Terms of Use

Use of the Website by you is governed by these terms and conditions of use and, by accessing or using the Rate My Plate website you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accept these terms. No users under 16 years of age

The Rate My Plate website is not intended for use by individuals under 16 years of age. If you are under the age of 16 please discontinue use of the website.

Limitations of use You agree not to use the Rate My Plate website or any products or services available on the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms of use. You must not submit any information or other material that contains viruses or computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage or interfere with data or information on the Rate My Plate website. You must not attempt to gain access to the website through hacking or the impersonation of others. You agree not to use software devices, or manual processes to monitor or copy pages from the website without the permission of Rate My Plate in writing.

Intellectual property The Rate My Plate website, as well as all elements contained in or comprising the website, including the text, website design, logos, graphics, icons, images, illustrations, photographs, digital material, video clips, audio signals, and music files, as well as, layout and "look and feel" thereof are the sole property of Rate My Plate Limited and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws and international conventions. Software utilised in the website is the property of Rate My Plate. Software is also protected by British and international copyright laws. Rate My Plate grants you, the user a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the website and its contents for purposes of general browsing, setting up personalised profiles on specific pages, posting, editing and deleting information, uploading, editing and deleting photographs, image files and conducting business with Rate My Plate or third-party vendors or affiliates. The trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, designs, and sounds associated with the Rate My Plate website are owned by Smart Arts (UK) Ltd.

User Profile Information By using the Rate My Plate website you guarantee that the Profile Information is true, accurate and complete in all respects. The Profile Information, and all associated information you submit on the Rate My Plate website as described in the next paragraph,

does not infringe any intellectual property of a third party;
will not cause offence to other users of the Rate My Plate website;
does not violate any law;
does not constitute advertising or solicitation of business.

By agreeing to our Terms and conditions of use, you grant to Rate My Plate a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unrestricted, nonexclusive, royalty-free right and license to use, copy, reproduce, display, license, sublicense, distribute, transmit, edit, and modify the User Information on the homepage of the Website and in any advertising, marketing, or promotions by or on behalf of Rate My Plate of the website or the services provided by or made available through the website, including in any print media, television, motion pictures, the Internet, and in any other media now known or that may be developed in the future (collectively, "Media").You waive any inspection or approval of the finished Media. You waive any claim against Rate My Plate for any alleged or actual infringements of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy or publicity, moral rights, or rights of attribution, and any claim of alteration (including, without limitation, optical illusion or faulty mechanical reproduction), in connection with any Profile Information. If you are not the owner of the Profile Information, you acknowledge that the owner of the Profile Information account may delete, for any or no reason, Profile Information submitted or posted to that account by you or by anyone else.

Limitation of liability To the maximum extent legally permissible by law, in no event shall Smart Arts (UK) Ltd, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, representatives, suppliers, or content or service providers be liable for damages of any kind (including without limitation, direct, indirect, compensatory, special, incidental, punitive and consequential damages) even if made aware of the possibility of such damages, whether in an action under contract, tort or other theory, arising out of or in connection with the use of, inability to use, or performance of the website, its contents, information or materials contained on the website, and/or any products or services available at the website.

Indemnity You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Smart Arts (UK) Ltd, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, representatives, suppliers, and content and service providers from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from

any violation of these terms of use, your use of the Rate My Plate website,
Profile Information and any other communications you submit to us, or
any activity related to your account with Rate My Plate by you or any other person accessing the website using your account, user name or account password.

Disclaimer of warranty The Rate My Plate website, its contents and the products and services available on the website are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent legally permissible by law, Rate My Plate expressly disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, of any kind with respect to the website, its uses and the products and services offered on the website, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, title, accuracy and freedom from computer viruses or other harmful components.

Third party and affiliate links and frames Rate My Plate may provide links to websites operated by third parties. Rate My Plate makes no representations about any third party websites that you may access through the website. Rate My Plate is not and will not be responsible for the privacy practices, content or operation of such websites. Rate My Plate reserves the right to disable any unauthorized frames and specifically disclaims any responsibility for the contents of any other websites linked to the Website.

Your Profile Information Rate My Plate may send email and other communications to you for the purpose of advising you of changes or additions to the Website, about any of our products or services, or about any other matters. Such communications are subject to the terms of our privacy policy. If you do not want to receive email or other communications from us, simply indicate this at the time of registering by emailing us at info@rate-my-plate.co.uk.

Privacy policy Miscellaneous legal matters The website is controlled and operated by Rate My Plate Limited. Use of the Website shall be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom without regard to its choice of law principles. All legal proceedings or disputes arising out of these terms of use or your use of the website shall be resolved exclusively in the United Kingdom and you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the website must be commenced within six (6) months after the cause of action or claim arises.

Changes to the website – Termination of service Rate My Plate reserves the right to change or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the website, and those products and services available at the website, without prior notice to you. You agree that Rate My Plate shall not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, discontinuance or deletion of the website, any elements comprising the website or any products or services available on the website. Rate My Plate reserves the right, at its sole discretion, immediately and without notice to you, to limit, restrict, suspend or terminate your account and/or your ability to access the website and the products and services available on the website, for any or no reason.

Notices of claimed infringement If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the Rate My Plate website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the following information in writing to Rate My Plate (address)

an electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website;
your contact information including email address;
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

About terms and conditions of use Rate My Plate reserves the right to change, alter or modify these terms and conditions of use for any or no reason at any time and without notice.

Contact us For further information on any of the aforementioned points, please contact us by email at info@rate-my-plate.co.uk.

Website Privacy Policy

1 Introduction Smart Arts(UK) Ltd takes your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how and why we obtain, store and process data which can identify you. We may update this policy from time to time and shall indicate on the web site when changes have been made.

2 The Information we collect. Information is collected from you when you register with us, or when you contribute to or use some of the advanced features on the site. The information we collect is clearly set out on the web page on which we collect it. See for example our registration page and order form. In addition, we may collect your IP address and use cookies unless you configure your web browser not to accept them.

3 Why we collect it. We collect information about you so that we can personalise your use of the site, assist your use of the site and improve the site generally. If you have opted to, we may arrange for you to be sent information about related products and services from us and carefully selected third parties (see section 4). You may opt out of these communications at any time.

4 Who we disclose it to

4.1 We will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties to enable us to perform services requested by you or with your prior consent.

4.2 If you give your consent, we will pass your contact details to third parties who may then occasionally send communications to you to provide information, offers and services that may be of interest to you.

4.3 In certain circumstances we may need to disclose information about you if you breach this privacy policy or if you breach the Terms and Conditions. We may also disclose or access your account if required to do so by law or by any Governmental body.

4.4 We will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties overseas to enable us to perform services requested by you.

5 Data Protection. Smart Arts(UK) Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner in the UK as a data controller in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Further details of the registration are available at www.dpr.gov.uk.

6 Security. Keeping information about you secure is very important to us and certain sections of the site may encrypt data using SSL or a comparable standard. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. As a result, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, and you do so at your own risk.

7 Accessing and updating your personal information. We will always let you have a copy of personal information we have about you, should you request it, and you may correct it if you wish. Instructions about how to do this are available from info@rate-myplate.com

9 Questions? If you have any questions or complaints relating to this Privacy Policy or how we use the personal information we have about you, please contact info@rate-myplate.com We will endeavour to respond to you promptly.