Terms and Conditions of Service
Updated and effective as of NOVEMBER 5, 2025
Updated and effective as of NOVEMBER 5, 2025
Welcome to maisonfoodie.com (the “Site”). The Site is owned and provided by Maison Foodie (“Maison Foodie”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). Your use of the Site, our online and/or mobile products, services, software, related materials, and content provided on or in connection with the Site (collectively, the “Services”) shall be governed by these Terms of Service (the “Agreement”). By accessing or using this Site and/or any Services, or by clicking a button or checking a box marked “I Agree” (or anything similar), you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement applies to you and all visitors, users, and others (hereinafter, “User” or “Users”) who access the Site and/or access and use any of the Services.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES AND/OR ACCESS OR USE ANY PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER OR FORM.
- Use of the Services
- Services Availability
- Modification of Services
- Equipment and Connections
- Beta Features
- User Account
- Subscription License
- Services Restrictions
- Content Rights and Sharing
- Advertisements
- Third Party Content and Links
- Disclaimer
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclaimer
- Limitation of Liability
- Unsolicited Ideas
- Termination
- Governing Law
- Changes to This Agreement
1. USE OF THE SERVICES. Maison Foodie is granting you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right and license to access, view, and use the Services provided that you are of legal age to form a binding contract in your applicable jurisdiction. Any use or access of the Services by Users who are minors or children is strictly prohibited and in violation of this Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, “minors” or “children” are individuals under the age of thirteen (13), or under such age as defined under Applicable Data Law (as defined below) or the country’s or applicable jurisdiction’s minimum age where the person resides. When viewing, accessing, and using the Services, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations regarding online conduct and acceptable content, including without limitation Applicable Data Law regulating the export of data to and from your country of residence. You shall use the Services in compliance with all applicable laws and not for any unlawful purpose. You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct when accessing and using the Services, and for any consequences thereof. You agree that visiting, accessing, and/or using the Services is at your own risk. The Services are not available to any Users who have been suspended or restricted from accessing and using the Services due to: (i) the User’s prior violation of any terms and conditions of this Agreement; (ii) the User’s prior violation of any applicable laws (including without limitation applicable data protection and privacy laws), rules, or regulations when accessing and using the Services; and/or (iii) the User’s prior violation of any policies and guidelines established by Maison Foodie when accessing and using the Services. Maison Foodie reserves all rights not expressly granted herein. Maison Foodie may terminate the licenses being granted to you at any time for any reason or no reason.
2. SERVICES AVAILABILITY. We use reasonable endeavors to ensure that the Services are available at all times. However, there will be occasions when the Services will be interrupted for maintenance, upgrades and emergency repairs or due to failure of telecommunications links, systems, and equipment that are beyond our control. Every reasonable step will be taken by us to minimize such disruption where it is within our reasonable control. You agree that Maison Foodie shall not be responsible or liable to you for the deletion or failure to make available any content, Services, and other communications maintained or transmitted through the Services, or any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services. You acknowledge that Maison Foodie reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit your ability to access and use the Services, or any other resources or content made available on and/or through the Services. We reserve the right to terminate, suspend, limit, or modify certain features or functionality of the Services in our sole discretion. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services following any changes shall constitute your acknowledgment and acceptance of such changes.
3. MODIFICATION OF SERVICES. Maison Foodie reserves the right to alter, suspend, modify, update, or remove the Services or any portion(s) thereof, at any time in our discretion. We reserve the right to discontinue previously offered features and/or functionality in our sole discretion and without prior notice to you. Under no circumstances shall we be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, removal, suspension, or discontinuance of any feature or component of any portion of the Services. We reserve the right to determine the timing and content of any updates to the Services, which may be performed automatically by us without User interaction and without prior notice to you.
4. EQUIPMENT AND CONNECTIONS. In order to access and use the Services, you may be required to purchase equipment such as a computer or other device. You are solely responsible for purchasing and properly connecting such equipment to access and use the Services. The Services are required to connect to the internet through telecommunications systems. You are solely responsible for purchasing and maintaining such connections. Under no circumstances shall we be liable to you for any failure or issue related to any connection or equipment you may purchase and use to access, use, and interact with the Services.
5. BETA FEATURES. From time to time, we may make beta features available to you and your Users. For the purposes of this Agreement, “beta features” shall mean certain services and/or features available to Users for use which are still in their beta stage and have not been fully tested. You and your Users may choose to use such beta features in your or your User’s sole discretion. We may modify or discontinue beta features at any time in our sole discretion. You and your Users understand and agree that we may never make beta features generally available. We will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with any beta features, including, without limitation, you and your User’s access thereto or use thereof.
6. USER ACCOUNT. In order to access the Services, you will be required to establish a Maison Foodie user account. We may offer and maintain different types of user accounts for different types of Users with different features and functionality. By connecting to the Services through a third-party service provider, you give us permission to access, use, and to store certain information about you that is obtained from that third-party service provider, and as permitted by such service provider. Such information may include, without limitation, your log-in credentials for that service provider. You must notify us immediately of any actual or suspected breach of security or unauthorized use of your user account. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any damages caused or losses incurred by any unauthorized access and/or authorized use of your user account. If you wish to share your user account login credentials (username and password) to allow others to gain access to your user account, you agree that BY SHARING YOUR USER ACCOUNT USERNAME AND PASSWORD, YOU AGREE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT ANY USERS OF YOUR USER ACCOUNT COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT YOU SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTS AND/OR OMISSIONS OF SUCH USERS WHETHER AUTHORIZED OR NOT. By providing us with your email address you consent to our use of your email address to send you service-related notices, including any notices required by law. With your consent, we may also use your email address to send you other messages, such as changes to features of the Services, special offers, or other third-party products and/or services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you may opt-out by clicking on the unsubscribe link on the bottom of our marketing emails. Should you decide to opt-out of receiving future mailings from us, you may continue to receive future mailings from third parties that you have requested to receive information from. If you do not wish to receive future communications from third-party providers, you should notify them directly of your choice regarding their use of your personal data. Despite your request to no longer receive future newsletters or promotional and marketing communications from us, we reserve the right to continue to send you notices of any updates to the Services, this Agreement, and our Privacy Policy. By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your user account information and any files or content associated with your user account if required to do so by law or in good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request; (ii) enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including investigation of potential violations hereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues (including, without limitation, the filtering of spam); or (iv) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Maison Foodie, its users, or the public as required or permitted by law. More information on our Privacy Policy can be reviewed at www.maisonfoodie.com/privacy/.
7. SUBSCRIPTION LICENSE. Certain features and functionality of the Services may require the purchase of a subscription license (a “Subscription License”). By purchasing a Subscription License, you acknowledge and agree: (i) that you are purchasing the license and right to use certain features, functionality, and any associated services of the Services for a specified period of time; (ii) to the Subscription License terms and conditions located at https://maisonfoodie.com/subscription-terms; (iii) that Maison Foodie may offer a number of different Subscription License plans, including promotional subscriptions plans or subscriptions plans with various features and functionality or limitations; (iv) that Maison Foodie reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion to modify, terminate or otherwise amend the Subscription License plan(s) that may be offered to you; (iv) that your Subscription License will be activated following our receipt and confirmation that your purchase and payment method has been validated and approved; and (v) that there may be a delay in verifying and processing your Subscription License purchase, and to update your access to certain features and functionality of the Services. The Services contain technological measures to prevent unauthorized and unlicensed use of certain features and functionality of the Services.
8. SERVICES RESTRICTIONS. When using the Services, you agree not to: (i) use the Services in any manner that in our sole discretion could damage, disable, overburden, or impair it; (ii) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, or any part or component thereof, other user accounts, computer systems, mobile devices, or networks connected to the Services, or any part of them, through hacking, password mining or any other means or interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services or any activities conducted through the Services; (iii) modify the Services in any manner or form, or use modified versions of the Services, including but not limited to for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Services; (iv) use any script, robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access any user account and/or the Services for any purpose without our express written permission, or bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services; (v) use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working and functionality of the Services, and that you will not disturb the normal operation of such Services; (vi) take any action that imposes an excessive, unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (vii) modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Services; (viii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Services, or any component thereof, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation; (ix) rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the Services to any third party; provide time sharing or similar services for any third party; or use the Services for any purpose other than your own personal use; (x) remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features and/or functionality of the Services, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Services, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Services; (xi) except as permitted by the features and/or functionality of the Services, collect or harvest any personal data, including account names and email addresses, through the Services; (xii) to upload, post, display, share, or otherwise transmit or communicate any files or content that you do not have the right to transmit or communicate under any contractual or fiduciary relationship or which infringes any third-party copyright, trade mark, patent or other intellectual property right; (xiii) use the Services for any unlawful purposes or to promote any illegal activities; (xiv) to forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any files or content transmitted and shared through the Services; and (xv) to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any files or content which is likely to cause harm to Maison Foodie or anyone else’s computer and/or mobile systems, including without limitation any virus, malicious code, worm, Trojan Horse, scripts, or other files or programs designed to damage or allow unauthorized access to the Services which may cause any defect, error, malfunction or corruption to the Services.
9. CONTENT RIGHTS AND SHARING. We do not claim ownership rights or control over any files or content contained in your user account, submitted, posted, shared, or displayed by you through the Services. You are responsible for all files and content you upload, display, post, share, and/or copy using the Services. When you share your files and content, you are allowing the recipients to view and share those files and content with others and/or allow them to copy such files and content. We reserve the right to pre-screen, refuse to accept, post, remove, display or transmit any files and content in our sole discretion. By submitting, posting, displaying, and/or sharing any files and content through the Services and/or your user account, you grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, distribute, display, and publish such files and content through the Services.
10. ADVERTISEMENTS. Some components of the Services may be supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. Maison Foodie may display third-party advertisements and promotions through the Services for certain products, goods, software applications, and/or services. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored by or displayed through the Services, or queries made through the Services. The manner, mode and extent of advertising through the Services are subject to change without prior notice to you. In consideration for Maison Foodie granting you access to and use of the Services, and/or any associated services, you agree that Maison Foodie may place such advertising through the Services. Maison Foodie may have no control over any third-party content, software, or resources which are being provided through such advertising. You agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort, including personal injury, incurred by you as a result of your dealings with such third parties and your use of their applicable products, goods, software applications, and/or services.
11. THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND LINKS. The Services may include hyperlinks to other third-party web sites, content, or resources. Maison Foodie may have no control over any web sites, content, or resources which are being provided through the Services by third-parties. When using the Services, and any associated products and/or services, you acknowledge and agree that Maison Foodie is not responsible for the availability of any such third-party external sites, content, or resources. We do not endorse any advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from such third-party web sites, content, or resources and your use of and/or reliance on any of the foregoing shall be at your own risk. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be liable for any loss or damage, including personal injury, which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites, content, or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products, services, or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
12. DISCLAIMER. Maison Foodie disclaims all liability for any claim in relation to: (i) the availability or unavailability, for any reason, of the Internet, sign-in services, telecommunications or other infrastructure systems; (ii) any illegal or fraudulent use of your sign-in information or any transfer of information through the Services; (iii) the accuracy, completeness, or safety of any information or content provided through the Services; and (iv) any restriction, delay, malfunction, or unavailability of your user account and/or the Services. THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE STATED HEREIN, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MAISON FOODIE OR THROUGH THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MAISON FOODIE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT (1) THE SITE, THE SERVICES, OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED OR PROVIDED THEREIN IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE, CORRECT, OR COMPLETE; (2) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (3) THAT THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (4) THE SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED; (5) THE SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (6) THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE OR IMMUNE (INCLUDING THE CONTENT DELIVERED AND PROVIDED TO YOU, OR THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US) FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR MALICIOUS ATTACKS. FURTHER, WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY THIRD-PARTY SERVICES ADVERTISED OR OFFERED THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY SERVICES. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, CHANGE, AND/OR DISCONTINUE ANY AND ALL PORTIONS OF THE SERVICES AT ANY TIME AND MAY ALSO REMOVE OR ADD FEATURES OR FUNCTIONALITY TO THE SERVICES IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OBLIGATES US TO MAKE ANY PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE FEATURE OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOU OR OFFER ANY TYPES OF COMPATABILITY OR VERSIONING.
13. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) DISCLAIMER. Certain information and content being provided through the Services may be created using artificial intelligence (AI). While we strive for accuracy and quality to ensure that such content and information meets your needs, we do not and cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or safety of any information and/or content being provided through the Services. You should verify any ingredients and cooking instructions prior to any use of or reliance on such information. If you have any dietary restrictions or allergies, we do not and cannot guarantee that the information or content provided through the Services will incorporate any such dietary restrictions and/or allergies that you have identified. The use of any information or content being made available to you through the Services is at your own risk. We will not and cannot be responsible or liable to you for any adverse reactions, allergies, health-related issues, or any safety issues (including without limitation, any food and/or cooking safety issues) arising from your use of any content and/or information generated and being made available to you through the Services.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THE EVENT OF NEGLIGENCE) WILL MAISON FOODIE, ITS LICENSORS AND CONTRIBUTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA, PERSONAL INJURY, OR PECUNIARY LOSS), IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES, ANY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE COMPONENTS, TECHNOLOGIES, EXTENSIONS, OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, AND/OR ANY PRODUCTS, CONTENT, INFORMATION, GOODS, SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS, AND/OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU OR ADVERTISED AND PROMOTED THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE OR USE OF ANY OTHER MATTERS HEREUNDER WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY RESULTING FROM ANY GOVERNMENTAL ACTION, FIRE, FLOOD, INSURRECTION, EARTHQUAKE, POWER FAILURE, RIOT, EXPLOSION, EMBARGO, STRIKES WHETHER LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, LABOR OR MATERIAL SHORTAGE, TRANSPORTATION INTERRUPTION OF ANY KIND, WORK SLOWDOWN, OR ANY ACTION BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR GENERALLY, WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SERVICES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ALSO APPLIES TO ANY CLAIMS THAT YOU MAY BRING AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY THAT PARTY FOR SUCH CLAIM. MULTIPLE CLAIMS SHALL NOT EXPAND THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH UNDER THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
15. UNSOLICITED IDEAS. Maison Foodie does not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new promotions, products, services, technologies, or processes. This Section serves to avoid any potential misunderstandings or disputes regarding ownership of ideas. You agree that Maison Foodie has the right to use, without any payment or attribution to you or others, any concepts, know-how, or ideas that you (and those who act on your behalf) transmit to, through the Services or communicate directly to, Maison Foodie.
16. TERMINATION. Any failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement will result in automatic suspension or immediate termination of your user account to access the Services. Should you wish to terminate this Agreement at any time, simply cease your use of the Services and notify us that you wish to cancel your user account. We reserve the right to: (i) terminate this Agreement or the Services provided through the Site at any time and without cause, including any period of account inactivity; and (ii) terminate or restrict your use of any Services without notice, for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Upon termination of your user account, the Services provided through your user account will be disabled and you will not be able to access any saved content in your user account. If we terminate your ability to access the Services without cause, we will refund to you on a pro rata basis, the portion (based on the time remaining in your subscription period) of your subscription license effective as of the period in which such termination occurs. The foregoing applies only to circumstances in which we terminate the Services or resources for all of our users who have purchased a Subscription License and shall not entitle you to a refund if we terminate your access to the Services or Subscription License because you have failed to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Sections 9 (Content Rights and Sharing), 12 (Disclaimer), 13 (Limitation of Liability), 14 (Unsolicited Ideas), 15 (Termination), and 16 (Governing Law) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement, and all claims related to it, or the performance by both parties under it, shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein except any principles regarding conflicts of law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this Agreement. You hereby irrevocably attorn and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of British Columbia, and any competent Courts of Appeal therefrom with respect to all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or in respect of any legal relationship associated with or derived from this Agreement and expressly and irrevocably waive any defense of personal and/or subject matter jurisdiction in those courts and any claims on the grounds of inconvenient forum. No term or condition this Agreement will be deemed amended or waived, and no breach excused, unless such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing and signed by an authorized signatory of Maison Foodie. Our failure to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement, or the failure to require at any time performance by you of any of the provisions of this Agreement, shall in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such provisions, nor in any way affect our ability to enforce each and every such provision thereafter. If any provision shall be considered unlawful, void or otherwise unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provisions. YOU AGREE THAT YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST US ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
18. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT. We may make changes to this Agreement from time to time in our sole discretion. When these changes are made, we will make any new terms and conditions available to you from within, or through, the Services or by other communication methods. You understand and agree that if you continue to use the Services after the date on which the terms and conditions have changed, such continued shall be deemed as your acknowledgement and acceptance of the updated terms and conditions.
