1. Terms of Service
1.1 Overview of the Service
The service is a personal cooking and recipe management platform that allows users to:
- Create recipes using AI-assisted tools
- Manage private personal recipe collections
- Save private reference copies of recipes from the web
- Share original recipes with other users
The service is designed primarily for personal use. Public sharing is optional and limited.
1.2 User Accounts
- You must create an account to use the service.
- You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
- You may not share your account credentials with others.
1.3 User Content
"User Content" includes any text, images, recipes, notes, or other materials you create, upload, paste, or import into the service.
- You retain ownership of your User Content.
- You are solely responsible for ensuring that your User Content does not violate any laws or infringe the rights of others.
1.4 Private Content vs. Shared Content
Private Content
- Content is private by default.
- Private content is accessible only to you through authenticated access.
- Imported recipes from external websites are always private.
- Private content is not publicly visible, searchable, or discoverable.
Shared Content
- You may choose to share certain content with other users.
- Only content that you created yourself or have permission to share may be made public.
- Imported third‑party recipes may not be shared or published on the platform.
- By choosing to share content, you acknowledge that it will be visible to others.
1.5 Content Rules
You agree that you will not:
- Post or share copyrighted material you do not own or have permission to share
- Publish recipes copied from third‑party websites or cookbooks
- Circumvent access controls or technical restrictions
- Use the service to infringe intellectual property rights
1.6 License to Operate the Service
You grant the service a limited, non‑exclusive license to host, store, process, display, and transform your User Content solely to operate and improve the service, including:
- Formatting and structuring recipes
- OCR and image processing
- AI‑assisted features you explicitly invoke
This license ends when you delete your content, except where retention is required by law.
1.7 Exporting Content
- The service allows you to export your own content for personal use.
- Exporting is initiated by you.
- Exported content leaves the platform.
- The service does not host or distribute exported copies.
- You are responsible for any use of exported content outside the service.
1.8 Advertising
- The service may display advertising to help support operation of the platform.
- We do not sell your personal data.
- We do not use your private account data or personal profile to target ads.
- Advertising, if shown, is contextual, meaning it is based on the general type of content being viewed (for example, a recipe category or page context), not on who you are or your activity across the service or other websites.
- Contextual advertising may rely on high‑level information such as page type, recipe category, or language, but does not involve tracking you across sites or building advertising profiles about you.
1.9 Enforcement
We reserve the right to:
- Remove or restrict access to content that violates these terms
- Suspend or terminate accounts
- Enforce a repeat‑infringer policy
- Comply with legal requests and takedown notices
2. Copyright & DMCA Policy
We respect the intellectual property rights of others.
2.1 DMCA Agent
If you believe content on the service infringes your copyright, please submit a DMCA notice to:
Email: copyright@sufork.com
2.2 Takedown Process
A valid notice must include:
- Identification of the copyrighted work
- Identification of the allegedly infringing material
- Contact information
- A statement of good‑faith belief
- A statement under penalty of perjury
We respond promptly to valid notices and remove publicly accessible infringing content.
2.3 Counter‑Notice
Users may submit counter‑notices in accordance with the DMCA.
2.4 Repeat Infringers
Accounts that repeatedly violate copyright rules may be suspended or terminated.
3. Privacy Policy
3.1 Information We Collect
We collect:
- Account information (email, authentication data)
- Content you create or import
- Usage and interaction data
3.2 How We Use Information
We use information to:
- Operate and maintain the service
- Provide AI‑assisted features
- Improve functionality and performance
- Ensure security and prevent abuse
3.3 AI Services
- Some features use third‑party AI providers.
- Content is sent only when you request an AI feature.
- Content is used only to generate responses for you.
- We do not use your content to train our own models.
- Third‑party providers process data under contractual safeguards.
3.4 Data Sharing and Advertising
- We do not sell your personal data.
- We do not share your personal data with advertisers for behavioral or targeted advertising.
- We may use limited, first‑party contextual information (such as the type of content being viewed) to display non‑personalized, contextual advertising.
We share data only with:
- Service providers that help operate the platform
- Advertising or analytics providers operating in a contextual, non‑tracking capacity
- Legal authorities when required by law
We do not sell your content.
We share data only with:
- Service providers that help operate the platform
- Legal authorities when required by law
3.5 Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Access your data
- Correct or delete your data
- Restrict or object to processing
4. Content Import & Sharing Guidelines
4.1 Importing Recipes
- You may save private reference copies of recipes from the web.
- Imported recipes are for personal use only.
- Imported recipes cannot be shared with others.
4.2 Sharing Recipes
- You may share recipes you created yourself or generated using AI.
- Shared collections may include references to external recipes, shown as links.
5. AI Usage Disclosure
The service uses AI to assist with:
- Creating and editing recipes
- Answering cooking questions
- Structuring imported content
AI features are optional and activated by you.
6. Changes
We may update these policies as the service evolves. Material changes will be communicated.
7. Contact
For questions about these policies, contact:
Email: support@sufork.com