BITESCORE. Community Rules

1. Genuine Experience and Transparency

• Rate and review only products you have experienced. Describe your experience honestly and do not mislead others about the product.
• Fake engagement, coordinated or multiple-account score manipulation, automated submissions, spam and manipulated reviews are prohibited.
• Clearly disclose any commercial, sponsorship, partnership or employment relationship with the product or brand in your contribution. Undisclosed third-party incentives are prohibited. BITESCORE. task rewards do not require a positive score or praise; a relevant reward record may be disclosed separately.
• BITESCORE. does not verify purchases, product use or receipt of a product as a gift. You must not suggest that BITESCORE. has performed such verification.
• Public content or an associated task reward does not authorise reuse of a review or a member's name, username, image or identity in advertising, promotional material or testimonials. Separate, specific and lawful authority is required.

2. Respect for People and Their Rights

• You may criticise a product or describe your experience. Insults, defamation, harassment, hate speech, threats, discrimination and sexual exploitation are prohibited. A product review is not removed merely because it is negative.
• Do not share someone else's private or sensitive personal information, images or correspondence without a lawful basis. Do not infringe copyright, trademarks, personality rights or other rights, or impersonate people or organisations.

3. Product Scores and Rewards

• A product score is a weighted average of eligible community ratings, with weight determined by the member's level at submission or editing. The operator, manufacturer or advertiser does not select the score, and it is not determined in return for payment.
• The level weight ranges from 1.00 to 1.25 and is saved using the level you have reached at submission or the latest edit; a text-only edit can also refresh it. A level increase alone does not automatically change the weight of earlier reviews. The multiplier determines relative influence on the product average; it is not a fixed number of extra score points. Level develops through in-service activity and XP; it is not a measure of verified expertise or review accuracy.
• Positive and negative contributions follow the same submission, visibility, moderation and scoring rules. A reward does not require a positive rating and adds no direct score or weight bonus to that submission. However, earned XP may allow you to claim a higher level later; the new level weight can apply to a subsequent submission or edit.
• A task-reward disclosure appears only where the relevant reward record can be established. Its absence does not prove that a review is free of incentives. Virtual gifts between members are a separate social feature and do not verify purchase or product use.
• Only products approved for publication and suitable for a general audience appear in the catalogue, search, recommendations, lists and Clashes. Do not attempt to bypass these limits by publishing or linking to restricted or unreviewed products.

4. Product Information and Health Claims

• Community scores and opinions are not medical, allergy or personalised nutrition advice. Do not present contributions as diagnostic or treatment recommendations.
• Do not make unlawful health claims, such as claiming that a food prevents, treats or cures a disease.
• Current physical packaging, ingredients, allergen information and manufacturer notices should be checked. Do not present app information as a definitive guarantee of product safety or personal suitability.

5. Privacy and Optional Choices

Accepting these Rules does not give consent to optional website or mobile usage statistics. Where offered, that choice requires separate, explicit consent from signed-in members who have completed the age declaration and required terms and information steps. Collection remains disabled for guests.

Usage statistics help understand feature use and technical performance. They do not include search text or private content and do not support advertising or tracking across other services. You can decline or withdraw through Settings without losing access to core services.

The BiteData business service and related demographic collection are disabled. Current contributions support core BITESCORE. services; public posting does not grant commercial BiteData permission. Any future service requires new terms, information, store disclosures and, where necessary, separate consent before processing begins. Earlier contributions cannot be retrospectively included for commercial use. The Terms and Privacy Notice explain these limits.

6. Online Safety and Child Protection

• You must have reached your 18th birthday to create an account and use BITESCORE. People on or after their 18th birthday meet the age policy. Parental or legal-representative permission does not permit membership before 18.
• We record your self-declaration that you have reached your 18th birthday. In addition, under Article 4 of the supplementary provisions of Law No. 5651 and the Regulation on Differentiated Services for Children and Age Verification by Social Network Providers published in Official Gazette No. 33396 of 10 October 2026, your account's age is verified with the e-Devlet age verification token before you can use the social network features that let you interact with other members. These features are direct messages, Explore posts and replies, Clash comments, friends, gifts, shared lists, Blend and appearing in people search. The product catalogue, product ratings and reviews, personal lists and account functions are provided separately from these features and do not require age verification. Other members cannot contact an unverified account, and it is not shown in people search. For accounts opened from 1 November 2026, the social network features stay closed until verification is complete. Accounts opened before 1 November 2026 keep using these features without verification until 31 March 2027; after that date the features close until verification is complete.
• The token shows only your age group against the 15 and 18 thresholds; your name, Turkish ID number, date of birth or identity document are neither sent to nor requested by BITESCORE. If the token shows you have not reached your 18th birthday, your account is closed for use. If there is a reasonable suspicion that a verified account is used outside its age group, the account is suspended until it is verified again with a new token. Acceptance of the Terms, delivery of the Privacy Notice, age verification and optional choices are separate records.
• Child safety and content rules apply to all members.
• Do not ask others for passwords, financial information, identity documents, private images or precise location. Voluntarily sharing your own contact details is not automatically prohibited; do not pressure anyone to move to another channel or meet in person. Use reporting and blocking tools in response to pressure, exploitation or unwanted contact.
• Content and conduct involving child sexual abuse or exploitation are strictly prohibited. This includes sexualisation of children, grooming, sexual extortion and child trafficking. Do not create, solicit, upload, share, link to, buy, sell, encourage, threaten disclosure of or otherwise facilitate such material or conduct.
• Report suspected content or accounts using the in-app tool; do not redistribute abuse material to report it. If a child may be in immediate danger, also contact competent authorities or emergency services.
• Report an account belonging to someone under 18 through the in-app account report tool or legal@bitescore.co. Do not send identity documents or abuse material to make a report.

Search, League and Profile Privacy

New accounts do not appear in search or the league. You can enable visibility separately on the Community Rules screen or in Settings. Published reviews are shown to other users with your username and profile picture, independently of search and league visibility. Your friend list and profile details initially appear only to you and accepted friends, following their own privacy settings.

If you separately enable search and league visibility, your username, profile picture, bio, level, community score and rank may be shown publicly in search, the league and limited profile identity views. Search engines may index this information and others may copy it. Email, sign-in information and private demographic details are not published. Social sign-in accounts do not appear in search or the league until username selection is complete.

Enable or disable search and league visibility separately on the Community Rules screen or in Settings. Friends and profile details follow a separate privacy setting. Existing accounts' disabled preferences are not enabled by this edition; previously enabled visibility is not disabled by this change. Turning visibility off does not prevent access to the core service or immediately remove previous third-party copies or search-engine caches.

Reviews and ratings are subject to moderation and publication requirements. Before submitting a review, you are informed that your published review will be shown to other users with your username and profile picture. Review visibility is independent of search and league visibility. Turning search and league visibility off does not hide published reviews or their username and profile-picture attribution. Content held for review or removed is not shown to other users. Lists and Clashes follow their own visibility settings. Do not share personal or sensitive information in public areas.

Visibility is separate from the 18+ membership declaration. Becoming eligible does not enable a disabled preference. Community visibility is processed to establish and perform the service (KVKK Article 5/2-c); optional usage analysis requires separate explicit consent.

Initial visibility is an account default, not a consent or visibility decision made by the member. Later changes record the account-linked enable/disable preference, decision identifier, language, version, full copy of the notice and its hash, presentation verification status, action channel (web or mobile) and decision time. This setting collects no date of birth, identity document, IP or device information. Limited preference evidence is retained to protect a right (KVKK Article 5/2-e) and removed on account deletion. Declarations from previous editions are not rewritten. The Privacy Notice explains service providers, transfer conditions and Article 11 rights.

7. Reports, Enforcement and Appeals

• You can report content and accounts through the in-app tools. Reports are recorded and assessed according to urgency, risk and legal duties. Alleged infringements of personality rights receive priority. Subject to statutory deadlines, a fixed response time is not promised for every report.
• Depending on the nature and seriousness of a breach, content may be removed, restricted or labelled, and an account warned, restricted or suspended. Action aims to protect users, meet legal duties and enforce these Rules.
• A significant account sanction is not based solely on automated assessment. You can appeal and request human review at legal@bitescore.co. Except in urgent cases or where disclosure is legally inappropriate, reasons and an opportunity for review should be provided.
• Blocking a member stops messages, friend requests, gifts and related notifications between the accounts. You can manage blocks in Settings. Blocking does not prevent you from also making a report.