Terms of Use | Culinary Wonderland

Website Terms & Conditions of Use

1. About the Website

a. Welcome to Culinary Wonderland (Website). The Website allows you to access and use Culinary Wonderland (Services).
b. The Website is operated by Culinary Wonderland Pty Ltd, ABN 64 648 988 372. Access to and use of the Website, or any of its associated products or Services, is provided by Culinary Wonderland. Please read these terms and conditions (Terms) carefully. By entering into a subscription agreement with Culinary Wonderland this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the subscription Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage of the Website, or any of Services, immediately.
c. Culinary Wonderland reserves the right to review and change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. When Culinary Wonderland updates the Terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with notice of updates to the Terms. Any changes to the Terms take immediate effect from the date of their publication.

2. Acceptance of the Terms

You accept the Terms by starting a subscription to Culinary Wonderland. Where the option is available in the user interface, you may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms.

3. About the Service

a. Culinary Wonderland is a membership based subscription service.
b. You acknowledge and agree that the accounts offered, as well as the account features may change from time to time, and may be governed by separate terms which apply specific to the account. Where special account-specific terms apply, you will be informed, and must accept those terms before you are given such an account. For the avoidance of doubt these Terms apply unless otherwise agreed or amended by account-specific terms.
c. Some accounts may be governed by a separate Software Licensing Agreement with Culinary Wonderland, which may amend the terms of use. For the avoidance of doubt these Terms apply unless otherwise agreed or amended by the terms of an applicable Software Licensing Agreement.
d. The Service may be subject to limitations, delays, and other problems inherent in the use of the internet and electronic communications. Culinary Wonderland is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or other damage resulting from such problems.

4. Acceptable use of the Service

a. Culinary Wonderland, its related features, and website must only be used lawfully. Culinary Wonderland reserves the right to suspend, cancel, or otherwise deny access to users and accounts who use the service:

i. To engage in any act that would disrupt the access, availability, and security of Culinary Wonderland and other Culinary Wonderland services, including but not limited to:

A. Tampering with, reverse-engineering, or hacking our servers.
B. Modifying, disabling, or compromising the performance of Culinary Wonderland or other Culinary Wonderland services.
C. Overwhelming, or attempting to overwhelm our infrastructure by imposing an unreasonably large load on our systems that consume extraordinary resources.
D. Compromising the integrity of our system, including probing, scanning and testing the vulnerability of our system unless expressly permitted by Culinary Wonderland.

b. For any illegal purpose, or to violate any laws, including and without limitation to data, privacy, and export control laws.
c. To stalk, harass or threaten users and any member of the public.
d. To misrepresent or defraud any user or member of the public through phishing, spoofing, manipulating headers or other identifiers, impersonating anyone else, or falsely implying any sponsorship or association with Culinary Wonderland or any third party.
e. To access or search any part of the subscription owned by Culinary Wonderland other than our publicly supported interface, or otherwise allowed for in an applicable Software Licensing Agreement.
f. To post, upload, share, or otherwise circulate content in violation of Culinary Wonderland’s content policy.
g. To use the subscription in any way that violates the intellectual property rights of or any third party, including but not limited to copying, modifying, or distributing any content without proper authorization.

5. Security and Data Privacy

Culinary Wonderland takes your privacy seriously and information provided through your use of the Website and/or Services are subject to Culinary Wonderland’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website. The Privacy Policy also addresses Culinary Wonderland’s processes, policies, and obligations in respect of Culinary Wonderland security breaches.

Culinary Wonderland implements industry-standard security measures to protect your data, including encryption, regular security audits, and restricted access controls. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Data Use

Culinary Wonderland collects, stores, and processes your data on Culinary Wonderland. The data is used to provide Services to you, as well as to facilitate Culinary Wonderland’s business operations. The Privacy Policy outlined how your data is collected, stored, and processed by Culinary Wonderland. The Privacy Policy also addresses Culinary Wonderland's processes, policies, and obligations in respect of data encryption and removal requests.

7. Subscription

a. In order to access the Services, you must first purchase a subscription through the Website (Subscription) and pay the applicable fee for the Premium Subscription. After purchasing a Subscription, you will be considered a member (‘Member’).
b. In purchasing the Subscription, you acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to ensure that the Subscription you elect to purchase is suitable for your use.
c. Before, during or after you have purchased the Subscription, you will then be required to register for an account through the Website before you can access Premium services.
d. As part of the registration process, or as part of your continued use of the Services, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself (such as identification or contact details).
e. You warrant that any information you give to Culinary Wonderland in the course of completing the registration process will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
f. Once you have completed the registration process, you will be a registered user of the Website and agree to be bound by the Terms ("User"). As a Member you will be granted immediate access to the Services from the time you have completed the registration process until the subscription period expires, after the period of one year.
g. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:

i. you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Culinary Wonderland; or
ii. you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of Australia or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.

h. Subscription Fees are subject to change at Culinary Wonderland's discretion. Any changes to Subscription Fees will be notified to you at least 30 days before the change takes effect.
i. Billing Frequency and Cancellation. Culinary Wonderland Premium subscription is billed on an annual basis only and renewal can be cancelled at any time. If a subscription is not cancelled it will continue to renew on an annual basis.
j. Accessibility. Membership benefits including early access to future platform features are subject to the discretion of Culinary Wonderland.
k. Shipping. Culinary Wonderland reserves the right to substitute any products provided within the subscription offering that are supplied by external partners.

i. Any products provided within the subscription offering may take up to 2-3 weeks to be processed and shipped. Processing and shipping times may vary depending on stock and supply levels.
ii. Culinary Wonderland covers shipping costs within Australia only.

8. Payments

a. Subject to the terms of any applicable Software License Agreement, the Subscription Fee may be paid by all payment methods available on the Website, and may change from time to time.
b. Payments made in the course of your use of Culinary Wonderland may be made using third-party applications and services not owned, operated, or otherwise controlled by Culinary Wonderland. You acknowledge and agree that Culinary Wonderland will not be liable for any losses or damage arising from the operations of third-party payment applications and services. You further acknowledge and warrant that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the applicable third-party payment applications and services you choose to use as a payment method for Culinary Wonderland services.
c. You acknowledge and agree that where a request for the payment of the Subscription Fee is returned or denied, for whatever reason, by your financial institution or is unpaid by you for any other reason, then you are liable for any costs, including banking fees and charges, associated with the Subscription Fee.
d. You agree and acknowledge that Culinary Wonderland can vary the Subscription Fee at any time and that the varied Subscription Fee will come into effect following the conclusion of the existing Subscription.

9. Refund Policy

a. Culinary Wonderland offers refunds in accordance with the Australian Consumer Law and on the terms set out in these terms and conditions. Any benefits set out in these terms and conditions may apply in addition to consumer's rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
b. Culinary Wonderland will only provide you with a refund of the Subscription Fee in the event they are unable to continue to provide the Services or if the manager of Culinary Wonderland makes a decision, at its absolute discretion, that it is reasonable to do so under the circumstances. Where this occurs, the refund will be in the proportional amount of the Subscription Fee that remains unused by the Member.

10. Copyright and Intellectual Property

a. The Website, the Services and all of the related products of Culinary Wonderland are subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and compilation of the Website (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, Website code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by Culinary Wonderland or its contributors.
b. All trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or licensed by Culinary Wonderland, who grants to you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license whilst you are a User to:

i. use the Website pursuant to the Terms;
ii. copy and store the Website and the material contained in the Website in your device's cache memory;
iii. print pages from the Website for your own personal and non-commercial use.

c. Culinary Wonderland does not grant you any other rights whatsoever in relation to the Website or the Services. All other rights are expressly reserved by Culinary Wonderland.
d. Culinary Wonderland retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer any:

i. business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright, or
ii. a right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark or industrial design, or
iii. a thing, system or process that is the subject of a patent, registered design or copyright (or an adaptation or modification of such a thing, system or process), to you.

e. You may not, without the prior written permission of Culinary Wonderland and the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Services or third party Services for any purpose, unless otherwise provided by these Terms. This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Website, which are freely available for re-use or are in the public domain.
f. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any third-party information providers from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms or any activity related to your Account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the Service using your Account.

11. General Disclaimer

a. Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be limited or excluded.
b. Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:

i. all terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in the Terms are excluded; and
ii. Culinary Wonderland will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable Consumer Guarantee), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms (including as a result of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services), whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.

c. Use of the Website and the Services is at your own risk. Everything on the Website and the Services is provided to you "as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contributors and licensors of Culinary Wonderland make any express or implied representation or warranty about the Services or any products or Services (including the products or Services of Culinary Wonderland) referred to on the Website. This includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:

i. failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;
ii. the accuracy, suitability or currency of any information on the Website, the Services, or any of its Services related products (including third party material and advertisements on the Website);
iii. costs incurred as a result of you using the Website, the Services or any of the products of Culinary Wonderland; and
iv. the Services or operation in respect to links which are provided for your convenience.

12. Limitation of Liability

a. Culinary Wonderland's total liability arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, however arising, including under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.
b. You expressly understand and agree that Culinary Wonderland, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors and licensors shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.

13. Termination of Subscription

a. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by Culinary Wonderland as set out below.
b. If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:

i. canceling renewal of the Subscription prior to the end of the Subscription Period;
ii. closing your accounts for all of the services which you use, where Culinary Wonderland has made this option available to you.

c. Any notices pursuant to Clause 13.2 above should be sent, in writing, to Culinary Wonderland.
d. Culinary Wonderland may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:

i. you do not renew the Subscription at the end of the Subscription Period;
ii. you have breached any provision of the Terms or intend to breach any provision;
iii. Culinary Wonderland is required to do so by law;
iv. the provision of the Services to you by Culinary Wonderland is, in the opinion of Culinary Wonderland, no longer commercially viable.

e. Subject to local applicable laws, Culinary Wonderland reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your Subscription or Account at any time and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Website or the Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts Culinary Wonderland's name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.

14. Governing Law

The Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales. Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of New South Wales, Australia without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

15. Dispute Resolution

By subscribing to our services, you (the "Subscriber") agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or in connection with your subscription, including its terms, performance, validity, interpretation, or any other matter, shall be resolved through binding arbitration as outlined in this Dispute Resolution section. You waive any right to file a lawsuit in court, except as provided by law for small claims.

(i) Modification of Dispute Resolution Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Dispute Resolution Terms at any time. Any material changes will be communicated to Subscribers, and your continued use of the service after such modifications constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.

Contact Information

For any questions or concerns regarding this dispute resolution process, you can contact us at info@culinarywonderland.com.