Terms of Use

About these Terms:

These Terms along with our Privacy Notice is the framework for our relationship and it is important to make sure that we are always on the same page. This agreement will apply automatically when you use our website.

We know it's annoying reading the fine print, we're trying to make this as simple as possible...hopefully this is an easy read. Everything is binding, so if you have any questions, please contact mysterydinerghana@gmail.com.

1.This is who we are:

       In summary:

       This blog is run by bawoniconsult.com (Bawoni Consult).

1.1 This blog is run by Bawoni Consult, a consultancy located in Accra, Ghana. Whenever we refer to "us" or "we" this is how we mean.

1.2 We are a Ghanaian company. So, if there is ever a dispute between us, Ghanaian laws will apply.

2. We own the intellectual property

     In Summary:

     The stuff on the website is ours. Please do not use it without asking.

     Images used on the reviews, galleries and articles are normally taken of restaurant      social media pages and we do not own the images.

     When you submit a review or provide us with other info, you give us permission to publish it.

2.1 You may use ('using' includes copying, downloading, amending, publishing, broadcasting and sending by means of the internet) any content on the website:

2.1.1 For Private use;

2.1.2 For commercial purposes, but only if we have provided prior written permission for you to do so. Please send us your request for permission to mysterydinerghana@gmail.com

2.2. Unless it is clearly indicated otherwise, all the content, trademarks and data on our website, including software, databases, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information and designs are our property or licensed to us, and are protected from infringement by domestic and international legislation and treaties.

2.3 The images used on listings, galleries and articles are sourced from restaurants social media or online pages.

2.4 We do not own the images and therefore cannot give permission for them to be taken off our site and used in anyway.
2.5 We may embed Instagram images in our articles, which automatically include the owner's account handle and which click through to their account (if the Instagram account is public).
2.6 If you submit a review to our blog (for example a restaurant review) or provide us with content to post on our blog (we call this 'your content')  you give us an irrevocable, perpetual, world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license and right to use your content, and all intellectual property rights therein.
By 'use' we mean use, copy, display, distribute, modify, translate, reformat, incorporate intro advertisements and other works, promote, and to create derivative works.

3. Integrity is very important to us

In summary: 
  Our policy is to only allow fair, independent and objective reviews. Here are some rules:

3.1 When we commission reviews, we ask one of our professional critics to review it. They are not allowed to notify the restaurant (to ensure that they do not get preferential treatment), they pay for their meals and the restaurant does not compensate us for the review in any way.
3.2 When a business requests an internal review, all information is kept confidential. 
3.3 Any member of the public can visit a restaurant and send us their review (they are published on the blog). Restaurant owners and other readers can comment on the review.
3.4. We reserve the right to not publish a review.

4. Changes

In Summary: 

This contract will have to change from time to time. Please check it regularly.

4.1 From time to time, we will have to make changes to these terms. The 'new' terms will be in force from the date published. 
4.2 If you continue to use our website after the terms changed, it means you accept the changes. We encourage you to check the terms regularly.