Disclosure
The following terms (“Terms of Use”) constitute an agreement between Select Stella, LLC (“AKA Search Group”), 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 AKA Search Group (the “Website”), located at https://akasearchgrou1.wpengine.com AKA Search Group, owner and operator of the Website, is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the state of Virginia, United States. Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to, the following Terms of Use. AKA Search Group reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, policies and these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, you must not use the Website.
PURCHASE POLICIES
On the Website, you may purchase certain products, such as a cookbook (“Products”). Refund Policy Refunds are not available for Products.
REGISTRATION & RESTRICTED ACCESS
Access to certain areas of the Website may be restricted. AKA Search Group reserves the right to restrict areas of the Website at its sole discretion. Some restricted areas of the Website may be made available to you as a registered user. When you are registered, you are required to create a user profile, which may include a username and password (“User Account”). You agree to keep your username and password confidential. You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trademark that is subject to any rights or another person or entity or is offensive, vulgar or obscene. If you suspect your password has been compromised, you must notify AKA Search Group immediately at [email protected]. AKA Search Group will not be liable for any loss caused by the unauthorized use of your account; however, you may be liable to AKA Search Group or other third parties for any losses incurred due to such unauthorized use. When you create a User Account with AKA Search Group, you guarantee that you are 18 years of age or older, are able to consent to these Terms of Use, and that the information you provide to us is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Violation of this paragraph may result in the immediate termination of your User Account without refund, in AKA Search Group’s sole discretion. AKA Search Group may disable your username and password at its sole discretion, refuse to register a user for the Service, remove or edit any content contributed to the Website or cancel any User Account. AKA Search Group may, without notice, refuse access to its Website, in whole or part, to any person that fails to comply with these Terms. AKA Search Group reserves the right to modify methods for registration and access levels of registered users from time to time.
LICENSE FOR USE OF PRODUCTS
All Products available for sale on the Website were developed solely for your personal use and may not be reproduced for publication or for the personal or commercial use of others without permission.
PRIVACY POLICY
The following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth Select Stella, LLC’s (“AKA Search Group”) policy with respect to information, including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”) and other information, AKA Search Group collects from visitors to the AKA Search Group website located at https://akasearchgrou2.wpenginepowered.com/ (“Website”). AKA Search Group, owner and operator of the Website, is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the state of Virginia, United States. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what Personal Data we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information of any kind that we collect by means (including offline means) or from sources other than those specified herein.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: The Website may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address and phone number. Our legal basis for processing this information is your consent, and by voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to us, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred and stored from your current location to the offices and servers of AKA Search Group.. Automatically-Collected Information: The Website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, The Website will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. The Website may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. Cookies: The Website may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. The Website 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. No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
The Website may use the information collected in the following ways: To operate and maintain the Website; 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 provide you with user support; To track and measure advertising on the Website; or, To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING DATA UNDER THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (“GDPR”)
Below are the types of lawful basis that we will rely on to process your Personal Data: Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your Personal Data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your Personal Data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us at [email protected] Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract. Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation means processing your Personal Data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject. Consent means where you have consented to a certain use of your Personal Data.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
AKA Search Group will not share your Personal Data with third parties.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, AKA Search Group may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties.
COOKIES
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, customize content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein. Users 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 users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies. No personally identifiable information is shared with the Website’s ad providers. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. Retargeting Ads From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, 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 AKA Search Group. We use the following third-party service providers for remarketing: Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here Microsoft: Opt-out of Microsoft remarketing here. Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. As stated above, these pixels may capture your IP address on behalf of the content sponsor. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels. Affiliate Program Participation 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. 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, AKA Search Group may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows AKA Search Group to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Under laws in certain countries in which we operate, customers and other visitors to our Website from those countries have a right to access Personal Data about themselves, and to amend, correct or delete Personal Data that is inaccurate, incomplete or outdated. We will, upon request, provide you with confirmation regarding whether we are processing Personal Data about you, consistent with applicable law. In addition, upon your request, we will take reasonable steps to correct, amend, or delete your Personal Data that is found to be inaccurate, incomplete or processed in a manner non-compliant with this Privacy Policy or applicable law, except where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to your privacy, where the rights of persons other than you would be violated or where doing so is otherwise consistent with applicable law. Unless prohibited by applicable law, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee to cover costs for providing copies of Personal Data that you request. Please note that while any amendments, corrections or deletions will be reflected in active user databases (as updated with a reasonable period of time), we may retain all Personal Data for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, and satisfaction of other legal obligations we reasonably believe applicable. You authorize us to use and disclose any new or modified information that you provide in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and you agree that we are under no obligation to delete or modify information that you have previously chosen to provide us as to which you have not instructed us to take such action. Please remember, however, that if we have already disclosed some of your Personal Data to third parties, we cannot access that Personal Data any longer and cannot force the deletion or modification of any such information by the parties to whom we have made those disclosures. We may retain your Personal Data to comply with laws, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our contracts, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law. Opt-out – If you send us an email with questions or comments, we may use your personally identifiable information to respond to your questions or comments, and we may save your questions or comments for future reference. For security reasons, we do not recommend that you send non-public personal information, such as passwords, social security numbers, or bank account information, to us by email. You may “opt out” of receiving future commercial email communications from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of most emails we send, or as provided below; provided, however, we reserve the right to send you transactional emails such as customer service communications. You may also notify us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list. Access – You request may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected]. Amend – You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information. Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected]. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
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, 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.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This Privacy Policy applies only to this Website. The Website may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by AKA Search Group (the “Third-Party Sites”). The policies and procedures described here do not apply to the Third-Party Sites. The links from the Website do not imply that AKA Search Group endorses or has reviewed the Third-Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Your access to and use of the Website may also be subject to any separate agreements or terms and conditions you have signed or agreed to with AKA Search Group. Please refer to those agreements as needed. Regardless of any other provision in this Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to disclose any personally identifiable or non-personally identifiable information about you to: (a) fulfill a government request; (b) conform with the requirements of the law or legal process; (c) protect or defend our legal rights or property, our Website, or other users; or (d) protect, in an emergency, the health and safety of our customers or the general public. Changes to AKA Search Group’s Privacy Policy The Website may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for AKA Search Group to make changes to this Privacy Policy. AKA Search Group reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. Your continued use of the Website after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
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.
FTC. GENERAL DISCLAIMER
AKA Search Group has made every effort to ensure that all information on the Website has been tested for accuracy. AKA Search Group makes no guarantees regarding the results that you will see from using the information provided on the Website. AKA Search Group 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 on the Website. AKA Search Group assumes or undertakes no liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of any information found on the Website.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
The Website were developed strictly for informational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the information provided on the Website. AKA Search Group makes no representations, warranties or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. AKA Search Group assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Website.
USE OF THE WEBSITE
Unless otherwise stated, AKA Search Group owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on 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 of Use. The following uses are not permitted: Republication of content from the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for republication; Sale, rental or sub-license of any content from the Website; Reproduction or duplication of any content on the Website for commercial purposes; Modification of any content on the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification; Redistribution of content of the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Users are permitted to share content on social media channels, as long as a link to the Website is included. 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 AKA Search Group’s intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to AKA Search Group. You must not use the Website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairs 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 AKA Search Group’s express written permission. You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications. You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without AKA Search Group ‘s express written permission.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All original materials provided by AKA Search Group are owned by AKA Search Group. Any original materials are provided for your individual use only. You are not authorized to use or transfer any of AKA Search Group’s intellectual property. All intellectual property remains the property of AKA Search Group. No license to sell, distribute, reproduce, prepare a derivative work, display or perform is granted or implied. AKA Search Group will be entitled to injunctive relief to prohibit any such violations to protect against the harm of such violations. Certain of the names, logos, and other materials displayed on the Website constitute AKA Search Group’s intellectual property, including, but not limited to, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets and copyrights (“AKA Search Group IP”). You are not authorized to use any AKA Search Group IP without AKA Search Group’s express consent. Ownership of AKA Search Group IP remains with AKA Search Group and You agree not to make any claims or assertions of any other party’s ownership of AKA Search Group IP. Equitable Relief You acknowledge and agree that in the event of certain breaches of the Terms of Service, AKA Search Group may suffer irreparable injury, such that no remedy at law will afford it adequate protection against, or appropriate compensation for, such injury. Accordingly, you agree that AKA Search Group shall be entitled to any injunctive relief, without having to post a bond, as may be granted by a court of competent jurisdiction.
COPYRIGHT
Unless otherwise noted, the design, content and all components of the Website are copyrights owned by AKA Search Group or third parties and are protected by United States and international copyright laws and should not be reused or republished without express written permission. 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 AKA Search Group 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 (cash, free product, services) is received for in exchange for this sponsored content placement, AKA Search Group gives its honest opinion, findings, believes, 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.
GRANT OF RIGHTS
You grant AKA Search Group a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute any content you contribute to the Website. 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 AKA Search Group the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.
CONTENT CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEBSITE
Any content you contribute to the Website, 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 or AKA Search Group or a third party. AKA Search Group reserves the right to edit or remove: (i) any material submitted to the Website; (ii) stored on AKA Search Group’s servers; or, (iii) hosted or published on the Website. AKA Search Group takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party. Notwithstanding AKA Search Group’s rights under the Terms of Use, AKA Search Group does not undertake to monitor the submission of all content to, or the publication of such content on, the Website.
COMMENT POLICY
The Website offers the option for you to leave comments, engaging with the Website’s posts. The following types of comments will not be tolerated and will be deleted: harassment directed toward any content creator or AKA Search Group; spam; hate speech; defamatory to AKA Search Group or any third party; reference illegal acts; or, violate the legal rights of a third party. AKA Search Group’s sole discretion will be used to determine if a comment is in violation of this comment policy. Any comments in violation will be promptly deleted and no further explanation will be due to you if your comment was determined to be in violation with this policy.
TAKEDOWN REQUESTS
From time to time, the Website will publish posts with images from other third-party websites. Any such use is intended considered fair use under copyright laws and is fully attributed to the owner. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on the Website in a way that [email protected] copyright infringement and falls outside of fair use, please send a request to and we will remove the image within 24 to 48 hours.
COMMUNICATION
If you send AKA Search Group an email, register to use the Website or provide your email to AKA Search Group in any other way, you consent to receive communications from AKA Search Group electronically. You agree that all legal notices provided via electronic means from AKA Search Group satisfy any requirement for written notice.
THIRD PARTIES
The Website may contain links to third-party websites that are not governed or controlled by AKA Search Group. 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 that relates to your use of the Website. AKA Search Group assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold harmless AKA Search Group from any and 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 AKA Search Group 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, expressed or implied. AKA Search Group makes no representations or warranties in relation to the Website, or the information and materials provided therein. AKA Search Group 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. AKA Search Group is not responsible to you for the loss of any content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website. The Website is written in English and makes no warranty regarding translation or interpretation of content in any language.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, AKA Search Group 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.
INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold AKA Search Group, 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 AKA Search Group 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 of Use (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 of Use will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Virginia. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms of Use, 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 Richmond City County, Virginia. 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 of Use 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 of Use may not be assigned by you without AKA Search Group’s prior written consent, however, the Terms of Use may be assigned by AKA Search Group in its sole discretion. The Terms of Use are the final, complete and exclusive agreement of the parties with respect to the Website offered by AKA Search Group. All notices with respect to the Terms of Use must be in writing and may be via email to [email protected] for AKA Search Group and to your email address.
Last updated: June 17, 2024.