TERMS OF USE
Last revised: April 19, 2020
Welcome to [www.findfoodforhumans.com], a website owned and operated by Food For Humans.
(“Food For Humans”, “Our”, “Us” or “We”). These website terms of use (“Terms of Use”)
contain the legal terms and conditions that govern your use of [www.findfoodforhumans.com], all
other sites owned and operated by Food For Humans that redirect to [www.findfoodforhumans.com] and
all subdomains of [www.findfoodforhumans.com] (collectively, the “Website”).
Definitions:
User: A business who has registered on Food For Humans.
Supplier: A business who has registered on Food For Humans as a Supplier, primarily to sell
products or service to their customers.
Hub: A business who has registered on Food For Humans as a Hub, primarily to source
products and sell products or services to their customers.
Distributor: A business who has registered on Food For Humans as a Distributor, primarily to
connect with Suppliers and distribute products to customers.
Buyer: A business who has registered on Food For Humans as a Buyer, primarily to purchase
products or services from their suppliers.
Consumer: An individual who has registered on Food For Humans as a Consumer, primarily to
purchase products from suppliers.
YOU AGREE THAT THESE TERMS ARE ENFORCEABLE LIKE ANY WRITTEN
CONTRACT SIGNED BY YOU. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE.
By using the Website, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by these
Terms of Use and such other additional or alternative terms, conditions, rules and
policies that are displayed, or to which you may be directed in connection with any
particular Website or any of the services available on the Website, all as may be
modified by Us from time to time in Our sole discretion. If you do not agree to the
Terms of Use in full, then you must discontinue accessing and/or using the
Website.
Food For Humans reserves the right to modify the Terms of Use at any time and from time to
time and in its sole discretion, and each such modification shall be effective upon
posting on the Website. Your continued use of the Website following any such
modification constitutes your agreement to be bound by and your acceptance of the
Terms of Use as so modified. It is therefore important that you review the Terms of Use
regularly. If you do not agree to be bound by such modified Terms of Use, you must
discontinue accessing and/or using the Website immediately.
2. USE OF WEBSITE
You may use this Website only if you have reached the age of majority where you live
and/or you can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. You may not use the
Website if you live in a jurisdiction where access to or use of the website or any part of it
may be illegal or prohibited. It is solely your responsibility to determine whether your use
of the Website is lawful, and you must comply with all applicable laws.
Food For Humans grants you a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable, nontransferable, limited right to access and use the Website in accordance with the Terms
of Use. You agree that you will not use the Website to: (i) misappropriate the intellectual
property rights of Food For Humans or its licensors; (ii) attempt to deface, modify or manipulate
any of the Website or employ any tactic to defeat or evade any security feature
employed by the Website; (iii) misappropriate the identity of, or obtain any personal
information about any other user of the Website, or any customer, vendor, supplier or
employee of Food For Humans; and/or (iv) modify, erase or damage any information contained
on the Website or any computer hardware or information storage device owned or used
by Food For Humans. As an additional term and condition of use of the Website, you agree not
to use any process, research method or tactic to recreate or replicate the features,
functions or design of the Website through reverse engineering. Doing so is in strict
violation of the Terms of Service.
Subject to these Terms of Use, you may use the Website either as a “Visitor” (which
means you are just browsing the Website and are not accessing features or services
that require you to have an account registered with Us) or a “Registered User” (which
means you have registered for an account to use certain features or services available
from Website and have agreed to be bound by any additional terms, conditions, rules,
policies or agreements that are applicable to your use of such features or services).
Any attempt to obtain unauthorized access to any portions of this Website that you are
not authorized by us to access, or to directly or indirectly interfere with, disrupt or
damage this Website, the server(s) on which it is hosted, the networks connected to
them or any other user’s account or access to this Website is strictly prohibited.
Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.
In Our discretion, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to Us and without
any liability whatsoever, We may at any time and without notice terminate or restrict
your access to any portion of the Website.
3. MODIFICATION OF THE WEBSITE
Food For Humans reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to modify or
discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or any part thereof, with or without
notice. Food For Humans shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such
modification, suspension or discontinuance of such Website. Food For Humans may establish
general practices and limits concerning use of the Website.
4. USER NAME AND PASSWORD
If you are a Registered User, your account may be accessed only by use of your login
name and password. You are solely responsible and liable for any use and misuse of
your login name and password and for all activities that occur under your login name
and password. For security reasons, you must keep your login name and password
confidential and not disclose them to any person or permit any other person to use
them, except an authorized representative of Food For Humans. Food For Humans recommends that you choose a password that is unique to you and not easily guessed by others. You should change your password on a regular basis, and you must log out at the end of
each session.
All login names and passwords remain the property of Food For Humans, and may be cancelled
or suspended at any time by Food For Humans without any notice or liability to you or any other
person. Food For Humans is not under any obligation to verify the actual identity or authority of
the user of any login name or password.
You must immediately notify Food For Humans of any unauthorized use of your login name or
password, or if you know or suspect that your login name or password has been lost or
stolen, has become known to any other person, or has been otherwise compromised.
Use of your login and/or password by any person that is not you is expressly prohibited
and should this occur for any reason whatsoever you are wholly and fully responsible
for all activities of such person, including any omissions by such person, when so
logged-in or accessing password protected portions of the Website. You agree to
indemnify Us for any such activities by any such person.
5. PRICING
For Buyers: There is no service fee to use Food For Humans. Unless otherwise stated on the
Website, all prices quoted for products are payable in their country of sale currency and
do not include shipping charges or any applicable duty charges or taxes. Shipping
charges may be added to your order during the checkout process by the supplier or
hub. Tax and duty charges, if any, are based on applicable tax rates based on the
delivery address associated with your order. If you have questions about the sales taxes
on your order, contact your supplier directly.
For Consumers: There is no service fee to use Food For Humans. Unless otherwise stated on
the Website, all prices quoted for products are payable in their country of sale currency
and do not include shipping charges or any applicable duty charges or taxes. Shipping
charges may be added to your order during the checkout process by the supplier. Tax
and duty charges, if any, are based on applicable tax rates based on the delivery
address associated with your order. If you have questions about the sales taxes on your
order, contact your supplier directly.
For Suppliers: Suppliers are billed a monthly subscription fee for access to the
Website. Subscription prices depend on variables such as products, catalogs, and
account users. Food For Humans reserves the right to change this pricing for any reason at any
time. If you currently belong to a pricing plan your pricing plan will be honoured without
change until the end of the calendar year. Unless otherwise stated on the Website, all
prices quoted are payable in Canadian Dollars. Applicable taxes are not included in the
monthly subscription packages and will be added at purchase. If you have questions
about the prices or taxes on your subscription please contact Food For Humans at
braydonphillips@foodforhumans.world.
For Hubs: Hubs are billed a monthly subscription fee for access to the Website.
Subscription prices depend on variables such as products, catalogs, and account users.
Food For Humans reserves the right to change this pricing for any reason at any time. If you
currently belong to a pricing plan your pricing plan will be honoured without change until
the end of the calendar year. Unless otherwise stated on the Website, all prices quoted
are payable in Canadian Dollars. Applicable taxes are not included in the monthly
subscription packages and will be added at purchase. If you have questions about the
prices or taxes on your subscription please contact Food For Humans at braydonphillips@foodforhumans.world.
Although great care is taken in the production of the Website, typographical, illustrative
or pricing errors may occur. We reserve the right to correct errors at any time. With
respect to items sold by Food For Humans, We cannot confirm the price of an item until you
order; however, We do NOT charge your Payment Method (as defined below) until after
your order has entered the shipping process. If the price of any product you order was
incorrectly displayed on the Website, We will provide you with an opportunity to place
an order at the correct price.
6. PURCHASE TERMS OF USE
Your order is subject to acceptance or cancellation by your Supplier or Hub. Your order
will be deemed to be submitted only at the point when Food For Humans sends an order
placement confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address you provided. Each accepted order
will be interpreted as a single agreement between you, your supplier or hub and Us,
independent of any other orders. All orders are subject to availability and are
cancellable by your supplier or hub. Orders are cancellable by you prior to any defined
order cut off time. Once an order cut off time has passed, orders are non-cancellable by
you.
Advertisements on Our Website are invitations to you to make offers to purchase
products and services on the Website and are not offers to sell. Your properly
completed and delivered order form constitutes your offer to purchase the products or
services referenced in your order. Your order will be deemed to be accepted only if and
when We send a shipping notice e-mail to your e-mail address. That shipping notice email constitutes Our acceptance of your order and forms a legally binding contract with
Food For Humans. The total price of your order will be charged to your Payment Method when
Our shipping notice e-mail has been sent to your e-mail address.
Suppliers and Hubs reserve the right to limit quantities, reject, correct, cancel or refuse
orders. Food For Humans reserves the right to terminate accounts, in its discretion, including,
without limitation, if Food For Humans believes that customer conduct violates applicable law or
is harmful to the interests of Food For Humans or any other party.
Distribution and delivery of products lies as a sole responsibility of the Supplier or Hub.
Food For Humans will not be responsible for any delays in delivery.
In order to protect you and Food For Humans from fraudulent transactions, Food For Humans may provide your transaction-related information to a reputable third party organization to
perform address verification. This address verification is intended to ensure that the “bill
to” address that you provide matches your Payment Method address.
7. PAYMENT
Subscriptions may be paid for by providing a valid credit card or such other payment
methods that We may accept from time to time (“Cheque or direct transfer”).
Confirmation of an order will be sent to the e-mail address associated with your order
and/or account. Payments are processed by Our third party billing and payment
processing provider (“Stripe”). By submitting an order to Us, You authorize Food For Humans
to charge the designated Payment Method for the total amount of the purchase. When
You provide Us with Your information about Your Payment Method, that information,
potentially along with other Personal Information about You, will be shared with the
Payment Provider for the purposes of processing Your payments. You hereby consent
to Our disclosure of Your information (including, but not limited to, personal information)
to the Payment Provider for the foregoing purposes. You further acknowledge and
agree that the Payment Provider may also collect from Your information about You and
the collection and use of such information will be subject to the terms of any terms of
policies put in place by such Payment Provider, which may be made available to You
during the payment information registration process. You acknowledge and agree that
Food For Humans shall have no liability to You in connection with the use and disclosure of
Your Personal Information when collected by the Payment Provider. Your Payment
Method on file must be kept current and valid. We are not obligated to provide you with
the Services in the event that your payment information is incorrect.
8. Food For Humans INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The names, images and logos identifying Food For Humans, all associated companies or third
parties and any products and services are proprietary marks of these parties. Nothing in
the Terms shall be construed as conferring to you any license or right under any
intellectual property right of any of the above parties unless expressly stated otherwise.
All content accessible within Website (e.g., the “look and feel” of the Website, all text,
formatting, graphics, designs, animation, images, audio, and other content, as well as
any trademarks and service marks) is proprietary to us or other parties who consent to
our use of it. The intellectual property on the Site is protected by Canadian and
international trade mark and other laws. Any use of any intellectual property without the
express of the owner is strictly prohibited
Unless otherwise stated, you may not copy, reproduce, republish, download, post, store
(including in any other website), distribute, transmit, broadcast, commercially exploit,
alter, publish, create derivative works from, or modify in any way, any of the Website’s
material or content or any advertising or sponsorship or permit or assist any third party
to do the same.
9. ACCURACY OF INFORMATION
We rely on the information you provide through the Website, including registration
information (name and e-mail address), payment information (credit card numbers and
expiration dates), and transaction-related information, which must be true, accurate,
current and complete. You will be solely responsible and liable for any and all loss,
damage, and additional costs that you, We or any other party may incur as a result of
your submission of any false, incorrect or incomplete information or your failure to
update your registration information and payment information within 30 days of any
change.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Food For Humans and its respective officers,
directors, employees, from and against any and all claims, demands, expenses
(including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees), damages, causes of action,
obligations, liabilities, losses and costs or debt arising out of, or asserted in connection
with: (i) your use of the Website; (ii) your violation of these Terms of Use; and/or (iii)
your violation of the rights of any other person or entity.
11. DISCLAIMER
Except as explicitly provided in these Terms of Use as amended from time to time, Food For Humans makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the
Website and/or any content, products or services provided on the Website, all of which are
provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Food For Humans does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability or suitability of the operation of the Website, or any of the content or data found on the Website, and expressly disclaim all warranties and
conditions in respect of the Website, its content or data, and any products or services
offered for sale on the Website, including, but not limited to, implied warranties and
conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement,
and those arising by statute or otherwise in law or from a course of dealing or usage of
trade.
While products provided on the Website or sold by Food For Humans are purchased from
reputable suppliers, due to the perishable nature of the products provided on the Website
or sold by Food For Humans, Food For Humans cannot and does not represent, warrant or guarantee the quality, integrity, size and/or freshness of such products. As well, Food For Humans cannot and does not represent, warrant or guarantee that products sold by Food For Humans will conform to the standards of any designation or labeling, such as “organic”, “fair trade”, “GMO free” or the like. Any warranty or quality claims are that of Our suppliers.
Food For Humans assumes no responsibility, and will not be liable for, any damages resulting
from any loss, illness, personal injury or death resulting from products purchased or sold
through the Website and Food For Humans.
Food For Humans is not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or stolen
messages or mail, unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed
computer transmissions, on-line failures, hardware, software or other technical
malfunctions or disturbances or any other communications failures or circumstances
affecting, disrupting or corrupting communications.
Food For Humans assumes no responsibility, and will not be liable for, any damages to, or any
viruses affecting your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to,
use of, or browsing on the Website or your downloading of any materials, data, text,
images, video or audio from the Website.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
If Food For Humans should be found liable for any loss or damage which arises out of or
is in any way connected with any of the functions or uses of the Website or its
content, or any of the products or services offered on the Website, the liability of
Food For Humans will in no event exceed in the aggregate the amount paid by you under
these Terms of Use for the specific product or service to which the loss or
damage relates.
Food For Humans shall not be liable for your interactions with any Users, organizations
or individuals found on the Website or through the Service. This includes, but is
not limited to, payment and delivery of goods and services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. All
dealings between you and such organizations or individuals are solely between
you and such organizations or individuals and we are not a party to such
dealings. You agree that We will not in any event be liable for any damage or loss
of any kind incurred as a result of any dealings. We are under no obligation to
become involved in disputes between you and any other participants or Users on
the Website, or between you and any other participants or users and any third
party. In the event of a dispute, by agreeing to these Terms you agree to release
Us, our officers, employees, agents and successors from claims, damages and
demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed
or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and the Site
and the Service.
In no event will Food For Humans be liable for any injury, loss, claim, damage, or any
special, exemplary, punitive, direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages
of any kind (including, but not limited to economic loss, lost profits or lost
savings), whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, which
arises out of or is in any way connected with any products or services provided
on the Website or otherwise sold by Food For Humans, any use of the Website or its
content, the operation of the Website or any failure or delay in the operation of
the Website (including, but not limited to, the inability to use any component of
the Website for purchases), or any of the products or services offered on the
Website, even if advised of the possibility of damages.
13. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND LINKS
This Website may contain links to other Websites or webpages, or social networking
sites or accounts. We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness
of the information, data, opinions, advice, or statements contained at such other
websites or webpages, or social networking sites or accounts, and when you access
such other websites or webpages, or social networking sites or accounts, you are doing
so at your own risk. In providing links to the other websites or webpages, or social
networking sites or accounts, We are in no way acting as a publisher or disseminator of
the material contained on those other websites or webpages, or social networking sites
or accounts, and does not seek to monitor or control such other websites or webpages,
or social networking sites or accounts. A link to another website or webpage, or social
networking site or account, should not be construed to mean that We are affiliated or
associated with same. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE ANY OF THE
CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY HYPER-LINKS TO OR
CONTENT FOUND ON, OTHER WEBSITES OR WEBPAGES, OR SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES OR ACCOUNTS. The mention of another party or its product or
service on this Website should not be construed as an endorsement of that party or its
product or service.
14. LEGAL COMPLIANCE
You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations regarding your use
of the Website. Food For Humans reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported
violations of the Terms of Use and to take any action We deem appropriate, including,
but not limited to, termination any account that you may have as a Registered User,
reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or
other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such
persons or entities relating to your profile, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted
materials, IP addresses and traffic information. You acknowledge and agree that Food For Humans may investigate any violations of law and may cooperate with law enforcement
authorities in prosecuting you in this regard.
15. SUBMISSION OF IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS
At Food For Humans, We are always looking to improve the Website, Our products and Our
services. If you have ideas or suggestions, Food For Humans would like to hear them; however,
any submission will be subject to these Terms of Use. Food For Humans does not, however,
desire that you send post or upload any information that is confidential or proprietary to
you or to any other person or company. By submitting comments, messages,
suggestions, ideas, concepts or other information (collectively, “Submissions”) to Food For Humans, you thereby and hereby: (a) represent and warrant that none of the Submissions
are confidential or proprietary to you or to any other party; (b) represent and warrant
that none of the Submissions breach any agreement to which you are a party; and (c)
grant Food For Humans an exclusive fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable,
unrestricted, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide right and license to the right to use,
share and commercialize your Submissions in any way and for any purpose. You also
waive, in favour of Food For Humans and its successors and assigns, any and all of your moral
rights in and to all Submissions. Furthermore, you agree that Food For Humans is not
responsible for the confidentiality of any Submissions. These rights survive this
agreement.
16. ANONYMIZED USER DATA
In using the Services you hereby grant Us full rights to anonymize your data and
information so that it does not identify you as a user, identify specific transactions
carried out by you, or contain any other confidential user information (“Anonymous
Data”). You agree that We: (i) have full ownership over Anonymous Data; (ii) have full
license to create derivative works and extract information from Anonymous Data; (iii)
have full license to combine Anonymous Data (hereafter “Aggregate Data”); (iv) have
the right to use the Aggregate Data on an Aggregate Basis only in the furtherance of
Our business; and (v) may disclose, sell and publish Aggregate Data on an Aggregate
Basis to any party through any means. “Aggregate Basis” refers to the combination of
parts of information collected or processed from the user, not containing the user’s
name, with other information from any or all other users of the Services. We assert that
user information used on an Aggregate Basis will not be used in a manner that
discloses any individually identifiable information about the user or any specific
transactions in which the user has engaged.
We are prohibited from disclosing user information other than on an Aggregate Basis
except in accordance with the Privacy Policy or with your express consent.
17. AMENDMENTS
We reserve the right, in Our discretion, to amend this Agreement at any time by posting
amendments on this Website. You are responsible for periodically reviewing the
amendments on this Website and you are deemed to be aware of such amendments. If
you do not agree to the amended terms and conditions, you shall immediately stop
using this Website. Access to this Website or use of this Website after any amendments
have been posted shall constitute your acknowledgement and acceptance of the
amended terms and conditions of this Agreement. No supplement, modification or
amendment to this Agreement shall be binding on Us unless executed by Us in writing.
18. GENERAL TERMS
The Terms of Use shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in
Ontario, Canada and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of Ontario, Canada without regard to conflict of law principles. In addition, you agree to
submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
Should any part of the Terms of Use be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall
be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in
full force and effect. Certain parts of these Terms will survive even if this agreement is
terminated.
These Terms and the rights, benefits and obligations contained herein are fully
assignable by Us and will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of our successors
and assigns.
To the extent that any content in the Website conflicts or is inconsistent with the Terms
of Use, the Terms of Use shall take precedence.
No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, or franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by these Terms.
Our failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver
of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision. The rights of Food For Humans
under the Terms of Use shall survive the termination of the Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use, and any rights or licenses granted or waived herein, may not be
transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Food For Humans without restriction.
The headings used in these Terms of Use are included for convenience only and will
not limit or otherwise affect these Terms of Use.
19. ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT
With respect to your privacy, please read our Online Privacy Statement located on
Food For Humans.ca, carefully since it describes, among other things, how we collect, use, share,
transmit, process, transfer, store and secure information obtained when you access and
use our Site. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the
accuracy and content of your personal information and you agree to keep it up to date.
20. HOW TO CONTACT US
Any questions about these Terms of Use should be directed to:
braydonphillips@foodforhumans.world