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Terms of use

Terms of Use for Pinnacle Recipes

Effective Date: May 4, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Pinnacle Recipes! These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the website located at https://www.pinnaclerecipes.com (the “Website”), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website, operated by Pinnacle Recipes (“we,” “us,” or “our”).

Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use the Website. By accessing, browsing, or using the Website (including viewing content, posting comments, or submitting recipes), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms and our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.pinnaclerecipes.com/privacy-policy/, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

2. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to revise and update these Terms from time to time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page (https://www.pinnaclerecipes.com/terms-of-use/) frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

3. Accessing the Website and Content

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website strictly in accordance with these Terms for your personal, non-commercial use only.

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

  • Ownership: The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, audio, recipes, cooking instructions, articles, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by Pinnacle Recipes, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
  • Permitted Use: You may use the recipes and information on this Website for your personal, non-commercial cooking and informational purposes only. You may print or download a reasonable number of copies of recipes or articles for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.
  • Prohibited Use: You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download (except as permitted above), store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as necessary for your own personal, non-commercial use. You must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text. You must not delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site. Using our content for commercial purposes, data mining, scraping, or any automated data gathering is strictly prohibited without our express prior written consent.
  • Trademarks: The name “Pinnacle Recipes,” the associated logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Pinnacle Recipes or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without our prior written permission.

5. User Conduct and Contributions

The Website allows users to post comments (using the WordPress system) and submit recipes via Google Forms (“User Contributions”).

  • Responsibility: You are solely responsible for your User Contributions, including their legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.
  • Prohibited Content: You agree not to post or submit User Contributions that:
    • Are unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
    • Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any party. You must own or control all rights in and to your User Contributions.
    • Contain unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation.
    • Contain software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
    • Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
    • Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms and our Privacy Policy.
  • License Grant for Comments: By posting comments on the Website, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such comments in any media.
  • License Grant for Submitted Recipes: By submitting recipes or other content via the Google Form linked from our Website, you grant Pinnacle Recipes a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, and otherwise exploit such submitted content (including any text, images, or other materials provided) in whole or in part, in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, including on the Website, social media channels, newsletters, or other promotional materials, without compensation to you. You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to grant us this license for any content you submit.
  • Monitoring and Enforcement: We have the right (but not the obligation) to:
    • Review, screen, remove, or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
    • Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or could create liability for Pinnacle Recipes.
    • Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
    • Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
    • Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any violation of these Terms of Use.

We do not undertake to review all material before it is posted or submitted and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party.

6. Reliance on Information Posted & Disclaimers

The information presented on or through the Website, including recipes, nutritional information, cooking tips, and user-submitted content, is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, safety, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.

We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Please review our full Disclaimer page at https://www.pinnaclerecipes.com/disclaimer/ for more specific disclaimers regarding recipes, nutrition, safety, affiliates, and advertising, which is incorporated herein by reference.

7. Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties (including affiliate links and advertisements), these links are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

8. Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the United States. We provide this Website for use globally. However, we make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER PINNACLE RECIPES NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH PINNACLE RECIPES MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE.

10. Limitation on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL PINNACLE RECIPES, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

11. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Pinnacle Recipes, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the City of Boston (though other locations within Massachusetts may be appropriate depending on the circumstances). You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

13. Waiver and Severability

No waiver by Pinnacle Recipes of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Pinnacle Recipes to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.

14. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy (https://www.pinnaclerecipes.com/privacy-policy/), and our Disclaimer (https://www.pinnaclerecipes.com/disclaimer/) constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Pinnacle Recipes regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at:
[email protected]

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