THETASTE PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT

JFG Digital Ltd operating as TheTaste.ie welcomes you to TheTaste Premium. 

TheTaste Premium includes the TheTaste Premium Members Perks, TheTaste Premium Members Only Website Sections and associated content and services. 

You agree to the TheTaste Premium Subscriber Agreement by purchasing a TheTaste Premium monthly or annual subscription and ratify your agreement when you use any aspect of the TheTaste Premium Membership. 

If you do not agree to the TheTaste Premium Subscriber Agreement, you may not use the TheTaste Premium Membership. 

We reserve the right to amend this Agreement. Any such amendment will be effective thirty days following our dispatch of a notice to you (and we may also post details of the amendment on the TheTaste Premium Membership Website Section). 

If you do not agree to any change to this Agreement, you must discontinue using the TheTaste Premium Membership. Our customer service representatives are not authorised to modify any provision of this Agreement, either verbally or in writing. 

USER ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION 

Eligibility and Age Limitations.

Only residents of the countries where we offer the TheTaste Premium Membership (collectively, the “Territory”) are eligible to register for a TheTaste Premium account. This TheTaste Premium Subscriber Agreement governs for residents of the Republic of Ireland. You must be 18 years of age or over to purchase the TheTaste Premium Membership. 

The TheTaste Premium Membership is provided to individuals for their personal, non-commercial use only. Companies and other groups may not register for a TheTaste Premium account or use the TheTaste Premium Membership. 

Individuals under the age of 18 are not eligible for a TheTaste Premium account and are not permitted to provide personal information to TheTaste Premium. 

Registration

Only individuals that have registered for a TheTaste Premium account, provided certain information (e.g., a valid email address), and have agreed to the TheTaste Premium Subscriber Agreement are eligible to use the TheTaste Premium Membership. 

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your username and password and for all activities that occur on or through your TheTaste Premium account. However, if you allow others to access your TheTaste Premium account, this Agreement, as well any specific consents you may have provided, also applies to their access, use, and disclosure of information. 

You agree to immediately notify TheTaste Premium of any unauthorised access to your TheTaste Premium account. TheTaste Premium will not be responsible for any losses arising from the unauthorised use of your TheTaste Premium account.

Notices

Any notices TheTaste Premium delivers to you may be made as follows: (i) by email to the last email address provided by you and (ii) by posting a notice on the TheTaste Premium Website. 

You agree to provide and maintain accurate, current and complete information, including your contact information for notices and other communications from us. You agree not to impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including using another person’s username, password or other account information, or another person’s name or likeness, or provide false details. You agree that we may take steps to verify the accuracy of information you provide. 

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS 

Subscription 

Your subscription to TheTaste Premium Membership includes access to:

• TheTaste Premium Members Section with access to exclusive hotel and restaurant experiences and member perks.
• TheTaste Premium Editorial – Exclusive articles per month by top food, drink and travel writers.
• TheTaste Premium Member Giveaways – all subscribers are entered into a draw for monthly prizes from the best hotels, restaurants and food/drink brands. 

Your membership fee entitles you to access a range of exclusively priced experiences and member perks in our partner venues. 

These experiences/perks can be downloaded and used to book your experience directly with the partner venue. Your payment for your exclusively priced experience will be made in full at the partner venue.

Downloading access to an experience or member perk entitles you to avail of said experience or perk while you have an active subscription to TheTaste Premium only. 

By availing of an experience or perk on TheTaste Premium Members Page, you agree to share your email address with the venue in question for marketing purposes.

Auto-Renewal

Your subscription to TheTaste Premium Membership includes enrolment into an ongoing/recurring payment plan. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of the disclosed billing period, unless cancelled in accordance with the instructions for cancellation below. 

Payment will be charged to your chosen payment method at confirmation of purchase and at the start of every new billing period, unless cancelled. We reserve the right to change our pricing and, in the event of a price change, we will notify you thirty days in advance of the change via email to the email address you have registered for your account. If you do not wish to accept a price change, you may cancel your subscription in accordance with the instructions included in that email and below. 

If you do not cancel your subscription after the price change takes effect and prior to the start of your new subscription period, your subscription will be renewed at the price in effect at the time of the renewal, without any additional action by you, and you authorise us to charge your payment method for these amounts. 

You are responsible for all third-party Internet access charges in connection with your use of the TheTaste Premium Membership. Please check with your Internet provider for information on possible Internet data usage charges. 

CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY

You can cancel your subscription at any time before the end of the current billing period. Cancellation will take effect at the end of the current billing period. To cancel your TheTaste Premium subscription, email info@thetaste.ie and include the email you originally signed up with. 

Cancellation will only take effect at the end of your current billing period, and you will still be able to access TheTaste Premium until then. 

We do not provide refunds or credit for partially used billing periods. You have a statutory right to withdraw within 14 days of signing up to the TheTaste Premium Membership. 

However, you acknowledge that when you signed up to the TheTaste Premium Membership you agreed to the immediate access of digital content and that if you have accessed any TheTaste Premium digital content during this “cooling off period” you lose your right to withdraw from the TheTaste Premium Membership. In this case, please cancel via the process above. 

PAYMENT DETAILS

We will keep your detailed payment information, such as credit card number and expiry date, on file. You are responsible for keeping your payment details up-to- date by changing the details in your account settings. Where your details change or are due to expire, where applicable law allows, we may obtain or receive from your payment provider updated payment details including your card number, expiry date and CVV (or equivalent). This enables us to continue to provide you access to the TheTaste Premium Membership. You authorise us to continue to charge your card using the updated information. 

If a payment is not successfully authorised due to expiration, insufficient funds, or otherwise, we may suspend or terminate your subscription by giving you notice. 

You also agree that we may charge your payment method on file if you decide to restart your TheTaste Premium subscription, unless you specify an alternative payment method when you restart your subscription. 

USE AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION 

Please see our Privacy Policy.

Your Data & GDPR

Our Privacy Policy means any details submitted are not shared with third parties, unless explicitly consented to.

At TheTaste, the privacy and protection of personal data is treated with the utmost seriousness. Our privacy statement sets out the data protection practices currently in place within the company. We fully endorse and adhere to the principles of the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003 and also the GDPR regulations of 2018. Specifically, we state that we will: Obtain and process information fairly. Keep it only for one or more specified, explicit and lawful purpose. Use and disclose it only in ways compatible with these purposes. Keep it safe and secure. Keep it accurate, complete and up to date. Ensure that it is adequate, relevant and not excessive. Retain it for no longer than is necessary for the purpose or purposes intended. Give a copy of his/her personal data to that individual, on written request. If at any time you believe that this website has not adhered to these principles, please notify us by e-mail at info@thetaste.ie and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem.

TheTaste will collect data on our customers for different purposes which are detailed below. Your data can be reviewed by yourself at any time by submitting an access request to info@thetaste.ie. You also have the right to delete your information from our database at any time by again emailing your details to info@thetaste.ie.

This data will be used for sending marketing materials and reviewing analytical data relating to purchases, bookings and website usage.

Data Access Requests

TheTaste provides for data access requests from our customers. This information will be returned to the customer within one month of request.

TheTaste also provides a free opt-out service for all data subjects. It is a clearly identifiable opt-out mechanism for each individual marketing platform and is available to all our customers free of charge. Full extraction from all platforms should be emailed to info@thetaste.ie detailing full deletion request.

Storing and transferring your Personal Data

In operating our website and marketing efforts it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our upmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated stored securely.

Unfortunately the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, sending such information is entirely at your own risk.