Tasting Collective, Inc. and its affiliates (“Company”, “we” or "us") welcome you to Tasting Collective, a dining membership community available at www.tastingcollective.com (hereinafter, “Tasting Collective” or "Service"), which offers an online for platform for diners to access, and purchase tickets to attend, uniqu privately curated dining experiences at restaurants, as well as exclusive privileges and discounts from a wide range of participating merchants and vendors (as these terms are defined in the Terms of Use). Tasting Collective connects restaurants to diners seeking to participate in special events, and partner brands to members interested in using their products and services. Each of Tasting Collective’s members, the diners, (“Members” or “you”), is invited to use and enjoy Tasting Collective in accordance with the Terms of Service. We respect the privacy of our Members and are committed to protect the Members’ information. We believe that you have a right to know our practices regarding the information we may collect and use when you visit and use the Service. You consent (please read carefully!)
1. Which information we may collect on our Users?
We collect two types of data and information:
1.1 Non-personal Information . The first type is non-identifiable and anonymous information ("Non-personal Information"). To put it simply, we have no idea what is the identity of the User from which we have collected the Non-personal Information. Non-personal Information which is being gathered consists of technical information and behavioral information, as detailed below:
Technical Information :
Behavioral information :
1.2 Personal Information . The other type of information is individually identifiable information ("Personal Information"). To put it simply, this information may identify an individual or is of a private and/or sensitive nature. Personal Information which is being gathered consists of any personal details provided voluntarily by the Member, Members, or Non-Members to the Service.
1.2.1 Registration to the Service . The registration to our Service is done through the Website and/or third party account (e.g. Facebook), therefore during the registration we shall collect the information through the registration process (as described below) or we shall receive your Basic Information through 3rd party account.
1.2.2 Information from third party account : When you connect to the Service through third party (e.g. Facebook) for the first time you will be asked to permit the third party to share with the information about you. We collect information from third party only as you agreed to provide to such third party (such as your name, email address, profile picture, other information you make publicly available via the applicable third party and/or other information you authorize us to access by authorizing the third party to provide such information) subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such third party accounts. You understand that by granting us access to the third party accounts, we will access, make available and store (if applicable and as permitted by the third party and authorized by you) the information in your third party accounts so that it is available on and through your account on Tasting Collective.
1.2.3 Information from Guests : Tasting Collective will collect from Guests of Members’ that attend our Events Personal Information such as their real name and contact details. We may use this information to extend offers for those Guests to become Tasting Collective members, or for other marketing purposes. Such information will not be disclosed to other Tasting Collective Members.
1.2.4 Information from Non-Members : From time to time, Tasting Collective may allow Non-Members to purchase tickets to attend our Events. Personal Information such as their real name and contact details. We may use this information to extend offers for those Non-Members to become Tasting Collective members, or for other marketing purposes. Such information will not be disclosed to other Tasting Collective Members.
2. How do we collect information on our Members, Guests, and Non-Members?
There are two main methods we use:
3. What are the purposes of the collection of information?
(a) Non-personal Information is collected in order to :
(b) Personal Information is collected in order to :
4. Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties
Tasting Collective may share Personal Information only in the following cases: (a) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, subpoena or governmental request; (b) to enforce this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service , including investigation of potential violations thereof; (c) to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (d) to respond to claims that any content published on the Service violates any right of a third-party; (e) to respond to claims that unauthorized information (e.g. phone number, name, etc.) of a third-party has been posted on the Service; (f) to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the Company, its Users or the general public; (g) when Company is undergoing any change in control, including by means of merger, acquisition or purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of Company; (h) pursuant to your approval, in order to supply certain services you have requested from Company; (i) to let our partners and affiliates serve you with commercials; or (j) to collect, hold and manage your Personal Information through a third party's cloud based services, as reasonable for business purposes, which may be located in countries outside of your jurisdiction, including but not limited to the United States of America.
5. Direct Marketing
You hereby agree that we shall use your contact details for the purpose of informing you regarding Events, products and services (offered by the Company and/or by third parties) which may interest you and to send to you advertisements and other marketing material, transmitted to the e-mail address you have provided.
You may withdraw your consent via sending a written notice to the Company by email to the following address: support@tastingcollective.com or on the same manner as the advertising was transmitted to you (e.g. via phone text message). It is clarified that we are not responsible for the content of said advertisements and the products delivered or services rendered thereby by third parties and you irrevocably and unconditionally agree that we shall not be held responsible or liable in connection thereof.
6. Modifications to or Deletion of Personal Information
If for any reason you wish to modify or delete your Personal Information, you may edit your profile directly on Tasting Collective or contact us at support@tastingcollective.com if you wish to delete your account. Or you may access your third party account (e.g. Facebook account) and edit your profile there. Upon your request on Tasting Collective, Company shall remove your Personal Information from the Service reasonably after deleting your account on Tasting Collective.
7. Cookies & Local Storage
When you access or use the Service, Company may use industry-wide technologies such as "cookies" and Flash (or similar technologies), which stores certain information on your computer ("Local Storage") and which will allow us to enable automatic activation of certain features, and make your Service experience much more convenient and effortless. The cookies used by the Service are created per session, does not include any information about you, other than your session key and are removed as your session ends (usually after 24 hours). It is easy to prohibit the Local Storage. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer's hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. In order to erase or disable the Local Storage option in Flash you should use the settings option of Flash according to the specific instructions provided by the technology provider. However, if you block or erase cookies, or change the settings of Flash, your online experience may be limited.
We also use certain third-party cookies. These are a different kind of cookies, stored on your computer by third parties, rather than by the Company (for example see Section 7 regarding Advertisements). This kind of cookie is only read (and not altered by the Service) each time you visit the Service, and also when you visit certain websites or applications that uses similar cookies. Third-party cookies usually store only a Non-personal Information, such as the web pages you have visited, the duration of your browsing, etc.
8. Security
Tasting Collective has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information. We will never sell your information to a third party.
9. Third Party Websites
While using the Service on the Website you may encounter links to third party websites. Please be advised that such third party websites are independent from the Service, and we assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to privacy matters or any other legal matter with respect to such third party websites. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies and the terms of use or service of such websites.
10. Third Party Software/Service
While using the Service we may be using third party software and/or services, in order to collect and/or process the information detailed herein and mainly for statistic purposes.
11. Changes to the Privacy Policy
The terms of this Privacy Policy will govern the use of the Service and any information collected therein. Company reserves the right to change this policy at any time, so please re-visit this page frequently. In case of any material change, we will make reasonable efforts to post a clear notice on the Service.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Revised” and your continued use of the Service on or the Last Revised date will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes.
13. Got any Questions?
If you have any questions (or comments) concerning this Privacy Policy, you are most welcomed to send us an email to the following address: support@tastingcollective.com and we will make an effort to reply within a reasonable time.
