Terms of service

Version 3.0 · Last updated: 2026-06-05· Effective immediately.

These terms are a binding agreement between you and MonacoWebPix, a sole-trader enterprise (exploitation directe) registered in the Principality of Monaco under RCI 25P10884(“VitaminDB”, “we”, “us”, “our”) regarding your access to and use of vitamindbc.com, its subdomains, the Telegram bot integration, email digests, and any future native applications operated by us (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing, browsing, registering, or otherwise using the Service you accept and agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Table of contents

1. Definitions
2. Eligibility
3. Account registration and security
4. Nature of the Service
5. No medical, nutritional, or pharmaceutical advice
6. Acceptable use
7. User-submitted content and licence to us
8. Intellectual property
9. Third-party services and merchants
10. Affiliate and commercial relationships
11. Sponsored content
12. Copyright, DMCA, and DSA notices
13. Disclaimer of warranties
14. Limitation of liability
15. Indemnification
16. Suspension and termination
17. Governing law and jurisdiction
18. Dispute resolution
19. Export controls and sanctions
20. Anti-bribery and anti-corruption
21. Force majeure
22. Assignment
23. Notices
24. Severability, waiver, entire agreement
25. Changes to these terms
26. Country-specific addenda (EU, UK, US, BR, CA, AU)
27. Contact

1. Definitions

• “Account” means your registered user profile on the Service.
• “Affiliate Program” means any commercial arrangement disclosed on the affiliate page.
• “Content” means any text, image, link, vote, score, comment, post, or other material made available on or through the Service.
• “User Content” means Content submitted by you or another user.
• “Editorial Content” means Content authored, commissioned, or curated by VitaminDB.
• “Merchant” means any third-party retailer reachable via an outbound link on the Service.
• “Consumer” has the meaning given in EU Directive 2011/83/EU Art. 2(1) for EU users, in the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 s. 2(3) for UK users, and in the U.S. FTC Act for U.S. users.
• “Force Majeure Event” is defined in Section 21.
• “Personal Data” has the meaning given in GDPR Art. 4(1) and analogous US-state and Brazilian laws.

2. Eligibility

You must be (a) at least 16 years old or the higher digital age of consent in your jurisdiction (up to 18 in some US states), and (b) competent to enter into a binding contract under your applicable law. You must not be located in, or a national or resident of, any country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions of the EU, UK, US, UN, or Monaco. You must not be on any restricted-party list of those jurisdictions.

3. Account registration and security

• Provide accurate registration information and keep it up to date.
• Keep your credentials confidential. You are responsible for activity under your account.
• One Account per natural person. No shared, automated, or transferred accounts.
• Notify us promptly at [email protected] if you suspect unauthorized access.
• Linked OAuth providers are subject to their own terms; we hold no responsibility for changes to those services.
• Accounts dormant for 24 consecutive months may be archived; archived accounts can be restored on email request within a further 12 months.
• In the event of an Account holder’s death, a legal representative may request data export under the privacy policy.

4. Nature of the Service

VitaminDB is an editorial and community-driven information aggregator focused on supplement deals, brand comparisons, nutrient guides, and price normalisation across third-party retailers. We do not sell, manufacture, ship, distribute, hold inventory of, or take payment for any product listed. All transactions occur on Merchant websites under each Merchant’s own terms. We do not guarantee accuracy, availability, current price, or fitness for purpose of any listed product.

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature at any time for any reason, including to comply with law, address security risks, or sunset unsuccessful experiments. Where the change materially reduces functionality of a paid feature (if any are introduced), we will give 30 days’ notice and a pro-rata refund of unused fees.

5. No medical, nutritional, or pharmaceutical advice

Content on the Service is general information only, not medical, nutritional, or pharmaceutical advice, and not a substitute for consultation with a qualified healthcare professional. Statements about dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Food Safety Authority, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Health Canada, Anvisa, or any equivalent regulator. Products and information are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting, stopping, or combining any supplement, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.

6. Acceptable use

See the full community guidelines. You must not, and must not allow anyone using your Account to:

• Post fraudulent, misleading, expired, or inaccurate deals.
• Submit your own product or one you are paid to promote without explicit disclosure.
• Make medical claims that supplements diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease.
• Post Content that is unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, threatening, obscene, or constituting CSAM.
• Scrape, crawl, harvest, or systematically download Content beyond what robots.txt permits.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or circumvent any technical protection measure.
• Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network without our written authorisation under our vulnerability disclosure policy.
• Use the Service to transmit malware, phishing payloads, spam, or unsolicited commercial communications.
• Impersonate any person, brand, organisation, or affiliation.
• Coordinate inauthentic behaviour, vote manipulation, brigading, or astroturfing.
• Interfere with the integrity, performance, or rate limits of the Service.
• Use automated means (bots, scripts, scrapers) to interact with the Service except through documented APIs.
• Use the Service to violate any applicable law (consumer protection, IP, sanctions, export controls, anti-bribery, competition law).
• Distribute or link to prescription-only medicines, research chemicals, controlled substances, or banned-substance lists without warnings.
• Use the Service to target advertising or other communications at minors.

7. User-submitted Content and licence to us

You retain all ownership rights in User Content you submit. You represent and warrant that (a) you own or control all rights necessary to submit the Content, (b) the Content does not infringe any third-party right (copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, contract, or other), and (c) the Content complies with these terms and applicable law.

By submitting Content, you grant VitaminDB a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt (including for format, length, or moderation purposes), translate, publish, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and create derivative works of the Content in connection with the Service and the promotion of the Service. The licence survives termination of your Account in respect of Content already made public; we may anonymise such Content on termination.

We may, in our sole discretion, edit, remove, hide, or refuse any User Content that violates these terms, the community guidelines, or applicable law. Removal decisions are accompanied by a statement of reasons under EU DSA Art. 17 where applicable.

8. Intellectual property

Subject to the licences granted in Section 7, VitaminDB and its licensors own all rights in the Service, including the “VitaminDB” word mark and logos, original editorial content, source code, methodology, database structure, the cost-per-dose calculation, the ranking algorithm, and the design system. The EU sui generis database right (Directive 96/9/EC) is reserved. You receive only the limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes, subject to these terms.

Third-party trademarks (Thorne, iHerb, Amazon, NSF, USP, Informed Sport, ConsumerLab, etc.) are the property of their respective owners and are used solely for editorial and comparison purposes; their presence does not imply endorsement of VitaminDB by the rights-holder or vice versa.

9. Third-party services and Merchants

The Service contains outbound links to Merchant websites. We are not a party to any transaction between you and a Merchant. The price, availability, fitness for purpose, delivery, return policy, taxes, customs, and warranties applicable to any Merchant purchase are governed solely by that Merchant’s own terms. We do not warrant any Merchant’s practices.

10. Affiliate and commercial relationships

We participate in affiliate programs and earn commissions when you click certain links and complete a qualifying purchase from a Merchant. See the full affiliate disclosure. Affiliate relationships do not influence editorial ranking, which follows the published methodology and editorial standards.

11. Sponsored content

We currently do not accept paid placement, paid reviews, or paid “featured” slots. If we ever do, sponsored items will be conspicuously labeled “sponsored” on the deal badge, in the URL, and in the visible content, separated from editorial rankings, and disclosed on this page and the affiliate page.

12. Copyright, DMCA, and DSA notices

See our dedicated copyright / DMCA procedure and DSA Art. 16 notice channel. Repeat infringers are subject to account termination under 17 U.S.C. §512(i) and equivalent rules.

13. Disclaimer of warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, security, or availability.

We do not warrant that (a) the Service will meet your requirements, (b) it will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (c) any errors will be corrected, (d) any Content will be accurate or reliable, or (e) the Service or any communication or information sent from us is free of viruses or other harmful components. Statutory consumer rights that cannot be excluded under EU Directive 2019/771, UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the Australian Consumer Law, or other mandatory law are not excluded.

14. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall VitaminDB, its affiliates, contractors, employees, agents, suppliers, or licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, punitive, or aggravated damages, including loss of profits, revenue, savings, goodwill, data, use, or other intangible losses, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Service shall not exceed the greater of (a) EUR 100, or (b) the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim (which will normally be zero, as the Service is free for end users).

Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or gross negligence, or any statutory non-excludable consumer right.

15. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless VitaminDB from and against any claim, damage, loss, liability, cost, and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from (a) your use of the Service in breach of these terms, (b) Content you submit, (c) your violation of any law or third-party right, or (d) your access of the Service from a jurisdiction where doing so would be prohibited.

16. Suspension and termination

You may delete your Account at any time from /profile/settings. We may suspend or terminate your Account, in whole or in part, with or without notice, for breach of these terms, the guidelines, or applicable law, or to protect the Service or other users. Sections 7 (licence), 8 (IP), 13 (warranty), 14 (liability), 15 (indemnification), 17 (governing law), and 18 (disputes) survive termination.

17. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of the Principality of Monaco, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. EU and UK consumers retain the protection of mandatory consumer-protection laws of their country of habitual residence. Disputes shall be brought before the competent Tribunal de Première Instance de Monaco, unless a mandatory consumer-jurisdiction rule provides otherwise.

18. Dispute resolution

We aim to resolve any dispute informally. Please contact [email protected] first with a written description and what you want us to do; we respond within 30 days. EU consumers may also use the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged to and do not currently participate in alternative dispute resolution before a consumer arbitration board.

19. Export controls and sanctions

You represent that you are not, and are not acting on behalf of, a person subject to EU, UK, US, UN, or Portuguese sanctions, and that you will not access or use the Service from a comprehensively-sanctioned country or region (currently including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the so-called Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine, and Crimea). You will comply with all applicable export-control laws including the EU Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821 and the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

20. Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

You will comply with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws including the UK Bribery Act 2010, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and Portuguese Law 20/2008. You will not offer, give, or accept any financial or other advantage in connection with the Service that is intended to or has the effect of inducing improper performance.

21. Force majeure

Neither party is liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, pandemic, government action, internet or infrastructure-provider outages, denial-of-service attacks, labour disputes, or materials shortages (each a “Force Majeure Event”). The affected party must promptly notify the other and use reasonable efforts to mitigate.

22. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these terms or your Account without our prior written consent. We may assign these terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, asset sale, reorganisation, or by operation of law, subject to the successor agreeing to be bound by these terms. Subject to that, these terms bind and benefit the parties and their successors.

23. Notices

All notices under these terms must be in writing and sent to [email protected]. We may send notices to the email address on your Account or by a banner on the Service. Notices are deemed received on the next business day in Monaco.

24. Severability, waiver, entire agreement

If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force; the invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to be enforceable. No waiver is effective unless in writing signed by us. These terms, together with the documents referenced (privacy policy, cookies policy, community guidelines, methodology, editorial standards, affiliate disclosure, DMCA procedure, accessibility statement) constitute the entire agreement between you and VitaminDB regarding the Service.

25. Changes to these terms

We may modify these terms from time to time. Material changes are announced at least 30 days in advance via the site and email to registered users. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. The current version is always at this URL; past versions are archived in our public changelog.

26. Country-specific addenda

26.1 EU consumers

Nothing in these terms removes the mandatory protection of the EU Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU), the Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13/EEC), the Sale of Goods Directive (EU) 2019/771, or the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive 2006/114/EC where applicable. The right of withdrawal under the Consumer Rights Directive does not apply because we do not sell goods or services to you directly; all purchases are with Merchants.

26.2 UK consumers

Nothing in these terms limits your statutory rights under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, or the Misrepresentation Act 1967. The contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 does not apply.

26.3 US users

US users acknowledge that any dispute that cannot be resolved through the informal process in Section 18 shall be brought in Monaco, unless a mandatory venue rule provides otherwise. If you are a US resident, you and we waive any right to a jury trial to the extent permitted by applicable law. No class actions, no consolidated actions, no representative actions: any dispute must be brought on an individual basis. If this Section is held unenforceable, the entire Section 18 is null and void; the remainder of these terms remains in force.

26.4 Brazil users

Nothing in these terms limits the protection of the Brazilian Code of Consumer Defence (Lei 8.078/1990) where it applies. The provisions of the Civil Code (Lei 10.406/2002) on adhesion contracts apply.

26.5 Canada users

Quebec residents have the right under Quebec’s Charter of the French Language to receive these terms in French; an equivalent French version is available on request to [email protected]. Consumer-protection statutes of each Canadian province apply where mandatory.

26.6 Australia users

Nothing in these terms excludes or restricts statutory consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) that cannot be excluded.

27. Contact

Questions, complaints, or notices under these terms: [email protected] or [email protected]. Postal address available on request. See the full contact page for per-topic email aliases and response SLAs.