1. Who we are and how to contact us
The SOMOS websites, applications and associated subdomains (collectively, the “Services”) are operated by Somos Education Limited (“we”, “us” or “SOMOS”).
SOMOS is a registered company in England & Wales, limited by shares (company No. 13657044).
Registered office:
86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
You can contact us at hello@somos.education.
2. By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of service and agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
We may amend these terms from time to time. Each time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
3. Other terms that may apply to you
These terms of service expressly incorporate the following policies:
- Our privacy policy: This policy outlines the terms under which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
- Our cookies policy: This policy provides information about the cookies on our site.
- Our platform terms: These apply when you create an account, use Food Journal or access other interactive SOMOS products and features.
By using the relevant Services, you agree to the terms and policies that apply to them.
4. Suspension or withdrawal of our site
Aspects of our site are made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons.
You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of service and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
5. Using material on our site
The content on this website is the copyright of SOMOS or third parties.
The trademarks and logos displayed on the website are the intellectual property of SOMOS and/or other third parties.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use, and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy, or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of service, your right to use our site will cease immediately, and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
6. Reliance on information
The content available through our Services, including recipes and information about food, nutrition and wellbeing, is provided for general information and educational purposes only.
It is not medical, dietetic or other professional healthcare advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition.
Nutrition information, calorie and macro estimates, portion sizes and other calculations may be incomplete or inaccurate. You should not rely on them as exact measurements or as the sole basis for decisions about your health.
You should seek advice from an appropriately qualified professional where necessary, particularly in relation to medical conditions, allergies, pregnancy, eating disorder recovery or personalised nutrition needs.
We may update and change our Services from time to time. Although we make reasonable efforts to keep information useful and current, we do not guarantee that all content will always be accurate, complete or up to date.
7. Third-party websites
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
8. Content you submit
You retain ownership of content you submit through our Services.
You grant SOMOS a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide licence to host, store, process, reproduce and display that content only where reasonably necessary to provide, maintain, secure and improve the Services, comply with the law, or follow your instructions.
Private Food Journal entries and other private account content will not be made publicly available or used in marketing without your permission.
You are responsible for ensuring that content you submit does not infringe another person’s rights or break any applicable law.
9. Our responsibility
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising in connection with the use of the website.
10. Viruses
We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site.
You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. you must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site.
You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the computer misuse act 1990.
We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.
In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
11. Linking to our site
You may link to any publicly available page on our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and lawful and does not damage our reputation or suggest an association, approval or endorsement where none exists.
You must not frame our site or present our content as your own.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission where reasonably necessary.
If you wish to reproduce or commercially use our content, please contact hello@somos.education.
12. Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
These terms of service, their subject matter, and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction, although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country.
