Terms of Use

Terms

Updated December 6, 2016

Welcome to Skillit!  These Terms of Use (“Terms”) cover all of the websites, mobile, desktop and “over-the-top” applications, services and software of Skillit, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Skillit”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) and any associated content including email and RSS. Please read these Terms carefully and refer to our Privacy Policy, found at https://skillitcooking.com/pages/privacy-policy, for information on how we collect, use and disclose information from our users. By visiting the Skillit websites or downloading, installing or using any Skillit mobile, desktop, over-the-top or other application software or services, or other materials or services made available from Skillit (collectively, the “Services”), you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree to any of these Terms or our Privacy Policy, you may not use the Services.

CHANGES TO TERMS

We may change the Terms at any time, in our sole discretion. If we do so, you agree that Skillit may notify you of the updated Terms by posting them on the Services, and that your use of the Services after the effective date of the updated Terms (or doing such other conduct as we may reasonably specify) constitutes your agreement to the updated Terms. It’s important that you review the Terms whenever we modify them because if you continue to use the Services after we have posted modified Terms on our website, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If you don’t agree to be bound by the modified Terms, then you may not use the Services anymore.  Because our Services are evolving over time, we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.

Arbitration Notice: Unless you opt out of arbitration within 30 days of the date you first agree to these Terms by following the opt-out procedure specified in the “Arbitration” section below, and except for certain types of disputes described in the “Arbitration” section below, you agree that disputes between you and Skillit will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration and you are waiving your right to a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding.

WHO MAY USE THE SERVICES

To use the Services, you must be at least 13 years or older and capable of forming a binding contract with Skillit and are not barred from using the Services under applicable law. Skillit may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms and policies at any time.

SKILLIT ACCOUNTS

You do not need an account in order to access content on the Services; however, in order to access some features of the Services, you will have to create an account. You may be able to create your account using your Facebook account or other social network service accounts (each, an “SNS Account”). If you choose this option, we’ll create your account by pulling from such SNS Account certain personal information such as your name and email address and other personal information that your privacy settings in your SNS Account permit us to access. Your use of these third party services are governed by the terms of use and privacy policies of these third parties.

When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. Skillit prohibits the creation of, and you agree that you will not create, an account for anyone other than yourself. You also represent that all information you provide or provided to Skillit upon registration and at all other times will be true, accurate, current and complete and you agree to update your information as necessary to maintain its truth and accuracy. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and it’s your sole responsibility to protect your password from unauthorized use. You must notify Skillit immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. You agree that you will not solicit, collect or use the login credentials of other Skillit users.  Additionally, you may never use another’s account without permission.

Although Skillit will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Skillit or others due to such unauthorized use, and we might have to suspend or terminate your account in such case. Skillit will not be responsible for any unauthorized access to, or alteration of, data sent to or received by your account, regardless of whether the data is actually received by Skillit.

The Services are a temporary free service (except as described below for paid subscriptions) and Skillit can begin charging at any time for use of any or all parts of the Services. Skillit reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time. Skillit reserves the right to reclaim user names that become inactive or on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark on those usernames. These Terms apply to all users of the Services, including users who contribute submissions, as described below.

PRIVACY POLICY

Please refer to our Privacy Policy at https://skillitcooking.com/pages/privacy-policy for information on how we collect, use and disclose information from our users.

CONTENT OWNERSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY AND REMOVAL

For purposes of these Terms: (i) “Content” means text, graphics, images, music, audio, video, works of authorship of any kind and information or other materials that are posted, generated, provided or otherwise made available through the Services; and (ii) “User Content” means any Content that account holders (including you) provide to be made available through the Services. Content includes without limitation User Content.

Skillit doesn’t claim any ownership rights in any User Content that you make available through the Services and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content. Subject to the that, Skillit and its licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that the Services and Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services or Content. The Services may also feature the trademarks, service marks and logos of third parties and each owner retains all right in such trademarks, service marks and logos, and any use thereof will inure solely to the benefit of their respective owners.

RIGHTS GRANTED BY SKILLIT

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Skillit grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the Content solely in connection with your permitted use of the Services and solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes.

RIGHTS IN USER CONTENT GRANTED BY YOU

By making any User Content available through Services you hereby grant to Skillit a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable license, with the right to grant sublicenses, to access, use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, view, download, and print your User Content in connection with operating and providing the Services and Content, in any and all media now existing or hereafter developed.

You are solely responsible for all your User Content. This means that you represent and warrant that you own all your User Content or you have all rights that are necessary to grant us the license rights in your User Content under these Terms. You also represent and warrant that neither your User Content, nor your use and provision of your User Content, nor any use of your User Content by Skillit on or through the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation. You understand and agree that any User Content you submit will be publicly available on our mobile, desktop and other software applications (the “Apps”).

You can remove your User Content by specifically deleting it. However, in certain instances, some of your User Content (such as posts or comments you make) may not be completely removed and copies of your User Content may continue to exist on the Services. We’re not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete) any of your User Content.

CONTENT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORKING SITES

As part of the functionality of the Services, you may link your account to an SNS Account by allowing Skillit to access your SNS Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each SNS Account. You agree that you won’t disclose your SNS Account login information to Skillit and/or grant Skillit access to your SNS Account unless you are permitted to do so by the applicable SNS. Skillit won’t have any obligation to pay any fees or be subject to any usage limitations imposed by SNS’s.

By linking your SNS Account to your Skillit account, you understand that Skillit will access, make available and store (if applicable) some of the content that you have provided to and stored in your SNS Account so that it is available on and through the Services via your account. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all such content, if any, will be considered to be User Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the SNS Accounts you choose and subject to applicable SNS privacy settings, personally identifiable information that you post to your SNS Accounts and information about your SNS network will be available on and through your Account. Please note that if an SNS Account or associated service becomes unavailable or Skillit’s access to such SNS Account is terminated by the third party service provider, then the content from your SNS Account will no longer be available on and through the Services. You may disable the connection between your Account and your SNS Accounts by emailing us at info@skillitcooking.com with your request. We’ll take steps to disable such connection as soon as practicable.  Please note that your relationship with the SNS Account service providers associated with your SNS Accounts is governed solely by your agreement(s) with such SNS Account service providers.

SOCIAL SHARING

If you choose, you may share Content on certain of your SNS Accounts, via mobile messaging and via email, through the social sharing functionality we’ve implemented through certain of the Services.  You agree to engage in such sharing only with recipients that you know would not object to receipt of such Content and take full responsibility for any liability you might incur for unwelcomed or inappropriate sharing.  If you share via your one of your SNS Accounts, that sharing will be subject to the privacy settings you set in that SNS Account and that SNS Account’s privacy policy.

ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS

As part of the Services, you may (if enabled) receive push notifications, text messages, alerts, emails or other types of messages directly sent to you outside or inside the Apps (“Push Messages”). If you decide to enable such Push Messages, you agree to receipt of communications from Skillit via the Push Messages. You have control over the Push Messages settings and can opt in or out of these Push Messages through the Services (with the possible exception of infrequent, important service announcements and administrative messages). Please be aware that third party messaging or data fees may occur relating to these Push Messages depending on the plan you have with your wireless carrier.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the Services and all materials incorporated by Skillit on the platforms on which the Services are made available, including, without limitation, all Content, visual interfaces, interactive features, information, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, API’s, products, software, services and all other elements of the Services (collectively, “Material”) constitute the proprietary and valuable property of Skillit and are protected by United States and international copyrights, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws (“IP Rights”). Any use of the Services other than as specifically authorized herein is strictly prohibited. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Skillit. Some of the characters, logos or other images incorporated by Skillit on Skillit websites are also protected as registered or unregistered trademarks, trade names and/or service marks owned by Skillit or others (collectively, “Trademarks”). You agree not to use any Skillit Trademarks without Skillit’s written consent. Other trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and other branding used and displayed via the Services (“Third Party Mark(s)”) may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners who may or may not endorse or be affiliated with or connected to Skillit. Except as expressly provided in these Terms or in terms provided by the owner of a Third Party Mark, nothing in these Terms or the Services should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of Skillit Trademarks displayed on the Services, without Skillit’s prior written permission in each instance. All goodwill generated from the use of Skillit Trademarks will inure to the exclusive benefit of Skillit.

YOUR USE OF MATERIAL

Your right to make use of the Services and any Material made available to you is subject to your compliance with these Terms. Material is provided to you “as is”. Modification or use of the Material or any other content made available to you by Skillit for any purpose not permitted by these Terms may be a violation of IP Rights and is prohibited. You may access and display Content for non-commercial, personal, entertainment use only on a single computer or device at a time. The Material and all other content on Skillit platforms may not otherwise be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed or used in any way unless specifically authorized by Skillit. Using any Material on any other web site or networked computer environment is prohibited. Also, decompiling, reverse engineering, disassembling or otherwise reducing the code used in any software for the Services into a readable form in order to examine the construction of such software and/or to copy or create other products based (in whole or in part) on such software, is prohibited. You understand that when using the Services, you will be exposed to Material from a variety of sources, and that Skillit is not responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, usefulness or IP Rights of or relating to such Material.

TERMS SPECIFIC TO SKILLIT APPS

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Skillit grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download and install a copy of the applicable App on the mobile devices, computers or smart televisions that you own or control and to run those copies of the App solely for your own personal non-commercial purposes. Furthermore, with respect to any App accessed through or downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, as applicable (“App Store Sourced Application”), you’ll use the App Store Sourced Application only: (i) on an Apple-branded product that runs iOS or an Android-powered product that runs Android, as the case may be; and (ii) as permitted by the terms and conditions of such App Store Sourced Application. Skillit reserves all rights in and to the App not expressly granted to you under these Terms.

You may not: (i) copy, modify or create derivative works based on the Apps; (ii) distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend or rent the Apps to any third party; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Apps; or (iv) make the functionality of the Apps available to multiple users through any means.

ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR Apple Applications

For any App Store Sourced Application obtained through the Apple App Store, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • These Terms are concluded between you and Skillit, and not with the Apple, and that Skillit (not Apple), is solely responsible for the App Store Sourced Application. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App Store Sourced Application.
  • In the event of any failure of the App Store Sourced Application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the App Store Sourced Application to you (if applicable) and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App Store Sourced Application. Any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure of the App Store Sourced Application to conform to any warranty will be the sole responsibility of Skillit. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims that you or any third party may have relating to the App Store Sourced Application or your possession or use of the App Store Sourced Application, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App Store Sourced Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation.
  • In the event of any third-party claim that the App Store Sourced Application or your possession or use of that App Store Sourced Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, Skillit will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such claim to the extent required by these Terms.
  • Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as related to your license of the App Store Sourced Application and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms as related to your license of the App Store Sourced Application against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof. You must also comply with all applicable third-party terms of service when using the App Store Sourced Application.

PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS

We may charge a fee to access certain Services that require a subscription in order to offer such Services that Skillit would not otherwise make available without charging a fee.  We reserve the right to determine which Services are subject to a subscription fee and may change this from time to time.  If you elect to subscribe to such Services, you are a “subscriber”.  You can find specific details regarding your subscription at any time by logging into your Skillit account.  You agree your subscription is for individual use only.

BILLING

By providing a credit card or other payment method accepted by Skillit (“Payment Method”) for your subscription, you are expressly agreeing that we (or an authorized third-party payment processor such as Stripe, Apple or Google) are authorized to charge you a subscription fee, any other fees for additional services you may purchase and any applicable taxes in connection with your use of your subscription to the Payment Method.

As used in these Terms, “billing” indicates either a charge or debit, as applicable, against your Payment Method.  If you elect for a monthly billing option for the applicable Service, the subscription fee will be automatically billed at the beginning of your subscription, and your subscription will automatically renew monthly and you will be billed each following month unless and until you cancel your subscription or the account or Service is otherwise suspended or discontinued pursuant to these Terms.  If you elect for an annual billing option for the applicable Service, the subscription fee will be automatically billed at the beginning of your subscription, and your subscription will automatically renew annually and you will be billed each following year unless and until you cancel your subscription or the account or Service is otherwise suspended or discontinued pursuant to these Terms.  Subscription fees are fully earned upon payment.  To see the start date for your next renewal period, log into your Skillit account.

For subscriptions, Skillit, or its third–party payment service provider authorized to accept payments on Skillit’s behalf (such as Stripe, Apple or Google), automatically bill your Payment Method each month (or year, as applicable) on the calendar day corresponding to the start of your subscription (each such monthly or annual period, a “Billing Period”).  In the event your subscription began on a day not contained in a given month, we bill your Payment Method on the last day of such month.  If you change your Payment Method, this could result in changing the calendar day upon which you are billed.  You acknowledge that the amount billed each Billing Period may vary due to promotional offers, changes in your subscription and changes in applicable taxes, and you authorize us to charge your Payment Method for the corresponding amounts.  If Skillit changes the subscription fee or other charges for your subscription, we will give you advance notice of these changes by email.  However, we will not be able to notify you of changes in any applicable taxes.

Very rarely, if there are special circumstances where Skillit determines it is appropriate (e.g., your subscription Service is unavailable for days due to technical difficulties), we may provide credits to affected subscribers. The amount and form of such credits, and the decision to provide them, are at Skillit’s sole and absolute discretion, and the provision of credits in one instance does not entitle anyone to credits in the future under similar or different circumstances.

Note that if you subscribe to a Service via an Apple iTunes account or a Google Play account, you must manage your subscription directly through those services, respectively.  While the terms of subscription are generally similar to that described above, please refer to the applicable Apple or Google subscription terms for the terms applicable to your subscription, including renewal terms.

ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION AND CANCELLATION

If you selected a subscription option, your subscription will continue in effect on a month-to-month or year-to-year basis, depending on the option you selected, unless and until you cancel your subscription or the account or Service is otherwise suspended or discontinued pursuant to these Terms.  You must cancel your subscription before your renewal date (which you can find in your Skillit account) in order to avoid the next billing.  We will bill the monthly or annual subscription fee plus any applicable taxes to the Payment Method you provide to use during registration (or to a different Payment Method if you change your account information).  If you cancel your subscription, cancellation will be effective at the end of the current Billing Period, which means that you will have continued access to your subscription for the remainder of that period, but you will not receive a refund.  PAYMENTS ARE NONREFUNDABLE AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR PARTIALLY USED PERIODS.  You can cancel your subscription by logging into your Skillit account and clicking “Cancel Subscription”.

We may offer a number of subscription plans from time to time with differing conditions and limitations.  Any materially different terms from those described in these Terms will be disclosed at your sign-up or in other communications made available to you.  Some promotional subscriptions are offered by third parties in conjunction with the provision of their own products and services.  We are not responsible for the products and services provided by such third parties.  We reserve the right to modify, terminate or otherwise amend our offered subscription plans.

It is important that each subscriber honor the payment obligations to which the subscriber agreed. Accordingly, we reserve the right to pursue any amounts you fail to pay in connection with your subscription. You will remain liable for all such amounts and all costs incurred in connection with the collection of these amounts, including, without limitation, bank overdraft fees, collection agency fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and arbitration or court costs.

Note that if you subscribe to a Service via an Apple iTunes account or a Google Play account, you must manage your subscription and cancel directly through those services, respectively.  While the terms of subscription are generally similar to that described above, please refer to the applicable Apple or Google subscription terms for the terms applicable to your subscription, including specific renewal terms and when and how to cancel a subscription.

FREE TRIALS

We may offer to certain qualifying users paid subscriptions on a free trial basis (“Free Trial”) for a specified period of time.  If we offer you a Free Trial, the specific terms of your Free Trial will be provided at signup and/or in the promotional materials describing the Free Trial and your use of the Free Trial is subject to your compliance with such specific terms.  Certain limitations may exist with respect to combining free trials with any other offers.  Except as may otherwise be provided in the specific terms for the Free Trial offer, Free Trials are only available to users who have not previously held a paid subscription.  When you agree to a Free Trial, you are also agreeing to sign up for a paid subscription as described above and, consequently, unless you cancel your subscription prior to the end of your Free Trial, we (or our third party payment processor) will begin charging your payment method on a recurring monthly basis for the applicable monthly fee (plus any applicable taxes and other charges) at the end of the Free Trial until you cancel your subscription.  Please note that you will not receive a notice from Skillit that your Free Trial has ended and that payment for your subscription is due.  If you wish to avoid charges to your Payment Method, you must cancel your subscription prior to midnight Eastern Time on the last day of your Free Trial period.  Instructions for cancelling your subscription are stated in the section above titled “Ongoing Subscription and Cancellation”.  To the extent subscriptions are offered in conjunction with purchase of, or payment for, third party products or services, you agree that Skillit will not be liable to you for any claims arising out of or related to your purchase or use of such third party products or services.  We reserve the right to determine eligibility for Free Trials and to modify or terminate Free Trials at any time, without notice and in our sole discretion.

FEEDBACK

We welcome feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Services (“Feedback”). You can submit Feedback by emailing us at info@skillitcooking.com. If you provide us any Feedback, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose.

GENERAL PROHIBITIONS

You agree not to do any of the following:

  • Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances.
  • Use, display, mirror or frame the Services, or any individual element within the Services, Skillit’s name, any Skillit trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without Skillit’s express written consent.
  • Access, tamper with or use non-public areas of the Services, Skillit’s computer systems or the technical delivery systems of Skillit’s providers;
  • Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any Skillit system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
  • Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Skillit or any of Skillit’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services or Content.
  • Attempt to access or search the Services or Content or web scrape or download Content from the Services through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by Skillit or other generally available third party web browsers.
  • Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation.
  • Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Skillit trademark, logo, URL or product name without Skillit’s express written consent.
  • Use the Services or Content for any commercial purpose or for the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms.
  • Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Services or Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information.
  • Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Services or Content.
  • Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Services;
  • Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Services or Apps from other users of the Services without their express permission.
  • Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation.
  • Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

Although we’re not obligated to monitor access to, or use of, the Services or Content or to review or edit any Content, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure compliance with these Terms, or to comply with applicable law or other legal requirements. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to any Content, at any time and without notice, including, but not limited to, if we, at our sole discretion, consider any Content to be objectionable or in violation of these Terms. We reserve the right to terminate your account and your access to and use of the Services if we determine, in our sole discretion, that your User Content is objectionable or in violation of these Terms. We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

DMCA/COPYRIGHT POLICY

Skillit respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. It is Skillit’s policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, account holders or subscribers who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR RESOURCES

The Services and Apps may contain links to third-party websites or resources. We provide these links only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products or services on or available from those websites or resources or links displayed on such sites. You acknowledge sole responsibility for, and assume all risk arising from, your use of any third-party websites or resources.

EXPORT CONTROL AND RESTRICTED COUNTRIES

You may not use, export, re-export, import or transfer any App except as authorized by United States law, the laws of the jurisdiction in which you obtained such App and any other applicable laws. In particular, but without limitation, no Apps may be exported or re-exported: (a) into any United States embargoed countries; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce's Denied Persons List or Entity List. By using the Apps and Services, you represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You also will not use the Apps and Services for any purpose prohibited by U.S. law, including the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

TERMINATION

We may terminate your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your account at any time by sending an email to us at info@skillitcooking.com. If you want to cancel a subscription for a paid Service, please see the “Paid Subscriptions” section above.  Upon any termination, discontinuation or cancellation of Services or your account, all provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive will survive, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, limitations of liability and dispute resolution provisions.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS

The Services and Content are provided “AS IS,” without warranty of any kind. Without limiting the foregoing, WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure or error-free basis. We make no warranty regarding the quality, accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any Content.

INDEMNITY

You will indemnify and hold harmless Skillit and its officers, directors, stockholders, employees and agents, from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use of the Services or Content; (ii) your User Content; or (iii) your violation of these Terms.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

NEITHER SKILLIT NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES OR CONTENT WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT SKILLIT HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IN NO EVENT WILL SKILLIT’S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR CONTENT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID TO SKILLIT FOR USE OF THE SERVICES OR CONTENT OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS TO SKILLIT, AS APPLICABLE. THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN SKILLIT AND YOU.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

ARBITRATION

You and Skillit agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services or Content (collectively, “Disputes”) will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right: (i) to bring an individual action in small claims court and (ii) to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property rights (the action described in the foregoing clause (ii), an “IP Protection Action”). Without limiting the preceding sentence, you will also have the right to litigate any other Dispute if you provide Skillit with written notice of your desire to do so by email at info@skillitcooking.com or mail at 1627 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94109, Attn: Skillit Cooking, within thirty (30) days following the date you first agree to these Terms (such notice, an “Arbitration Opt-out Notice”).  If you don’t provide Skillit with an Arbitration Opt-out Notice within the thirty (30) day period, you will be deemed to have knowingly and intentionally waived your right to litigate any Dispute except as expressly set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any IP Protection Action or, if you timely provide Skillit with an Arbitration Opt-out Notice, will be the state and federal courts located in the Central District of California in Los Angeles, California, and each of the parties hereto waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Unless you timely provide Skillit with an Arbitration Opt-out Notice, you acknowledge and agree that you and Skillit are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding.  Further, unless both you and Skillit otherwise agree in writing, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of any class or representative proceeding.  If this specific paragraph is held unenforceable, then the entirety of this “Dispute Resolution” section will be deemed void.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, this “Dispute Resolution” section will survive any termination of these Terms.

ARBITRATION RULES

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (the “AAA Rules”) then in effect, except as modified by this “Dispute Resolution” section. (The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org/arb_med or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.) The Federal Arbitration Act will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this section.

ARBITRATION PROCESS

A party who desires to initiate arbitration must provide the other party with a written Demand for Arbitration as specified in the AAA Rules. (The AAA provides a form Demand for Arbitration at https://www.caiso.com/Documents/Form_FilingNotice-Demand_Arbitration.pdf) The arbitrator will be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice law and will be selected by the parties from the AAA’s roster of arbitrators. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within seven (7) days of delivery of the Demand for Arbitration, then the AAA will appoint the arbitrator in accordance with the AAA Rules.

ARBITRATION LOCATION AND PROCEDURE

Unless you and Skillit otherwise agree, the arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside. If your claim does not exceed $10,000, then the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of the documents that you and Skillit submit to the arbitrator, unless you request a hearing or the arbitrator determines that a hearing is necessary. If your claim exceeds $10,000, your right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules. Subject to the AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have the discretion to direct a reasonable exchange of information by the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration.

ARBITRATOR’S DECISION

The arbitrator will render an award within the time frame specified in the AAA Rules. The arbitrator’s decision will include the essential findings and conclusions upon which the arbitrator based the award. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator’s award of damages must be consistent with the terms of the “Limitation of Liability” section above as to the types and amounts of damages for which a party may be held liable. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the claimant and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant’s individual claim. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses, to the extent provided under applicable law. Skillit will not seek, and hereby waives all rights it may have under applicable law to recover, attorneys’ fees and expenses if it prevails in arbitration.

FEES

Your responsibility to pay any AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees will be solely as set forth in the AAA Rules. However, if your claim for damages does not exceed $75,000, Skillit will pay all such fees unless the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in your Demand for Arbitration was frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)).

CHANGES

Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Changes to Terms” section above, if Skillit changes this “Dispute Resolution” section after the date you first accepted these Terms (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms), you may reject any such change by sending us written notice (including by email to info@skillitcooking.com) within thirty (30) days of the date such change became effective, as indicated in the “Last Updated” date above or in the date of Skillit’s email to you notifying you of such change. By rejecting any change, you are agreeing that you will arbitrate any Dispute between you and Skillit in accordance with the provisions of this “Dispute Resolution” section as of the date you first accepted these Terms (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms).

GENERAL TERMS

These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between Skillit and you regarding the Services and Content, and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Skillit and you regarding the Services and Content. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable (either by an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the terms of the “Arbitration” section above or by a court of competent jurisdiction, but only if you timely opt out of arbitration by sending us an Arbitration Opt-out Notice in accordance with the terms set forth above), that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without Skillit’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. Skillit may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

Any notices or other communications provided by Skillit under these Terms, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be given by Skillit via email or provided through the Services. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted, and for notices made through the Services, the date of access of the Services with such notice will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

Skillit’s failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Skillit. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Services please contact Skillit at info@skillitcooking.com or 415-596-3209. Alternatively, mail us at Attn: Skillit Cooking, 1627 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94109.