The following terms and conditions govern all use of the chefsecure.com
website and all content, services and products available at or through
the website (taken together, the Website). The Website is offered
subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and
conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies
(including, without limitation, the Website's Privacy policy) and
procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site
(collectively, the “Agreement”). Please read this Agreement carefully
before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of
the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of
this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of
this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services.
If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Chef Secure, LLC,
acceptance is expressly limited to these terms.
Website Usage
You may not, at any time, use the Website for illegal activities.
Additionally, you may not, at any time, use or create software or
services acting to replace, change, add or remove any functionality or
operating of the Website without express, written approval from
Chef Secure, LLC. Additionally, you may not access any data from the Website
through any products, services or procedures other than those directly
provided by or officially recognized and approved by Chef Secure, LLC.
Free access to the Service is granted solely for individual, personal,
and non-commercial use. Any use of the Service for commercial purposes
is strictly prohibited without the purchase of an applicable commercial
license.
For the avoidance of doubt, “commercial purposes” shall include,
without limitation, any use of the Website by or within any educational
institution, school, class, course, training program, tutoring program,
or similar entity or activity that (i) receives or is supported by
public or private funding of any kind, or (ii) charges, requires, or
accepts tuition, fees, or other payments from students, participants,
or third parties, whether such use is by instructors, administrators,
staff, students, or participants.
Commercial purposes also include any use by employees, contractors,
agents, or representatives on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any
business, organization, or other entity.
Chef Secure, LLC reserves the right to investigate reports or indications of
unauthorized commercial use and may, at its sole discretion, provide
compensation or rewards for information leading to the verification and
prosecution or financial mitigation of such violations.
Your chefsecure.com Account
If you sign up to the Website, you grant permission for Chef Secure, LLC to
contact you through any means available using the information given and
create an account for you on the Website. You are required to only sign
up with email addresses belonging to you unless the owner has given you
permission to sign up with their email address. Additionally, you are
responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and you are
fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account.
Furthermore, you may not share your account or your login credentials
with anyone and you may not share access to purchased content under any
circumstances. You must not conduct any unlawful activity through your
account or through the Website, and Chef Secure, LLC may change or remove
any content that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise
likely to cause Chef Secure, LLC liability. You must immediately notify Chef
Secure, LLC of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches
of security. Chef Secure, LLC will not be liable for any acts or omissions
by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such
acts or omissions.
Data Breach and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Exposure
In the event of a data breach, exposure or unauthorized access to PII,
you consent to be informed solely via the email address you provide in
your account if your information has been compromised.
Responsibility of Contributors
If you post material to the Website or otherwise make (or allow any
third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any
such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content
of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case
regardless of what constitutes the Content. By making Content
available, you represent and warrant that: the downloading, copying and
use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including
but not limited to the legal, copyright, patent, trademark or trade
secret rights, of any third party; if your employer has rights to
intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received
permission from your employer to post or make available the Content,
including but not limited to any software or software metadata, or (ii)
secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the
Content; you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating
to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass
through to end users any required terms; the Content does not contain
or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful,
destructive or illegal content; the Content is not spam, is not
machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or
unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party
sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to
further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to
the source of the material (such as spoofing); the Content does not
contain threats or incite violence, and does not violate the privacy or
publicity rights of any third party; your account is not set up in a
manner that misleads anyone into thinking that you are another person
or company. By submitting Content to the Website, you grant Chef
Secure, LLC
a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce,
modify, adapt and publish the Content for any purpose. Without
limiting any of those representations or warranties, Chef Secure, LLC has
the right (though not the obligation) to, in Chef Secure, LLC’s sole
discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Chef Secure, LLC’s
reasonable opinion, violates any Website policy or is in any way
harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use
of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Chef
Secure, LLC’s sole discretion. Chef Secure, LLC will have no obligation to
provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.
Supported Browsing Devices
The Website is designed to be compatible with the latest Firefox and
Chrome web browsers for desktop. You may still try accessing the
Website with other browsing devices and report any errors you
encounter. Addressing these issues will be performed in our sole
discretion.
Automatic Renewal
Paid services are automatically renewed to ensure uninterrupted
service. You will be contacted at least 7 days prior to renewal and
given a choice to cancel your renewal. You may also contact us before
that time to cancel.
Refund Policy
Due to the digital nature of the Website's content, all sales are final
and refunds will not be issued.
Price Changes
We may change pricing at any time to adjust to business needs.
Promo Codes
Promo codes may only be used for personal use only. They cannot be
combined or used for team/company purchases.
Responsibility of Website Visitors
Chef Secure, LLC has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material,
including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore
be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating
the Website, Chef Secure, LLC does not represent or imply that it endorses the
material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate,
useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as
necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses,
worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The
Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise
objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies,
typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain
material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the
intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or
the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms
and conditions, stated or unstated. Chef Secure, LLC disclaims any
responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the
Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there
posted. Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and
cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made
available through the websites and webpages to which chefsecure.com
links, and that link to chefsecure.com. Chef Secure, LLC does not have any
control over those non- Chef Secure, LLC websites and webpages, and is not
responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a
non- Chef Secure, LLC website or webpage, Chef Secure, LLC does not represent or
imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for
taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer
systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or
destructive content. Chef Secure, LLC disclaims any responsibility for any harm
resulting from your use of non- Chef Secure, LLC websites and webpages.
Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy
As Chef Secure, LLC asks others to respect its intellectual property rights,
it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe
that material located on or linked to by chefsecure.com violates your
copyright, you are encouraged to notify Chef Secure, LLC in accordance with
Chef Secure, LLC’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. Chef
Secure, LLC will respond to all such notices, including as required or
appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to
the infringing material. Chef Secure, LLC will terminate a visitor’s access to
and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor
is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other
intellectual property rights of Chef Secure, LLC or others. In the case of such
termination, Chef Secure, LLC will have no obligation to provide a refund of
any amounts previously paid to Chef Secure, LLC. Intellectual Property. This
Agreement does not transfer from Chef Secure, LLC to you any Chef Secure, LLC or
third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in
and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with
Chef Secure, LLC. Chef Secure, LLC, chefsecure.com, the chefsecure.com logo, and
all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in
connection with chefsecure.com, or the Website are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Chef Secure, LLC or Chef Secure, LLC’s licensors. Other
trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the
Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the
Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any
Chef Secure, LLC or third-party trademarks.
Changes
Chef Secure, LLC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or
replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check
this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access
to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement
constitutes acceptance of those changes. Chef Secure, LLC may also, in the
future, offer new services and/or features through the Website
(including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features
and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
Termination
Chef Secure, LLC may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website
at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective
immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your
chefsecure.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue
using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their
nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including,
without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers,
indemnity and limitations of liability. Disclaimer of Warranties. The
Website is provided “as is”. Chef Secure, LLC and its suppliers and
licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or
implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
Neither Chef Secure, LLC nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty
that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be
continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or
otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own
discretion and risk. Limitation of Liability. In no event will
Chef Secure, LLC, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any
subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict
liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special,
incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for
substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss
or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts and fees paid by you to
Chef Secure, LLC under this agreement. Chef Secure, LLC shall have no liability
for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable
control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by
applicable law. General Representation and Warranty. You represent and
warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance
with the Chef Secure, LLC Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all
applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local
laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental
area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including
all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data
exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and
(ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the
intellectual property rights of any third party.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Chef Secure, LLC, its contractors,
and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including
attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but
not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Chef Secure, LLC and
you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified
by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of
Chef Secure, LLC, or by the posting by Chef Secure, LLC of a revised version. Except
to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this
Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the
laws of the state of Texas, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law
provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or
relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts
located in Travis County, Texas. Except for claims for injunctive or
equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights
(which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a
bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally
settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three
arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration
shall take place in Austin, Texas, in the English language and the
arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in
any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to
costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held
invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the
parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in
full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or
condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance,
will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof.
You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that
consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions;
Chef Secure, LLC may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition.
This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of
the parties, their successors and permitted assigns
