Content or your account.

5. Recipe Usage

Recipes shared on Cooking Spot are for personal, non-commercial use only. You may use the recipes for your own cooking and may share your experiences with the recipes on social media or personal blogs with proper attribution to Cooking Spot and the original recipe creator.

Commercial use of our recipes, including but not limited to publishing in cookbooks, using in cooking classes, or for commercial food preparation, requires explicit written permission from Cooking Spot.

When sharing your own recipes on our platform, you retain ownership of your original content, but grant Cooking Spot the license described in Section 4 above.

6. Prohibited Uses

You may use our website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to use our website:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Cooking Spot, a Cooking Spot employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website, or which may harm Cooking Spot or users of the website.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• Use the website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site.
• Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the website.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the website or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the website.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

Your use of our website is at your sole risk. The website and its content are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. Cooking Spot expressly disclaims 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.

Cooking Spot makes no warranty that the website will meet your requirements, be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis, or that the results that may be obtained from the use of the website will be accurate or reliable.

Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the website.

8. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Cooking Spot, its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:

• Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the website;
• Any conduct or content of any third party on the website;
• Any content obtained from the website; and
• Unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cooking Spot, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the website.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.

11. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our website after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.