General Terms of Use

Last update: April 11, 2026

1. Service publisher

Backfooder is a digital service for venue discovery and reviews. The publisher can be contacted through the website contact form or the support email shown on the platform.

2. Service purpose

Backfooder allows users to browse, publish, and share venue reviews (restaurants, bars, cafes, clubs). The service is provided as is, with no guarantee of uninterrupted availability or complete absence of errors.

3. User account and obligations

Users agree to provide accurate information, keep account credentials confidential, and comply with applicable laws. Identity fraud, abusive usage, intrusion attempts, or security bypass is strictly prohibited.

4. User-generated content

Users are solely responsible for the ratings, reviews, comments, and photos they publish. Users warrant they hold all rights required for submitted content. Illegal, defamatory, hateful, misleading, or third-party rights-infringing content may be removed without notice.

5. Intellectual property

The service structure, design, graphics, texts, database, and features are protected. Any unauthorized reproduction, substantial extraction, resale, or exploitation, in whole or in part, is prohibited.

6. Limitation of liability

Backfooder acts as a host for user content and is not responsible for content published by users. The publisher cannot be held liable for indirect damages, loss of chance, data loss, business interruption, or commercial losses resulting from use of the service.

7. Personal data, security, and hosting

Data processing is carried out under applicable European law, including GDPR. Backfooder data and hosting are located in Europe. Reasonable technical and organizational safeguards are implemented, without an absolute performance obligation.

8. Suspension, deletion, and termination

In case of breach of these terms or fraudulent activity, the publisher may suspend, limit, or delete an account without notice. Users can request account deletion using the platform features.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by French law. In case of dispute and failing amicable resolution, jurisdiction is assigned to the materially and territorially competent courts.