Terms of Service — SmartSkaffi

Welcome to SmartSkaffi. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and TEL Management LLC, a Kansas limited liability company (“TEL Management,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and govern your use of the SmartSkaffi mobile app (the “App”) and the smartskaffi.com website (together, the “Service”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service. Please also read our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle your information.

A note before you start: Section 14 contains an arbitration clause and class-action waiver that affects how disputes between us are resolved. Please read it carefully.

1. What SmartSkaffi is

SmartSkaffi is a shared pantry and meal-planning app. Its features include: pantry inventory tracking; barcode scanning (looked up against the Open Food Facts public database); Recipe Capture (photographing a physical recipe so it can be parsed into your recipe library); grocery lists, including automatic “Gap-Fill” suggestions; meal planning; shared Households; and an optional Walmart integration that matches grocery items to Walmart products and can push items to a Walmart cart.

V1 of the App is free to use. There are no ads, in-app purchases, or subscriptions.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements.

3. Your account

You're responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity under your account.
Give us accurate account information and keep it up to date.
Notify us at hello@smartskaffi.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.
Account deletion is permanent and irreversible. If you delete your account, it cannot be restored, and your personal data is deleted as described in the Privacy Policy. Please be certain before deleting.

4. Households

You can create a Household or join one by invitation. Members of a Household share its inventory, grocery lists, recipes, and meal planner. Everything you add to a Household is visible to every other member.
Each Household has one Owner. The Owner can transfer ownership to another Household member at any time.
You can leave a Household at any time. Leaving a Household removes your access to its shared data.
Only invite people you actually want to share your pantry and recipes with. We're not responsible for what other Household members do with content you've shared with them.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Break the law or violate anyone else's rights while using the Service;
Upload content you don't have the right to use (see Section 6);
Upload anything unlawful, infringing, or malicious (including malware);
Attempt to access other users' accounts or data, or probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service;
Interfere with or disrupt the Service, or use automated means (bots, scrapers) to access it other than through the App itself;
Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the App, except where the law says we can't stop you;
Misuse the Walmart integration, including any attempt to manipulate affiliate commissions;
Use the Service to build a competing product or resell access to it.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules (see Section 13).

6. Your content (recipes, photos, and other things you add)

Your content stays yours. You keep all ownership rights in the recipes, photos, inventory entries, and other content you add to the Service (“User Content”).

License to us. So that we can actually run the Service, you grant TEL Management LLC a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, process, reproduce, and display your User Content — solely for the purpose of operating, providing, and improving the Service (for example: storing your recipe photo, sending it to our vision/AI parsing service to extract the recipe, and displaying the resulting recipe to you and your Household members). This license ends when your content is deleted from the Service, except for residual backup copies that are purged in the ordinary course.

Your responsibility. You represent and warrant that you have the necessary rights to any content you capture, upload, or store through the Service. Recipe Capture is designed for recipes you have the right to keep for personal use — a family recipe card, a recipe you wrote down, a page from a cookbook you own, used for your own household cooking. Do not use Recipe Capture to systematically copy and redistribute copyrighted works (for example, photographing an entire cookbook to share broadly). You — not TEL Management — are responsible for the content you add.

No draft state. Captured recipes become live in your library (and visible to your Household) immediately. Review what you capture.

7. Copyright complaints (DMCA)

We respect intellectual property rights and expect users to do the same. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated copyright contact:

Copyright Agent, TEL Management LLC
Email: hello@smartskaffi.com

Your notice should include: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and enough information for us to locate it; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature.

We will review and respond to valid notices, which may include removing or disabling access to the identified material and, for repeat infringers, terminating accounts. If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send us a counter-notice with equivalent detail and we will handle it in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

8. Third-party services

The Service relies on third-party services we don't control:

Open Food Facts. Product information and nutrition classifications (Nutri-Score, NOVA) come from Open Food Facts, a free public database maintained by volunteers. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of this data. Product details, photos, and scores may be wrong or out of date.
Walmart. The Walmart integration uses Walmart's Affiliate Marketing API. Product availability, pricing, sizing, and descriptions come from Walmart, and any purchase you make happens on Walmart's platform under Walmart's own terms and privacy policy. We are not a party to your purchase and are not responsible for Walmart's products, pricing, fulfillment, or service.
Affiliate disclosure (FTC). In plain terms: TEL Management LLC may earn a commission on qualifying purchases made through Walmart links or cart features in the App. This doesn't change the price you pay. We tell you this because we believe in being upfront, and because the FTC requires clear disclosure of affiliate relationships.
Vision/AI parsing. Recipe Capture uses Anthropic's Claude API to extract text from your photos. Parsing may contain errors — always review extracted recipes (especially quantities) before relying on them.

9. Not medical or dietary advice

Nutrition scores, classifications, and any food-related information in the App are informational only and are not medical, health, nutritional, or dietary advice. They come from third-party sources and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Always check actual product labels — especially for allergens — and consult a qualified professional for health or dietary decisions. Never rely on the App for allergy, medical, or safety-critical information.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY DATA (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT AND NUTRITION DATA) WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (a) TEL MANAGEMENT LLC AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE'VE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; AND (b) OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE (WHICH, FOR THE FREE V1 SERVICE, MAY BE ZERO) OR (ii) FIFTY US DOLLARS ($50). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THESE LIMITATIONS ARE A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND US FOR A FREE SERVICE.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TEL Management LLC and its members, managers, employees, and agents from claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: (a) your User Content, including any claim that it infringes someone else's rights; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party in connection with your use of the Service.

13. Termination

By you: You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time. Deletion is permanent (Section 3).
By us: We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Where practical, we'll give you notice.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Section 6's license during retention, and Sections 10, 11, 12, and 15) survive.

14. Dispute resolution — arbitration and governing law

Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court. This is a standard arbitration clause, but “standard” doesn't mean unimportant — it's one of the clauses most worth having a lawyer explain to you.

Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.
Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration, contact us at hello@smartskaffi.com and give us 60 days to try to resolve the dispute informally. Most issues get solved this way.
Binding arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service that we can't resolve informally will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The arbitration will be conducted in Kansas or, at your option, remotely or in your home county as the AAA rules allow. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
Exceptions. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief in court for intellectual-property infringement or unauthorized access to the Service.
Class-action waiver. Disputes will be resolved on an individual basis only. You and TEL Management LLC each waive the right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, or representative proceeding.
Venue for non-arbitrable matters. For any matter not subject to arbitration, you and we consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Kansas.
Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing hello@smartskaffi.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with your name, account email, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration.

15. App store terms

Apple App Store

If you downloaded the App from Apple's App Store, the following also applies:

These Terms are between you and TEL Management LLC only — Apple is not a party to these Terms and does not own or is not responsible for the App.
Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support for the App.
Apple provides no warranty for the App. To the extent any warranty exists that isn't disclaimed, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any) to you; Apple has no other warranty obligation.
Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the App, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to legal or regulatory requirements, and consumer-protection or similar claims.
In the event of a third-party claim that the App infringes intellectual-property rights, TEL Management LLC — not Apple — is responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as “terrorist supporting,” and are not on any US Government prohibited or restricted parties list.
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
You must also comply with any applicable third-party terms (such as your wireless carrier's terms) when using the App.

Google Play

If you downloaded the App from Google Play, your use of the App must also comply with the Google Play Terms of Service. These Terms are between you and TEL Management LLC only; Google is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the App or its content.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we'll notify you through the App or by email and update the “Last updated” date. Continuing to use the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, stop using the Service and delete your account.

17. Everything else (the miscellaneous section)

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service.
If part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies (except that if the class-action waiver in Section 14 is found unenforceable, the arbitration agreement as a whole shall not apply to that dispute).
Our failure to enforce a provision isn't a waiver of it.
You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control.

18. Contact

TEL Management LLC
Email: hello@smartskaffi.com