Terms of Service

Last Updated: September 7, 2025

The Gist

We (the folks at Guttormsen IT) are on a mission to make beer and wine tasting experiences better through technology. We hope you love our products and services as much as we love creating them.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") describe our commitments to you, and your rights and responsibilities when using our services. Please read them carefully and reach out to us if you have any questions. If you don't agree to these Terms, don't use our services.

Terms of Service

These Terms govern your access to and use of TasteParty, the software, applications, and other products and services we provide (our "Services").

Please read these Terms carefully before accessing or using our Services. By accessing or using any part of our Services, you agree to be bound by all of the Terms and all other operating rules, policies, and procedures that we may publish via the Services from time to time (collectively, the "Agreement").

1. Who's Who

"You" means any individual or entity using our Services. If you use our Services on behalf of another person or entity, you represent and warrant that you're authorized to accept the Agreement on that person's or entity's behalf.

Guttormsen IT
Sjøsiden 35
7130 Brekstad, Norway
Organization number: 815038622

We refer to Guttormsen IT as "we," "us," or "our" throughout these Terms.

2. Your Use of Our Services and Your Account

When using our Services requires an account, you agree to provide us with complete and accurate information and to keep the information current so that we can communicate with you about your account. We may need to send you emails about notable updates (like changes to our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy), or to let you know about legal inquiries or complaints we receive about the ways you use our Services so you can make informed choices in response.

We may limit your access to our Services until we're able to verify your account information, like your email address.

When you create an account, we consider that to be an inquiry about our products and services, which means that we may also contact you to share more details about what we have to offer (i.e., marketing). Don't worry — if you aren't interested, you can opt out of the marketing communications, whether it's an email, phone call, or text message.

You're solely responsible and liable for your use of our Services and all activity under your account. You're also fully responsible for using our Services securely and maintaining the security of your account as well as the security of any physical hardware or connected devices (which, among other things, includes keeping your password secure and your devices and apps up to date).

Don't share or misuse your access credentials. And notify us immediately of any unauthorized uses of your account, tasting events, or any other breach of security. If we believe your account has been compromised, we may suspend or disable it.

If you'd like to learn about how we handle the information you provide us, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

3. Minimum Age Requirements

Our Services are not directed to children. You're not allowed to access or use our Services if you're under the age of 18. Given the nature of our Services (beer and wine tasting), you must be of legal drinking age in your jurisdiction to use our Services.

4. Responsibility of Visitors and Users

We haven't reviewed, and can't review, all of the content (like text, photos, tasting notes, reviews, ratings, and other materials) posted to or made available through our Services by users or anyone else ("Content") or on websites that link to, or are linked from, our Services. We're not responsible for any use or effects of Content or third-party websites. So, for example:

• We don't have any control over third-party websites.
• A link to or from one of our Services does not represent or imply that we endorse any third-party website.
• We don't endorse any Content or represent that Content is accurate, useful, or not harmful. Content could be offensive, indecent, or objectionable; include technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, or other errors; or violate or infringe the privacy, publicity rights, intellectual property rights, or other proprietary rights of third parties.
• You're fully responsible for the Content available in your tasting events, and any harm resulting from that Content. It's your responsibility to ensure that your Content abides by applicable laws and by the Agreement.
• We aren't responsible for any harm resulting from anyone's access, use, purchase, or downloading of Content, or for any harm resulting from third-party websites. You're responsible for taking the necessary precautions to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.
• We are not a party to, and will have no responsibility or liability for, any communications, transactions, interactions, or disputes between you and other users or content providers.

Please note that additional third-party terms and conditions may apply to Content you download, copy, purchase, or use.

If you delete Content, we'll use reasonable efforts to remove it from public view, but you acknowledge that cached versions of the Content or references to the Content may not be immediately unavailable.

5. Fees, Payment, and Renewal

Paid Services

Some of our Services are offered for a fee ("Paid Services"). By using a Paid Service, you agree to pay the specified fees. Depending on the Paid Service, there may be different kinds of fees, like some that are one-time, recurring, or usage-based. For recurring fees (subscriptions), your subscription begins on your purchase date, and we'll bill or charge you in the automatically-renewing interval you select, on a pre-pay basis until you cancel, which you can do at any time by contacting our support team.

Taxes

To the extent permitted by law, or unless explicitly stated otherwise, all fees do not include applicable federal, provincial, state, local or other governmental sales, value-added, goods and services, harmonized or other taxes, fees, or charges ("Taxes"). You're responsible for paying all applicable Taxes relating to your use of our Services, your payments, or your purchases. If we're obligated to pay or collect Taxes on the fees you've paid or will pay, you're responsible for those Taxes, and we may collect payment from you.

Payment

You must provide accurate and up-to-date payment information. By providing your payment information, you authorize us to store it until you request deletion. If your payment fails, we suspect fraud, or Paid Services are otherwise not paid for or paid for on time (for example, if you contact your bank or credit card company to decline or reverse the charge of fees for Paid Services), we may immediately cancel or revoke your access to Paid Services without notice to you. You authorize us to charge any updated payment information provided by your bank or payment service provider (e.g., new expiration date) or other payment methods provided if we can't charge your primary payment method.

Automatic Renewal

By enrolling in a subscription, you authorize us to automatically charge the then-applicable fees and Taxes for each subsequent subscription period until the subscription is canceled. If you received a discount, used a coupon code, or subscribed during a free trial or promotion, your subscription will automatically renew for the full price of the subscription at the end of the discount period. This means that unless you cancel a subscription, it'll automatically renew and we'll charge your payment method(s). You must cancel at least one month before the scheduled end date of any annual subscription and at least 24 hours before the end of any shorter subscription period. The date for the automatic renewal is based on the date of the original purchase and cannot be changed. If you've purchased access to multiple services, you may have multiple renewal dates.

Fees and Changes

We may change our fees at any time in accordance with these Terms and requirements under applicable law. This means that we may change our fees going forward, start charging fees for Services that were previously free, or remove or update features or functionality that were previously included in the fees. If you don't agree with the changes, you must cancel your Paid Service.

Refunds

We may have a refund policy for some of our Paid Services, and we'll also provide refunds if required by Norwegian law. In all other cases, there are no refunds and all payments are final.

We may have a "no-show policy" for some Paid Services that require your participation. This means that if you don't show up for, don't participate in, or are late for a scheduled session, you'll still be charged for the Paid Service and won't be entitled to a refund.

European Users

You have the right to withdraw from the transaction within fourteen (14) days from the date of the purchase without giving any reason as long as your purchase was not of downloadable content or of a customized nature, and (i) the service has not been fully performed, or (ii) subject to other limitations as permitted by law. For digital content, you agree that any purchase of digital content will be made available to you immediately and as a result you waive any right of withdrawal to such content.

If you cancel this contract, we will reimburse you all payments we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of additional costs resulting from the fact that you have chosen a type of delivery other than the most favorable standard delivery offered by us), without undue delay and no later than within fourteen days from the day on which we received the notification of your cancellation of this contract. For this repayment, we will use the same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise with you; you will not be charged for this repayment. If we have already begun our services during the withdrawal period, you will pay us a prorated amount corresponding to the services already provided up to the time you notify us of the exercise of the withdrawal right compared to the total scope of the services provided for in the contract. If you cancel your contract with us, you will refrain from using the digital content or digital services or making them available to third parties.

You may exercise your right to withdrawal by sending a clear, written request to: Guttormsen IT, Sjøsiden 35, 7130 Brekstad, Norway or by email using the contact page

6. Feedback

We love hearing from you and are always looking to improve our Services. When you share comments, ideas, or feedback with us, you agree that we're free to use them without any restriction or compensation to you.

7. General Representation and Warranty

Our mission is to make tasting experiences better, and our Services are designed to give you control and ownership over your tasting events. We encourage you to express yourself freely, subject to a few requirements. In particular, you represent and warrant that your use of our Services:

• Will be in strict accordance with the Agreement
• Will comply with all applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, all applicable laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content, licensing, privacy, data protection, the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside, the use or provision of financial services, notification and consumer protection, unfair competition, and false advertising)
• Will not be for any unlawful purposes, to publish illegal content, or in furtherance of illegal activities
• Will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of Guttormsen IT or any third party
• Will not overburden or interfere with our systems or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, as determined by us in our sole discretion
• Will not disclose the personal information of others
• Will not be used to send spam or bulk unsolicited messages
• Will not interfere with, disrupt, or attack any service or network
• Will not be used to create, distribute, or enable material that is, facilitates, or operates in conjunction with, malware, spyware, adware, or other malicious programs or code
• Will not involve reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, deciphering, or otherwise attempting to derive the source code for the Services or any related technology that is not open source
• Will not involve renting, leasing, loaning, selling, or reselling the Services or related data without our consent

7a. Specific Service Terms

TasteParty Platform

TasteParty enables you to create and participate in collaborative tasting events for beer, wine, spirits, and other beverages. Our platform provides tools for organizing tastings, rating beverages, and sharing experiences with other participants.

Content License

You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, adapt, publicly display, and publish the Content for the purpose of providing and improving our products and Services and promoting your tasting events. This license also allows us to make any publicly-posted Content available to select third parties so that third parties can analyze and/or distribute (but not publicly display) the Content.

Prohibited Uses

Your Content and conduct must not violate applicable laws or community standards. In particular, you must not:

• Post content that promotes illegal activities or underage drinking
• Share false or misleading information about beverages or producers
• Harass, threaten, or abuse other users
• Use our Services to promote or sell alcoholic beverages in jurisdictions where prohibited
• Violate any applicable laws regarding alcohol advertising or promotion

Age Verification

Given the nature of our Services, you must be of legal drinking age in your jurisdiction to participate in tasting events. Some features may require additional age verification.

User-Generated Content

You retain ownership of content you create, but you're responsible for ensuring it complies with applicable laws and our community guidelines. We may remove content that violates our terms or applicable laws.

8. Copyright Policy

As we ask others to respect our intellectual property rights, we respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe any Content violates your copyright, please contact us with details of the alleged infringement. We will respond to such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material.

9. Intellectual Property

The Agreement doesn't transfer any Guttormsen IT or third-party intellectual property to you, and all right, title, and interest in and to such property remains (as between Guttormsen IT and you) solely with Guttormsen IT. TasteParty, Guttormsen IT, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with our websites or Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Guttormsen IT (or Guttormsen IT's licensors). Other trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with our Services may be the trademarks of other third parties. Using our Services doesn't grant you any right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Guttormsen IT or third-party trademarks.

10. Third-Party Services

While using the Services, you may enable, use, or purchase services, products, software, embeds, or applications provided or manufactured by a third party or yourself ("Third-Party Services").

If you use any Third-Party Services, you understand and agree that:

• Third-Party Services aren't vetted, endorsed, or controlled by Guttormsen IT.
• Any use of a Third-Party Service is at your own risk, and we won't be responsible or liable to you or anyone else for Third-Party Services.
• Some Third-Party Services may request or require access to your data — or to your visitors' or customers' data — through things like pixels or cookies. If you use the Third-Party Service or grant them access, the data will be handled in accordance with the Third Party's privacy policy and practices, which you should carefully review before you use any Third-Party Services. Third-Party Services may not work appropriately with our Services and we may not be able to provide support for issues caused by any Third-Party Services.
• If you have questions or concerns about how a Third-Party Service operates or need support, contact the Third Party directly.

In rare cases we may at our discretion, suspend, disable, or remove Third-Party Services from your account or tasting events.

11. Termination

We may terminate your access to all or any part of our Services at any time, with or without cause or notice, effective immediately, including if we believe, in our sole discretion, that you have violated this Agreement, any service guidelines, or other applicable terms. We have the right (though not the obligation) to (i) reclaim your username due to prolonged inactivity, (ii) refuse or remove any content that, in our reasonable opinion, violates any part of this Agreement or any Guttormsen IT policy, or is in any way harmful or objectionable, (iii) ask you to make adjustments, restrict the resources your account uses, or terminate your access to the Services, if we believe your account's usage burdens our systems (which is rare and typically only occurs when an account is used inappropriately), or (iv) terminate or deny access to and use of any of our Services to any individual or entity for any reason. We will have no obligation to provide a refund of any fees previously paid.

You can stop using our Services at any time, or, if you use a Paid Service, you can cancel at any time, subject to the Fees, Payment, and Renewal section of these Terms.

12. Disclaimers

Our Services are provided "as is." Guttormsen IT and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Guttormsen IT, nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that our Services will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, our Services at your own discretion and risk.

13. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

Except to the extent any applicable law provides otherwise, the Agreement and any access to or use of our Services will be governed by the laws of Norway, excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to the Agreement and any access to or use of our Services will be the courts located in Trøndelag, Norway. Nothing in this Agreement affects your rights as a consumer to rely on mandatory provisions in your country of residence.

14. Limitation of Liability

In no event will Guttormsen IT, or its suppliers, partners, or licensors, be liable (including for any third-party products or services purchased or used through our Services) with respect to any subject matter of the Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed NOK 500 or the fees paid by you to Guttormsen IT under the Agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action, whichever is greater. Guttormsen IT shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond its reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

If we cause damage to you and you are a consumer in Norway or Europe, we limit our liability to the maximum amount permissible in your country of residence. Liability will be limited to foreseeable damages arising due to a breach of material contractual obligations typical for this type of contract. Guttormsen IT isn't liable for damages that result from a non-material breach of any other applicable duty of care. This limitation of liability will not apply to any statutory liability that cannot be limited, to liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, liability caused by our willful misconduct or gross negligence, or our responsibility for something we have specifically promised to you.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Guttormsen IT, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all losses, liabilities, demands, damages, costs, claims, and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your use of our Services, including but not limited to your violation of the Agreement or any agreement with a provider of third-party services used in connection with the Services or applicable law, Content that you post, and any activities conducted through your tasting events.

16. Data Processing Agreement

If you need a data processing agreement (DPA) with us for the GDPR requirements that apply to us as a data processor for your tasting events, please contact us using the contact page.

17. Economic Sanctions and Export Controls

You agree that our ability to provide our Services to you is subject to compliance with applicable sanctions and export control laws. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you (i) are not located or residing in any country or territory subject to comprehensive sanctions; (ii) are not listed on any government list of prohibited or restricted parties; and (iii) shall not use or allow access to the Services in any manner that may cause Guttormsen IT to violate applicable export controls and sanctions. We reserve the right to restrict or block your access to the Services and/or to terminate the Agreement at any time without notice if we determine, at our sole discretion, that such access may cause a violation or create unacceptable risk to us under export controls or sanctions.

18. Account Suspension and Restrictions

We may limit, suspend, or terminate your account or access to our Services if:

• You violate these Terms or our community guidelines
• Your account shows signs of compromise or unauthorized access
• We receive reports of abusive behavior
• Your usage patterns suggest automated or non-human activity
• We are required to do so by law or court order
• Your account has been inactive for an extended period

Before taking such action, we will typically provide notice and an opportunity to remedy the issue, except in cases where immediate action is necessary to protect our Services, users, or legal compliance.

19. Changes

We may modify the Terms from time to time, for example, to reflect changes to our Services (e.g., adding new features or benefits to our Services or retiring certain features of certain Services) or for legal, regulatory, or security reasons. If we do this, we'll provide notice of the changes, such as by posting the amended Terms and updating the "Last Updated" date or, if the changes, in our sole discretion, are material, we may notify you through our Services or other communications. Any changes will apply on a going-forward basis, and, unless we say otherwise, the amended Terms will be effective immediately. By continuing to use our Services after we've notified you, you agree to be bound by the new Terms. You have the right to object to any changes at any time by ceasing your use of our Services and canceling any subscription you have.

20. Translation

These Terms were originally written in English. We may translate these terms into other languages, and in the event of a conflict between a translated version of these Terms and the English version, the English version will control.

21. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

Guttormsen IT
Email: Use the contact page
Address: Sjøsiden 35, 7130 Brekstad, Norway

22. Miscellaneous

The Agreement (together with any other terms we provide that apply to any specific Service) constitutes the entire agreement between Guttormsen IT and you concerning our Services. If any part of the Agreement is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part is severable from the Agreement, and does not affect the validity or enforceability of the rest of the Agreement. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of the Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof.

Guttormsen IT may assign its rights under the Agreement without condition. You may only assign your rights under the Agreement with our prior written consent.