Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 23, 2023

We want to make your experience online satisfying and safe. We want to provide you with the means to control your privacy and give you a way to voice questions or concerns you may have.

When you use our website certain information about your online activity is collected. We use this information to determine our website users’ preferences, to design initiatives to meet those preferences, to eliminate online hassles, and to generally make your online Last Place In Texas, Inc. d/b/a “Taste of Texas” (“Taste of Texas’) experience more satisfying. We recognize that the loyalty of our customers depends upon our relationships with them and we strongly support the rights of customers to maintain privacy of personal data.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection act of 1998 (COPPA), personally identifiable information from children, we have no intention of collection of any personally identifiable information from individuals under 16 years of age. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personally identifiable information, a parent or guardian of that child can contact us at online@tateoftexas.com or 713-932-9215 if they would like this information deleted from our records. We will use reasonable efforts to delete the child’s information from our existing records. For more information about protecting the privacy and safety of minors online, we recommend you visit the COPPA website.

What Information May We Collect?

We may collect information in several different ways. We may collect the domain name of visitors to our web pages, user-specific information on the pages visitors access, and information such as survey information, contact information, or other information that you provide voluntarily. Like many other commercial websites, our website may employ a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our site is used. With respect to cookies: We may use cookies to store visitors preferences, record session information, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, customize Web page content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends.

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site.  Identification information may include browser name, type of computer, technical information about the means of connection to our Site.  

 

How the Information Is Used

We use the information that we collect to understand your preferences and history using our website and related services. With this information we make it easier and more rewarding for you to use our website, any related services, and enjoy your guest experience at our restaurant and online.

Our ability to provide enhanced services may occasionally depend on our ability to develop summary reports for our advertising agents that contain raw numbers or statistics (but never tell them who it was that stated a preference or clicked on an option).

A vendor generates certain anonymous information about visitors’ use of the Site such as pages visited, the visitor’s mouse movements and clicks, keystroke data, HTML data on a page visited by a visitor if such HTML data includes Personal Data (collectively, “Traffic Data”). They use Traffic Data to further our legitimate business interests in analyzing the effectiveness of the Site and to improve the look, function and content of the Site. They do not collect keystroke data.

Who Has Access to Your Personal Information

The information that you provide is collected by Taste of Texas. The information you voluntarily provide will be shared with employees and service vendors who help Taste of Texas administer its websites and the services they provide. In any case, Taste of Texas is the lawful “owner” of the information and each of these employees and vendors may use the information only for the purpose of administering the website and its services for Taste of Texas and will take precautions to protect the information. Ownership of any information you provide us will be held solely by Taste of Texas.

We will not sell ownership of this data to any other company or organization. We will not transfer information to competitors.

Information Distribution

It is our strict policy not to share your personal information or preferences with any third party, except as is necessary to operate and improve our website, or to provide any service requested by you.

Although unlikely, we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities. If requested as part of a legal proceeding, we will provide this information upon receipt of the appropriate documentation.

There may be links that will let you leave our website. Except for websites directly related to Taste of Texas programs and services, we cannot control the links or their websites and we are not responsible for the contents of any linked website or any link contained in a linked website. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the website. The use and/or privacy provided by a linked website as to any information you provide in accessing that website is in no way subject to our privacy policy. Any linked website may have its own policy that could differ considerably from our policy, or the linked website may not display any privacy policy at all. In any case, even though a linked website is accessed through our website, we cannot be responsible for any use that a linked website may make of your information.

The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Text Marketing Terms and Conditions

We are using a text messaging platform, which is subject to the following terms and conditions. By opting-in for our text marketing and notifications in, you agree to these terms and conditions. By entering your phone number in the checkout and initializing a purchase, subscribing via our subscription form or a keyword, you agree that we may send you text notifications (for your order, including abandoned cart reminders), text marketing offers, and support assistance. You acknowledge that consent is not a condition for any purchase. Your phone number, name and purchase information will be shared with our SMS platforms, which may include Klaviyo. This data will be used for sending you targeted marketing messages and notifications. Upon sending the text messages, your phone number will be passed to a text messages operator to fulfill their delivery. If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving text marketing messages and notifications reply with STOP to any mobile message sent from us or use the unsubscribe link we provided you with in any of our messages. You understand and agree that alternative methods of opting out, such as using alternative words or requests will not be accounted as a reasonable means of opting out. Message and data rates may apply. For any questions please text "HELP" to the number you received the messages from. You can also contact us for more information. If you wish to opt out please follow the procedures above.

Additionally, the website uses cookies to help keep track of items you put into your shopping cart including when you have abandoned your cart and this information is used to determine when to send cart reminder messages via SMS.

What Kind of Security Procedures Are in Place to Protect the Loss, Misuse or Alteration of Information

We intend to operate secure data networks protected by firewall and password protection systems. We intend for only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy. We may also change the policy from time to time, so please be sure to visit this site often to see if anything has changed. If change the policy and you continue to use the site, you will be deemed to have agreed to the changes.