Welcome to the Taste Festivals website ("Website"). This website is
for your personal entertainment, information, education, and
communication. Please feel free to browse the Website at any time. By
doing so and using this Website, you are subject to the terms and
conditions set out here ("Terms of Use") of this Website. By accessing
this Website, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the
following Terms of Use. If you do NOT accept the Terms of Use, then
please discontinue your use of this Website.
1 Owner
This Website
http://www.tastefestivals.com is owned and operated by
Taste Festivals Limited, company registered number 05010667 with
registered offices at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road,
London, England SW5 9TA and a part of the Brand Events Group (and
referred to in these Terms of Use as "Taste Festivals"). Please read
these Terms of Use carefully, they are the terms of use for this
Website as provided by Taste Festivals.
2 Access and use
Use of this Website constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of
these Terms of Use, which take effect on the date on which you first
use the Website. You are granted a personal, revocable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable right to access and use the Website, for
non-commercial use only, in accordance with these Terms of Use. By
accessing, using, downloading materials from and/or uploading materials
to this Website, you agree on your own behalf and on behalf of each
entity and person on whose behalf you act to abide by these Terms of
Use. If these Terms of Use are not accepted in full, you do not have
permission to access the contents of this Website and therefore must
not access or use and must cease to use this Website immediately. Taste
Festivals reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time
by posting changes online and it is your responsibility to refer to and
comply with these Terms or Use on accessing the Website. Your continued
use of this Website after changes are posted constitutes your
acceptance of these Terms of Use as modified. If there is any conflict
between these Terms of Use and rules and/or specific terms of use
appearing on this Website relating to specific material then the latter
shall prevail.
3 Registration, Passwords and Security - Our Privacy Policy
Should Taste Festivals choose to provide member-based services
("Services") on the Website, when you register to use these Services,
you may be required to provide certain personally identifiable
information about yourself. You agree to provide true, accurate and
complete information about yourself, and to update your information
when it changes. If you provide any information that is untrue or
inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or if Taste Festivals suspects
that your information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, then Taste
Festivals may, in its sole discretion, suspend, terminate, or refuse
future access to your membership in these Services. Some of our events
are run by companies within our group of companies or joint venture
companies we have created with our partners or with licensees within
the UK or internationally. Any personally identifiable information
provided at points of registration on the Website will be subject to
the Privacy Policy which can be read by
clicking here.
Upon any registration on our Website, you are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password and are
responsible for all activities that are carried out under them. We do
not have the means to check the identities of people using the Website
and will not be liable where your username or password is used by
someone else. You agree to notify Taste Festivals immediately by email
to
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password of which you become aware.
4 Property, Privacy Policy and Postings
4.1 Any information or data you transmit, post on or submit via this
Website shall belong absolutely to Taste Festivals and, except for
personal data, will not be confidential. The information may be used by
Taste Festivals for any purpose including, but not limited to,
reproduction, licensing, assignment, disclosure to third parties,
distribution, broadcasting, transmission (in each case whether or not
in electronic form) or otherwise at Taste Festivals' absolute
discretion (according to and subject to
The Data Protection Act).
4.2 You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally assign to Taste
Festivals (by way of present assignment of present and future
copyright) and in perpetuity all rights of any nature in and to such
material (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights)
throughout the world including all renewals and reversions thereof. You
hereby agree to waive all rights known as "droit moral" or moral rights
(as described in Part I, Chapter IV of the Copyright Designs and
Patents Act 1988) and any similar rights of authors anywhere in the
world (whether now existing or hereafter created). You agree, in such,
circumstances, that you are not entitled to any compensation from Taste
Festivals or any of its associated companies.
4.3 You are prohibited from posting, transmitting to or submitting via this Website any material:
(i) that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious,
offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred or
otherwise objectionable, discriminatory, degrading, menacing,
scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in
breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience or have
the effect of being harassing; or
(ii) for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals; or
(iii) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered
a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be
contrary to the law of, or infringe the rights of any third party in,
the UK or any other country in the world; or
(iv) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation,
computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful
components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).
4.4 You must not misuse the Website (including, without limitation, by
hacking and/or accessing or attempting to access the accounts of other
users). Taste Festivals shall be entitled fully to co-operate with any
law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing the
Taste Festivals to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any
material in breach of these Terms of Use.
4.5 The use of this Website is only for lawful purposes, in a manner
that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and
enjoyment of this Website by any third party. Such restriction or
inhibition includes, but is not limited to, conduct which is
defamatory, or which may harass, cause distress or inconvenience to any
person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or
interruption of the normal flow of dialogue within this Website.
Further, by way of example and not limitation you shall not use any
posting or any area of the Website:
(i) to harm children in any way including without limitation any
offences in relation to grooming of children online under UK law or
under any similar laws in any jurisdiction; or
(ii) to impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent you affiliation or relationship with any person or entity
or disguise the origin of any content;
(iii) to collect store and/or identify private or personal information of a user.
4.6 We reserve the right to monitor, suspend, restrict or terminate
your access to this Website or to monitor, suspend, remove, destroy,
copy or use any content that is posted on the Website (of any nature
and however it may have been inserted or posted) at any time without
notice at our discretion.
4.7 The Terms of Use automatically apply to the use of any forum we may include on our Website.
4.8 Whilst "we", the owner, endeavour to publish up-to-date information
on the Website, the information may nevertheless become out of date
over time. To the extent permitted by all relevant laws, no liability
is accepted by us or any of our affiliates for any inaccuracy or
incompleteness of this Website or for the failure to update the
information contained on this Website.
4.9 This Website may contain information and materials that third
parties have provided to us or to any forum or chat room we have set up
("Third-Party Content"). We do not independently verify Third-Party
Content, makes no representation as to its accuracy, and assumes no
responsibility or accepts any liability (to the extent permitted by any
applicable law) for your use of the Third-Party Content and any
consequences of that use, including, without limitation, any damages,
injuries or results that may result from its use. Any forum or chat
room we may provide is intended as a service to its members and the
general public and if we give you the opportunity to display, post,
stream, submit, transmit and/or exchange your ideas, information,
opinions, works (including but not limited to photographs, images,
video, creative works or other information, messages, transmissions or
material to or with us, on the Website or toothers ("Post" or
"Postings") we do not endorse any Posting and it does not reflect the
views of Taste Festivals or any of its associated companies.
4.10 Submissions by visitors to this Website, including feedback data
such as questions, comments, suggestions regarding the content of the
material on this Website shall be deemed to be non-confidential and in
the public domain. We shall have no obligation of any kind with respect
to such submission and, by submitting any such feedback, information,
data or any material whatsoever, you hereby consent that Taste
Festivals or any of its affiliates shall be free to reproduce, use,
disclose, and distribute the information that such submissions contain
to others without limitation. Potential uses may include, without
limitation, use of ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in
such information for any purpose whatsoever, such as, for example but
not by way of limitation, all forms of Communication to the Public (in
all technological mediums whether now known or as may be developed in
the future), rental or lending, developing, manufacturing and marketing
products incorporating such information.
5 Copyright and Other Intellectual Property
5.1 The names, images and logos identifying Taste Festivals and any of
Taste Festivals’ associated companies or third parties and their
events, programmes, products and services are proprietary marks of
Taste Festivals, its associated companies and/or third parties. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication,
estoppel or otherwise any licence or right under or in respect of any
intellectual property rights of Taste Festivals, its associated
companies or any other third party.
5.2 This Website contains material that is derived in whole or in part
from material supplied and owned by Taste Festivals and from other
sources. All copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property
rights in this Website (including the design, arrangement and look and
feel) and all material or content supplied as part of or via the
Website shall remain at all times the property of Taste Festivals or
Taste Festivals' licensors. You agree that you do so only for your own
personal, non-commercial use. You must not, and must not permit or
assist in any way any third party to, copy, reproduce, republish,
download, post, store (including in any other web site), distribute,
transmit, broadcast, commercially exploit or modify in any way such
material or content without Taste Festivals' prior written permission.
6 Links to and from other websites
6.1 Taste Festivals does not control and is not responsible for the
availability or content of any third party websites or material you
access through this Website. Links to third party websites on this
Website are provided solely for our convenience. If you decide to visit
any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your
responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses
or other destructive elements. Taste Festivals does not endorse and is
not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products,
services or information on or available from third party websites or
material (including payment for and delivery of such products or
services).
6.2 Taste Festivals is not responsible for any damage, loss or offence
caused by or, in connection with, any content, advertising, products,
services or information available on such websites or material. Any
terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such
dealings, are solely between you and the relevant provider of the
service.
6.3 You may create links to this Website provided you have first
entered into our Website linking licence (please contact us further on
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6.4 Taste Festivals expressly reserves the right to revoke the right
granted in this paragraph 6 for breach of these Terms of Use and to
take any action it deems appropriate.
6.5 To the extent permitted in law, Taste Festivals disclaims all
liability for any legal or other consequences (including for
infringement of third party rights) of links made to or from this
Website.
6.6 Links do not imply that Taste Festivals endorses, is affiliated or
associated with any linked site, or is legally authorised to use any
trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or
accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorised to
use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of Taste
Festivals or any of its affiliates or licensors.
7 Competition Standard Terms
7.1 This paragraph 7 applies in relation to your participation in any
competitions we may run or promote on the Website. These Competition
Standard Terms form part of the Terms of Use generally for the Website
and both sets if terms are expressly incorporated into any specific
terms for any of our competitions. To the extent of any conflict
between these Competition Standard Terms, the Terms of Use and any
specific terms for a competition, the relevant specific terms shall
apply. Taste Festivals or any of its associated companies reserve the
right to disqualify your entry from any competition and/or withhold any
prize if we have reasonable grounds to believe that you have breached
any of these Competition Standard Terms, Terms of Use or any specific
rules of any competition (all three together are referred to as
"Competition Terms").
7.2 To enter a competition and to be eligible to win a prize you must:
(A) be resident in the United Kingdom (unless permitted otherwise in
the specific terms of a competition), the Channel Islands or the Isle
of Man; (B) be 18 years of age or over (or of the age specified in the
competition and, if children are stated to be eligible to enter a
competition, then you must have the express consent of your parent or
guardian); © not be an employee of Taste Festivals or any of its
related companies or any service provider (or employee or agent
thereof) to Taste Festivals or a member of the family, friend or
acquaintance of any of the above; and (D) comply with these Terms of
Use and any rules specific to the competition. All entry instructions
communicated by Taste Festivals will form part of the Competition Terms.
7.3 By entering any competition and/or accepting a prize from Taste
Festivals you warrant that you have complied, and shall continue to
comply, with these Competitions Terms. By entering the competition, you
agree to take part in publicity at Taste Festivals' request and/or to
allow Taste Festivals to use your name, image and/or town of residence
in such promotional materials as Taste Festivals sees fit whether now
or in the future and anywhere in the world, without further
compensation.
7.4 All entries must be made in the entrant's own full name. Where
applicable, Taste Festivals will only issue prize cheques made payable
in the winner's name as given to Taste Festivals at the time of entry.
7.5 Closing Date: the closing date for a competition is the date and/or
time as stated in the instructions for the respective competition and,
unless otherwise stated, entries must be received by Taste Festivals on
the closing date by the following times (in accordance with the method
as permitted in the relevant competition rules:
(i) midnight for entries by email and/or online; or
(ii) 5pm for entries by post or other method; or
(iii) midnight for entries by telephone or SMS (unless on live or as-live programming; or
(iv) as may be otherwise directed in respect of competitions on live or as-live programming;
7.6 Where competitions are by telephone or SMS, the costs of entry will
be stated in the relevant specific terms of the competition.
7.7 One entry per household unless expressly stated otherwise in the relevant specific terms.
7.8 There are no prize substitutions or cash alternatives and the
prizes are not transferable. Taste Festivals reserves the right to
select an alternative Winner and award the prize to another entrant in
the event that:
(i) it has reasonable grounds for believing that an entrant has contravened any term or condition of entry;
(ii) a Winner has changed address to one outside of United Kingdom,
Eire, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man after the closing date;
(iii) it is unable to contact the Winner within 24 hours of selecting the Winner;
(v) it does not receive confirmation of the Winner’s address as may be requested within 24 hours.
7.9 Taste Festivals will have sole and absolute discretion as to
whether to accept any entry and Taste Festivals may rely upon its own
records and information in determining whether contestants are eligible
to receive a prize.
7.10 In any matters concerning any part of the competition or any part
of the solution to the competition, whatsoever, Taste Festivals
decision will be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be
entered into with you or with any other person acting on your behalf
regarding the decision whatsoever.
7.11 A winner will generally be notified either by email, telephone or
post within 14 days of the relevant closing date or such other times as
may be specified by Taste Festivals in its absolute discretion.
7.12 Subject to confirmation by Taste Festivals of the Winner’s address
as may be requested, the Winner will generally receive the prize within
six to eight weeks from the closing date or as set out in any specific
terms for the respective competition.
7.13 No responsibility can be accepted for entries lost, delayed,
misdirected, damaged or undelivered. Incomplete, inaudible and/or
illegible entries will be disqualified. Taste Festivals shall not be
responsible for technical errors in telecommunications networks,
internet access or otherwise preventing entry to any competition.
7.14 Where any prize involves travel, all arrangements, including but
not limited to travel times and dates, shall be in accordance with the
restrictions specified by Taste Festivals and, unless stated otherwise
in writing, shall take place within 12 months of the relevant closing
date. Winner’s are advised to obtain all necessary travel insurance,
obtain any necessary medical advise for their trip and confirm all
necessary travel documents, including a passport, prior to any travel.
7.15 Taste Festivals shall not be liable for any delay in performing or
partial or total failure to perform any of its obligations to the
winner(s) under these Competitions Terms if such delay or failure is
caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control including without
limitation delays, changes, disruptions, cancellations, diversions or
substitutions howsoever caused including without limitation, war,
terrorist action or threatened terrorist action, strikes, hostilities,
civil commotions, accidents, fire, flood or natural catastrophes
arising without limitation out of or in connection with the activities
of any third party and/or any form of transportation (including but not
limited to flights, trains, coaches, buses, ferries, taxis or cars).
For the avoidance of doubt, the winner(s) shall be solely liable for
any additional costs incurred as a result.
7.16 To the extent permitted in law, Taste Festivals shall not be
liable to the winner(s) for any loss or damage howsoever caused
(whether in contract, tort or statutory duty or otherwise) arising out
of or in connection with the competition and/or prize other than death
or personal injury caused by negligence of the Promoter and/or the
Promoters personnel and/or deceit or fraud by Promoter and/or
Promoter’s personnel.
7.17 Any personal information collected by Taste Festivals in
connection with a competition will be used in accordance with Taste
Festivals’ Privacy Policy which can be viewed at the
Privacy Policy. Or can be obtained by writing to Taste Festivals either by email at
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the attention of The Data Protection Officer. If entrants do not want
Taste Festivals to use their information in this way, entrants can tell
Taste Festivals when entering the competition or at any time by writing
to Taste Festivals as set out above.
7.18 A list of winners for each competition can be obtained by sending
a stamped addressed envelope marked clearly "[INSERT NAME OF THE
RELEVANT COMPETITION]" to Taste Festivals within 30 days from the date
of the closing date of the competition.
7.19 Competitions Terms shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of England and in relation to any disputes
arising therefrom, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts of England.
8 Disclaimer
8.1 While Taste Festivals endeavours to ensure that the information and
other materials created by us and included on this Website are correct,
such information and other materials may contain, inter alia,
inaccuracies and typographical errors. Taste Festivals does not warrant
the accuracy or completeness of any information or materials on this
Website or the reliability of any statement or other information
displayed or distributed through the Website (including, without
limitation, the availability of a particular programme and/or the
information provided by third parties through the use of the Website).
You acknowledge that any reliance on any such statement or information
shall be at your sole risk. Taste Festivals reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to edit at any time any part of the Website and to
make changes to the Website and to any events materials, products,
programmes, programs, services or prices described in the Website at
any time without notice.
8.2 The material on this Website, including but not limited to the
information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons relating to this
Website, Taste Festivals and/or any of Taste Festivals' associated
companies, events, programmes, products and services (or to third party
programmes, products and services) is provided "AS IS" and on an "AS
AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement being made
and without warranty of any kind, including but not limited to the
implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular
purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
8.3 Taste Festivals does not warrant (and none of its associated
companies warrant) that the functions contained in this Website will be
uninterrupted or error free or that any defect will be corrected or
that this Website or the content available on or via the Website or the
server that makes either available are free of viruses or bugs. Taste
Festivals does not represent (and none of its associated companies
represent) the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of any
material. Taste Festivals may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue
any aspect of this Website, including the availability of any features
of the Website, at any time without notice or liability.
9 EXCLUSION AND LIMITATION OF LIABITY OF BRAND EVENTS
9.1 Subject to 9.3, Taste Festivals, any other party (whether or not
involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering this
Website), and any of Taste Festivals’ associated companies and the
officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them,
exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss
or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without
limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or
damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use
of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to
business interruption, and whether in tort including without limitation
negligence, contract or otherwise) in connection with
(i) this Website in any way; or
(ii) the materials on or removed from this Website;
(iii) your acceptance or use of any prize in any of our competitions;
(iv) the use, inability to use or the results of use of this Website;
(iv) any websites linked to this Website or the material on such websites.
9.2 Clause 9.1 applies but is not limited to loss or damage due to
communication-line failure, delay in operation or transmission,
destruction, network or system outage, theft, unauthorized access,
viruses or corrupt files that may infect your computer equipment,
software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of,
or browsing this Website or your downloading of any material from this
Website or any websites linked to this Website. This shall apply even
if Taste Festivals or any of its associated companies or licensees have
been notified of the possibility of any damage.
9.3 Nothing in these Terms of Use shall exclude or limit Taste Festivals’ liability for:
(i) death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); or
(ii) fraud; or
(iii) misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
(iv) any liability, which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
9.4 If your use of material on this Website results in the need for
servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you
assume all costs thereof.
9.5 Without prejudice to any of the provisions in this paragraph 9, the
liability of Taste Festivals shall not exceed the amount, if any, paid
by you to access this Website.
10 YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND INDEMNITY
10.1 By transmitting, posting on or submitting via this Website any materials you:
(i) warrant that you are over 18 or (where you are not over 18) that
you have permission from a parent or guardian to use this Website and
that they have read and discussed these Terms of Use with you;
(ii) warrant all information provided by you to Taste Festivals is true, accurate and up to date in all respects;
(iii) warrant your contribution is your own original work and you have
the right to submit it and assign to Taste Festivals all rights in it
and it will not infringe the rights of any third party or breach any
laws; and
(iv) irrevocably waive any moral rights in your submission.
10.2 You hereby agree to indemnify and keep indemnified Taste Festivals
and any of its associated companies and licensees from and against all
claims, damages, expenses, costs and liabilities arising in any manner
from your breach of any of these Terms of Use.
11 Law and jurisdiction
11.1 These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with English law. Disputes arising herefrom shall be
exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts. To the
extent permitted in law, any cause of action you may have with respect
to your use of this Website must be commenced within one (1) year after
the claim or cause of action arises.
11.2 If any of these Terms of Use should be determined to be illegal,
invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the law of any state or
country in which these Terms of Use are intended to be effective, then
to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term or
condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and
deleted from that clause and the remaining Terms of Use shall survive
and continue to be binding and enforceable.
11.3 Taste Festivals neither warrants or represents that materials on
this Website will not infringe any third party rights. Taste Festivals
makes no representation that the materials in the Website are
appropriate or available for use in other locations and other
countries. If you choose to access the Website from other locations or
other countries you do so at your own risk and choice and are
responsible for compliance with local laws in that territory, if and to
the extent that local laws are applicable.
12 Your Feedback and Complaints
We welcome your questions and comments on our Terms of Use, privacy
matters and our Website. Should you have such questions or comments or
have a complaint about how we are using your personal data, please send
an e-mail to
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