Terms of service
Gourmet Afrikana reserve the right to modify the information, features and functions of this website without your prior notice. We may perhaps terminate accounts, and/or deny your access to any or all parts of this website if you engage in any conduct or activities that we determine, in our sole discretion, violate this legal Agreement, our rights, or the rights of any third party for any reason. Use of the site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose is strictly verboten.
As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant to us that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful by these terms, conditions, and notices. You cannot use this website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair this website or interfere with any other party’s use of this website. You may not obtain or try to obtain any information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through this website.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Ownership
All information, materials, images, software, photographs, articles, functions, text, video and other content (collectively, the “Content”) contained on or offered through the Website and all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights relating to the Content are the sole property of Gourmet Afrikana and its licensors or content providers or other third parties. The Website and all of its Content thereof are protected as a compilation owned by Gourmet Afrikana under the copyright laws of the United States. Gourmet Afrikana may modify the Content or features or services at any time, in any way, for any or no reason. Gourmet Afrikana reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.
Unless otherwise noted, Gourmet Afrikana and all other trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos displayed on the Website are the trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos of Gourmet Afrikana. All other trademarks, logos and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing on the Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, trade name, logo or service mark displayed on the Website without the owner’s prior written consent. Unauthorized use of Gourmet Afrikana and all other trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos displayed on the Website is strictly banned.
Accounts
Some services on the website, require you to create an account to participate in additional features or benefits. You agree to provide, maintain and update true, correct, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by our registration processes. You shall not for any reason impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or entity, including using another person’s username, password or other account information, or another person’s name, likeness, voice, image or photograph. You also agree to notify us at support@gourmetafrikana.com of any unauthorized use of your username, password, other account information, or any other breach of security that you become aware of involving or relating to the Website.
We may suspend or terminate your account and your ability to use any portion of the website thereof or for failure to obey these terms and conditions or whichever terms related to a particular service, for infringing copyright, or for any other reason whatsoever.
Forums/Blog/Social Media/Comments
“Forum” means an area offered as part of this website that gives you the opportunity to post content for viewing by one or more website users, including the comment section of any blog post. Additionally, “Forum” includes any other website page created by Gourmet Afrikana on one or more social media pages, including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest.
You acknowledge that Forums and features offered therein are for public and not private communications, and you have no expectation of privacy with regard to any content posted to a public Forum. We cannot promise the security of any information you disclose through any of these media; you make such disclosures at your own risk. You grant Gourmet Afrikana the right to reprint and publish any information posted in forums or comment sections of this website or associated social media.
You reach an agreement with us to use the Forums only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to a particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum (including the comment section of any blog post), you will not:
- Abuse, annoy, stalk, intimidate or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Distribute, post, upload, distribute or broadcast any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
- Upload any files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws. Unless you own the rights thereto have received all necessary permissions.
- Upload files that contain viruses that may damage the operation of another’s a computer.
- Advertise any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Forum specifically allows such messages.
- Forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
- Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know cannot be legally distributed in such a manner.
- Falsify any author attributions, legal or other proper notices of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
- Limit any other user from using and enjoying a Forum.
- You are and will remain solely and completely responsible for the content you post on the website under your username in any Forum and for the consequences of submitting and posting the same. We have no obligation to monitor any Forum, while we reserve the right to review the material posted to a Forum and to remove any materials at our sole discretion.
We reserve the right to terminate your access to this website including any or all Forums at any time without your prior notice for any reason whatsoever. We owe you no obligation, and therefore may reject to modify any action with respect to content you post on this website.
Products and Services
The products and services made available on this website are proposed for individual use only. You cannot consign, transfer, resell, or otherwise dispose of such products and services without obtaining Gourmet Afrikana's prior written consent. Gourmet Afrikana may modify purchases on the website if it appears to be a fraudulent or inappropriate activity that the purchase contains or has resulted from a mistake or error. Prices and promotions on the website are subject to change without notice.
Disclaimers
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED, THE WEBSITE AND THE PRODUCTS OFFERED ON THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET WORTH OTHERWISE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
GOURMET AFRIKANA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT THE DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
GOURMET AFRIKANA DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS ON WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
GOURMET AFRIKANA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR MATERIALS ON THE SITE, EVEN IF ROSES NATURAL LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Billing and Payment
Terms of payment are within our sole discretion, and unless otherwise agreed to by us, payment must be received by us prior to our acceptance of an order. Payment is due at the time of purchase and will be processed when authorized during the purchase process. Orders are not binding upon us until accepted by us. We reserve the right to refuse and refund any order or part of any order placed on this website.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Gourmet Afrikana, the officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions, or any activity related to use of the site (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the website using your Internet account.
Permissible Uses
Proper use of the Gourmet Afrikana name and trademarks is important. You may use the Gourmet Afrikana trademark to accurately describe or refer to the Gourmet Afrikana website, goods and services, provided you follow these Guidelines. For example, you may use the registered mark Gourmet Afrikana to discuss and review this website or other works created by Gourmet Afrikana.
You may use the Gourmet Afrikana registered marks and trademarks to direct your visitors to the Gourmet Afrikana homepage or other pages
Prohibited Uses
Do not use the Gourmet Afrikana, logo or other registered marks or trademarks in a way that would mislead consumers that you or your products or services are somehow related to, endorsed by, or affiliated with Gourmet Afrikana.
Company, Product, Service: You may not place your company name, trademarks, service marks, or product names next to (or combine them with) the Gourmet Afrikana registered marks trademarks.
Logos: You may not use the Gourmet Afrikana logos, artwork, trade dress, designs or any combination of these, or any trademark including these (together, the “Logos”), for any purpose without prior written consent from Gourmet Afrikana.
Domain Names, Meta tags, Hidden Text: You may not incorporate the Gourmet Afrikana registered marks or trademarks in any domain name, Meta tag, or other hidden text on a web page without prior written authorization from Gourmet Afrikana, Gourmet Afrikana and associated companies.
Merchandise Items: You may not manufacture, sell, or give away merchandise items bearing any of the Gourmet Afrikana registered marks or trademarks without first obtaining a written license from Gourmet Afrikana.
Social Media Guidelines
You may not use Gourmet Afrikana registered trademarks as any part of your social media account name, user name, page name, or as a community name.
Reservation of Rights
Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, Gourmet Afrikana reserves the right to terminate permission to copy, reproduce, or display the Gourmet Afrikana registered trademarks and to demand that the Gourmet Afrikana trademarks cease to be used at any time, in its sole discretion.
For any questions regarding the proper usage of the Gourmet Afrikana registered trademarks or logo, the proper notices, or to seek permission to use the trademarks, please contact support@gourmetafrikana.com
CAN-SPAM Act
In accordance with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, 16 CFR Part 316 (CAN-SPAM), Gourmet Afrikana follows all applicable digital communication laws. As part of our services, a valid email address is required to leave a comment, purchase a product, join our member library, interact on social media, and receive our newsletter. You may unsubscribe from email correspondence at any time, however, by doing so, you will lose access to prior subscriptions, purchases, and account information. If your attempts to unsubscribe from our communication have been unsuccessful, please email support@gourmetafrikana.com and your account will be permanently removed from our system.
DMCA Notice
Gourmet Afrikana complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) (“DMCA”). All the content on Gourmet Afrikana is the original work of the author unless otherwise noted, cited or quoted. If you believe that anything on the Website constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please notify us using the following procedure:
The DMCA specifies that all infringement claims must be in writing (either electronic mail or paper letter) and must include the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright holder authorized to act on his or her behalf;
- A detailed description of the copyrighted work that’s claimed to have been intruding on (multiple claims of copyright works at a single online site are covered by a single notification);
- A detailed description of the material that is said to be intruded on and information sensibly adequate to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information practically satisfactory to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and email address;
- A written statement that you have good faith or belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner or the law; and
- A written statement that the information provided in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or agent that’s authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Submit this information electronically to:
support@gourmetafrikana.com