HOMEFOOODY CUSTOMER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Acceptance of terms

Thank you for showing your esteem interest in using our services for your hunger needs.  These service terms of inclined to serve the purpose knowing your legal rights and responsibilities to your access and use  our website Homefooody.com (the “Site”) and the mobile application available on Android and IOS including but not limited to delivery of information via the website whether existing now or in the future that link to the Terms (collectively, the “Services”).

These Terms are effective for all existing and future HomeFooody customers, including but without limitation to users having access to ‘Home chefs business page’ to manage their claimed business listings.

Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing or using the HomeFooody Platform, you are agreeing to these Terms and concluding a legally binding contract with HomeFooody.com. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms or are unable to be bound by the Terms. Your use of the HomeFooody Platform is at your own risk, including the risk that you might be exposed to content that is objectionable, or otherwise inappropriate.

In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You can accept the Terms by:

Clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where it is made available to you by HomeFooody in the user interface for any particular Service; or actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that HomeFooody will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.

1. Definitions

Customer

“Customer” or “You” or “Your” refers to you, as a customer of the Services. A customer is someone who accesses or uses the Services for the purpose of sharing, displaying, hosting, publishing, transacting, or uploading information or views or pictures and includes other persons jointly  using the Services including without limitation a user having access to ‘Home Chefs/ Cloud Kitchens business page’ to manage claimed business listings or otherwise.

Content

“Content” will include (but is not limited to) reviews, images, photos, audio, video, location data, nearby places, and all other forms of information or data. “Your content” or “Customer Content” means content that you upload, share or transmit to, through or in connection with the Services, such as likes, ratings, reviews, images, photos, messages, chat communication, profile information, or any other materials that you publicly display  in your account profile. “HomeFooody.com Content” means content that HomeFooody creates and make available in connection with the Services including, but not limited to, visual interfaces, interactive features, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, products, software, aggregate ratings, reports and other usage-related data in connection with activities associated with your account and all other elements and components of the Services excluding Your Content and Third Party Content. “Third Party Content” means content that comes from parties other than HomeFooody or its Customers, such as Home Chef Partners and is available on the Services.

Home Chefs/ Cloud Kitchen

“Home Chefs” means the Home Chefs /Cloud Kitchens listed on HomeFooody Platform.

III. Eligibility to use the services

You hereby represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age or above and are fully able and competent to understand and agree the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms.

Compliance with Laws.

 You are in compliance with all laws and regulations in the country (INDIA) in which you live when you access and use the Services. You agree to use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and applicable law, and in a manner that does not violate our legal rights or those of any third party.

1. Changes to the terms

HomeFooody.com may vary or amend or change or update these Terms, from time to time entirely at its own discretion. You shall be responsible for checking these Terms from time to time and ensure continued compliance with these Terms. Your use of HomeFooody Platform after any such amendment or change in the Terms shall be deemed as your express acceptance to such amended/changed terms and you also agree to be bound by such changed/amended Terms.

1. Translation of the terms

HomeFooody.com may provide a translation of the English version of the Terms into other languages. You understand and agree that any translation of the Terms into other languages is only for your convenience and that the English version shall govern the terms of your relationship with HomeFooody.com. Furthermore, if there are any inconsistencies between the English version of the Terms and its translated version, the English version of the Terms shall prevail over others.

1. Provision of the services being offered by HomeFooody.com

HomeFooody.com is constantly improving in order to provide the best possible experience and information to its Customers. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which HomeFooody provides, may require certain changes in it, therefore, HomeFooody reserves the right to suspend/cancel, or discontinue any or all products or services at any time without notice, make modifications and alterations in any or all of its contents, products and services contained on the site without any prior notice.

 The software application provider that makes the software available for download may include functionality to automatically check for updates or upgrades to the software. Unless your device, its settings, or computer software does not permit transmission or use of upgrades or updates, you agree that we, or the applicable software or software application provider, may provide notice to you of the availability of such upgrades or updates and automatically push such upgrade or update to your device or computer from time-to-time. You may be required to install certain upgrades or updates to the software in order to continue to access or use the Services, or portions thereof (including upgrades or updates designed to correct issues with the Services). Any updates or upgrades provided to you by us under the Terms shall be considered part of the Services.

You shall acknowledge and agree that if HomeFooody.com disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content, which is contained in your account.

You shall acknowledge and agree that while HomeFooody.com may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services, it may set such fixed upper limits at any time, at its sole discretion.

In our effort to continuously improve the HomeFooody.com Platform and Services, we undertake research and conduct experiments from time to time on various aspects of the Services and offerings, including our apps, websites, user interface and promotional campaigns. As a result of which, some Customers may experience features differently than others at any given time. This is for making the Platform better, more convenient and easy to use, improving Customer experience, enhancing the safety and security of our services and offerings and developing new services and features.

By using HomeFooody.com Services you agree to the following disclaimers:

The Content on these Services is for informational purposes only. HomeFooody.com disclaims any liability for any information that may have become outdated since the last time the particular piece of information was updated. We reserve the right to make changes and corrections to any part of the Content on these Services at any time without prior notice. We do not guarantee the quality of the Goods, the prices listed in menus or the availability of all menu items at any Home Chef/Cloud Kitchen. Unless stated otherwise, all pictures and information contained on these Services are believed to be owned by or licensed to HomeFooody.com.

Please email a takedown request (by using the “Contact Us” link on the home page) to the webmaster if you are the copyright owner of any Content on these Services and you think the use of the above material violates Your copyright in any way. Please indicate the exact URL of the webpage in your request. All images shown here have been digitized by HomeFooody.com. No other party is authorized to reproduce or republish these digital versions in any format whatsoever without the prior written permission of HomeFooody.com.

Any certification, licenses or permits (“Certification”) or information in regard to such Certification that may be displayed on the Home Chef / Cloud Kitchen listing page on our Platform is for informational purposes only. Such Certification is displayed by HomeFooody.com on an ‘as available’ basis that is provided to us by the Home Chef partner(s)/Cloud Kitchen(s). HomeFooody.com does not make any warranties about the validity, authenticity, reliability and accuracy of such Certification or any information displayed in this regard. Any reliance by a Customer upon the Certification or information thereto shall be strictly at such Customer’s own risk and in no manner shall HomeFooody.com assumes any liability whatsoever for any losses or damages in connection with the use of this information or for any inaccuracy, invalidity or discrepancy in the Certification or non-compliance of any applicable local laws or regulations by the Home Chef partner/ Cloud Kitchen.

HomeFooody.com reserves the right to charge a subscription and/or membership fee in respect of any of its product or service and/or any other charge or fee on a per order level from Customers, in respect of any of its product or service on the HomeFooody.com Platform anytime in future.

HomeFooody.com may from time to time introduce referral and/or incentive based programs for its Customers (Program). These Program(s) may be governed by their respective terms and conditions. By participating in the Program, Customers are bound by the Program terms and conditions as well as the HomeFooody.com Platform terms. Further, we reserve the right to terminate / suspend the Customer’s account and/or credits / points earned and/or participation of the Customer in the Program if HomeFooody.com determines in its sole discretion that the Customer has violated the rules of the Program and/or has been involved in activities that are in contravention of the Program terms and/or our Platform terms or has engaged in activities which are fraudulent / unlawful in nature. Furthermore, HomeFooody.com reserves the right to modify, cancel and discontinue its Program without any notice to the Customer.

HomeFooody.com may from time to time offer to the Customers credits, promo codes, vouchers or any other form of discounts that we may decide at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to modify, convert, cancel and/or discontinue such credits, promo codes or vouchers, as it may deem fit.

VII. Use of services by you or Customer

1. HomeFooody.com Customer Account Including ‘Claim Your Business Listing’ Access
2. You must create an account in order to use some of the features offered by the Services, including without limitation to ‘claim your business listing’ on the Services. Use of any personal information you provide to us during the account creation process is governed by our Privacy Policy. You must keep your password confidential and you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account, all changes and updates submitted through your account, and all activities that occur in connection with your account.
3. In creating an account and/or claiming your business’ listing, you represent to us that all information provided to us in such process is true, accurate and correct, and that you will update your information as and when necessary in order to keep it accurate. If you are creating an account or claiming a business listing, then you represent to us that you are the owner or authorized agent of such business. You may not impersonate someone else, create or use an account for anyone other than yourself, provide an email address other than your own, create multiple accounts or business listings except as otherwise authorized by us, or provide or use false information to obtain access to a business’ listing on the Services that you are not legally entitled to claim. You acknowledge that any false claiming of a business listing may cause HomeFooody.com to incur substantial economic damages and losses for which you may be held liable and accountable.
4. You are also responsible for all activities that occur in your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account in order to enable us to take necessary corrective action. You also agree that you will not allow any third party to use your HomeFooody.com account for any purpose and that you will be liable for such unauthorized access.
5. By creating an account, you agree to receive certain communications in connection with our Platform or Services. For example, you might receive comments from other Customers or other Customers may follow the activity to do on your account. You can opt-out or manage your preferences regarding non-essential communications through account settings.

2. Others Terms
3. In order to connect you to certain Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens, we provide value added services through our phone lines, which are displayed on our Platform. We record all information regarding this call including the voice recording of the conversation between you, and the Chef (for internal tracking purposes and customer service improvement at the Chef’s end). You explicitly agree and permit HomeFooody.com to record all this information when you avail the telephony services provided on the HomeFooody.com Platform.
4. You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions.
5. You agree to use the data owned by HomeFooody.com (as available on the Services or through any other means like API etc.) only for personal use/purposes and not for any commercial use (other than in accordance with ‘Claim Your Business Listing’ access) unless agreed to by/with HomeFooody.com in writing.
6. You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than the interface that is provided by HomeFooody.com, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so, by way of a separate agreement with HomeFooody.com. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
7. You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services). You shall not delete or revise any material or information posted by any other Customer(s), shall not engage in spamming, including but not limited to any form of emailing, posting or messaging that is unsolicited.

VIII. Content

1. Ownership of HomeFooody.com Content and Proprietary Rights
2. We are the sole and exclusive copyright owners of the Services and our Content. We also exclusively own the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, trade dress and other intellectual and proprietary rights throughout the world (the “IP Rights”) associated with the Services and Content, which may be protected by copyright, patent, trademark and other applicable intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws. You acknowledge that the Services contain original works and have been developed, compiled, prepared, revised, selected, and arranged by us and others through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort, and money and constitutes valuable intellectual property of us and such others. You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated as confidential by us and that you shall not disclose such information without HomeFooody.com prior written consent.
3. You agree to protect our proprietary rights and the proprietary rights of all others having rights in the Services during and after the term of this agreement and to comply with all reasonable written requests made by us or our suppliers and licensors of content or otherwise to protect their and others’ contractual, statutory, and common law rights in the Services. You acknowledge and agree that HomeFooody.com own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any IP Rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated as confidential by us and that you shall not disclose such information without our prior written consent. Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with us, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of our trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
4. You agree not to use any framing techniques to enclose any trademark or logo or other proprietary information of HomeFooody.com or remove, conceal or obliterate any copyright or other proprietary notice or source identifier, including without limitation, the size, colour, location or style of any proprietary mark(s). Any infringement shall lead to appropriate legal proceedings against you at an appropriate forum for seeking all available/possible remedies under applicable laws of the country of violation. You cannot modify, reproduce, publicly display or exploit in any form or manner whatsoever any of our Content in whole or in part except as expressly authorized by HomeFooody.com.
5. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we neither warrant nor represent that your use of materials displayed on the Services will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with us. You agree to immediately notify us upon becoming aware of any claim that the Services infringe upon any copyright trademark, or other contractual, intellectual, statutory, or common law rights by following the instructions contained below in section XVI.
6. Your License to HomeFooody.com Content
7. We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to access and use the Services only as expressly permitted in these Terms. You shall not use the Services for any illegal purpose or in any manner inconsistent with these Terms. You may use information made available through the Services solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree not to use, copy, display, distribute, modify, broadcast, translate, reproduce, reformat, incorporate into advertisements and other works, sell, promote, create derivative works, or in any way exploit or allow others to exploit any of our Content in whole or in part except as expressly authorized by us. Except as otherwise expressly granted to you in writing, we do not grant you any other express or implied right or license to the Services, our Content or our IP Rights.
8. Any violation by you of the license provisions contained in this Section may result in the immediate termination of your right to use the Services, as well as potential liability for copyright and other IP Rights infringement depending on the circumstances.
9. HomeFooody.com License to Your or Customer Content

In consideration of availing the Services on the our  Platform and by submitting Your Content, you hereby irrevocably grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, assignable, sub-licensable and transferable license and right to use Your Content (including content shared by any business user having access to a ‘restaurant business page’ to manage claimed business listings or otherwise) and all IP Rights therein for any purpose including API partnerships with third parties and in any media existing now or in future. By “use” we mean use, copy, display, distribute, modify, translate, reformat, incorporate into advertisements and other works, analyse, promote, commercialize, create derivative works, and in the case of third party services, allow their users and others to do the same. You grant us the right to use the name or username that you submit in connection with Your Content. You irrevocably waive, and cause to be waived, any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content brought against HomeFooody.com or its Customers, any third party services and their users.

4. Representations Regarding Your or Customer Content
5. You are responsible for Your Content. You represent and warrant that you are the sole author of, own, or otherwise control all of the rights of Your Content or have been granted explicit permission from the rights holder to submit Your Content; Your Content was not copied from or based in whole or in part on any other content, work, or website; Your Content was not submitted via the use of any automated process such as a script bot; use of Your Content by us, third party services, and our and any third party users will not violate or infringe any rights of yours or any third party; Your Content is truthful and accurate; and Your Content does not violate the Guidelines and Policies or any applicable laws
6. If Your Content is a review, you represent and warrant that you are the sole author of that review; the review reflects an actual dining experience that you had; you were not paid or otherwise remunerated in connection with your authoring or posting of the review; and you had no financial, competitive, or other personal incentive to author or post a review that was not a fair expression of your honest opinion.
7. You assume all risks associated with Your Content, including anyone’s reliance on its quality, accuracy, or reliability, or any disclosure by you of information in Your Content that makes you personally identifiable. While we reserve the right to remove Content, we do not control actions or Content posted by our Customers and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any Content. You acknowledge and agree that Content posted by Customers and any and all liability arising from such Content is the sole responsibility of the Customer who posted the content, and not HomeFooody.com.
8. Content Removal

We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove, block, or disable access to any Content that we, for any reason or no reason, consider to be objectionable, in violation of the Terms or otherwise harmful to the Services or our Customers in our sole discretion. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, we are not obligated to return any of Your Content to you under any circumstances. Further, the Home Chef/Cloud Kitchen reserves the right to delete any images and pictures forming part of Customer Content, from such Home Chef/Cloud Kitchen listing page at its sole discretion.

6. Third Party Content and Links
7. Some of the content available through the Services may include or link to materials that belong to third parties, such as third party reservation services or food delivery/ordering or dining out. Please note that your use of such third party services will be governed by the terms of service and privacy policy applicable to the corresponding third party. We may obtain business addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information from third party vendors who obtain their data from public sources.
8. We have no control over, and make no representation or endorsement regarding the accuracy, relevancy, copyright compliance, legality, completeness, timeliness or quality of any product, services, advertisements and other content appearing in or linked to from the Services. We do not screen or investigate third party material before or after including it on our Services.
9. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and without any obligation, to make improvements to, or correct any error or omissions in, any portion of the content accessible on the Services. Where appropriate, we may in our sole discretion and without any obligation, verify any updates, modifications, or changes to any content accessible on the Services, but shall not be liable for any delay or inaccuracies related to such updates. You acknowledge and agree that HomeFooody.com is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
10. Third party content, including content posted by our Customers or Chef / Cloud Kitchen Partners, does not reflect our views or that of our parent, subsidiary, affiliate companies, branches, employees, officers, directors, or shareholders. In addition, none of the content available through the Services is endorsed or certified by the providers or licensors of such third party content. We assume no responsibility or liability for any of Your Content or any third party content.
11. You further acknowledge and agree that HomeFooody.com is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such websites or resources. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we expressly disclaim any liability for any offensive, defamatory, illegal, invasive, unfair, or infringing content provided by third parties.
12. Customer Reviews

 Customer reviews or ratings for Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens do not reflect the opinion of HomeFooody.com. We receive multiple reviews or ratings for Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens by Customers, which reflect the opinions of the Customers. It is pertinent to state that each and every review posted on HomeFooody.com is the personal opinion of the Customer/reviewer only. We are a neutral platform, which solely provides a means of communication between Customers/reviewers including Customers or Home Chefs/ Cloud Kitchens with access to restaurant business page. The advertisements published on our Platform are independent of the reviews received by such advertise.

1. Content guidelines and privacy policy
2. Content Guidelines

You represent that you have read, understood and agreed to our Guidelines and Polices related to Content

2. Privacy Policy

You represent that you have read, understood and agreed to our Privacy Policy. Please note that we may disclose information about you to third parties or government authorities if we believe that such a disclosure is reasonably necessary to (I) take action regarding suspected illegal activities; (ii) enforce or apply our Terms and Privacy Policy; (iii) comply with legal process or other government inquiry, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process/notice served on us; or (iv) protect our rights, reputation, and property, or that of our Customers, affiliates, or the general public.

1. Restrictions on use

Without limiting the generality of these Terms, in using the Services, you specifically agree not to post or transmit any content (including review) or engage in any activity that, in our sole discretion:

1. Violate our Guidelines and Policies;
2. Is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, indecent, defamatory, discriminatory, vulgar, profane, obscene, libellous, hateful or otherwise objectionable, invasive of another’s privacy, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling;
3. Constitutes an inauthentic or knowingly erroneous review, or does not address the goods and services, atmosphere, or other attributes of the business you are reviewing.
4. Contains material that violates the standards of good taste or the standards of the Services;
5. Violates any third-party right, including, but not limited to, right of privacy, right of publicity, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights;
6. Accuses others of illegal activity, or describes physical confrontations;
7. Alleges any matter related to health code violations requiring healthcare department reporting. Refer to our Guidelines and Policies for more details about health code violations.
8. Is illegal, or violates any federal, state, or local law or regulation (for example, by disclosing or trading on inside information in violation of securities law);
9. Attempts to impersonate another person or entity;
10. Disguises or attempts to disguise the origin of Your Content, including but not limited to by: (I) submitting Your Content under a false name or false pretences; or (ii) disguising or attempting to disguise the IP address from which Your Content is submitted;
11. Constitutes a form of deceptive advertisement or causes, or is a result of, a conflict of interest;
12. Is commercial in nature, including but not limited to spam, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, postings or reviews submitted or removed in exchange for payment, postings or reviews submitted or removed by or at the request of the business being reviewed, or other advertising materials;
13. Asserts or implies that Your Content is in any way sponsored or endorsed by us;
14. Contains material that is not in English or, in the case of products or services provided in foreign languages, the language relevant to such products or services;
15. Falsely states, misrepresents, or conceals your affiliation with another person or entity;
16. Accesses or uses the account of another customer without permission;
17. Distributes computer viruses or other code, files, or programs that interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or electronic communications equipment;
18. Interferes with, disrupts, or destroys the functionality or use of any features of the Services or the servers or networks connected to the Services;
19. “Hacks” or accesses without permission our proprietary or confidential records, records of another Customer, or those of anyone else;
20. Violates any contract or fiduciary relationship (for example, by disclosing proprietary or confidential information of your employer or client in breach of any employment, consulting, or non-disclosure agreement);
21. Decompiles, reverse engineers, disassembles or otherwise attempts to derive source code from the Services;
22. Removes, circumvents, disables, damages or otherwise interferes with security-related features, or features that enforce limitations on use of, the Services;
23. Violates the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on the Services, if any, or bypasses or circumvents other measures employed to prevent or limit access to the Services;
24. Collects, accesses, or stores personal information about other Customers of the Services;
25. Is posted by a bot;
26. Harms minors in any way;

Aa. Threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India or of the country of use, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation;

Ab. Modifies, copies, scrapes or crawls, displays, publishes, licenses, sells, rents, leases, lends, transfers or otherwise commercialize any rights to the Services or Our Content; or

Ac. Attempts to do any of the foregoing.

Ad. Is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form, with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person;

You acknowledge that HomeFooody.com has no obligation to monitor your – or anyone else’s – access to or use of the Services for violations of the Terms, or to review or edit any content. However, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with the Terms and to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of legal process, a court, consent decree, administrative agency or other governmental body

You hereby agree and assure us that the our Platform/Services shall be used for lawful purposes only and that you will not violate laws, regulations, ordinances or other such requirements of any applicable Central, Federal State or local government or international law(s). You shall not upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam mail, chain letters or any other form of solicitation, encumber or suffer to exist any lien or security interest on the subject matter of these Terms or to make any representation or warranty on behalf of HomeFooody.com in any form or manner whatsoever.

You hereby agree and assure that while communicating on the HomeFooody.com Platform including but not limited to giving cooking instructions to the Home Chefs/ Cloud kitchen, communicating with our support agents on chat support or with the Delivery Partners, through any medium, You shall not use abusive and derogatory language and/or post any objectionable information that is unlawful, threatening, defamatory, or obscene. In the event you use abusive language and/or post objectionable information, we reserve the right to suspend the chat support service and/or block your access and usage of the Platform, at any time with or without any notice.

Any Content uploaded by you, shall be subject to relevant laws of India and of the country of use and may be disabled, or and may be subject to investigation under applicable laws. Further, if you are found to be in non-compliance with the laws and regulations, these terms, or the privacy policy of our Platform. We shall have the right to immediately block your access and usage of our Platform and we shall have the right to remove any non-compliant content and or comment forthwith, uploaded by you and shall further have the right to take appropriate recourse to such remedies as would be available to it under various statutes.

1. Customer feedback

If you share or send any ideas, suggestions, changes or documents regarding our existing business (“Feedback”), you agree that (I) your Feedback does not contain the confidential, secretive or proprietary information of third parties, (ii) We are under no obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Feedback, and shall be free to use the Feedback on an unrestricted basis (iii) We may have already received similar Feedback from some other Customer or it may be under consideration or in development, and (iv) By providing the Feedback, you grant us a binding, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, global license to use, modify, develop, publish, distribute and sublicense the Feedback, and you irrevocably waive, against us and its Customers any claims/assertions, whatsoever of any nature, with regard to such Feedback.

Please provide only specific Feedback on HomeFooody.com existing products or marketing strategies; do not include any ideas that our policy will not permit it to accept or consider.

Notwithstanding the abovementioned clause, HomeFooody.com or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new or improved products or technologies, product enhancements, processes, materials, marketing plans or new product names. Please do not submit any unsolicited ideas, original creative artwork, suggestions or other works (“Submissions”) in any form to HomeFooody.com or any of its employees.

The purpose of this policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes when our products or marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to us. If, despite our request to not send us your ideas, you still submit them, then regardless of what your letter says, the following terms shall apply to your Submissions.

Terms of Idea Submission

You agree that: (1) your Submissions and their Contents will automatically become the property of HomeFooody.com, without any compensation to you; (2) We may use or redistribute the Submissions and their contents for any purpose and in any way; (3) there is no obligation for us to review the Submission; and (4) there is no obligation to keep any Submissions confidential.

XII. Advertising

Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information. The manner, mode and extent of advertising by us on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you. In consideration for us granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that we may place such advertising on the Services.

Part of the site may contain advertising information or promotional material or other material submitted to us by third parties or Customers. Responsibility for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on our Platform or mobile apps complies with applicable international and national law is exclusively on the party providing the information/material. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers other than us found on or through our Platform and or mobile apps, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, shall be solely between you and such advertiser. We are not responsible or liable for any error or omission, inaccuracy in advertising material or any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings or as a result of the presence of such other advertiser(s) on our Platform and mobile application.

 XIII. Additional Terms and Conditions for Customers using the various services offered by HomeFooody.com:

1. FOOD ORDERING AND DELIVERY:
2. HomeFooody.com provides food ordering and delivery services by entering into contractual arrangements with Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens on a principal-to-principal basis for the purpose of listing their menu items or the Products (as defined below) for food ordering and delivery to the Customers on our Platform.
3. The Customers can access the menu items or Products listed on the Platform and place orders against the Home Chef / Cloud kitchen through HomeFooody.com.
4. Your request to order food and beverages or Products from a Home Chef / cloud Kitchen on the Platform shall constitute an unconditional and irrevocable authorization issued in favour of HomeFooody.com to place orders for food and beverages or Products against the Home chef / Cloud Kitchen on your behalf.
5. Delivery of an order placed by you through the Platform may either be undertaken directly by the Home Chef / Cloud kitchen against whom you have placed an order, or facilitated by us through a third-party who may be available to provide delivery services to you (“Delivery Partners”). In both these cases, HomeFooody.com is merely acting as an intermediary between you and the Delivery Partners, or you and the Home Chef / Cloud Kitchen, as the case may be.
6. The acceptance by a Delivery Partner of undertaking delivery of your order shall constitute a contract of service under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 or any successor legislations, between you and the Delivery Partner, to which HomeFooody.com is not a party under any applicable law. It is clarified that we do not provide any delivery or logistics services and only enable the delivery of food and beverages or Products ordered by the Customers through our Platform by connecting the Customers with the Delivery Partners or the Home Chefs / Cloud kitchens, as the case may be. We shall not be liable for any acts or omissions on part of the Delivery Partner including deficiency in service, wrong delivery of order, time taken to deliver the order, order package tampering, etc.
7. Where HomeFooody.com is facilitating delivery of an order placed by you on the Platform, there may be a chance that your order is grouped or batched with another order.
8. You may be charged a delivery fee for delivery of your order by the Delivery Partner may determine (“Delivery Charges”). You agree that HomeFooody.com is authorized to collect, on behalf of the Home Chef / cloud Kitchen Partner, the Delivery Charges for the delivery. The Delivery Charges may vary from order to order, which may be determined on multiple factors which shall include but not be limited to distance, time of the day. HomeFooody.com will inform you of the Delivery Charges that may apply to you, provided you will be responsible for Delivery Charges incurred for your order regardless of your awareness of such Delivery Charge
9. In addition to the Delivery Charges, you may also be charged an amount towards delivery surge for delivery of your order facilitated by the Delivery Partner which is determined on the basis of various factors including but not limited to distance covered, time taken, demand for delivery, real time analysis of traffic and weather conditions, seasonal peaks or such other parameters as may be determined from time to time

 (“Delivery Surge”). You agree that HomeFooody.com is authorized to collect, on behalf of the Delivery Partner, the Delivery Surge for the delivery service provided by the Delivery Partner, as the case may be. The Delivery Surge may vary from order to order, which may be determined on multiple factors which shall include but not be limited to distance, demand during peak hours. We will use reasonable efforts to inform you of the Delivery Surge that may apply to you, provided you will be responsible for the Delivery Surge incurred for your order regardless of your awareness of such Delivery Surge.

1. In respect of the order placed by you, we shall issue documents like order summary, tax invoices, etc. as per the applicable legal regulations and common business practices.
2. You are expected to respect the dignity and diversity of Delivery Partners and accordingly you agree to not discriminate against any Delivery Partner on the basis of Discrimination Characteristics (as defined below). You are also expected to enable provision of a secure and fearless gig/ platform work environment for the delivery partners including prevention and deterrence of harassment (including sexual harassment) towards Delivery Partners.

Discrimination Characteristics shall mean discrimination based on race, community, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (insofar as permitted by applicable laws to undertake the relevant gig work), genetic information, or any other legally protected status.

1. Food Ordering and Delivery with Home Chef / Cloud Kitchens:
2. All prices listed on the HomeFooody.com Platform are provided by the Home Chefs / cloud Kitchens, including packaging or handling charges, if any, at the time of publication on our Platform and the same are displayed by HomeFooody.com as received from the Home Chef / Cloud Kitchen Partner. While we take great care to keep them up to date, the final price charged to you by our Partners, including the packaging and handling charges may change at the time of delivery. In the event of a conflict between price on our Platform and price charged by the Partner, the price charged by the Partner shall be deemed to be the correct price except Delivery Charge of HomeFooody.com.

1. On Time Guarantee: Orders placed at select Home Chefs / cloud Kitchens’ may have this service available. When enabled, HomeFooody.com uses its technology platform to allocate a suitable delivery partner, who provides the service, in such a way that it minimises the delays in the orders. This includes prioritising allocation of Delivery Partners, along with making sure these orders are not clubbed with any other orders.
2. Delay on the On Time Guarantee Time is for unforeseen reasons e.g. strikes, natural disasters, Home Chef / Cloud Kitchen Partner’s inability to provide the Order.
3. You change, edit, modify or cancel such Order or do any such act that has the effect of changing, editing or modifying such order including but not limited to adding or changing the items ordered, receiving delivery at a location other than the one indicated at the time of placing of the order etc.

iii. You indulge in actions intended to delay the order including but not limited to asking the Delivery Partner to delay the Order, becoming unresponsive on call etc.

1. The order is a bulk order.
2. The order is cancelled due to any reason.

For the purpose of this clause, words capitalised shall have the following meaning: “On Time Guarantee Time” shall mean the Promised Delivery Time, which starts when the order is accepted by the Home Chef / Cloud Kitchen Partner. The actual delivery time will be counted as the period between the Restaurant Partner accepting the order and the Delivery Partner reaching within 100 metre radius from your location or first barrier point (security guard/reception etc.) whichever is earlier.

1. You explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other forms, of personal information for the purposes of Gift. You will be required to share certain personal information with us including your name, phone number, email address, payment details and we will use these details in accordance with the Privacy Policy published on www.HomeFooody.com/privacy.
2. All other terms and conditions for food ordering and delivery services provided herein under clause XIII [1] shall apply as is.
3. Order deletion: In the event you delete an order from the order history on the HomeFooody.com mobile application, the following Terms and Conditions shall be applicable to you:
4. Your order details will be removed from the Platform in its entirety. An order once deleted will not only be deleted from the ‘your orders’ tab on the mobile application and no support will be offered on such deleted order(s). Such an order once deleted will however remain present in our records in accordance with the privacy policy.
5. Notwithstanding anything set out herein above, we shall not be responsible in cases where the deleted order can be traced due to:

Any interruptions, service or technology failure or problems in use of the internet and electronic communications or other systems outside the control of HomeFooody.com

Order details still being available on your email, sms or other modes of communication where the order details were available, payment pertaining to such an order being available in your bank statement.

1. General Terms and Conditions
2. HomeFooody.com is not a manufacturer, seller or distributor of food and beverages or Products and merely places an order against the Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens on behalf of the Customers pursuant to the unconditional and irrevocable authority granted by the Customers to us, and facilitates the sale and purchase of food and beverages or Products between Customers and Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens.
3. HomeFooody.com shall not be liable for any acts or omissions on part of the Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens including deficiency in service, wrong delivery of order / order mismatch, quality, incorrect pricing, deficient quantity, time taken to prepare or deliver the order, etc.
4. The Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens shall be solely responsible for any warranty/guarantee of the food and beverages or Products sold to the Customer and in no event shall be the responsibility of HomeFooody.com.
5. For the Customers in India, it is hereby clarified by HomeFooody.com that the liability of any violation of the applicable rules and regulations made thereunder shall solely rest with the sellers/brand owners, vendors, Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens, importers or manufacturers of the food products, Products or any Pre Packed Goods accordingly. For the purpose of clarity Pre-Packed Goods shall mean the food and beverages items which is placed in a package of any nature, in such a manner that the contents cannot be changed without tampering it and which is ready for sale to the customer or as may be defined under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 from time to time.
6. Please note that some of the food and beverages or Products may be suitable for certain ages only. You should check the dish you are ordering and read its description, if provided, prior to placing your order. We shall not be liable in the event the food and beverages or the Product ordered by you does not meet your dietary or any other requirements and/or restrictions.
7. While placing an order you shall be required to provide certain details, including without limitation, contact number and delivery address. You agree to take particular care when providing these details and warrant that these details are accurate and complete at the time of placing an Order. By providing these details, you express your acceptance to HomeFooody.com terms and privacy policies.
8. You or any person instructed by you shall not resell food and beverages or Products purchased via HomeFooody.com Platform.
9. The total price for food ordered, including the Delivery Charges and other charges, will be displayed on the Platform when you place your order, which may be rounded up to the nearest amount. Customers shall make full payment towards such food or Products ordered via the Platform.
10. Any amount that may be charged to you by HomeFooody.com over and above the order value, shall be inclusive of applicable taxes.
11. Delivery periods/Takeaway time quoted at the time of ordering are approximate only and may vary.
12. Personal Promo code can only be used by you subject to such terms and conditions set forth by HomeFooody.com from time to time.
13. Cancellation and refund policy:
14. You acknowledge that (1) your cancellation, or attempted or purported cancellation of an order or (2) cancellation due to reasons not attributable to us, that is, in the event you provide incorrect particulars, contact number, delivery address etc., or that you were unresponsive, not reachable or unavailable for fulfilment of the services offered to you, shall amount to breach of your unconditional and irrevocable authorization in favour of HomeFooody.com to place that order against the Home Chef / Cloud Kitchen on your behalf (“Authorization Breach”). In the event you commit an Authorization Breach, you shall be liable to pay the liquidated damages of an amount equivalent to the order value. You hereby authorize HomeFooody.com to deduct or collect the amount payable as liquidated damages through such means as HomeFooody.com may determine in its discretion, including without limitation, by deducting such amount from any payment made towards your next Order
15. There may be cases where HomeFooody.com is either unable to accept your order or cancels the order, due to reasons including without limitation, technical errors, unavailability of the item(s) ordered, or any other reason attributable to us, Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens or Delivery Partner. In such cases, we shall not charge a cancellation charge from you. If the order is cancelled after payment has been charged and you are eligible for a refund of the order value or any part thereof, the said amount will be reversed to you.

iii. No replacement / refund / or any other resolution will be provided without Home Chefs / Cloud Kitchens permission.

1. Any complaint, with respect to the order which shall include instances but not be limited to food spillage, foreign objects in food, delivery of the wrong order or food and beverages or Products, poor quality, you will be required to share the proof of the same before any resolution can be provided.
2. You shall not be entitled to a refund in case instructions placed along with the order are not followed in the form and manner you had intended. Instructions are followed by the Home Chefs/Cloud Kitchens on a best-efforts basis.
3. All refunds shall be processed in the same manner as they are received, unless refunds have been provided to you in the form of credits, refund amount will reflect in your account based on respective banks policies.