Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

It’s a Veg World After All (“Website”), located at itsavegworldafterall.com, is owned and operated by It’s a Veg World After All LLC, and is governed by the following Privacy Policy.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:

On the Website.
In email and other electronic messages between you and the Website.
When you interact with us on other platforms or through advertising, if there is a link to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to:

Information we collect offline, unless we have specifically indicated the applicability of the Privacy Policy to that information, or
Information collected by third parties.

Please carefully review this Privacy Policy so you understand how we may use your personal information. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, your choice is to not use the Website. By accessing the Website, you are agreeing to the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy.

From time to time, we may make changes to this Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the Website after such changes are made, it will be considered your acceptance of the changes.

In the following policy, the use of “us”, “we”, and “our” refers to the company It’s a Veg World After All LLC and its members. “You”, “user”, and “your” refers to any visitor or customer of the site.

INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

We collect information from and about the users of the Website, including:

Personal Information: We may collect personal information, which is defined as information that would personally identify you, such as your name and email address. Under certain location-based rights, such as GDPR, this is synonymous with personal data.
Non-identifying Information: We may collect information about you, but does not identify you personally, such as your browsing habits.
Technical Information: We may collect information about the technology you are using to access the Website, such as your internet connection, browser, and other usage details.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website

We may collect personal information if you voluntarily submit it to the Website, including, but not limited to:

Making a contribution to the website, such as leaving a comment or rating
Subscribing to a newsletter or providing your email address to obtain a free resource
Submitting correspondence to us, such as entering your information into a contact form
Entering transactions with the Website
Creating a user profile, which allows you to establish a username and profile

Information We Collect from Others

We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked, or details related to your Website visit.

This automatically collected information does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect. This helps us improve our Website.

Cookies

We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third parties, as described herein.

You may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if you deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertising, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks, or content providers. These third parties may use cookies (alone or in conjunction with web beacons) to collect information about your use of the Website. This may be used to provide interest-based advertising. More information is listed below in the section on Advertising.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

To operate and maintain the Website;
To provide information or services that you request while using the Website;
To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To market products through display or affiliate advertisements;
To market to you on third-party platforms, such as Meta;
To provide you with user support;
To track and measure advertising on the Website;
To process payment for purchases you make through the Website;
To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorized or illegal activity;
In any other way described to you at the time your information is collected;
For any other purpose with your consent.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you have an account with us or have registered to use our services, we keep your personal information for as long as you have that account. We keep your information to respond to inquiries, demonstrate completion of our services and compliance with the law.

We do not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the reasons we have indicated in this Privacy Policy. When it is no longer needed, we will either delete or anonymize your personal data.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose aggregated or non-identifying information about our users to third parties without restriction.

From time to time, we may share your information with third parties, such as:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties who we use to support the Website, which are further detailed below.
To our successor or buyer of the Website in the event of a merger, acquisition, sale, liquidation, bankruptcy, or other corporate event which may result in the transfer of the Website.
To fulfill the purpose that you provided your personal information. For example, if you subscribe to our newsletter, we will share your information with the software provider we use for our mailing list.
With your consent.

The Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Stripe – this service is used to serve our ecommerce transactions. If you purchase something from the Website, your Personal Information will be shared with this Service Provider. At no time is your banking information passed back from the payment processor to the Website. We receive only information used for order fulfillment.
Mailerlite – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Mailerlite will also track information regarding your interaction with our emails, such as whether they have been opened or you have clicked on a particular link.
Slickstream – this service is used to promote engagement with content. Your name and email address are shared with this Service Provider if you sign up to make an account, for example while bookmarking a recipe.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information:

To comply with a court order or any other legal process.
To enforce our terms of use and other agreements for billing or collection purposes.
If we believe it is necessary to protect the rights or safety of our company or third parties.

RAPTIVE

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/

WEBSITE ANALYTICS

This Website uses Google Analytics 4 (“GA4”) to analyze traffic to the Website. In order to track usage, Google uses a first-party cookie to ensure compliance with privacy regulations.

We may use data from GA4 with Google Ads or Signals, which does include a cookie and may transfer your personal information to these services.

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WEBSITE

If you make certain types of contributions to the Website, such as leaving a comment/rating, certain information may be publicly visible.

Additionally, we may limit access to certain Website content so that it may only be accessed if you have created a user profile. In the case that such content is limited, we make no guarantees that this content will not be publicly visible in some way.

Please ensure that you do not make any contributions to the Website which may contain sensitive information or personal information that you would not wish to be accessible to the public.

YOUR CHOICES REGARDING HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We aim to provide you with choices regarding the information you provide to us. You can control certain disclosure of information in the following ways.

Do Not Voluntarily Disclose Your Information

If you do not want to voluntarily disclose your personal information, you may elect not to disclose your information to us.

Tracking Technologies

You may adjust your browser settings to refuse all or some cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

Display Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies or provide other personal information.

To opt out of display advertising, visit http://optout.networkadvertising.org/.

Retargeting Ads

From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Pinterest, 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. This means, after visiting the Website, you may see an ad for our services. However, your personally identifiable information is not used by any remarketing service other than to present you offers from the Website. We may use the following third-party service providers for remarketing:

Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here
Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here
Pinterest: Opt-out of Pinterest remarketing here

Affiliate Advertising

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. 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.

It’s a Veg World After All 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 links to Amazon.com, and earns from qualifying purchases. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

You may refuse these cookies by adjusting your browser settings.

Newsletters

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

You may opt-out of future newsletters at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” button.

Residency-based Choices

Residents of or those domiciled in certain locations may have additional rights and choices related to their personal information. Please see the section below.

Certain consumer privacy and data protection laws may provide residents of or those domiciled in certain jurisdictions with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. The following sections will apply, as stated, to the residents of the particular jurisdiction.

European Union and United Kingdom

If you are domiciled within the European Union or United Kingdom, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) or UK GDPR. Throughout this policy, we have disclosed what information we collect and how it is used. Under these laws, we are a data controller and must provide you with certain information regarding the data we collect, our legal bases for doing so, and your rights related to your data.

Our legal bases for collecting your personal data:

Consent – We may process information if you have provided us with your consent. This includes all voluntarily captured personal information or any information for which you have given us consent.
Performance of a contract – We may process your information to perform a contract.
Legitimate Interest – We have a legitimate interest in capturing information related to marketing activities and fraud prevention. Additionally, we capture information regarding your interactions with the Website to ensure that our Website is operating properly and to allow us to make improvements. We may also keep information regarding your interactions with the Website as a form of recordkeeping. We do not process your personal information on this basis if it is outweighed by the impact such processing may have on you.
Legal Requirement – We may process your personal information if it is necessary for a legal obligation, such as security.
Vital Interest – We do not process your personal information on this basis.
Public Interest – We do not process your personal information on this basis.

Where We Hold Your Data: Generally, your personal information may be held in our offices (including our affiliates or parent companies), third-party companies, data processors or service providers.

You also have the following rights:

Right to Be Informed – You may be informed as to how we use your personal information. This notice includes much information about this, but you may also inquire with us.
Right to Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request.
Right to Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also contact us at the email below to be removed from our mailing list.
Right to Amend/Rectify – You may contact us to amend or update your personal information.
Right to Erase or Be Forgotten – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data.
Right to Restrict Processing – Similar to the right to erase, you may request that we restrict processing of your personal data.
Right to Data Portability – You have the right to port your personal data, when applicable.
Right to Object – In some situations, you may have the right to object to how your personal data is being processed by filing a complaint.
Rights related to Automatic Decision Making and Profiling – You may have the right to not be subject to automatic decision making and profiling.

You may exercise any of these rights by emailing lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law. Unless you exercise such rights, we reserve the right to retain your data.

California Privacy Rights

Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), California residents have additional rights related to their data. This Privacy Policy has previously disclosed how we collect information, but California requires that we disclose additional information regarding our data collection practices.

The Website collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household (“Personal Information”).

We may share your Personal Information by disclosing it to a third party for a business purpose. We only make these disclosures under written contracts that describe the purposes, require the recipient to keep the Personal Information confidential, and prohibit using the disclosed information for any purpose other than performing the contract.

We do not sell your Personal Information. Raptive, our ad provider, sells ad spaces and passes along non-personally-identifiable user data. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement.

Use of Your Personal Information under CCPA and CPRA

All uses of your Personal Information are provided within this Privacy Policy and are incorporated into your rights under CCPA and CPRA.

CCPA and CPRA provide California residents with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

Right to Access – You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about the personal information we collect and how it has been used over the past 12 months. After we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose the following:

The categories of your personal information we collected;
The categories of your personal information we sold;
The categories of any third parties to whom we have sold your personal information;
A list of which categories of your personal information we sold to each party; and,
The categories of your personal information we disclose for business purposes.

Right to Deletion – You have the right to request that we delete your personal information.

Please note that this right does not apply when we need to retain your personal information to do the following:

Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
Comply with a legal obligation.

Right to Non-Discrimination – You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your rights under CCPA. In particular, we may not:

Deny you goods or services;
Charge you different prices for goods or services, whether through denying benefits or imposing penalties;
Provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services; or,
Threaten you with any of the above.

Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information

If you are a California resident and would like to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, click the link at the bottom of the site to opt out of personalized advertising.

How to submit a verifiable consumer request

To exercise these rights, you must submit a verifiable consumer request to us by:

Contacting us at lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com

Please note that only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a request on behalf of a minor child.

You may only make a request under these rights twice in a twelve-month period. Your verifiable consumer request must:

Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information (or that it is an authorized representative acting on your behalf);
Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

We will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please email lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com.

We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to another 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding receipt of your request.

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

Additional State Privacy Rights

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia each provide (now or effective in the future) their state residents with rights to:

Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for:
- Targeted advertising and sales (excluding Iowa);
- Sales; or
- Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah)
Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
Either limit (or opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.

The exact scope of these rights may vary state by state. To exercise any of these rights, please email lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer request, please email lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com.

Under these statutes, we may sell your information through targeted display advertising.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact us at lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

UPDATED: January 7, 2025

Terms of Use

The following Terms of Use (“Terms”) constitute an agreement between It’s a Veg World After All (“Company”), 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 Company (“Website”), located at itsavegworldafterall.com. In the Terms, we may refer to the written, audio, photographic, and video content on the Website, including any content published by the Company in newsletters or available through paid products or free resources, as the “Company Content.”

By using this Website or the Company Content, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

Company reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, the Company Content, its policies, and these Terms. These Terms are subject to change without notice. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms, you must not use the Website or interact with the Company Content.

Your continued use of the Website or Company Content following any changes to the Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page periodically, so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

ADDITIONAL POLICIES INCORPORATED INTO THESE TERMS

Any additional policies or terms adopted by Company may be incorporated into these terms by reference. This includes:

Privacy Policy, located on this page above these terms, defines Company’s practices related to consumer privacy and data usage.
Disclaimer, located at on this page below these terms, which reviews Company’s liability for aspects of the Company Content

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN USING THE COMPANY CONTENT

The Company Content was developed strictly for informational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the Company Content. Company makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. Company assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Company Content.

USE OF THE WEBSITE

Unless otherwise stated, Company owns the intellectual property and rights to all Company Content and 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.

Unless it is specifically and expressly made available for such purpose, the following uses are not permitted:

Republication, redistribution, sale, rental, or sub-licensing of content from the Company Content or Website;
Reproduction or duplication of any content in the Company Content or on the Website for commercial purposes;
Modification of any Company Content or information on the Website.

You are permitted to share Company Content on social media channels, as long as you provide proper attribution, such as a link to the Website on the channel where the Company Content is being shared.

Users are permitted to share one image from the Website on digital channels, as long as the image is credited to the Company, with a link to the Website. For example, if you own a website and wish to feature a piece of Company Content, you may insert one image from the Website onto your website, as long as you provide appropriate attribution and a link back to the Website, more specifically the page where the image was taken.

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 Company’s intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels only, with full credit to Company.

PROHIBITED USES OF THE WEBSITE

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 Company’s express written permission.

You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications, including, but not limited to, spam comments. You may not use the Website to link third-party content in a way that is unfair or deceptive.

You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without Company’s express written permission.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Company does not consent to the use of any portion of this Website, or the Company Content being used in any format, in whole or in part, for the development, training, or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems, unless authorized by Company through a separate agreement. Any unauthorized use of the Company Content or Website in violation of this prohibition will be considered a breach of these Terms and may be a breach of our rights under copyright laws of the United States.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Copyright

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

From time to time, the Company Content will legally utilize copyrights owned by third parties. These copyrights are the respective property of their owners and Company makes no claim of ownership.

This website and various aspects of this website may be protected by federal statutory and common law copyright protection, federal statutory and common law trademark and service mark protection, federal statutory and common law trade dress protection and federal patent protection. Any infringement of the intellectual property rights of this website will be aggressively prosecuted. Verification of such may be made by the patent, trademark, and copyright law firm of Johnson and Phung LLC, website www.mnpatentlaw.com and more specifically, Thomas Phung of www.mnpatentlaw.com.

Trademarks

It’s a Veg World After All^® and Veg World^® are registered trademarks of Elizabeth Streit.

Company’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Company’s, in any manner likely to cause confusion among consumers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Company or its owners.

From time to time, the Company Content will legally utilize or reference trademarks owned by third parties. These trademarks are the respective property of their owners and Company makes no claim of ownership.

Content Contributed to the Website

In limited circumstances, you may contribute content to the Website, including, but not limited to, comments. 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, Company, or a third party.

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

Notwithstanding Company’s rights under the Terms, Company does not undertake to monitor the submission of all content to, or the publication of such content on, the Website.

Grant of Rights

You grant Company a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute any content you contribute to the Website or Company Content. 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 Company the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

In the event that you contribute any comments or suggestions regarding the Website or Company Content to Company, including, but not limited to, notes, text, drawings, images, designs, or computer programs, such submissions shall become, and shall remain, the sole property of Company. No submission shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of the Company. The Company shall exclusively own all rights to (including intellectual property rights thereto), and shall be entitled to unrestricted use, publication, and dissemination as to all such submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise without any acknowledgment or compensation to you.

CONTRIBUTION POLICY

The Website offers the ability for users to leave reviews through comments and ratings. Pursuant to the FTC’s rules, Company has enacted the following policies related to consumer reviews.

The Website does not knowingly include false reviews or testimonials. To the best of Company’s knowledge, all comments were left by individuals who have experience with Company Content. The Website does not pay for comments or reviews.

The Website does not suppress negative reviews, such as comments or ratings. Per the FTC, a negative review is not considered suppressed if Company applies the same criteria for withholding reviews to all submissions. Company adopts the following policies related to any submissions.

Company reasonably believes the review, including any star ratings or written text, is fake.
The review is not related to the products or services for which it was made.
The review contains content in violation of Company’s policies, which prohibit: inclusion of trade secrets or confidential information; defamatory, harassing, abusive, obscene, vulgar, or sexually explicit content; the personal information or likeness of another individual; content that is discriminatory with respect to race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, or other intrinsic characteristic; or, the content is clearly false or misleading.

Any reviews in violation will be promptly deleted and no further explanation will be due to you if your contribution was determined to be in violation of this policy.

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.

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 Company 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 in exchange for this sponsored content placement, Company 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.

CHANGES TO THE COMPANY CONTENT

Company reserves the right to modify any Company Content or the Website at any time; however, Company does not guarantee that the Company Content is complete or up-to-date. The Company Content may be out of date and Company is under no obligation to update any Company Content at any time.

COMMUNICATION

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

MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT

Company has the right to:

remove or refuse to post any contribution for any reason, in Company’s sole discretion.
Take any action, including deletion, with respect to any contribution made to the Website.
Disclose your identity (if known) or other information regarding your usage of the Website to any third party who claims that any contribution you make to the Website violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or right to privacy.
Take appropriate legal action for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.

Company does not, however, review all contributions to the Website prior to posting and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable contributions. Company assumes no liability for any action or inaction regarding contributions from a third party.

TERMINATION

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to immediately terminate your access to the Website and Company Content without notice to you.

LINKS FROM THE WEBSITE

Any links on the Website are provided for your convenience only. This includes links in advertisements or sponsored content. Company is not responsible for the content on any pages linked on the Website and accepts no responsibility for your use of such links.

THIRD PARTIES

The Website and Company Content may contain links to third-party websites that are not governed or controlled by Company. 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. Company assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold Company harmless from 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 Company 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, express or implied. Company makes no representations or warranties in relation to the Website or the Company Content.

Company 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. Company is not responsible to you for the loss of any content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website. The Website and Company Content are written in English and Company makes no warranty regarding translation or interpretation of content in any language.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

COMPANY 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. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

IDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Company, 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 Company 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 (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 will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms, 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 Hennepin County, Minnesota. 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 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 may not be assigned by you without Company’s prior written consent; however, the Terms may be assigned by Company in its sole discretion.

The Terms are the final, complete, and exclusive agreement of the parties with respect to the Website offered by Company; however, Company may make modifications as stated above.

All notices with respect to the Terms must be in writing and may be via email to lizzie@itsavegworldafterall.com for Company and to your email address.

UPDATED: January 7, 2025

Disclaimers

This website located at itsavegworldafterall.com (“Website”) is owned and operated by It’s a Veg World After All LLC (“Company”).

Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to, the following disclaimer (“Disclaimer). We reserve the right to modify, alter, amend or update this Disclaimer. In the Disclaimer, like the Terms, we may refer to the written, audio, photographic, and video content on the Website, including any content published by the Company in newsletters or available through paid products or free resources, as the “Company Content.”

By using this Website or the Company Content, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Disclaimers and the Terms.

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

This disclaimer is incorporated by reference into the Website’s Terms of Use, which are located on this page above the disclaimers section. To the extent this disclaimer is silent on a particular term, please review the Terms of Use.

CHANGES TO THIS DISCLAIMER

Company reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, the Company Content, its policies, Terms and this Disclaimer. This Disclaimer is subject to change without notice. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of this Disclaimer, you must not use the Website or interact with the Company Content.

Your continued use of the Website or Company Content following any changes to the Disclaimer means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page periodically, so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY

The Company Content was developed strictly for informational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the information provided in the Company Content. We make no representations, warranties, or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. We assume no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Company Content.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

Company has made every effort to ensure that all information in the Company Content has been tested for accuracy. We make no guarantees regarding the results that you will see from using the information provided in the Company Content.

All Company Content has been created for a general audience and has not been customized for a particular individual.

Company 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 use of the information provided in the Company Content. The Company assumes or undertakes no liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of any information found in the Company Content.

RECIPE DISCLAIMER

From time to time, the Company Content will publish content with recipes. All such recipes have been tried and used successfully, but results may vary from person to person. Consult your medical professional before using any recipe if you have concerns about how you may individually react to the use of any particular recipe or ingredient. By voluntarily creating and using any recipe provided here, you assume the risk of any potential injury that may result.

The recipes published in the Company Content involve the use of various types of equipment or tools. Please exercise caution.

By voluntarily creating and using any recipe provided here, you assume the risk of any potential injury that may result. Company is not responsible for any injuries that may result from your attempt to make a recipe from the Company Content.

To the extent that any recipes contain nutrition facts, such content is automatically calculated, and we cannot guarantee accuracy.

Any nutrition information or text accompanying a recipe is not intended to diagnose, prescribe, or treat any disease, condition, illness, or injury. Before beginning any diet program, modifying your diet, or making changes to the diet of a child in your care, including following the nutrition information available in the Company Content, you should seek advice from a licensed professional.

We are 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 nutrition information available in the Company Content.

CERTIFICATIONS

Elizabeth Streit, MS, RDN, LD is a licensed registered dietitian. Nothing presented in the Company Content creates a professional-patient relationship between you and Elizabeth Streit, MS, RDN, LD.

NUTRITION DISCLAIMER

All information provided regarding nutrition in the Company Content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. As stated above, Elizabeth Streit, MS, RDN, LD is a registered dietitian; however, content related to nutrition is not medical advice nor is it intended to replace medical advice. The Company Content is not intended to diagnose, prescribe, or treat any disease, condition, illness, or injury. Before beginning any diet program, modifying your diet, or making changes to the diet of a child in your care, including following the nutrition information available in the Company Content, you should seek advice from a licensed professional.

Company is not responsible for any liability, loss, or damage, caused or alleged caused, directly or indirectly, as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of nutrition information available in the Company Content.

The Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the statements contained in any information available in the Company Content. Individual results may vary.

RATINGS/REVIEWS DISCLAIMER

From time to time, the Company Content will include interactive features allowing readers to provide ratings or reviews on the content. These ratings and reviews are submitted by third parties. Company does not edit these reviews unless they contain inappropriate material in violation of Company’s contribution policies.

The content of these ratings and reviews does not contain explicit or implied claims regarding the results to be achieved by using the information provided in the Company Content. Company cannot and does not guarantee that you will have a similar experience.

EQUIPMENT DISCLAIMER

From time to time, the Company Content may reference specific products or services offered by third-party companies. We cannot guarantee your experience with any purchase you make from these companies. Additionally, we cannot guarantee that you will have similar results to those that may be featured in the Company Content regarding the products or services.

Please carefully read all manuals and warning labels before using any products or services. We are not responsible for any injuries you have when using equipment or tools that we reference.

UPDATED: January 7, 2025