Welcome to Kookdook! These Terms of Use, in conjunction with the Privacy Policy (“Agreement”), govern your use of Kookdook’s websites, mobile applications, and associated services, including software, data feeds, email newsletters, and content available through the Services (“Content”). This Agreement constitutes a legal and binding agreement between you and Kookdook (“Kookdook,” “we,” “us,” or “our” hereinafter). Our Privacy Policy is an integral part of this Agreement. By accessing, using, or contributing to the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Agreement (including our Privacy Policy), consent to become a party to this Agreement, and agree to be bound by and comply with the terms and conditions herein. If you do not accept and agree to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please do not access or use the Services in any manner. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Content” includes, without limitation, information, data, text, logos, photographs, videos, audio clips, animations, written posts, articles, comments, software, scripts, graphics, themes, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services, including User Content (as defined below).
Eligibility: The Services are intended for use by users who are 18 years of age or older. By accessing and using the Services, you certify that you are at least 18 years old. If you are not yet 18 years old, please discontinue accessing or using the Services immediately.
Restrictions: The Services may contain Content provided by Kookdook, its partners, or its users, and such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and laws. You agree to abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Services. You shall not:
a. Take any action that imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. b. Interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services or any activities conducted on the Services. c. Bypass, circumvent, or attempt to bypass or circumvent any measures used to prevent or restrict access to the Services. d. Run any form of auto-responder or “spam” on the Services. e. Use manual or automated software, devices, or processes to “crawl” or “spider” any part of the Services. f. Harvest or scrape any Content from the Services. g. Engage in any action that violates our guidelines and policies.
We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as necessary to:
(i) comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests; (ii) enforce this Agreement, including investigating potential violations; (iii) detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues; (iv) respond to user support requests; or (v) protect our rights, property, or safety, and that of our users and the public.
You shall not (and shall not permit any third party to) either:
(a) take any action or (b) upload, download, post, submit, or otherwise distribute or facilitate the distribution of any Content on or through the Services, including User Content, that:
a. Infringes any intellectual property, proprietary rights, or confidentiality obligations of others. b. Does not belong to you. c. You know is false, misleading, untruthful, or inaccurate or could damage us or any third party. d. Is fraudulent, unlawful, or contains or promotes defamatory or illegal information and activities, images, materials, or descriptions. e. Is harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating to or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful, as determined by us in our sole discretion. f. Causes duress, distress, or discomfort to another or is likely to deter or discourage others from using the Services, as determined by us in our sole discretion. g. Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk messages (“spamming”). h. Harms minors in any way. i. Contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files, or programs designed to disrupt, damage, limit, or interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any system, data, password, or other information of ours or any third party. j. Impersonates any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives. k. Includes anyone’s identification documents or sensitive financial information. l. Threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security, or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offense or insults any other nation.
Availability: We do not guarantee the availability of any Content through the Services. We reserve the right to remove, refuse to distribute, edit, modify, or manipulate any Content at our sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content or if we are concerned that you may have violated this Agreement), or for no reason at all. We may also modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services or any part thereof, with or without notice, at any time and from time to time.
User Content: Certain features of the Services may allow you to create, submit, post, embed, or display Content on or through the Services (“User Content”). You retain your rights in such User Content, but by submitting or posting User Content, you grant us an irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to use, display, copy, reproduce, process, modify, delete from, add to, prepare derivative works of, publish, and distribute any User Content and all intellectual property rights associated therewith worldwide and in any media formats and channels, for any promotional or commercial purposes, either by us or third parties partnering with us for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication of our Content, during the full term of copyright and all renewals and extensions thereof, without any obligation to make any payment to you or others or to give you credit. In the event we decide to give you credit, at our sole discretion, you further grant us the right to use your name and likeness under the license contained in this paragraph in association with your User Content and the promotion and advertising thereof. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any final product. We may modify or adapt your User Content to transmit, display, or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to your User