Terms of Service — Recipe Rounds

1. Eligibility and acceptance

You must be at least 13 years old (16 in the EEA) and able to form a binding contract to use Recipe Rounds. By creating an account or using the service, you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

2. Your account

You're responsible for activity on your account and for keeping your credentials secure. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorized access.

3. Your content and license to us

You keep ownership of the content you create or upload (recipes, posts, comments, images, lists — "Your Content"). You grant Recipe Rounds a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify (for formatting and resizing), display, and distribute Your Content solely to operate, improve, and promote the service. This license ends when you delete Your Content, except for copies retained for backups or legal compliance.

4. Your warranties about your content

You represent and warrant that:

You own Your Content or have all rights and permissions necessary to share it.
Your Content does not infringe any copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or other right.
Your Content is not unlawful, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or otherwise objectionable.
Any health, nutrition, or dietary statements you make are your own and not presented as professional advice.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Post infringing, illegal, harmful, harassing, or sexually explicit material.
Impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation.
Scrape, crawl, or harvest data from the service without our written permission.
Interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the service.
Use the service to send spam or unsolicited messages.

6. Imported recipes and attribution

Recipe Rounds lets you import recipes from external URLs. Factual data such as ingredients, times, and quantities is not protected by copyright. We do not import the original author's prose instructions or descriptions, and every imported recipe is linked back to its source via an "Adapted from" button.

You represent that you have the right to share any imported recipe and that anything you add (notes, instructions, photos) is yours or properly licensed. As a best practice, write your own instructions in your own words. See our Recipe Sourcing policy for details.

7. Nutrition disclaimer

Nutrition information shown in Recipe Rounds is an estimate calculated from your ingredient list. It is provided for general informational purposes only and is not medical, nutritional, or dietary advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for personal dietary decisions.

8. Food safety and allergen disclaimer

You are responsible for verifying ingredients, allergens, cooking temperatures, and food safety practices before preparing or consuming any recipe. Recipe Rounds is not liable for any allergic reaction, foodborne illness, injury, or other harm resulting from recipes shared on the service.

9. Copyright and DMCA

We respond to valid copyright notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. See our DMCA & Copyright page for instructions on submitting a notice or counter-notice.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access, remove Your Content, or refuse service at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms or applicable law. You may stop using the service at any time by deleting your account.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY OF CONTENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.

12. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, RECIPE ROUNDS AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE OR (B) US $100.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Recipe Rounds and its officers, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to (a) Your Content, (b) your use of the service, (c) your violation of these Terms, or (d) your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual-property or privacy rights.

14. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [TODO: your state/country], without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. You and Recipe Rounds agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in [TODO: your county/state] for any dispute not subject to arbitration.

15. Dispute resolution

We prefer to resolve disputes informally. Before filing a claim, contact us at legal@reciperounds.app and we'll try in good faith to resolve it. If we can't, any unresolved dispute will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, except that you may bring claims in small-claims court. You waive any right to participate in a class action.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may modify these Terms. When we make material changes, we'll notify you and update the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

17. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other policies referenced here, are the entire agreement between you and Recipe Rounds regarding the service.