Terms of Service for Salad Chefs

Last Updated: September 28, 2026

Welcome to Salad.com, a website (the "Site") and the Salad web application (the "App") operated by Salad Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"). The following Terms of Service ("Terms") apply when you use any part of the "Site" and/or download the App and/or click "I accept" to these Terms. The term "Site" is often used in these Terms to refer to both the Site and App collectively. Please review these Terms carefully. By accessing or using the Site or App, you show you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Site or App.

1. ABOUT THE SITE

The Site allows you to learn more about the Company and services provided via the Site and App ("Services").

The App allows PC users ("Chefs") to exchange latent computer resources for digital goods.

If you're a SaladCloud Customer, please refer to our Terms of Service for SaladCloud.

The Site allows you to register for the Service. As described in our Privacy Policy, when you register for the Service you'll be asked to provide certain information about yourself.

For Chefs, we collect your email address, information about your computer's hardware, software, and network connection, and the information needed to deliver Rewards you redeem, as described in the Privacy Policy. Also, please note that the Site is under constant development. New features may be added frequently, so it's important to check back to this page for updates.

2. USE OF THE SITE AND APP FOR CHEFS

If you are a Chef, the App utilizes a portion of the computation power, internet bandwidth, or other resources of your personal computer or laptop for various commercial purposes during the regular use of those same computers.

In order to potentially earn Rewards (as defined below), you will need to download the App and then make your computer available to our network.

The Company hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to download and use the App only in connection with the Services.

By downloading and using the App, you accept that it utilizes resources such as GPU computation power, CPU computational power, internet bandwidth, and other resources from you when you operate the licensed App through background activity on your personal computer or laptop (the "Shared Resources"). In consideration for utilization of your Shared Resources, we will credit your Account with Reward Points at a rate determined by the Company from time to time. Reward Points may be redeemed for rewards through the Salad storefront ("Rewards").

The Company does not guarantee that you will earn any Reward Points via your use of the Services or App.

3. Reward Points and Salad Balance

You can view your Salad Balance, a description of available Rewards, and the amount of Reward Points required to obtain each Reward at any time by logging into your Account. "Salad Balance" means the number of Reward Points you have earned that have not yet been redeemed.

Reward Points earned or accumulated shall at all times remain the property of Company. Reward Points have no cash value. Reward Points may be redeemed only for Rewards offered on the Salad Storefront, which may include transfers to a linked PayPal account, prepaid cards, gift cards, and other items, as made available by the Company from time to time.

Reward Points should appear in your Salad Balance within five (5) business days after they are earned. Reward Points may only be redeemed for a Reward after they appear in your Salad Balance.

4. Rewards and Redemption

When you redeem your Reward Points for a Reward, the number of Reward Points in your Salad Balance will be reduced by the number of Reward Points used to redeem the Reward.
Reward Points may only be redeemed by following the appropriate redemption process for each Reward outlined within the Platform. The Company reserves the right to change the available Rewards without notice, and we do not guarantee the availability of any particular Reward. We also reserve the right to change at any time and without notice the number of Reward Points required to redeem a particular Reward.
If your Account does not earn any Reward Points for twelve (12) consecutive months, your unredeemed Reward Points may expire.
You may be required to provide additional information (such as your name, address, mobile telephone number, or other information) in order to redeem a Reward, and your receipt of the Reward is contingent upon your providing us with the information we request. We may also require that you take steps to verify your Account, such as by sending you a text message to which you must respond, or otherwise, before redeeming a Reward.
A particular Reward may be subject to specific terms and conditions, such as an expiration date of the Reward, shipping and handling fees, additional purchases, or other requirements to use or deliver the Reward, any return policy requirements and any warranties for the Reward, or any other limitations or restrictions on obtaining, retaining or using the Reward. We will not be liable if a Reward expires prior to redemption or use. You are responsible for compliance with all laws related to redeeming and receiving the Reward, including the payment and collection of any applicable federal, state, or local taxes; Reward Points cannot be used to pay such taxes. In addition, in order to redeem a particular Reward, you may have to accept a particular Reward provider's terms and conditions.
All redemptions of Reward Points for Rewards are final. All non-merchandise Rewards, such as services, reward cards, gift cards and travel certificates, cannot be returned. Rewards of merchandise may not be exchanged or refunded after they have been delivered unless such a Reward is defective or has been damaged in transit. Our Reward providers are ultimately responsible for replacing any defective or damaged Rewards. Refunds, exchanges and other issues relating to the Reward are governed by the Reward provider's terms and conditions applicable to the redemption. Redeemed Rewards are not refundable, exchangeable, or transferable for cash, credit, other Rewards or Reward Points. Neither the Company nor our participating Reward providers are responsible for replacing lost, stolen, or mutilated Rewards, including retail or travel certificates, reward cards, gift certificates, gift cards, or merchandise. You may not redeem Reward Points for Rewards if your Account has been suspended or terminated for any reason.
We reserve the right to terminate any Account that does not earn Reward Points during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months.
Reward Points may be deducted from your Salad Balance as the result of a return of Rewards, a request for a refund for Rewards, or an unresolved dispute with a Reward provider.
We reserve the right to grant Reward Points to select users or to all users, according to criteria established by us in our sole discretion, as part of our periodic marketing activities and promotions.

5. USE OF THE SITE

You need to be at least 18 years old to use the Site as a Chef. You hereby affirm we have the right to terminate your account with or without prior notice or cause.

You represent that you are not located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in a country or territory subject to comprehensive United States sanctions, and that you are not on any United States government restricted-party list. You will not use the Site or App in violation of United States sanctions or export control laws. The Company and its Reward providers may screen Accounts and redemptions against sanctions and restricted-party lists. If you are or become subject to sanctions, if a redemption cannot lawfully be completed, or if we reasonably suspect that your Account is being used to evade these restrictions, the Company may withhold, cancel, or reverse Reward Points or Rewards and may suspend or terminate your Account.

6. USE RESTRICTIONS

Your permission to use the Site is conditioned upon the following restrictions and conditions.

You agree that you will not:

use, display, mirror or frame the Site or any individual element within the Site, Company's name, any Company trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page or within the App, without Company's express written consent;
access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, Company's computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Company's providers;
attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any Company system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Company or any of Company's providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site;
use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Company trademark, logo URL or product name without Company's express written consent;
use the Site, or any portion thereof, for any commercial purpose or for the benefit of any third party other than as permitted by these Terms;
forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Site or from other users of the Site without their express permission;
impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
sublicense, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, time share, or otherwise commercially exploit or make the Site available to any third party;
use the Site for any unlawful purpose or for the promotion of illegal activities;
use the Site to attempt to, or harass, abuse or harm another person or group;
use another user's account without permission;
have or use more than one account;
attempt to access, inspect, copy, extract, modify, tamper with, or interfere with any customer workload, container, virtual machine, or data running on your computer through the App, or the isolation, encryption, or monitoring measures that protect them;
run the App on a virtual machine or emulator, or on any computer you do not own or control, without the Company's written permission;
misrepresent or alter the hardware, software, location, or network information the App reports to the Company;
interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Site;
make any automated use of the Site, or take any action that we deem to impose or to potentially impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or network infrastructure;
attempt to decipher, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the Site, the App, or the software used to provide the Service;
bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures we take to restrict access to the Site or use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the Site or harvest or manipulate data;
publish or link to malicious content intended to damage or disrupt another user's browser, computer, or mobile device; or
encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

7. MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE

Although the Company is not obligated to monitor access to or use of the Site or to review or edit any Content, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Site, to ensure compliance with these Terms, and to comply with applicable law or other legal requirements. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to the Site or any Content, at any time and without notice, including, but not limited to, if we, at our sole discretion, consider any Content to be objectionable, illegal, or in violation of these Terms. We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You acknowledge and agree that the Company and its licensors retain ownership of all intellectual property rights of any kind related to the Site, including applicable copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary rights. The Company reserves all rights that are not expressly granted to you under these Terms.

9. FEEDBACK

We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments, and suggestions for improvements of the Site ("Feedback"). You may submit Feedback by emailing us at [email protected]. You acknowledge and agree that if you submit any Feedback to us, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable (through several tiers) and transferable license under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control in relation to the Feedback to use, reproduce, view, communicate to the public by any means, print, copy (whether onto hard disk or other media), edit, translate, perform and display (publicly or otherwise), distribute, redistribute, modify, adapt, make, sell, offer to sell, transmit, license, transfer, stream, broadcast, create derivative works from, and otherwise use and exploit the Feedback for any purpose.

10. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company from any and all claims, liabilities, expenses, and damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, made by any third party related to: (a) your use or attempted use of the Site and/or Services; or (b) your violation of any law or rights of any third party.

For contractual purposes, you (a) consent to receive emails via the email address you have submitted when you sign up on the Site; and (b) agree that all Terms, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that the Company provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were in writing. The foregoing does not affect your non-waivable rights. The Company may also use your email address to send you other messages, including information about the Company and Site and special offers. You may opt out of such email by changing your account settings or sending an email to [email protected].

12. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE SITE AND SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, REGARDING THE SITE AND SERVICE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, SECURITY, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT ACCESS TO OR OPERATION OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE. WE DO NOT STATE OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE, REWARD POINTS EARNED AND POTENTIAL REWARDS ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. When using the Platform, fees for used Internet traffic, mobile data, and other related services might be applied for users of certain Internet service providers. the Company takes no responsibility for shared traffic-related or any additional costs you might experience in accordance with your Internet service (or other services) provider's agreement in any circumstances. The use of the Platform may be prohibited or restricted by your service provider. The Platform might also not be appropriate for all service providers' rules and policies – therefore, you should confirm the ability to use our Platform with your service provider.

YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM YOUR UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING, AND/OR USE OF FILES, INFORMATION, CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL SENT TO OR OBTAINED FROM THE SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT PERMIT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY, SO THIS PROVISION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

13. RISKS FOR CHEFS

THE COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ANY USER'S COMPUTER, HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION.

Running the App places sustained load on your computer's GPU, CPU, power supply, and cooling for extended periods, which can increase component wear and power consumption. You are responsible for ensuring your computer has adequate cooling, power, and ventilation, and for monitoring its condition.

You are responsible for the cost of the electricity and internet service your computer uses while running the App, and you represent that you are permitted to use them for that purpose. The workloads the App runs on your computer are supplied by SaladCloud customers or by the Company and run inside an isolated environment. The Company does not author or control customer workloads.

14. RELATIONSHIP AND TAXES

You participate as an independent user of the App. Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, agency, partnership, or joint-venture relationship between you and the Company. You are solely responsible for determining, reporting, and paying any taxes that apply to Reward Points you earn or Rewards you redeem. Where required by law, the Company may request tax identification information from you and may report Rewards to tax authorities.

15. LIMITATION OF DAMAGES

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OR EMPLOYEES, OR ITS LICENSORS OR PARTNERS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, OR DATA, OR FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, HOWEVER ARISING, THAT RESULT FROM (A) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE; (B) THE SITE GENERALLY OR THE SOFTWARE OR SYSTEMS THAT MAKE THE SITE AND SERVICE AVAILABLE; OR (C) ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER USER OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), FRAUD, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE U.S. DOLLAR REDEMPTION VALUE OF THE REWARD POINTS CREDITED TO YOUR SALAD BALANCE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT PERMIT DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY, SO THIS PROVISION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

16. MODIFICATION OF TERMS

The Company can amend these Terms at any time. If a change is material, the Company will provide notice of the change on the Site or App or by email to you, at the Company's option, at least 14 days before the change takes effect. It's your responsibility to check the Site from time to time to view any such changes. If you continue to use the Site after a change takes effect, you show your agreement to our revisions to the Terms. Any dispute between you and the Company will be governed by the version of these Terms in effect at the time the dispute arose, and no change to the arbitration provisions in Section 18 applies to a dispute of which the Company had written notice before the change took effect. Any changes to these Terms (other than as set forth in this paragraph) or waiver of the Company's rights hereunder shall not be valid or effective except in a written agreement bearing the physical signature of an officer of the Company. No purported waiver or modification of these Terms by the Company via telephonic or email communications shall be valid.

17. PRIVACY POLICY

The Company respects the privacy of its users. Please refer to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and disclose information that pertains to your privacy. When you access or use the Site, you show that you agree to this Privacy Policy.

18. GENERAL TERMS

If any part of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion of the Terms will be construed consistent with applicable law. The remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. Any failure on the part of the Company to enforce any provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of our right to enforce such provision. Our rights under these Terms will survive any termination of these Terms.

These Terms and your use of the Site and Service are governed by the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

You and the Company agree to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, the App, or your relationship with the Company ("Dispute") through final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, as modified by these Terms. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this agreement to arbitrate. The arbitrator, and not any court, has exclusive authority to resolve any dispute about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this agreement to arbitrate, except that a court will decide the enforceability of the class-action waiver below.

Hearings will be conducted by video conference unless you elect an in-person hearing, in which case the hearing will be held in the county where you reside or, if you reside outside the United States, in Salt Lake County, Utah. If your Dispute is for $10,000 or less, you may choose whether the arbitration is conducted on the basis of documents only, by video conference, or by an in-person hearing. Filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees will be allocated as provided in the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules.

Either party may instead bring an individual Dispute in small claims court in the county where you reside or in Salt Lake County, Utah, if the Dispute qualifies and remains in that court.

You may opt out of this agreement to arbitrate by emailing [email protected] from your Account email with a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration, within thirty (30) days after you first accept these Terms or, if you had an Account before the Last Updated date above, within thirty (30) days after that date. If you opt out, neither you nor the Company is bound by this agreement to arbitrate, and any Dispute will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah, to whose jurisdiction you consent.

If twenty-five (25) or more arbitration demands raising similar claims are filed against the Company by or with the assistance of the same law firm or coordinated group of counsel within a ninety (90) day period, the AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules will apply and the following procedure will also apply: counsel for the claimants and the Company will each select five (5) demands to proceed first as bellwether arbitrations, and all other demands will be stayed, with no filing or administrative fees due on them, until the bellwether arbitrations are resolved; the parties will then participate in a single mediation of the remaining demands; and any demands not resolved in mediation will proceed in batches of no more than fifty (50), each batch before a single arbitrator. Statutes of limitation and fee deadlines are tolled for stayed demands. A court may enforce this paragraph and enjoin any filing that does not comply with it.

ARBITRATION MUST BE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THIS MEANS NEITHER YOU NOR THE COMPANY MAY JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST OTHER USERS OR LITIGATE IN COURT OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIMS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. IF A CLAIM FOR PUBLIC INJUNCTIVE RELIEF CANNOT BE WAIVED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THAT CLAIM WILL BE SEVERED AND HEARD IN COURT AFTER THE ARBITRATION OF ALL OTHER CLAIMS IS COMPLETE.

The Company may assign or delegate these Terms and/or the Company's Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms or Privacy Policy without the Company's prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment and delegation by you is void.

19. NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA USERS

Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: Current earning rates for the Service are available at salad.com/earning-rates. You may contact us at [email protected]. The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

20. YOUR AGREEMENT

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS, UNDERSTAND THE TERMS, AND WILL BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE TERMS TOGETHER WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY REPRESENT THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THAT IT SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT.