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Welcome to Once Upon a Supper, where we bring book lovers and food enthusiasts together! Once Upon a Supper is dedicated to curating book-themed dinner menus and recipes for book clubs. Our platform is designed to help book clubs discover delightful culinary experiences that resonate with the books they are reading. We believe in the magic of combining the joy of reading with the pleasure of savoring delicious dishes. Join us in exploring the fascinating world of literature-inspired cuisine and make your book club gatherings even more memorable.

Effective as of February 1, 2026

Welcome to Once Upon a Supper! These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the www.onceuponasupperbite.com website and the Once Upon a Supper mobile application (the “Platform”), related content, products, services, and other functionality offered on or through the Platform, and any other website or application that we own or control which posts or links to these Terms (collectively, the “Service”).

By accessing or using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by these Terms. These Terms are a legally binding contract between you and Once Upon a Supper (“Once Upon a Supper,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

These Terms include

Your access to the Service
Privacy
Your use of the Service
Your Once Upon a Supper Account and Account security
Your Content
Mobile Application License
Third-party content, advertisements, and promotions
Things you cannot do
Copyright, trademark, the DMCA, and takedowns
Intellectual Property
Indemnity
Disclaimers and limitation of liability
Governing law and venue
Changes to these Terms
Additional terms
Termination
Miscellaneous
Contact Information

‍1. Your Access to the Service

No one under 13 is allowed to use or access the Service. By using the Service, you state that:

You are at least 13 years old and over the minimum age required by the laws of your country of residence to access and use the Service.
You can form a binding contract with Once Upon a Supper, or, if you are over 13 but under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, that your legal guardian has reviewed and agrees to these Terms.
You are not barred from using the Service under all applicable laws; and
You have not been permanently suspended or removed from the Service.

If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of another legal entity, including a business or government entity, you represent that you have full legal authority to bind such entity to these Terms.

2. Privacy

Once Upon a Supper’s Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect, use, and share information about you when you access or use our Service. You understand that through your use of the Service, you consent to the collection and use of this information as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

3. Your Use of the Service

Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with these Terms, Once Upon a Supper grants you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to access and use the Services. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you by these Terms.

Except and solely to the extent such a restriction is impermissible under applicable law, you may not, without our written agreement:

license, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Service or Content.
modify, prepare derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the Service or Content; or
access the Services or Content in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service, except as permitted under any Additional Terms (as defined below).

We are always improving our Service. This means we may add or remove features, products, or functionalities. We will try to notify you beforehand, but that won’t always be possible. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice to you. Any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Service will be subject to these Terms, which may be updated from time to time. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Service or any part thereof.

4. Your Once Upon a Supper Account and Account security

To use certain features of our Service, you may be required to create a Once Upon a Supper account (an “Account”) and provide us with a username, password (only if you choose to sign up with email and password rather than Google SSO or Apple SSO) as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

By creating an account and using our service, you agree that we may send you emails for account management, to inform you about necessary updates regarding the Service, and for marketing communications. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by unsubscribing from our Substack newsletter. This does not unsubscribe you from emails for account management or to inform you about necessary updates regarding the Service.

You are solely responsible for the information associated with your Account and anything that happens related to your Account. You must maintain the security of your Account and immediately notify us if you discover or suspect that someone has accessed your Account without your permission.

You will not license, sell, or transfer your Account without our prior written approval.

5. Your Content

The Service may contain information, text, links, graphics, photos, videos, audio, streams, software, tools, or other materials (“Content”), including Content created with or submitted to the Service by you or through your Account (“Your Content”). We take no responsibility for and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse, support, or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any of Your Content.

By submitting Your Content to the Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, power, and authority necessary to grant the rights to Your Content contained within these Terms. Because you alone are responsible for Your Content, you may expose yourself to liability if you post or share Content without all necessary rights.

You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant Once Upon a Supper the following license to use that Content, including in the case where you have deleted your account but not deleted the content:

When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Service, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any username provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Once Upon a Supper. You also agree that we may remove metadata or username associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.

Any ideas, suggestions, and feedback about Once Upon a Supper or our Service that you provide to us are entirely voluntary, and you agree that Once Upon a Supper may use such ideas, suggestions, and feedback without compensation or obligation to you.

Although we have no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor Your Content, we may, in our sole discretion, delete or remove Your Content at any time and for any reason, including for violating these Terms, violating our Content Policy & Community Guidelines, or if you otherwise create or are likely to create liability for us.

If you delete Your Content, that content is removed from our database and will no longer be accessible. if you delete your Account, your profile is removed from Once Upon a Supper. You username is disassociated from post history, review history, comment history, avatar, and any other profile information you may have set up. Even if someone has a direct link to your profile, they’ll get a message that says the account has been deleted. Once you delete your account, it’s removed from Once Upon a Supper, and you cannot recover it. Your username will become available for other Once Upon a Supper users to claim.

6. Mobile Application License

Use License

If you access the Service via a mobile application, then we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the mobile application on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the mobile application on such devices strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use. You shall not: (1) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or decrypt the application; (2) make any modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the application; (3) violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your access or use of the application; (4) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or trademark) posted by us or the licensors of the application; (5) use the application for any revenue generating endeavor, commercial enterprise, or other purpose for which it is not designed or intended; (6) make the application available over a network or other environment permitting access or use by multiple devices or users at the same time; (7) use the application for creating a product, service, or software that is, directly or indirectly, competitive with or in any way a substitute for the application; (8) use the application to send automated queries to any website or to send any unsolicited commercial e-mail; or (9) use any proprietary information or any of our interfaces or our other intellectual property in the design, development, manufacture, licensing, or distribution of any applications, accessories, or devices for use with the application.

Apple and Android Devices

The following terms apply when you use a mobile application obtained from either the Apple Store or Google Play (each an “App Distributor”) to access the Service: (1) the license granted to you for our mobile application is limited to a non-transferable license to use the application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the usage rules set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service; (2) we are responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application as specified in the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use or as otherwise required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application; (3) in the event of any failure of the mobile application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the applicable App Distributor, and the App Distributor, in accordance with its terms and policies, may refund the purchase price, if any, paid for the mobile application, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App Distributor will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the mobile application; (4) you represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. government as a “terrorist supporting” country and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties; (5) you must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the mobile application, e.g., if you have a VoIP application, then you must not be in violation of their wireless data service agreement when using the mobile application; and (6) you acknowledge and agree that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use, and that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

7. Third-Party content, advertisements, and promotions

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services, which may be posted by advertisers, our affiliates, our partners, or other users (“Third-Party Content”). Third-Party Content is not under our control, and we are not responsible for any third party’s websites, products, or services. Your use of Third-Party Content is at your own risk and you should make any investigation you feel necessary before proceeding with any transaction in connection with such Third-Party Content.

The Service may also contain sponsored Third-Party Content or advertisements. The type, degree, and targeting of advertisements are subject to change, and you acknowledge and agree that we may place advertisements in connection with the display of any Content or information on the Service, including Your Content.

If you choose to use the Service to conduct a promotion, including a contest or sweepstakes (“Promotion”), you alone are responsible for conducting the Promotion in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including creating official rules, offer terms, eligibility requirements, and compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations which govern the Promotion (such as licenses, registrations, bonds, and regulatory approval). Your Promotion must state that the Promotion is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or associated with Once Upon a Supper, and the rules for your Promotion must require each entrant or participant to release Once Upon a Supper from any liability related to the Promotion. You acknowledge and agree that we will not assist you in any way with your Promotion, and you agree to conduct your Promotion at your own risk.

8. Things You Cannot Do

When using or accessing the Services, you must comply with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Please review the Content Policy & Community Guidelines, which is incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms and contain Once Upon a Supper’s rules about prohibited content and conduct. In addition to what is prohibited in the Content Policy & Community Guidelines, you may not do any of the following:

Use the Service in any manner that could interfere with, disable, disrupt, overburden, or otherwise impair the Service.
Gain access to (or attempt to gain access to) another user’s Account or any non-public portions of the Service, including the computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Service.
Upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Service any viruses, worms, malicious code, or other software intended to interfere with the Service, including its security-related features.
Use the Service to violate applicable law or infringe any person’s or entity’s intellectual property rights or any other proprietary rights.
Access, search, or collect data from the Service by any means (automated or otherwise) except as permitted in these Terms; or
Use the Service in any manner that we reasonably believe to be an abuse of or fraud on Once Upon a Supper or any payment system.

We encourage you to report content or conduct that you believe violates these Terms or our Content Policy & Community Guidelines. We also support the reporting of security vulnerabilities responsible. To report a security issue, please email info@onceuponasupperbite.com.

9. Copyright, trademark, the DMCA, and takedowns

Once Upon a Supper respects the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Service do the same. We have a policy that includes the removal of any infringing material from the Service and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Service who are repeat infringers. If you believe that anything on our Service infringes a copyright or a trademark that you own or control, you may notify Once Upon a Supper by contacting info@onceuponasupperbite.com. All investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim will be handled by Once Upon a Supper and not any App Distributor.

Please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Service is infringing, you may be liable to Once Upon a Supper for certain costs and damages.

If we remove Your Content in response to a copyright or trademark notice, we will notify you. If you believe Your Content was wrongly removed due to a mistake or misidentification in a copyright notice, you can send a counter notification to info@onceuponasupperbite.com. Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) for the requirements of a proper counter notification.

10. Intellectual Property

The Service is owned and operated by Once Upon a Supper. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, data, computer code, products, services, trademarks, and all other elements of the Service (“Materials”) provided by Once Upon a Supper are protected by intellectual property and other laws. All Materials included in the Service are the property of Once Upon a Supper or its third-party licensors. You acknowledge and agree that you shall not acquire any ownership rights whatsoever by downloading Materials or by purchasing Paid Services. Except as expressly authorized by Once Upon a Supper, you may not make use of the Materials. Once Upon a Supper reserves all rights to the Materials not granted expressly in these Terms.

11. Indemnity

Except to the extent prohibited by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Once Upon a Supper, its affiliates, and their respective, directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, third-party service providers, and licensors (the “Once Upon a Supper Entities”) harmless from and against any claim or demand made by any third party, and any related liability, damage, loss, and expense (including costs and attorneys’ fees) due to, arising out of, or in connection with: (a) your use of the Services; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations; or (d) Your Content. We reserve the right to control the defense of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.

12. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

Nothing in these Terms will prejudice the statutory rights that you may have as a user of the Service. Some countries, states, provinces or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability as stated in this section, so the below terms may not fully apply to you. Instead, in such jurisdictions, the exclusions and limitations below shall apply only to the extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdictions.

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, LEGAL, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE ONCE UPON A SUPPER ENTITIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR FREE. ONCE UPON A SUPPER DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE, OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR LINKED TO THE SERVICES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR USER, INCLUDING MODERATORS. WHILE ONCE UPON A SUPPER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES SAFE, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR SERVICES OR SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE ONCE UPON A SUPPER ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THOSE ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES THAT IS ALLEGED TO BE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR RESULTING LOSS OF DATA. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE ONCE UPON A SUPPER ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR ANY AMOUNT YOU PAID ONCE UPON A SUPPER IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE ONCE UPON A SUPPER ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF ANY REMEDY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

13. Governing law and venues

We want you to enjoy Once Upon a Supper, so if you have an issue or dispute, you agree to raise it and try to resolve it with us informally. You can contact us with feedback and concerns at info@onceuponasupperbite.com.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules; all disputes related to these Terms or the Service will be brought solely in the federal or state courts located in Battle Creek, MI, and you and Once Upon a Supper consent to personal jurisdiction in these courts.

If you are a U.S. city, county, or state government entity, then this Section 14 does not apply to you. If you are a U.S. federal government entity, any claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services will be governed by the laws of the United States of America without regard to its conflict of laws rules. To the extent permitted by federal law, the laws of New York will apply in the absence of applicable federal law. All disputes related to these Terms or the Service will be brought solely in the federal or state courts located in Battle Creek, MI.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will post the revised Terms and update the Effective Date above. If the changes, in our sole discretion, are material, we may also notify you by sending an email to the address associated with your Account (if you have chosen to provide an email address) or by otherwise providing you with notice through our Service. By continuing to access or use the Service on or after the Effective Date of the revised Terms, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop accessing and using our Service before the changes become effective.

15. Additional terms

Because we offer a variety of Services, you may be asked to agree to additional terms, policies, guidelines, or rules before using a specific product or service offered by Once Upon a Supper (collectively, “Additional Terms”). All Additional Terms are incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms, and to the extent any Additional Terms conflict with these Terms, the Additional Terms govern with respect to your use of the corresponding Service.

16. Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time and for any reason by deleting your Account and discontinuing use of all Service. If you stop using the Service without deactivating your Account, your Account may be deactivated due to prolonged inactivity.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we may suspend or terminate your Account, moderator status, or ability to access or use the Services at any time for any or no reason, including for violating these Terms or our Content Policy & Community Guidelines.

The following sections will survive any termination of these Terms or of your Account: 5 (Your Content), 7 (Things You Cannot Do), 11 (Indemnity), 12 (Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability), 13 (Governing Law and Venue), 16 (Termination), and 17 (Miscellaneous).

17. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference into these Terms, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of the Service. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the unenforceable part will be given effect to the greatest extent possible, and the remaining parts will remain in full force and effect. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our consent. We may freely assign any of our rights and obligations under these Terms.

Headings are used in these Terms for reference only and will not be considered when interpreting them. For purposes of these Terms: (a) the words “include,” “includes,” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” (b) the words “such as,” “for example,” “e.g.,” and any derivatives of those words will mean by way of example and the items that follow these words will not be deemed an exhaustive list; and (c) the word “or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or” and the terms “or,” “any,” and “either” are not exclusive. No ambiguity will be construed against any party based on a claim that the party drafted the language.

These Terms are a legally binding agreement between you and Once Upon a Supper. If you have any questions about these Terms, please email us at info@onceuponasupperbite.com

18. Contact Information

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Service or to receive further information regarding use of the Service, please contact us at:

Once Upon a Supper
Battle Creek, MI 49017
United States
Email: info@onceuponasupperbite.com

Content Policy & Community Guidelines

Effective February 1, 2026

This policy describes how we handle public information on Once Upon a Supper.

This is not a privacy policy which describes how we collect, use, and share your personal information.

Once Upon a Supper is a public platform and so is the content you post on it.

Most of Once Upon a Supper’s platform is public and accessible to everyone, even without an account. Anyone who has access to the internet can see posts, comments, usernames, profiles, libraries, menu recommendations, and related metadata (collectively, “public content”).

Your private data is never shared, including

Non-public account information (email address)
Deleted posts, reviews, and comments
Private library shelves

Though Once Upon a Supper content is public, it is not available for commercial use.

We support the free flow of ideas and conversation, and anyone can use Once Upon a Supper content for non-commercial uses. We do not currently license Once Upon a Supper content for commercial use, and we do not support unauthorized access (for example, by scraping or using data brokers) to collect public data in bulk, especially with the rise of use cases like generative AI.

You can keep your content private.

Once Upon a Supper is inherently a public platform. You choose whether you want to create an account, publicly post, or comment on the platform, and what you include about yourself in any posts or comments you make publicly available.

If you prefer not to contribute content publicly, you have these options:

You can view menu recommendations rather than participating
You can create private lists in your library

For more information on how and why Once Upon a Supper collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use the platform, please review our Privacy Policy.

Content Guidelines

We welcome your honest opinions about books. That said, we take creating and preserving a welcoming, respectful, and kind community seriously and do not allow content in posts, reviews, and comments that goes against the spirit of these values.

Types of content that will be deleted, and anyone posting these risks being removed from the site according to the Community Guidelines below:

Content that includes harassing or threatening language, hate speech, or bigotry.
Content that reveals someone’s personal or confidential information or threatens to do so.
Content that attacks other users. Expressing disagreement should be done with respect. If the primary purpose of your content is to mock, bully, or harass another user, that content will be deleted, and you risk being removed from the site.
Content that plagiarizes from another source or uses copyrighted material without permission.
Self-promotional or spam content
- What is self-promo? Anything promoting something in which you benefit (does not need to be a monetary benefit). You are required to disclose any connection you have to anything you promote. You may not post content promoting your book, personal website, social media, writing, book club, etc. We take a strict stance on self-promo to protect the community from bad actors. Determining self-promo is a judgement call, and if the primary purpose of your content appears to be self-promo, it will be removed.
Content promoting, encouraging, or linking to pirated books or illegal downloads.
Commercial reviews/content where there is no disclosure of affiliation or receiving a free copy of the book
Reviews about the author. Mentioning the author in the context of a review is always acceptable, but reviews that are predominantly about an author’s behavior and not about the book may be deleted.
Reviews not about content in the book but rather primarily about content external to the book.

Once Upon a Supper reserves the right to archive or remove your content at any time, for any reason. It is at our sole discretion that we decide when content is against our guidelines.

The content posted on Once Upon a Supper is individual and subjective opinions. The opinions expressed are those of Once Upon a Supper members and not of Once Upon a Supper. We do not endorse any of the opinions expressed by users.

Community Guidelines

Help us keep the Once Upon a Supper community welcoming, vibrant, and kind. Violence, harassment, and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves and harm everyone in our community. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the reading community and conversation freely and safely. If you violate these rules, your account will be deactivated immediately.

Safety

Violent Content: You may share descriptions of violence if it is properly labeled and not excessively gory or gratuitous. Explicitly threatening, inciting, glorifying, or expressing desire for violence is not allowed.

Violent & Hateful Entities: You cannot affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities.

Child Safety: We have zero tolerance for any forms of child sexual exploitation and remove content describing physical child abuse to prevent the normalization of violence against children.

Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so.

Hateful conduct/speech: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.

Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm.

Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services.

Adult Content: You may share adult content related to books if it is properly labeled and not excessively gratuitous. Obscene, lewd, or pornographic content is not allowed.

Privacy

Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so.

Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any Once Upon a Supper account other than your own.

Authenticity

Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others.

Synthetic and Manipulated Content: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated content or media that is likely to cause harm.

Effective as of February 1, 2026

In this privacy policy, we share how and why we collect, use, and share information about you when you interact with us. We appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. We'd love you to read the whole policy, but if you don't, here is the short version.

Once Upon a Supper is a public platform.
Our forums and communities are public, and anyone can see your profile, posts, and comments.

We collect minimal information about you.
We collect minimal information that can be used to identify you by default. If you want to just browse, you don't need an account. If you want to participate in forums and use specific features of our Service, you will need to create an account, but we encourage anonymity in usernames.

We only use data to make Once Upon a Supper a better place.
Any data we collect is used primarily to provide our service, which enables readers to come together and form communities. We don't sell your personal data to third parties, and we never work with data brokers.

If you have questions about how we use data, just ask.
Privacy policies can be confusing! If you need help understanding this policy or anything about Once Upon a Supper, email us at info@onceuponasupperbite.com.

What this Privacy Policy covers:

This Privacy Policy describes how Once Upon a Supper ("Once Upon a Supper," "we," or "us") collects, processes, uses, and discloses personal information in connection with the www.Once Upon a Supper.co website (the “Site”).

In addition, the Privacy Policy covers the related content, products, services, platforms and other functionality offered on or through the Site, and any other website or application that we own or control which posts or links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Service”).

This Privacy Policy explains

The types of personal information we collect
How we collect and process your personal information
When and how we share information with third parties
Disclosures about storing personal information in the U.S.
Data security
Data retention
Our policies on not collecting Personal Information from children
How to contact us

The types of personal information we collect

What is personal information?

When we use the term “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to an individual.

We collect Personal Information in connection with your use of the Service. This collection includes information that you provide in connection with the Service, information from third parties, and information that is collected automatically such as through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies.

What Personal Information is collected from you?

We collect Personal Information from you that you may provide to us through the Service or otherwise. The categories of information we collect may include

Contact information–for example, your first and last name, email and phone number.
Account and profile information–for example, Personal Information you provide to us when signing up for the Service, data from third party websites in links you provide (e.g., Goodreads), and any other additional information you voluntarily provide.
Feedback or correspondence–for example, information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us online.
Marketing information–for example, your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, events, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications.
Other information–we may collect additional types of information which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

What information is automatically collected?

As is true of many digital properties, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect certain information from or in connection with your computer or mobile device when visiting or interacting with the Service, including but not limited to

Analytics Data

This includes information about your use of and actions on the Service, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access, and metrics on how many emails we send that are actually opened and which attachments or links are opened, clicked or viewed.

Location Data

As is true of most other websites, Once Upon a Supper’s website collects certain information automatically and stores it in log files. The information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, the region or general location where your computer or device is accessing the internet, browser type, operating system and other usage information about the use of the Site.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

How we collect and process your Personal Information

Once Upon a Supper collects Personal Information about its website visitors and account holders. We use your Personal Information to deliver the Service to you, including the following:

Fulfill your requests and provide the Service to you. This includes
- Establishing and maintaining your profile on the Service.
- Enabling the security features of the Service, such as by sending you security codes via email or SMS.
- Responding to requests, suggestions, questions, and comments, and providing other types of user support.
- Sending you Service messages, such as changes to your account/profile.
- Providing support and maintenance for the Service.
Personalize your experience on our Service
- This includes providing you with content or other products or services you might be interested in and de-emphasize content you’ve already read or viewed.
Market our service
- We will send you communications about new features, updates, products, and special offers. We may also use individual and aggregate information about you to inform our marketing and advertising campaigns.
Communicate with you
- For example, we may communicate with you about your interactions with the Service. If you create an account, we may enroll you in our email newsletters or other periodic electronic communications and may also send you surveys and promotional communications. We may communicate with you by email, telephone, text message, or other means.
Monitor, improve, and develop our products and services
- We may use your information to understand our visitors and customers and to tailor or optimize our Service. For example, we may analyze statistics and trends to make our Service better and to develop the Site or new services or features.
Preventing fraud
- We may use your Personal Information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.
Protect the security and integrity of our business, comply with legal requirements and obligations, or as otherwise permitted by law
- We may use information to protect Once Upon a Supper, our users, and our Service. We may also use information in order to comply with laws, regulations, court orders, or other legal obligations or to assist in an investigation, protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights or safety of third parties, enforce our Terms of Use, Content Policy, this Privacy Policy, or agreements with third parties, detect and prevent fraud or for crime-prevention purposes, or for any other reason permitted by law. We may take part in or be involved with a corporate business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of company assets and may use information in connection with or as an asset in such a corporate business transaction. Personal Information may also be used in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.
For any other purposes with your consent, at your direction, or where notice is provided.

When and how we share information with third parties

We do not sell Personal Information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of our Services.

Sharing information with third parties

The personal information Once Upon a Supper collects from you is stored in one or more databases hosted by third parties located in the United States. These third parties do not use or have access to your personal information for any purpose other than cloud storage and retrieval.

We do not otherwise reveal your personal data to non-Once Upon a Supper persons or businesses for their independent use unless: (1) you request or authorize it; (2) the information is provided to comply with the law (for example, compelled by law enforcement to comply with a search warrant, subpoena, or court order), enforce an agreement we have with you, or to protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of our employees or others; (3) the information is provided to our agents, vendors or service providers who perform functions on our behalf; (4) to address emergencies or acts of God; or (5) to address disputes, claims, or to persons demonstrating legal authority to act on your behalf. We may also gather aggregated data about our services and website visitors and disclose the results of such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to our partners, service providers, advertisers, and/or other third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.

The Once Upon a Supper website connects with third party services such as Meta, TikTok, and others. If you choose to share information from the Once Upon a Supper website through these services, you should review the privacy policy of that service. If you are a member of a third-party service, the aforementioned connections may allow that service to connect your visit to our site to your personal data.

Disclosures about storing personal information in the U.S.

Once Upon a Supper has its headquarters in the United States. Information we collect about you will be processed in the United States. By using Once Upon a Supper’s services, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed in the United States. The United States has not sought nor received a finding of “adequacy” from the European Union under Article 45 of the GDPR. Pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR, Once Upon a Supper provides appropriate safeguards by entering binding, standard data protection clauses, enforceable by data subjects in the EEA and the UK. These clauses have been enhanced based on the guidance of the European Data Protection Board and will be updated when the new draft model clauses are approved.

Depending on the circumstance, Once Upon a Supper also collects and transfers to the U.S. personal data with consent; to perform a contract with you; or to fulfill a compelling legitimate interest of Once Upon a Supper in a manner that does not outweigh your rights and freedoms.

Data Subject rights

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other countries’ privacy laws provide certain rights for data subjects. Data Subject rights under GDPR include the following:

Right to be informed
Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure
Right to restrict processing
Right of data portability
Right to object
Rights related to automated decision-making including profiling

This Privacy Notice is intended to provide you with information about what personal data Once Upon a Supper collects about you and how it is used.

If you wish to confirm that Once Upon a Supper is processing your personal data, or to have access to personal data Once Upon a Supper may have about you, please contact us.

You may also request information about: the purpose of the processing; the categories of personal data concerned; who else outside Once Upon a Supper might have received the data from Once Upon a Supper; what the source of the information was (if you didn’t provide it directly to us); and how long it will be stored. You have a right to correct (rectify) the record of your personal data maintained by Once Upon a Supper if it is inaccurate. You may request that Once Upon a Supper erase that data or cease processing it, subject to certain exceptions. You may also request that Once Upon a Supper cease using your data for direct marketing purposes. In many countries, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority if you have concerns about how Once Upon a Supper processes your personal data. When technically feasible, Once Upon a Supper will—at your request—provide your personal data to you.

Reasonable access to your personal data will be provided at no cost. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time frame, Once Upon a Supper will provide you with a date when the information will be provided. If for some reason access is denied, Once Upon a Supper will provide an explanation as to why access has been denied.

For questions or complaints concerning the processing of your personal data, you can email us at info@onceuponasupperbite.com. Alternatively, if you are located in the European Union, you can also have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor or with your nation’s data protection authority.

Data Security

Once Upon a Supper employs a number of organizational, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the Personal Information we collect. We only use it in methods consistent with your relationship with Once Upon a Supper and the practices described in this Privacy Statement. Once Upon a Supper also enters into data processing agreements and model clauses with its vendors whenever feasible and appropriate. Please note that security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies, and we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information.

Data retention

Your personal data is stored by Once Upon a Supper on its servers, and on the servers of the cloud-based database management services the Once Upon a Supper engages, located in the United States. We will usually store the Personal Information we collect about you for no longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, and in accordance with our legitimate business interests and applicable law. However, if necessary, we may retain Personal Information for longer periods of time, until set retention periods and deadlines expire, for instance when we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements set by a legislature, regulator or other government authority.

To determine the appropriate duration of the retention of Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of Personal Information and if we can attain our objectives by other means, as well as our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting and other applicable obligations.

Once retention of the Personal Information is no longer necessary for the purposes outlined above, we will either delete or de-identify the Personal Information or, if this is not possible (for example, because Personal Information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store the Personal Information and isolate it from further processing until deletion or deidentification is possible.

Our policies on not collecting Personal Information from children

The Service is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from, anyone under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us and we will promptly delete such information.

How to contact us

If you have questions, concerns, complaints, or would like to exercise your rights, please contact us at info@onceuponasupperbite.com.