Site Terms + Privacy Policy

 

“I meant what I said and I said what I meant”     ~ Dr. Seuss

 

The following terms (“Terms of Use”) constitute an agreement between Veggies by Candlelight, LLC. (“Veggies by Candlelight”), and you that governs your use of this website and all of its associated services, content, and functionality. This policy applies to the website administered by Veggies by Candlelight (“Website”), located at http://veggiesbycandlelight.com.

Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to, the following Terms of Use. Veggies by Candlelight reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, policies and these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, you must not use the Website

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PRIVACY POLICY

What Aditional Information Does the Website Collect and How Is This Personal Information Used?

The Website may receive and store information that you voluntarily submit through the Website for the purpose of subscribing to the Website to receive newsletters or for the purpose of leaving comments on blog posts.

The Website may receive and store certain types of usage-related information when you interact with the Website, including, but not limited to, your computer's IP address and browser information. The information we collect is used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor.

The Website uses Google Analytics to track statistics regarding our audience and Website traffic. No personally identifiable information is transferred from the Website to Google Analytics. For more information on Google's Analytics privacy policies, please visit this site.

The Website uses cookies that may be used by Google Analytics, as described above.

From time to time, the Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC's requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels, which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is described more fully below. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone's past visits to the Website. At any time, you may opt out of Google Ads by modifying your Google Ad settings.

 

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

The Website may provide personal information to an applicable third party in order to provide services. Currently, the Website uses the services of MailChimp for delivery of email updates. MailChimp's use of your personal information is subject to MailChimp's Privacy Policy

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. If a new service provider is engaged, these terms will be amended accordingly.

 

Will the Website Share the Personal Information It Collects?

Except when required by law, the Website will not sell, distribute, or reveal users’ email addresses or other personal information without their consent.

Veggies by Candlelight may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

 

Modification or Deletion of Personal Information

You can decline to submit personal information at any time. If you decline, Veggies by Candlelight may not be able to continue to provide service to you. You may request deletion of your personal information by sending an email to hello@veggiesbycandlelight.com, but in some cases, we may be required to keep your information by law. In such a case, it would no longer be active and would be kept separately in an archive.

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CHILDREN'S INFORMATION

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database the, please contact us immediately at hello@veggiesbycandlelight.com and Veggies by Candlelight will use its best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

 

AFFILIATE MARKETING

From time to time, the Website may engage in affiliate marketing. This means that if you use an affiliate link to make a purchase, the Website will receive a commission on that purchase. All efforts are made to ensure that affiliate links are disclosed in accordance with the FTC.

Veggies by Candlelight, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and link to Amazon.com.

 

FTC DISCLOSURE

From time to time, the Website may post sponsored content from an advertiser. This means that an advertiser, which may be a brand, agency, or influencer network, will contract with Veggies by Candlelight to create content featuring certain messages or product placement. Pursuant to the FTC's requirements, all such advertisements on the Website are clearly and conspicuously disclosed.

Even though compensation (e.g., cash, free product, or services) is received for in exchange for this sponsored content placement, Veggies by Candlelight gives its honest opinion, findings, beliefs, or experiences in such content. All views expressed on the Website are those of the content creator. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

 

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

Veggies by Candlelight has made every effort to ensure that all information on the Website has been tested for accuracy. Veggies by Candlelight makes no guarantees regarding the results that you will see from using the information provided on the Website.

The information provided on the Website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. The Website makes no representations or warranties in relation to the topics discussed.

The Website disclaims liability for incidental or consequential damages and assumes no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of the use of the information provided on the Website. The Website assumes or undertakes no liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of any information found on the Website.

 

FITNESS CONTENT DISCLAIMER

The Website may discuss topics related to health and fitness and may include information on exercise and workouts. Everything provided on the Website is for informational purposes only. Consult a physician or medical professional before beginning any fitness program. Any form of exercise poses an inherent risk of injury and by voluntarily engaging in any exercise or workout presented on the Website, you assume the risk of any potential injury that may result.

 

MEDICAL CONTENT DISCLAIMER

The Website may discuss topics related to health, fitness, nutrition, or medicine. This information is not advice and should not be treated as medical advice. The medical information provided on the Websites is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. The Website makes no representations or warranties in relation to the medical, fitness, or nutrition information on the Website.

You must not rely on the information on the Websites as an alternative to advice from your medical professional or healthcare provider. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice, or discontinue medical treatment as a result of any information provided on the Website.

 

NUTRITION AND RECIPE DISCLAIMER

All information provided in the recipes on the Website is intended to be used for educational purposes only. Veggies by Candlelight is not a doctor or a registered dietitian. The Websites is not medical advice nor is it intended to replace medical advice. The Websites are not intended to diagnose, prescribe, or treat any disease, condition, illness, or injury. Before beginning any diet program, including following the recipes on the Websites, you should seek advice from a licensed physician.

Veggies by Candlelight is not responsible for any liability, loss or damage, caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the material in the recipes on the Website.

The Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the statements contained in the Websites’ recipes.

 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

The Website was developed strictly for informational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the information provided on the Website. Veggies by Candlelight makes no representations, warranties or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. Veggies by Candlelight assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear on the Website.

 

USE OF THE WEBSITE

Unless otherwise stated, Veggies by Candlelight owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website. Subject to the license below, all intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download (for caching purposes only), and print pages for your personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use.

The following uses are not permitted:

  • Republication of content from the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for republication;
  • Sale, rental or sub-license of any content from the Website;
  • Reproduction or duplication of any content on the Website for commercial purposes;
  • Modification of any content on this website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification;
  • Redistribution of the content of the Website, unless the content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Users are permitted to share content on social media channels, as long as a link to the Website is included.

From time to time, the Website will utilize various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of Veggies by Candlelight's intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to Veggies by Candlelight.

You must not use the Website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impair the availability of access to the Website. You must not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Website, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law. You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit and/or other harmful code or malicious software.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities, including, but not limited to scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting on or in relation to the Website without Veggies by Candlelight's express written permission.

You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications.

You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without Veggies by Candlelight's express written permission.

 

COPYRIGHT

Unless otherwise noted, the design, content and all components of the Website are copyrights owned by Veggies by Candlelight or third parties and are protected by the United States and international copyright laws and should not be reused or republished without express written permission.

 

TRADEMARKS

Veggies by Candlelight's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Veggies by Candlelight's, in any manner likely to cause confusion among consumers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Veggies by Candlelight.

From time to time, the Website will legally utilize trademarks owned by third parties related to Veggies by Candlelight's services. These trademarks are the respective property of their owners.

 

GRANT OF RIGHTS

You grant Veggies by Candlelight a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute any content you contribute to the Website. This includes, but is not limited to, text, images, audio material, comments, video material and audio-visual material. This license extends to all known and future media. You also grant Veggies by Candlelight the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

 

CONTENT CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEBSITE

Any content you contribute to the site, including, but not limited to text, images, audio material, comments, video material and audio-visual material, must not be illegal or unlawful, may not infringe on any third-party's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or Veggies by Candlelight or a third party.

Veggies by Candlelight reserves the right to edit or remove: (i) any material submitted to the Website; (ii) stored on Veggies by Candlelight's servers; or, (iii) hosted or published on the Website. Veggies by Candlelight takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

Notwithstanding Veggies by Candlelight's rights under the Terms of Use, Veggies by Candlelight does not undertake to monitor the submission of all content to, or the publication of such content on, the Website.

 

COMMENT POLICY

The Website offers the option for you to leave comments, engaging with the Website's posts. The following types of comments will not be tolerated and will be deleted:

  • harassment directed toward any content creator or Veggies by Candlelight;
  • spam;
  • hate speech;
  • defamatory to Veggies by Candlelight or any third party;
  • reference illegal acts; or,
  • violate the legal rights of a third party.

Veggies by Candlelight's sole discretion will be used to determine if a comment is in violation of this comment policy. Any comments in violation will be promptly deleted and no further explanation will be due to you if your comment was determined to be in violation with this policy.

 

TAKEDOWN REQUESTS

From time to time, the Website will publish posts with images from other third-party websites. Any such use is intended considered fair use under copyright laws and is fully attributed to the owner. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and falls outside of fair use, please send a request to hello@veggiesbycandlelight and we will remove the image within 24 to 48 hours.

 

COMMUNICATION

If you send Veggies by Candlelight an email, register to use the Website or provide your email to Veggies by Candlelight in any other way, you consent to receive communications from Veggies by Candlelight electronically. You agree that all legal notices provided via electronic means from Veggies by Candlelight satisfy any requirement for written notice.

 

THIRD PARTIES

The Website contains links to third-party websites that are not governed or controlled by Veggies by Candlelight. You represent and warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by all applicable Terms of Use and policies for any third-party website that relates to your use of the Website. Veggies by Candlelight assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold harmless Veggies by Candlelight from any and all liability related to your use of a third-party website.

Prior to engaging in any events or commercial transactions with any third parties discovered through or linked on the Website, you must complete any necessary investigation or due diligence. If there is a dispute for any events or commercial transactions with a third party discovered through or linked on the Website, you expressly hold Veggies by Candlelight harmless from any and all liability in any dispute.

 

NO WARRANTIES

The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations or warranties, expressed or implied. Veggies by Candlelight makes no representations or warranties in relation to the Website or the information and materials provided therein.

Veggies by Candlelight makes no warranty the Website will meet your requirements; will be available uninterrupted; timely and free of viruses or bugs; or represents the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the Website. Veggies by Candlelight is not responsible to you for the loss of any content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website. The Website is written in English and makes no warranty regarding translation or interpretation of content in any language.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

VEGGIES BY CANDLELIGHT WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, HOWEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU, WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Veggies by Candlelight, its members, employees, officers, directors, managers, and agents harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, suits, actions, liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) which Veggies by Candlelight suffers as a result of third-party claims based on (i) your negligence or intentional misconduct, (ii) your breach of any provision of the Terms of Use (including representation or warranty); (iii) materials prepared or provided by you including, but not limited to, any claims of infringement, or misappropriation of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property or proprietary right, infringement of the rights of privacy or publicity, or defamation or libel; or (iv) death, personal injury, or property damage arising out of, or relating to, your obligations hereunder.

 

ARBITRATION

The Terms of Use will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms of Use, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of any such arbitration shall be in or near Story­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ County, Iowa. The parties also agree that the AAA Optional Rules for Emergency Measures of Protection shall apply to the proceedings.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

If any provision(s) of the Terms of Use is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be severable and enforceable. If a provision is excessively broad, such a provision shall be limited or reduced in scope so as to be enforceable.

The Terms of Use may not be assigned by you without Veggies by Candlelight's prior written consent, however, the Terms of Use may be assigned by Veggies by Candlelight in its sole discretion.

The Terms of Use are the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the Website offered by Veggies by Candlelight.

All notices with respect to the Terms of Use must be in writing and may be via email to hello@veggiesbycandlelight.com for Veggies by Candlelight and to your email address.

 

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