STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These standard terms and conditions (“Standard Terms and Conditions”) govern access to and use of the Vinhood website, www.vinhood.com, including the App and the widget (“Platform”), supplied by TASTE s.r.l., with registered office in Milan, Piazza della Repubblica 32, tax code IT09388380967 (“VINHOOD”) via the Platform.

“VINHOOD” is a Platform that helps you have fun and learn about and deepen your relationship with the Taste World. How do we do this? We make a range of tools and customized experiences available to you on our Platform, such as tests, games and other content (“Services”) which, based on a number of features, such as, type of product, the #character of your Taste profile, behavior, your degree of product knowledge and your interests are used to help you explore and interact with the Taste world in an enjoyable, knowledgeable and customized way and, above all, within everybody’s reach. We help you create your Taste profile passport that you will find useful each time you interact with the Taste world. Therefore, you may use your Taste profile each time you need to, both on websites and on third-party VINHOOD partner platforms.

  • You may take different types of tests, based on scientific algorithms, for identifying your Taste profile on various product categories, as a starting point leading to new experiences we offer you in the Taste world.
  • We identify the #characters of your Taste profile to create your “taste passport” and to provide you with suggestions and services matching your profile.
  • You may use various channels (apps, websites, widgets and kiosks, etc.) to enrich your innovative and customized experience.
  • We will provide you with exclusive content and you may take part in customized events that we will suggest to you based on the #character of your Taste profile, the level of knowledge you have about products, and your behavior and interests.
  • You may suggest content to us linked to the Taste world and tell us what you think about our products or our services.

Please print a copy of the Standard Terms and Conditions and/or store them on a durable medium.

  1. GENERAL INFORMATION AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION
    1. These Standard Terms and conditions apply to all services offered by VINHOOD via the Platform.
    2. The Standard Terms and Conditions may be changed without notice. Any amendments and/or new terms and conditions will be in force from the time they are published on the Platform. For this purpose, we invite all users to regularly access the Platform and check the most recent Standard Terms and Conditions.
    3. Applicable Standard Terms and Conditions are those in force at the time the service is used.
    4. Whenever the user does not intend to accept the changes to the Standard Terms and Conditions, he/she is entitled to withdraw, giving notice by sending a recorded mail letter with return receipt or e-mail providing 14 days advance notice.
    5. Continued use of the service after the term indicated in the previous paragraph has expired will be considered as an expression of the wish to accept the Standard Terms and Conditions.
    6. These Standard Terms and Conditions do not govern the sale of goods and/or the provision of services by parties other than VINHOOD that appear on the Platform via links, banners or any other hypertext link. Before entering into commercial transactions with said parties, the user is strongly advised to check their terms and conditions of sale. VINHOOD is not liable in any way whatsoever for the provision of services and/or sale of goods by such parties. VINHOOD does not check and/or monitor websites which can be consulted via said links. Therefore, VINHOOD is not liable for the content of said websites or for any errors and/or omissions and/or breaches of laws by such websites.
  1. REGISTRATION
    1. You can decide to create a personal profile for registering your #character and creating your taste portfolio. In this case, you need to register on the Platform, by creating a VINHOOD account. Failure to accept the Standard Terms and Conditions will mean that it is not possible to register on the Platform.
    2. Registering on the Platform is free. To register, the user must complete the registration form, entering name, last name, e-mail address and a password (“Registration Credentials”). Registration is confirmed via an e-mail sent to the e-mil address provided by the user. You can also create a profile by using several social networks (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) or your Google Account.
    3. Registration Credentials must be used exclusively by the user and they may not be transferred to others. The user is required to promptly notify VINHOOD if undue use of Registration Credentials is suspected. Registration Credentials may be changed by the user at any time, by accessing the Platform and the user profile section.
    4. The user warrants that the Registration Credentials provided during the registration procedure on the Platform are complete, correct and true. The user accepts to indemnify and hold VINHOOD harmless from any and all claims for damages or fines arising out of and/or in any way in connection with a breach by the user of the Platform registration rules. The user is solely responsible for access to the Platform using the Registration Credentials and responds directly for any and all loss or harm caused to VINHOOD or to third parties due to improper use, loss and misappropriation by others or failure to adequately protect the non-disclosure of Registration Credentials. All transactions made using the Registration Credentials are considered made by the user to whose registration Credentials they refer.
    5. Services are delivered in Italian and English.
    6. Only one registration is permitted per user. Multiple registrations will be deleted by VINHOOD.
    7. VINHOOD reserves the right, at its discretion, to refuse the registration of any user. Furthermore, VINHOOD reserves the right to block the account of a user that acts in breach of the Standard Terms and Conditions or applicable law.
    8. The user may at any time delete his/her VINHOOD registration by sending an e-mail to the address: info@VINHOOD.com.
  1. SERVICE SUSPENSION
    1. VINHOOD is entitled to temporarily suspend the service, without any prior notice and delivery of the Platform and the services for the time strictly required for technical work necessary and/or opportune for improving the quality of such services.
    2. VINHOOD may, at any time, interrupt the provision of service, for justified security reasons or breaches of data protection, notifying the user accordingly.
  1. PLATFORM CONTENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
    1. The Platform content, including, but not limited to, the #characters, the tests, the works, the audio tracks and videos, the images, the photographs, the music, the documents, the drawings, the figures, the logos and any and all other material, in whatever form, published on the Platform, including the menus, the web pages, the graphics, the colors, the formats, the tools, the characters and the Platform web design, the diagrams, the layout, the methods, the processes, the features and the software are protected by copyright and by any and all other VINHOOD and other holder intellectual property rights Reproducing, changing, duplicating, copying, distributing, selling and, however, using the images and any other content on the Platform, if not authorized in advance in writing by VINHOOD, is prohibited. Likewise, any and all use of the Platform content for commercial and/or advertising purposes is prohibited.
    2. All the distinctive signs that mark the products/services published on the Platform are the registered trademarks of their respective owners and they are used by VINHOOD for the sole purpose of marking, describing and advertising the products/services published/on sale on the Platform.
    3. Any use whatsoever of the aforesaid distinctive signs that is not compliant with law and, as such, is not authorized, is prohibited. It is not permitted in any way whatsoever to use any distinctive sign appearing on the Platform for exploiting the distinctive character for profit or unlawful gain, or reputation of such signs, o, in any way causing harm to such signs and their owners.
    4. In no case may the user manipulate, change, modify or adapt the Platform or the material made available by VINHOOD. The Platform is offered as is. Commercial use of the software, the Platform and/or any other content is strictly prohibited. The User may not bypass the technical limitations in the software; translate, decode, decompile or unbundle the software, nor attempt to trace the Software source code or create derivative works based on the Software and publish the software for allowing its duplication by others, rent, sub-license or lend the Software.
  1. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
    1. The Platform is provided as is with no warranty provided as to the result. VINHOOD is in no way liable for any interruptions in the provision of the Platform and/or service due to causes not directly attributable to it and/or that are outside its technical control, such as data transmission or telephone network outages.
    2. VINHOOD is entitled to change, suspend and/or interrupt delivery of the Platform, at any time, in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, also definitively, without prior notice and without such action giving rise to any claim whatsoever for damages and/or reimbursement claimed from VINHOOD.
    3. VINHOOD will not recognize any warranty other than that granted under these Standard Terms and Conditions: it is understood that the user uses the Platform under his/her full and sole liability and that use of the Platform is required to comply with all instructions given by VINHOOD.
    4. The User is authorized to use the Platform for personal use only and not collectively or for profit, and he/she accepts full liability for any and all non-authorized use.
    5. VINHOOD provides no warranty as to the accuracy and/or actuality of the Platform content. VINHOOD may not be considered liable for any loss to Users that may be caused to Users and their use of information and the content included on the Platform.
    6. VINHOOD accepts no liability for any abuse committed by Users, or in cases where they may be a victim of said abuse, as a result of third-party conduct, whether put in place or not in breach of the Standard Terms and Conditions.
  1. FINAL PROVISIONS, APPLICABLE LAW AND VENUE WITH JURISDICTION
    1. The Standard Terms and Conditions are governed by Italian law.
    2. Any dispute that may arise in relation to the Standard Terms and Conditions will be referred for adjudication to the Court and venue indicated by the User/consumer as his/her residence or domicile, if located within the territory of the Italian State.
    3. Whenever users are non-consumers, the Courts of Milan will have sole jurisdiction.