Terms of Service

1. General

These Terms of Service (Terms) govern your access to and use of the Tasteze websites, mobile applications, recipe and meal-management services, household features, and creator and publishing services (collectively, the Services). The Services are provided by DND Media Group LLC, a Florida limited liability company (Tasteze, we, us, or our). References to you and your mean the person using the Services and, where applicable, an organization that person is authorized to represent.

The Services are licensed, not sold. These Terms do not transfer ownership of the Services or any intellectual property belonging to Tasteze or its licensors. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

Additional provisions apply to participation in the partner program and to applications obtained from the Apple App Store. Read the Partner Addendum and the Apple App Store provisions where applicable. Our Privacy Policy describes our handling of personal data.

2. Acceptance and Eligibility

(a) Acceptance. By creating an account, signing in, selecting an acceptance control where one is presented, or accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. Your electronic acceptance has the same effect as your written signature. If you do not agree, you must not access or use the Services.

(b) Authority. If you use the Services on behalf of an organization or business, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization or business to these Terms. A household owner is responsible for administering household membership and for any subscription purchased for the household. Household membership does not, by itself, authorize one adult member to give another adult member's consent to personal-data processing.

(c) Age requirements. Tasteze accounts are available to persons who are at least 13 years old, or at least 16 years old in the European Union or United Kingdom. These are Tasteze's account-eligibility requirements. If you have not reached the age of majority where you reside, your parent or legal guardian must agree to these Terms on your behalf and remains responsible for your use. A household invitation does not waive these requirements.

(d) Privacy notices and consent. Acceptance of these Terms does not itself constitute consent to every use of personal data described in the Privacy Policy. Tasteze requests separate permission for the sharing of information with AI providers through consumer features. This permission is associated with your account and applies to the same AI processing on the web and in the iOS application. A choice recorded in either application is recognized in the other. You may change your choice in Settings → Privacy & Data. The information shared, purposes, providers, and consequences of withdrawal are described in the permission request and the Privacy Policy. AI processing necessary for Partner Program services is governed separately by the Partner Addendum.

(e) Order of precedence. The Apple App Store provisions control any conflict concerning an application obtained from that store. The Partner Addendum controls any conflict concerning participation in the partner program. No provision of these Terms imposes a usage restriction on an App Store application that conflicts with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. Mandatory rights under applicable law remain unaffected.

3. Accounts and Households

You may maintain one personal account. You are responsible for safeguarding your sign-in credentials and for activity conducted through your account. Two-factor authentication is available in Settings → Security. Notify security@tasteze.app promptly if you suspect unauthorized access. We may restrict access while investigating an account-security report.

Household features allow members to share recipes, meal plans, shopping lists, and pantry information. Each member uses their own account. The household owner is billed for the household subscription. Owner, administrator, and member permissions determine the actions each member may take. Household size and feature availability are subject to the limits stated for your subscription at Pricing.

We may suspend or terminate access for prohibited conduct in accordance with the Use Restrictions and Termination provisions below.

4. License to Use the Services

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and payment of applicable fees, Tasteze grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Services for your personal and household purposes and, where permitted by your subscription, professional culinary purposes.

Your license is subject to the access and usage limits applicable to your subscription. Tasteze and its licensors retain their rights in the Services, including software, Tasteze-provided content, trademarks, and designs. Access to content does not authorize republication or commercial distribution except as expressly permitted by these Terms, a separate license, or applicable law.

The license for an application obtained from the Apple App Store is subject to the Apple App Store provisions below.

5. Your Content and Third-Party Rights

(a) Retained rights. Your Content means recipes, images, notes, ratings, cookbook materials, blog posts, and other material you submit to the Services. You retain any ownership rights you hold in Your Content. Except for the limited license granted below, Tasteze does not acquire ownership of Your Content by hosting or processing it.

(b) Imported material. Importing, saving, or attributing a recipe or other material does not transfer the rights of its author or owner to you. You are responsible for obtaining any permission required to copy, modify, publish, or distribute material through the Services. A source credit is not a substitute for permission where permission is required. These Terms do not restrict uses permitted by applicable law.

(c) AI-generated material. Tasteze does not claim ownership of output generated at your request solely because you used our artificial-intelligence features. This provision does not guarantee that an output qualifies for copyright protection, is unique to you, or is free of third-party rights. You are responsible for reviewing output before using, publishing, or distributing it. The Privacy Policy describes how information is processed by AI service providers.

6. Limited License to Your Content

(a) Service license. You grant Tasteze a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, and process Your Content, and to modify it when required by a feature you use, solely to provide the Services to you and your household. Service providers may process Your Content on our behalf for these purposes, subject to the Privacy Policy.

(b) Partner publication. If you participate in the partner program, you also authorize Tasteze to publish the content you select for publication through the partner publishing services, including your connected custom domain. Either party may terminate this publication license. When you delete a published post or end your partner participation, we remove the affected public content from the Tasteze services within 24 hours. Copies held by search engines or other third parties are subject to their own removal procedures and may remain available after removal from Tasteze.

(c) Excluded uses. This license does not authorize Tasteze to use Your Content in advertising, sell it to third parties, or permit external AI providers to train their models on it. It does not authorize continued publication after the publication license ends. Retention and deletion of personal data are governed by the Privacy Policy.

(d) Duration. The service license ends when the relevant content is deleted or your account is terminated, except to the limited extent necessary to complete removal, to the backup copies described in the Privacy Policy until they expire, or to comply with a legal obligation. These exceptions do not authorize new publication or promotional use.

7. Artificial Intelligence Features

(a) Permission to process information. Certain consumer features send information to third-party AI providers to carry out your request. Tasteze presents a separate disclosure identifying the providers, information involved, and purposes, and requests your permission. Acceptance of these Terms does not grant that permission. Permission already recorded for your account applies when you use the same processing through another Tasteze application; changing applications does not require a duplicate choice.

While the AI permission choice is being introduced, an account without a recorded decision retains access to these features. The absence of a decision is not recorded as acceptance or refusal. The restrictions described below apply when you decline or withdraw permission.

(b) Declining or withdrawing permission. You may decline or withdraw permission in Settings → Privacy & Data. Features that require the covered AI processing will be unavailable until you permit that processing. You may continue to view saved content and manage your account. Withdrawal prevents new requests for the covered AI processing; work already submitted may finish. Withdrawal does not delete existing content or cancel a subscription.

(c) Review of results. AI output may be incomplete, inaccurate, or unsuitable for your circumstances. You are responsible for reviewing a result before using, publishing, or relying on it, including checking ingredients, allergens, quantities, and cooking instructions. The provisions concerning food safety, third-party rights, and limitations of warranties apply to AI output.

(d) Partner Program services. The Partner Addendum governs AI processing necessary for partner content creation and publishing. That processing is a condition of participation in the Partner Program and is not controlled by the consumer AI choice. Partners who also use consumer features remain subject to the separate permission described above. Mandatory privacy rights remain unaffected.

8. Subscriptions, Payments, and Refunds

(a) Plans. Tasteze offers Free, Home Cook, and Chef subscriptions. Current prices and feature limits are stated at Pricing and in the applicable purchase offer. The Free subscription has no fixed expiration date.

(b) Renewal notices. For a subscription with a term of twelve months or longer, we will provide written or electronic notice no fewer than 30 and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline. The notice will identify automatic renewal and explain how to obtain the renewal terms and cancellation instructions.

(c) Cancellation. You may cancel by the same means through which you subscribed. For an App Store subscription, use your Apple Account subscription settings or Settings → Subscription in the Tasteze iOS application. For a web subscription, use Settings → Subscription or contact billing@tasteze.app. Cancellation prevents renewal and takes effect at the end of the period already paid for; access continues until that period ends. Deleting your Tasteze account does not cancel a subscription administered by Apple.

(d) Billing providers. Apple administers App Store purchases. Stripe processes web payments, and RevenueCat supports subscription management. App Store purchases are also governed by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. Any additional rights those terms grant you remain available.

(e) Price changes. We will give you at least 30 days' notice of a change to your subscription price. The change applies to a subsequent billing period after that notice period. You may cancel before the change takes effect. Any consent required by applicable law or the billing provider must be obtained before the increased price is charged.

(f) Refunds. Except where required by applicable law, Stripe-billed subscriptions are not eligible for prorated refunds for partially used billing periods. To report an incorrect charge or request review of a billing issue, contact billing@tasteze.app within 14 days of the charge. This reporting period does not shorten any statutory right or legal claim period. Apple handles refunds for App Store purchases under its policies; you are not required to seek a refund from Tasteze first.

(g) End of paid access. When paid access ends, your account reverts to the Free subscription. Your saved recipes, plans, cookbooks, and pantry items remain in your account, subject to the Free subscription's feature and usage limits, until you delete them or your account is terminated under these Terms.

9. Partner and Publishing Services

Partner participation requires an eligible Chef subscription and approval of your partner application. Participation is governed by these Terms and the Partner Addendum. Approved partners may publish through the Tasteze partner services and connect a custom domain where that feature is available.

You are responsible for the accuracy, originality, and lawful publication of partner content, including material prepared with AI assistance. Tasteze may remove content that violates these Terms or the Partner Addendum. AI assistance does not relieve you of responsibility for reviewing published material, including nutrition and allergen claims.

10. Use Restrictions

You must not use the Services to:

• Violate applicable law, intellectual-property rights, export controls, or sanctions.
• Submit or distribute malware, defamatory or threatening material, targeted harassment, or material involving the exploitation of minors.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, derive source code from, modify, or create derivative works of the Services, except as permitted by applicable law, an applicable open-source license, or Apple's applicable Usage Rules.
• Extract Tasteze-provided recipes, partner publications, or other content through automated access for unauthorized republication.
• Resell account access or make partner publishing space available to third parties for payment without our written permission.
• Share sign-in credentials outside your household, interfere with service availability, circumvent access or usage limits, or create accounts through unauthorized automation.
• Generate content that facilitates illegal conduct, targeted harassment, exploitation, or self-harm.

These restrictions do not limit access to an App Store application through Family Sharing or volume purchasing where Apple's Usage Rules permit that access.

11. Disclaimers and Food Safety

Recipes, substitutions, nutrition estimates, ingredient classifications, cooking guidance, and AI-generated material may contain errors or omissions. They are provided for general informational purposes and do not constitute professional medical, dietary, or food-safety advice.

These disclaimers apply only to the extent permitted by law. They do not exclude a warranty, consumer guarantee, or other protection that cannot lawfully be excluded, or alter the liability exceptions stated below.

12. Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for:

• Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Willful or intentional misconduct.
• A claim under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Chapter 501, Part II, Florida Statutes.
• Death or personal injury to the extent that liability cannot lawfully be limited.
• Any other liability that applicable law prohibits us from excluding or limiting.

If the law applicable to you does not permit a particular exclusion or limitation, that exclusion or limitation does not apply to you. These Terms do not shorten any statutory period for bringing a claim, including a period protected by section 95.03, Florida Statutes.

13. Suspension, Termination, and Account Deletion

(a) Termination by you. You may stop using the Services at any time. To cancel a subscription, follow the subscription cancellation provisions. To delete your account, use Settings → Profile & Preferences → Account → Danger Zone → Delete Account on the web, or Settings → User → Personal Information → Account Management in the iOS application.

An active subscription, completed purchase, or outstanding balance does not prevent you from deleting your account. Deletion takes effect immediately when you confirm it. Your account is removed, together with the recipes, meal plans, shopping lists, pantry items, notes, ratings, and settings held under it, including pantry items you contributed to a shared household. A household you created passes to its longest-standing remaining member, or is deleted if no member remains; the content you contributed to it is deleted with your account. Backup copies may remain for up to seven days and are never used to restore a deleted account. Records we are required to keep for tax or accounting purposes are retained without your identity, and the Privacy Policy describes the program and submission records that are retained. Account deletion does not itself cancel an Apple-administered subscription or extinguish an amount lawfully due.

(b) Termination by Tasteze. We may suspend or terminate access for a material breach of these Terms. Ordinarily, we will provide notice and an opportunity to remedy the breach. We may act immediately where necessary to address fraud, abuse, a security threat, unlawful content, or a risk to other persons.

(c) Effect. Your license to use the Services ends upon termination. Provisions concerning retained ownership, accrued payment obligations, permitted retention and removal of content, disclaimers, liability, and dispute resolution survive to the extent necessary to give them effect. The content license survives only for the limited purposes and periods expressly stated in Limited License to Your Content.

14. Additional Apple App Store Terms

These provisions apply to the Tasteze application you obtain from the Apple App Store (Licensed Application), regardless of where you purchase a Tasteze subscription. They apply to the Licensed Application and control any conflicting provision of these Terms concerning that application.

(a) Parties. You and Tasteze acknowledge that these Terms are concluded between you and Tasteze, not Apple Inc. Tasteze is solely responsible for the Licensed Application and its content. These Terms do not establish usage rules that conflict with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

(b) License. Tasteze grants you a non-transferable license to use the Licensed Application on Apple-branded products you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. The Licensed Application may also be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you through Family Sharing or volume purchasing as those rules permit.

(c) Maintenance and support. Tasteze is solely responsible for maintenance and support described in these Terms or required by law. You and Tasteze acknowledge that Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the Licensed Application.

(d) Warranties. Tasteze is solely responsible for applicable express or implied warranties to the extent they have not been effectively disclaimed. If the Licensed Application fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund its purchase price to you. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation concerning the Licensed Application. Other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to a failure to conform to a warranty are Tasteze's responsibility.

(e) Product claims. Tasteze, not Apple, is responsible for addressing claims by you or a third party concerning the Licensed Application or your possession or use of it, including product-liability claims, regulatory-compliance claims, and claims under consumer-protection, privacy, or similar laws. These Terms do not limit our liability beyond what applicable law permits.

(f) Intellectual-property claims. If a third party alleges that the Licensed Application or your possession or use of it infringes intellectual-property rights, Tasteze, not Apple, is solely responsible for investigating, defending, settling, and discharging that claim.

(g) Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on a U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

(h) Third-party agreements. You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the Licensed Application, including your wireless service agreement.

(i) Third-party beneficiaries. You and Tasteze acknowledge and agree that Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. Upon your acceptance, Apple has the right, and is deemed to have accepted the right, to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

(j) Contact. Direct questions, complaints, and claims concerning the Licensed Application to Tasteze using the contact details at the end of these Terms.

15. Governing Law and General Provisions

(a) Governing law and courts. These Terms are governed by Florida law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to mandatory applicable law, disputes shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in Florida, and both parties consent to their jurisdiction and venue. This provision does not deprive a consumer of mandatory protections or a right to bring proceedings in another court where applicable law provides that right.

(b) Informal resolution. Send complaints to legal@tasteze.app. Each party is requested to allow the other 30 days to respond before commencing proceedings. This request does not prevent urgent relief, a complaint to a regulator, or action required to preserve a claim before a legal deadline.

(c) Legal costs. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the prevailing party in an action to enforce these Terms is entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.

(d) Severability and waiver. An unenforceable provision shall be modified only to the extent legally permitted and necessary to make it enforceable, or severed if that is not possible. The remaining provisions continue in effect. Failure to enforce a provision does not waive the right to enforce it later.

(e) Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. Tasteze may assign these Terms to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to your rights under applicable law.

(f) Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Partner Addendum where applicable, and the documents expressly incorporated here, constitute the agreement between you and Tasteze concerning the Services and supersede prior agreements on that subject. Incorporation of the Privacy Policy does not constitute consent to processing for which separate consent is required.

16. Changes to These Terms and Contact Information

Tasteze may revise these Terms. A material change that limits your rights or expands your obligations will be announced by email and an in-app notice at least 30 days before it takes effect. Non-material corrections or clarifications take effect when posted. Prior versions are available in the Terms history.

If you do not agree to revised Terms, you may discontinue use, cancel renewal of your subscription, and close your account before the effective date. Any additional acceptance required by applicable law must be obtained in accordance with that law.

Questions, complaints, or claims regarding the Services should be directed to:

DND Media Group LLC
19301 Lonesome Pine Drive
Land O Lakes, FL 34638, USA
Telephone: +1 (813) 358-8801
Email: legal@tasteze.app