Tasteology Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: 1/1/2024

Welcome to Tasteology! These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access and use of our website, tasteology.us (the “Website”), and all related services offered by Tasteology (“we,” “us,” or “our”).

Please read these Terms carefully before using the Website or our Services. By accessing or using the Website or our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, then you may not access the Website or use our Services.

1. Services

Tasteology provides food product development services, including recipe development, flavor optimization, and food formulation, to businesses and individuals in the food industry (the “Services”). The specific details and scope of the Services will be outlined in a separate agreement between Tasteology and the client.

2. Intellectual Property

• Ownership: All content included on the Website, such as text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Tasteology or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.
• License: Tasteology grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Website and its content for personal, non-commercial purposes only.
• Restrictions: You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from the Website without our express written consent.

3. User Content

The Website may allow you to submit, upload, publish, or otherwise make available content, such as comments, reviews, or other materials (“User Content”). By submitting User Content, you grant Tasteology a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such User Content throughout the world in any media.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the User Content and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns.

4. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Website or Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You agree to comply with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:

• Violating any local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
• Infringing upon or violating our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others.
• Transmitting any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
• Impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity.
• Interfering with or disrupting the Website or servers or networks connected to the Website.
• Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Website or any other systems or networks connected to the Website.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TASTEOLOGY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

6. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL TASTEOLOGY OR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES, EVEN IF TASTEOLOGY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Tasteology and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the Website using your account.

8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of tasteology.us, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any legal action or proceeding between Tasteology and you for any purpose concerning these Terms or the parties’ obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in tasteology.us.

9. Modifications to the 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 provide at least