Privacy Policy

Last Updated January 25th, 2023

 

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) governs how we treat the Personal Information that we collect and receive from you in connection with your use of the SMS Service and/or Email Service (“Service”), which we make available to you through third-party service providers. This Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Service.

 

By using the Service, you agree to the terms of this Policy. Taste Message reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or change this Policy at any time with or without prior notice to you. The date of the last update will be posted at the top of this Policy for your convenience. This Policy, and any changes, are effective as soon as posted. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of any changes to the Policy constitutes your full acceptance of those changes.

 

“Personal Information” is information that individually identifies you, such as your mobile phone number or email address, as well as the any Personal Information that you choose to include in messages you send through the Service.

 

What Personal Information is collected about you

Through the use of the Service, Taste Message will collect your: 

• Phone number

• Email address

• First and last name

• Date of Birth

• City

• Zip code

 

How Taste Message uses Personal Information about you

We use Personal Information to (a) provide you with the Service, (b) process and respond to inquiries, (c) improve the Service, (d) if necessary, contact you with important announcements or messages, (e) conduct research, and (f) provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients and partners.

 

Each message that you send through the Service is stored on our servers or the servers of their parties. We retain these messages on our servers and the servers of third parties. Taste Message utilizes servers and services owned by third parties.

 

Disclosure of your information

We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may use or disclose such information in any of the following limited circumstances:

• We have your consent.

• We need to enforce our Terms of Service.

• We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing Personal Information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.  If the third party fails to comply with our terms, Taste Message is not accountable in any way for any liability or reimbursement.

• We provide such information to third parties who have entered into non-disclosure agreements with us.

• We provide such information to a company controlled by, or under common control with, Taste Message for any purpose permitted by this Policy.

• We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights, or the legal rights of others, or defend against legal claims.

• We believe it is necessary to share Personal Information to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Taste Message’s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

• We transfer Personal Information about you if Taste Message is, or its assets are, acquired by or merged with another company.

 

We may share aggregated information with others without further notice. An example of this would be the number of people who used the Service in a given month or the total number of texts sent in a given week.

 

Security

Taste Message takes precautions to ensure the security of your Personal Information, including ensuring that our third party service providers protect the security of your Personal Information. However, we cannot guarantee that hackers or unauthorized personnel will not gain access to your Personal Information despite our efforts. You should note that in using the Service, your information will travel through third party infrastructures which are not under our control (such as a third party SMS delivery platform or your carrier network).

 

Opting in

A mobile user might opt-in by:

• Entering a phone number online,

• Sending an Mobile Originating (MO) message containing an advertising keyword,

• Filling out a paper form that includes their phone number, or

• Signing up at a point-of-sale location.

 

Opting out

Taste Message’s third-party service provider gives you the ability to opt out of the Service for any reason. You can opt out by texting “STOP” or “QUIT” to the Service.

 

We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Service, such as announcements and administrative messages, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.

 

Children

The Service is not intended for any persons under 21, and Taste Message does not knowingly collect information from any persons under the age of 21.

 

Persons under 21 should not submit any Personal Information. By using the Service, you are representing that you are at least 21. Taste Message requires all persons who sign up for the Service to provide their date of birth. Those who sign up and are under 21 will not receive access to the Service and will have their profile deleted from the Service's records.

 

Intended audience

Taste Message requires that users of this service be limited to US residents only.

 

Questions or concerns?

If you have any additional questions regarding this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time by through the contact form on the Taste Message website.

 

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SMS Terms of Service

Use of the Taste Message text message-based services (the “Service”) is subject to the following Terms of Service. These terms constitute a legal agreement (the “Agreement”). Please read them carefully.

• Taste Message will allow several different opportunities, such as a entering a phone number online, to opt-in to SMS services.

• You can cancel the Service at any time. Just text "STOP" to the Service. After you send the SMS message "STOP" to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time, and we will start sending SMS messages to you again.

• If at any time you forget what keywords are supported, just text "HELP" to the Service. After you send the SMS message "HELP" to us, we will respond with instructions on how to use our Service as well as how to unsubscribe.

• We are able to deliver messages to most major U.S. mobile phone carriers. ***Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages***

• As always, message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you, and Taste Message is not liable for the cost of any such messages. You will receive recurring messages. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider.  

• You understand that anyone with access to your mobile phone may be able to view the messages you receive when using the Service, and you agree that Taste Message will not be liable to you if this occurs.

• You understand that you are not required to consent to the Service to receive any other services from Taste Message.

• By agreeing to these Terms of Service and providing us with your mobile phone number when you opt in to the Service, you authorize Taste Message to contact you by text message at your mobile phone number using an automatic telephone dialing system or device, or any other computer assisted technology as applicable.

• If you have any questions regarding privacy, please read our Privacy Policy.