Terms of Use | nychkt

Terms of Use Effective: June 15, 2016

Welcome to our site! We are so happy you are here, and we can't wait to deliver you food happiness, but before you use the site, please read these terms of use carefully!

ABOUT NYC Himalayan Kitchen

We own and operate this website (nychkt.com), the related mobile sites and mobile applications, and selected other domains (collectively, the "Sites"). These terms of use (the "Agreement") constitute a contract between you and us. What does that mean? It means that by accessing and/or using the Sites, you agree to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not use the Sites. As used in this Agreement, "NYC Himalayan Kitchen," "we," "us," and "our" shall mean NYC Himalayan Kitchen. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

The restaurants available on our Sites operate independently and have entered into agreements with us to provide the food and delivery services available to you on the Sites. The restaurants are required to comply with federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, and standards pertaining to the preparation, sale and marketing of food, including food preparation and safety and menu disclosure; NYC Himalayan Kitchen is not responsible for the restaurants' food preparation or safety and does not verify any restaurant's compliance with applicable laws. In addition, NYC Himalayan Kitchen does not guarantee the quality of what the restaurants sell, nor does it guarantee the services provided by the restaurant, including in those cases where the restaurant provides the delivery services. In addition, NYC Himalayan Kitchen does not independently verify representations made by restaurants regarding their food, including without limitation any menu- or restaurant-level descriptors or disclosures. Some deliveries are provided by NYC Himalayan Kitchen.

USING NYC Himalayan Kitchen

You may only use the Sites to order if you are the authorized holder of the credit card used for payment or an authorized user of a corporate account and if you are able to form a binding contract with us. In addition, if you are a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside (generally under the age of 18), you must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, your parent or legal guardian to use the Sites, and your parent or legal guardian must read and agree to this Agreement prior to your using the Sites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you are prohibited from using the Sites if you are under the age of 13.

Use of the Sites to order requires that you register and/or create an account ("Account"). To register and create an Account, you must create a username and password and provide certain personal information. In consideration of the use of the Sites' services, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form, and (b) maintain and promptly update the personal information you provide to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or NYC Himalayan Kitchen has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, NYC Himalayan has the right to block your current or future use of the Sites (or any portion thereof).

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your Account and password and for all activities or any other actions that occur under or are taken in connection with your password or Account. You agree to (a) immediately notify NYC Himalayan Kitchen of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your password or Account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information; and (b) ensure that you exit from your Account at the end of each session. NYC Himalayan Kitchen will not be liable for any injury, loss or damage of any kind arising from or relating to your failure to comply with (a) and (b) or for any acts or omissions by you or someone else using your Account and/or password.

OUR CREDIT POLICY

Unless prohibited by law, in the event of any error in your order or the amount you were charged, you are entitled to a credit, provided it is brought to our attention within 60 days of your order date. If you do not raise the issue within 60 days of your order date, you waive the ability to receive a credit for any error.

YOUR CONTENT AND CONDUCT

I. User Conduct

By accessing the Sites, you agree:

to comply with all applicable laws regarding online conduct and submission of acceptable User Content;
not to use the Sites or the services or submit content to the Sites if you are under the age of 13;
not to use the Sites to purchase alcohol unless you and the alcohol recipient are 21 or older and present a valid photo identification(s) verifying your age at the time of alcohol delivery;
not to access the Sites or services using a third-party's account/registration without the express consent of the account holder;
not to attempt, through any means, to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Sites and/or any service, other account, computer system and/or network connected to any NYC Himalayan Kitchen server;
not to attempt to impersonate another user or person;
not to advertise, or solicit, any user to buy or sell any products or services, unless authorized by NYC Himalayan Kitchen;
not to deep-link to the Sites and/or access the Sites manually and/or with any robot, spider, web crawler, extraction software, automated process and/or device to scrape, copy and/or monitor any portion of the Sites and/or any Materials and/or other content on the Sites, unless NYC Himalayan Kitchen has given you specific permission to do so in writing;
not to conduct any kind of systematic retrieval of data or other content from the Sites;
not to create or compile, directly or indirectly, any collection, compilation, database or directory from the Site content;
not to use the Sites in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden and/or impair any NYC Himalayan Kitchen server, or the network(s) connected to any NYC Himalayan Kitchen server, and/or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Sites;
not to transmit any chain letters or junk email;
not to use any information obtained from the Sites or the NYC Himalayan Kitchen services in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any user or restaurant;
not to sell or transfer your profile;
not to use the Sites to engage in commercial activities apart from sanctioned use of NYC Himalayan Kitchen services;
not to use the Sites as part of an effort to compete with NYC Himalayan Kitchen, the Sites, or the NYC Himalayan Kitchen services;
not to copy any content, including, but not limited to restaurant menu content and third-party reviews, for republication in any format or media;
not to license, sell and/or otherwise provide access to and/or use of the Sites to any third party, including without limitation to build a competitive product and/or service;
not to create restaurant reviews or blog entries for or with any commercial or other purpose or intent that does not in good faith comport with the purpose or spirit of the Sites;
not to copy, publish or redistribute any coupon or discount code or act in bad faith in an attempt to manipulate or gain an unintended commercial benefit from incentive offers;
not to harass, annoy, intimidate or threaten any NYC Himalayan Kitchen employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of NYC Himalayan Kitchen’s services;
not to display an advertisement, or accept payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the Sites or NYC Himalayan Kitchen services on behalf of that person, such as posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose;
not to delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any User Content or any portion of the Sites or NYC Himalayan Kitchen services;
not to upload or transmit viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
not to disrupt, interfere with, or otherwise harm or violate the security of the Sites, or any services, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Sites or affiliated or linked sites (including those of our restaurant partners); and
not to use the Sites for any illegal purposes.

You agree that the consequences of commercial use or re-publication of User Content or Materials from the Sites or other violations of the foregoing proscriptions may be so serious and incalculable that monetary compensation may not be a sufficient or appropriate remedy and that NYC Himalayan Kitchen will be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief to prohibit such use or activity, without the need to prove damages.

II. Content You Provide

NYC Himalayan Kitchen may provide you with interactive opportunities on the Sites, including, without limitation, features such as user ratings and reviews, saved favorites, liked items and bookmarked restaurants (collectively, "Interactive Areas"). You represent and warrant that you are the owner of and/or otherwise have the right to provide all information, comments, reviews, ratings and/or other materials and/or content that you submit, post and/or otherwise transmit to the Sites ("User Content").

III. Use of Your Content

You grant NYC Himalayan Kitchen an irrevocable, transferable, paid up, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive worldwide sub-licensable license to use, copy, display, publish, modify, remove, publicly perform, translate, create derivative works from, distribute and/or otherwise use User Content in connection with NYC Himalayan Kitchen‘s business and in all forms of media now known or hereafter invented (collectively, the "Uses"), without notification to and/or approval by you. You further grant NYC Himalayan Kitchen a license to use your username and/or other user profile information, including without limitation, your ratings history and how long you have been a NYC Himalayan Kitchen diner, to attribute User Content to you in connection with the Uses, if we choose to do so, again without notification to and/or approval by you. Further, if you provide any suggestions, input or other feedback relating to the Sites or the services we provide, NYC Himalayan Kitchen shall have the right to freely and fully exercise and exploit such content in connection with its business, without notice to, approval by or compensation to you.

User Content transmitted to certain parts of the Sites, including, without limitation, restaurant pages and certain Interactive Areas, may be posted in public areas on our Sites, including without limitation in a compilation format, and as such will be publicly visible and accessible. NYC Himalayan Kitchen and its officers, directors, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, licensors, licensees, designees, business partners, contractors, agents and representatives (collectively, the "Released Parties") will not be responsible for, and you hereby expressly release the Released Parties from, any and all liability for the action of any and all third parties with respect to User Content.

IV. Conduct within Interactive Areas

By transmitting User Content, you agree to follow the standards of conduct below, and any additional standards that may be stated on the Sites.

We do our best to encourage civility and discourage disruptive communication on the Sites. We also discourage communications that incite others to violate our standards. We expect your cooperation in upholding our standards. You are responsible for all of your User Content. You agree not to provide any User Content that:

is unlawful, harmful to adults or minors, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, offensive, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, and/or racially, ethnically and/or otherwise objectionable;
has a commercial, political or religious purpose;
is false, misleading and/or not written in good faith;
infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of privacy and/or publicity, and/or other proprietary rights of any person and/or entity;
is illegal and/or promotes illegal activity;
contains unauthorized advertising and/or solicits users to a business other than those on the Sites; and/or
is intended to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality or integrity of any computer software, hardware or Materials on the Sites or other websites.

NYC Himalayan Kitchen may monitor any and all use of the Sites; however, we are under no obligation to do so. We may manage the Sites in a manner intended to protect our property and rights and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Sites. If any User Content or conduct on our Sites violates our standards, or any other terms and conditions of this Agreement; or interferes with other peoples' enjoyment of the Materials or our Sites; or that we believe is inappropriate; in our sole judgment, we reserve the right to change, delete or remove, in part or in full, any such User Content or Materials; and we further reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to any Interactive Areas or any Sites. NYC Himalayan Kitchen will cooperate with local, state and/or federal authorities to the extent required by applicable law in connection with User Content.

V. Ratings and Reviews

The Sites may allow you to rate and post reviews of restaurants and other businesses ("Ratings and Reviews"). Such Ratings and Reviews are considered User Content and are governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, your agreement regarding your use of Interactive Areas and the Sites' standards of conduct. Ratings and Reviews are not endorsed by NYC Himalayan Kitchen, and do not represent the views of NYC Himalayan Kitchen or of any affiliate or partner of NYC Himalayan Kitchen. NYC Himalayan Kitchen does not assume liability for Ratings and Reviews or for any claims, liabilities or losses resulting from any Ratings and Reviews. We strive to maintain a high level of integrity with our Ratings and Reviews and other User Content. Therefore, all Ratings and Reviews must comply with the following criteria: (1) before posting a Rating or Review, you must have had first-hand experience with the restaurant; (2) you may not have a proprietary or other affiliation with either the restaurant or any of its competitors; (3) you may not draw any legal conclusions regarding the restaurants' products, services or conduct; and (4) your review must otherwise comply with the terms of this Agreement. Any Rating and/or Review that we determine, in our sole discretion, could diminish the integrity of the Ratings and Reviews, the Materials and/or the Sites may be removed or excluded by us without notice.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from all claims, actions, losses, judgments, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your breach or alleged breach of any provision of this Agreement, your violation of applicable law, your use of the Sites and/or Materials (including without limitation all User Content), and/or all Uses of your User Content by NYC Himalayan Kitchen and/or any third party authorized by NYC Himalayan Kitchen.

DISCLAIMER

THE SITES, THE MATERIALS AND ALL OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE RELEASED PARTIES DISCLAIM, WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS AND ALL OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITES, ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NYC Himalayan Kitchen DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITES, THE MATERIALS AND/OR THE OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITES WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED AND/OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, AND/OR THAT THE SITES, THE MATERIALS AND/OR OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITES ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. NYC Himalayan Kitchen DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITES, THE MATERIALS AND/OR ANY OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITES IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE QUALITY AND/OR TIMING OF A DELIVERY ORDERED ON THE SITES AND/OR THE FOOD OR OTHER PRODUCTS DELIVERED. YOU (AND NOT NYC Himalayan Kitchen) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SITES, THE MATERIALS AND/OR OTHER CONTENT ON THE SITES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT FULLY APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL NYC Himalayan Kitchen BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (EVEN IF NYC Himalayan Kitchen HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, IN ANY MANNER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, PERFORMANCE OF, OR SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES. NYC Himalayan Kitchen ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, BROWSING OF, OR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL FROM THE SITES. NYC Himalayan Kitchen ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IN ANY MANNER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITES, AS WELL AS ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE PAGES OR ADDITIONAL WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, FOR ANY ERROR, DEFAMATION, LIBEL, SLANDER, OMISSION, FALSEHOOD, OBSCENITY, PORNOGRAPHY, PROFANITY, DANGER, INACCURACY CONTAINED THEREIN OR HARM TO PERSON OR PROPERTY CAUSED THEREBY. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL NYC Himalayan Kitchen’s TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED (A) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO NYC Himalayan Kitchen OR A NYC Himalayan Kitchen’s RESTAURANT, IF ANY, OR (B) $1000 (WHICHEVER IS LESS).

YOU AND NYC Himalayan Kitchen AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE MATERIAL, BARGAINED-FOR BASES OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN BY EACH PARTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE DECISION BY EACH PARTY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AND NYC Himalayan Kitchen AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS OF USE ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE OR DO NOT AGREE TO ANY PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE, EXCEPT AS MAY BE OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.

THIRD PARTY LINKS

The Sites may contain links to websites that are owned, controlled, developed, sponsored and/or maintained by third parties and which may be subject to additional terms and conditions ("Third Party Websites"). NYC Himalayan Kitchen does not review, monitor, operate and/or control the Third Party Websites and NYC Himalayan Kitchen makes no guarantees, representations and/or warranties as to, and shall have no liability for, the content available on or through and/or the functioning of the Third Party Websites. By providing access to Third Party Websites, NYC Himalayan Kitchen is not recommending and/or otherwise endorsing the products and/or services provided by the sponsors and/or owners of those websites. Your access and/or use of the Third Party Websites, including providing information, materials and/or other content to the Third Party Websites, is entirely at your own risk. NYC Himalayan Kitchen reserves the right to discontinue links to any Third Party Websites at any time and for any reason, without notice.

VIOLATIONS OF THE AGREEMENT

NYC Himalayan Kitchen reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of the Agreement, including without limitation the right to block access to the Sites from a particular account, device and/or IP address.

CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT

We may change this Agreement from time to time and without prior notice. If we make a change to this Agreement, it will be effective as soon as we post it, and the most current version of this Agreement will always be posted under the "Terms of Use" tab ("Updated Terms"). If we make a material change to the Agreement, we may notify you. You agree that you will review this Agreement periodically. By continuing to access and/or use the Sites after we post Updated Terms, you agree to be bound by the Updated Terms, and if you do not agree to the Updated Terms, you will stop using the Sites. This Agreement will govern any disputes arising before the effective date of the Updated Terms.