Terms of use
Welcome to Clove, the online cooking and Recipe platform of Clove Kitchen Pty Ltd (“Clove”, “we” or “us”) which is available at https://clove.kitchen. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of Clove’s platform, tools, and services (together, the “Clove Service”). By using Clove, you agree to these Terms, including any terms or policies referenced within.
1. Overview of Clove Services
Clove allows users to:
Share and discover unique Recipes.
Save, bookmark, and organise Recipes for personal use.
Explore curated and featured Recipes.
By using Clove, you confirm that you meet the minimum legal age requirement in your country.
2. Recipe Sharing
When you share Recipes on Clove:
You retain your ownership of the intellectual property rights relating to the Recipe and you must ensure you comply with our Recipe License, Community Guidelines and our Terms.
You grant Clove a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free license on the terms set out in our Recipe License to use, reproduce, adapt, translate, distribute, publicly display and create derivative works, and distribute your content to provide, market and improve the Clove Service.
You may also include a biography and a third party link to a cookbook which features your Recipes. The license above enables us to link to and describe your cookbook via the Clove Service.
We will only adapt your Recipe or create derivative works of your Recipe to ensure they meet our quality guidelines or to improve user experience (such as translating language or units of measurement).
You can remove your Recipe from Clove at any time. However, Recipe featured in Clove’s marketplace or used by other users may remain visible for a period.
We may use machine learning and other computational tools in connection with your Content to personalise Recipe recommendations and improve your enhance functionality of Clove’s services.
3. Prohibited Activities
To maintain a respectful and secure community, users must not:
Infringe Third Party Intellectual Property: Do not post Recipe that you do not own or have legal permission to share.
Post harmful content: Do not post Recipe or any other content that is harmful, offensive or discriminatory.
Misrepresent: Do not post misleading or fraudulent information and imagery or falsely implying endorsements.
Engage in unauthorised commercial use: Recipes and content on Clove cannot be used for commercial purposes without appropriate permissions or licensing.
Violate the laws: Your activity on the Clove Service must comply with the applicable laws.
Disrupt the Clove Service: Do not attempt to hack, overload, or otherwise interfere with the Clove Service.
Clove reserves the right at its sole discretion to remove content or suspend accounts that violate these rules.
4. Personal Use of Recipe
Our Recipe Content is provided for personal, non-commercial use. Users may:
Save Recipes for private use.
Share links to Recipes on social media or personal blogs, provided the content is not altered and Clove is credited.
Users may not:
Republish, distribute, or exploit Recipes or other Clove content for commercial gain without permission.
Sell, rent, lease, distribute or license the Clove Service or Recipe with third parties unless otherwise agreed.
Copy, decompile, reverse-engineer, or try to access the Clove Service or make new products based on the Service.
Use the Clove Service to create or promote a competing product, store or send viruses or malicious code.
Use data mining, scraping, or extraction techniques on the Clove Service or Recipe or otherwise bypass or try to disable any security or access-controls.
5. Paid Services
Certain aspects of Clove may be provided for a fee (eg subscriptions or premium bundles). If you purchase paid services offered by Clove:
You agree to the pricing and payment listed on the relevant service(s);
You agree to provide Clove with your accurate billing information; and
You bear the cost of external transaction fees charged by third parties.
You will not be entitled to a refund of any paid or outstanding fees.
6. Security and Privacy
Clove will implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorised access, destruction, use or disclosure.
Personal information that is submitted to the platform will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Users are responsible for maintaining the security of their account credentials and you must notify Clove immediately if you suspect unauthorised account access.
Termination
Clove may terminate or suspend your account if you violate these Terms or engage in activity harmful to the platform or its users.
7. Disclaimer
Clove is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Clove is provided without express or implied warranties, including that the platform will meet your requirements, be free from errors, interruptions, harmful components or defects.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent allowed by applicable law:
Clove is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your use of the platform.
Clove’s total liability for claims related to the platform will not exceed $100 or the amount you paid to Clove services in the past 12 months, whichever is lesser.
9. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of NSW, Australia. Any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms must be resolved through the courts of competent jurisdiction in NSW, Australia.
10. Updates to the Terms
Clove reserves the right to modify these Terms and will notify you of material changes. Your continued use of Clove after changes are made indicates your acceptance of the updated Terms.
11. Contact Us
For questions or concerns about these Terms, please reach out to our team: hello@clove.kitchen