Terms and conditions
These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Startercultures and Fermentation Fundamentals Website.
Startercultures and Fermentation Fundamentals are located at:
Tussendek 70 Amsterdam
1034 TT, The Netherlands
By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions in full. Do not continue to use Startercultures.eu and Fermentation Fundamentals’ websites if you do not accept all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.
The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement, and Disclaimer Notice and any or all Agreements: “Client”, “You”, and “Your” refer to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us” refer to our Companies, Startercultures.eu and Fermentation Fundamentals. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us” refer to both the Client and ourselves, or either the Client or ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance, and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, online courses, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of the provision of the Company’s stated services/products, in accordance with and subject to prevailing law of The Netherlands. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to the same.
Cookies
We employ the use of cookies. By using Startercultures.eu and Fermentation Fundamentals’ websites, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy.
Most of the modern-day interactive web sites use cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our sites to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.
License
Unless otherwise stated, Startercultures.eu and Fermentation Fundamentals and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all materials on our websites. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from our website for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
- Republish material from our website or courses
- Sell, rent, or sub-license material from our website or courses
- Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from us
- Redistribute content from our website or courses (unless content is specifically made for redistribution).
Online courses by Fermentation Fundamentals In addition to the above terms and conditions, are subject to the following terms:
- Fermentation Fundamentals offers a 30-day money-back guarantee for all its online courses.
- If you are not satisfied with the course, you can request a full refund within 30 days of purchase.
- Refunds will be issued within 30 days of the request.
- To request a refund, please contact us at info@startercutultures.eu with your name and order number.
- Fermentation Fundamentals reserves the right to refuse a refund if we believe that the refund policy is being abused.
- Course Completion: Students must complete all course requirements, including assignments and assessments, to receive a certificate of completion. Certificates will be issued within 14 days of course completion.
- Academic Integrity: Students must maintain academic integrity throughout the course. Any form of cheating, plagiarism, or academic dishonesty will result in immediate termination of course access without a refund.
- Course Changes: The course provider reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the course at any time without notice.
Hyperlinking to our Content
The following organizations may link to our websites without prior written approval:
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- Government agencies;
- Search engines;
- News organizations;
- Online directory distributors when they list us in the directory may link to our Web site in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Web sites of other listed businesses; and
- Systemwide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.
- These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or
approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site. - We may consider and approve in our sole discretion other link requests from the following types of organizations:
- commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources such as Chambers of Commerce, American
Automobile Association, AARP and Consumers Union; - dot.com community sites;
- associations or other groups representing charities, including charity giving sites,
- online directory distributors;
- internet portals;
- accounting, law and consulting firms whose primary clients are businesses; and
- educational institutions and trade associations.
- commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources such as Chambers of Commerce, American
We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that: (a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations
representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link); (b)the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us; (c) the benefit to us from
the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of ; and (d) where the link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.
If you are among the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must notify us by sending an e-mail to info@startercultures.eu.
Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mailaddress) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Web site,
and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Web site as follows:
- By use of our corporate name; or
- By use of the uniform resource locator (Web address) being linked to; or
- By use of any other description of our Web site or material being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.
No use of Startercultures.eu’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.
Iframes
Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our Web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Web site.
Reservation of Rights
We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Web site upon such request. We also
reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our Web site, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of links from our website
If you find any link on our Web site or any linked web site objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Health claims
As per the European laws and regulations, we refrain from making any claims regarding the health benefits of our products, and therefore do not mention any such claims on our website. Furthermore, we are not in a position to provide medical advice pertaining to any of our products as we are not medical professionals. We strongly advise you to consult your GP for any concerns related to your health.
Using starter cultures
Please note that the use of microbial starter cultures purchased from startercultures.eu is at the sole risk of the customer. It is important to understand that fermenting at home, even with the use of starter cultures, is never without risk. As such, customers are advised to conduct their own investigation into the potential risks involved in the fermentation process before using our products. By purchasing and using our microbial starter cultures, customers accept full responsibility for any risks that may arise as a result of the fermentation process. Startercultures.eu shall not be liable for any damages or losses arising from the use of our products.
Content Liability
We shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your Web site. You agree to indemnify and defend us against all claims arising out of or based upon your Website. No link(s) may appear on any
page on your Web site or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.
Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Nothing in this disclaimer will:
- limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
- limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
- limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
- exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
Contact
www.startercultures.eu
www.starterculturen.nl
KVK: 000004809726
BTW NL002048224B34
Tussendek 70 (mailaddress)
1034 TT Amsterdam
The Netherlands