Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen für die Nutzung der Services von groupify

  1. Who are we?
    Groupify.ch GmbH, Korneliusstrasse 3, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland («we» or «us») is responsible for the General Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or the processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact us as follows:
    groupify.ch GmbH
    Terms & Conditions
    Korneliusstrasse 3, 8008 Zürich
    info@groupify.ch

    H-Reg Nr.: CHE-439.790.303
    Headquarter: Zurich, Switzerland
  2. Scope
    • The following terms and conditions apply to all services offered by groupify.ch GmbH and regulate their use.
    • By registering, the user expressly accepts these terms and conditions as well as the privacy policy of groupify.ch GmbH.
    • Persons who have not yet reached the age of 18 may not use the services of groupify.ch GmbH.
    • The use of the services of groupify.ch GmbH for commercial purposes is only permitted with the express written consent of groupify.ch GmbH.
  3. Registration / Conclusion of contract
    • For the use of the services of groupify.ch GmbH a registration on the platforms of groupify.ch GmbH is required. For this purpose, the user needs an e-mail address and a password chosen by the user.
    • Der Nutzer ist verpflichtet, bei der Registrierung wahrheitsgemäße und vollständige Angaben zu machen. groupify.ch GmbH behält sich vor, in Einzelfällen die Richtigkeit zu überprüfen. Pseudonyme sind zulässig.
    • The user is obliged to provide truthful and complete information during registration. groupify.ch GmbH reserves the right to check the accuracy in individual cases. Pseudonyms are permitted.
    • There is no right to registration. groupify.ch GmbH is entitled to refuse registration without giving reasons.
    • Each user may create a maximum of one user account on the platform of groupify.ch GmbH. Multiple registrations are not permitted and will result in the blocking or deletion of the registrations.
    • Mit der Registrierung entsteht ein Vertragsverhältnis zwischen groupify.ch GmbH und dem Nutzer, das sich nach den Bestimmungen dieser Geschäftsbedingungen sowie der Datenschutzerklärung, die einen integrierten Bestandteil dieser Geschäftsbedingungen bildet, richtet.
    • Die Nutzung der Basisfunktionen der Leistungen (Services) von groupify.ch GmbH ist nach der Registrierung bzw. Anmeldung kostenfrei.
    • The use of the basic functions of the services provided by groupify.ch GmbH is free of charge after registration. groupify.ch GmbH reserves the right to charge fees for services provided in the future. In this case, groupify.ch GmbH will proceed according to chapter 11 «Change of Terms and Conditions».
  4. Leistungen
    • groupify.ch GmbH bietet dem Nutzer über die groupify Plattform die Möglichkeit Aktivitäten zu organisieren oder an Aktivitäten von anderen Mitgliedern teilzunehmen.
    • groupify.ch GmbH ermöglicht dem Nutzer den Aufbau von Bekanntschaften für Freizeit, Sport, Reise und Partnerschaft.
    • Dem Nutzer steht die Möglichkeit offen,
      • ein Profil (allenfalls für unterschiedliche Bereiche, wie z. B. Sport, Reise, Partnerschaft) zu erstellen und Fotos in das Profil hochzuladen (es gelten die in Kapitel 5 festgelegten Fotorichtlinien);
      • mit anderen Nutzern zu kommunizieren (z. B. Nachrichten und Kommentare zu empfangen und zu senden);
      • Inhalte zu erstellen (z. B. Aktivitäten anzulegen, Pinnwandbeiträge zu erstellen)
    • groupify.ch GmbH ist berechtigt, aber nicht verpflichtet, die vom Nutzer erstellten Inhalte auf deren Vereinbarkeit mit gesetzlichen Bestimmungen und diesen Geschäftsbedingungen zu überprüfen und die jeweiligen Inhalte, sofern erforderlich, nach eigenem Ermessen und ohne Zustimmung des Nutzers zu löschen.
    • In Hinblick auf die technische und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Internets, auf gesetzliche Vorschriften oder Anforderungen sowie auf die Weiterentwicklungen eigener und dritter Produkte ist groupify.ch GmbH jederzeit berechtigt, Änderungen an den von ihr erbrachten Leistungen (Services) vorzunehmen.
  5. Photo guidelines
    • For uploading photos to the user’s profile (chapter 3), groupify.ch GmbH has created guidelines (chapter 5), which the user has to comply with. If a photo uploaded by the user contradicts these guidelines, groupify.ch GmbH is entitled, but not obliged, to move it to the photo album or delete it at its own discretion and without the user’s consent.
    • Profile photos: The platforms of groupify.ch GmbH are all about meeting new people for all facets of private life. For most users, it is important to know what the person they are contacting looks like. For this reason, the profile photo must meet some criteria:
      • The user must be depicted in the photo itself.
      • The user’s face must be clearly visible on the selected image section.
      • The photo must not be too old.
      • The photo must not be alienated with the help of creative filters or similar.
    • Prohibited content: The photos uploaded by the user may not violate the rights of third parties, display nudity or disturb or offend other members. The same applies to violations of the law. Furthermore, it may not be advertising of any kind.
    • Disclaimer: The user guarantees that the photos uploaded by him do not violate the rights of third parties (intellectual property rights as well as copyrights) and indemnifies and holds groupify.ch GmbH harmless in case claims are asserted.
  6.  Obligations, duties and rules of conduct of the user
    • In order to be able to use the benefits (services) of groupify.ch GmbH to the full extent, the user must use the latest (browser) technologies or enable their use (e.g. activation of Java script, cookies, pop-ups). If older technologies are used, the user may not be able to use the services of groupify.ch GmbH to their full extent.
    • The user must treat the access data (password, user name) as strictly confidential and protect it from unauthorized access by third parties. He may not bring this access data to the knowledge of anyone, including employees of groupify.ch GmbH. If the user has reason to believe that the access data (password, user name) have become known to third parties in any way, he is obliged to change his password immediately and to inform groupify.ch GmbH immediately. If the user passes on the access data (password, user name) to third parties, he is liable for all damages caused thereby.
    • The user agrees to use the services provided by groupify.ch GmbH as intended and to refrain from actions that could harm or endanger groupify.ch GmbH and/or other users and/or that could limit the availability of the services for other users. The intended use also includes compliance with all instructions, recommendations, etc., which groupify.ch GmbH provides on its homepage, in operating instructions and/or other documents made available to the user at the time of the conclusion of the contract or thereafter.
    • groupify.ch GmbH offers the user the possibility to publish content on the platforms of groupify.ch GmbH, to communicate and interact with other users. The user assures not to misuse the services of groupify.ch GmbH and to comply with the following regulations. In addition, the user must always comply with the regulations of these GTC:
    • Entering personal data in the user’s profile is done at the user’s own risk and responsibility. The entry of a personal e-mail address (or a reference to it), a telephone number or even a hyperlink referring to such data in the user’s profile is not allowed.
    • The publication of third party data (e.g. creating a profile for a third party) is not permitted without their consent.
    • The user bears the exclusive responsibility for the content stored in his profile. The user undertakes to comply with all relevant legal provisions (such as the Criminal Code, Pornography Act, Youth Protection Acts, Prohibition Act, Telecommunications Act, E-Commerce Act, Media Act, Copyright Act, Unfair Competition Act, Basic Data Protection Regulation [DSGVO], DSG (as amended), any personal rights arising from other laws, etc.) when posting content to his profile. In particular, not to distribute any immoral, pornographic, obscene, racist, violence-glorifying, violence-tolerating, right-wing/left-wing radical, insulting or other illegal content, materials, information and/or photos.
    • The user undertakes not to threaten, insult or harass third parties and other users and/or to infringe their (personal) rights.
    • The user also undertakes to observe the search requests specified in the profiles and not to send any inappropriate inquiries and messages. This is also in the user’s own interest, since a violation has a negative impact on the user’s «trust value»: If an above-average number of the user’s messages go unanswered (e.g., due to inappropriate copy-and-paste messages or clumsy pick-up lines), the user’s trust value drops. If the user is also blocked or reported, this lowers the trust value even further. As soon as a certain threshold has been fallen below, the user’s messages to new members must be released by the support team. If the trust value falls into the red zone, the user’s messages to new members will no longer be delivered (see Chapter 11 Sanctions). This does not apply to messages to existing contacts or replies to other users› contacts. These are possible without restrictions even with low trust values.
    • The use of the services of groupify.ch GmbH for commercial purposes (e.g. for advertising, promoting and offering goods, services, job offers, etc.) is prohibited. The same applies to the commercial or private advertising of other websites or apps (this also includes WhatsApp groups, Facebook groups and events, newsletters or similar) and the sending of mass messages or chain letters.
    • The use of the services of groupify.ch GmbH for commercial purposes (e.g. for advertising, promoting and offering goods, services, job offers, etc.) is prohibited. The same applies to commercial or private advertising of other websites or apps (this also includes WhatsApp groups, Facebook groups and events, newsletters, etc.) as well as sending mass messages or chain letters.
    • Irrespective of any consequences under civil and criminal law, the user shall fully indemnify and hold groupify.ch GmbH harmless for any damages – of whatever kind – and for any claims of third parties – of whatever kind – resulting from the violation of the user’s obligations according to chapter 6 of these terms and conditions.
  7. Rights of use and copyrights
    In relation to the user, groupify.ch GmbH is the sole owner of the reproduction, distribution, processing and all copyrights as well as the right of incorporeal transmission and reproduction of the service of groupify.ch GmbH and the individual contents contained therein. The use of the service of groupify.ch GmbH and the contents, materials as well as brand and trade names contained therein is exclusively permitted for the purposes stated in these terms and conditions.
  8. Availability / Warranty
    • groupify.ch GmbH strives for a constant availability of its services. Downtimes due to maintenance, software updates and due to circumstances (such as technical problems of third parties, force majeure), which are not within the sphere of influence of groupify.ch GmbH and are therefore also beyond its control and cannot be reached by the services offered by it via the Internet, cannot be excluded. The user declares not to assert any claims for damages and/or warranty claims for failures.
    • groupify.ch GmbH does not guarantee that its offer meets the expectations of the customer, in particular that success is achieved through the use of its services (services) (e.g. making friends, cool activities, interesting conversations, etc.).
    • groupify.ch GmbH is entitled to delete the messages stored in the user account in each case after the expiration of 30 days after their receipt or receipt without separate consent of the user.
  9. Liability
    • As far as this does not violate mandatory law, groupify.ch GmbH is liable for the compensation of damages caused in connection with this contract by itself, its employees and/or vicarious agents only in the case that the causation of these damages was caused by gross negligence or intent. However, the accompanying limitations of liability shall not apply to compensation for personal injury.
    • Notwithstanding the limitation of liability according to chapter 9, the liability of groupify.ch GmbH for consequential damages, loss of profit, loss of data and financial losses is expressly excluded.
    • groupify.ch GmbH is neither liable for content disseminated by the user on the platform of groupify.ch GmbH, nor for damages resulting from it.
  10. Decommissioning of the service
    groupify.ch GmbH is entitled to shut down the service, which is subject of this contract, in whole or in part, if the security of groupify.ch GmbH or of users is endangered. This right also exists if the continued operation of the service or parts thereof is economically unreasonable. groupify.ch GmbH will immediately notify the user of such measures.
  11. Sanctions
    groupify.ch GmbH reserves the right to terminate the contract if the user violates these terms and conditions,
    • to warn the user,
    • delete contents of the user,
    • not to deliver messages of the user,
    • not to publish contents of the user,
    • temporarily or permanently block the user and/or
    • to terminate the contractual relationship prematurely in accordance with Chapter 13 and to delete the user profile, in particular in the event of violations of Chapter 5 (Photo Guidelines).
  12. Amendment of these terms and conditions
    groupify.ch GmbH is entitled to change these terms and conditions at any time. groupify.ch GmbH will inform the user about such changes either by sending the changed terms and conditions to the e-mail address provided during registration or by publishing them on the platforms of groupify.ch GmbH. The change of the terms and conditions entitles the user to terminate the contractual relationship within a period of one month from notification in writing and/or by deleting the user account. If the user does not terminate within this one-month period, the amended terms and conditions shall be deemed agreed.
  13. Duration/termination of the contractual relationship
    • This contract is concluded for an indefinite period. The user is entitled to terminate the contractual relationship at any time by deleting the user account. This is done under «Options»/»Settings» with the function «Delete account». groupify.ch GmbH is entitled to terminate the contractual relationship with a notice period of one month to the last day of each month.
    • groupify.ch GmbH ist berechtigt, diesen Vertrag bei Vorliegen eines wichtigen Grundes ohne Einhaltung einer Frist durch Löschung des Benutzerkontos aufzulösen. Wichtige Gründe sind insbesondere, wenn
      • the user violates Chapter 5 (Photo Guidelines);
    • groupify.ch GmbH has notified the user of the violation of any other provision of this contract and has requested the user to remedy the violation within a period of at least 14 days and the user does not comply with this request within the set period.
  14. Independent service providers
    • Services offered by third parties on the platforms of groupify.ch GmbH (so-called Internet Content Providers, in short: ICP) may be subject to additional conditions and may be chargeable to the user. The user is obliged to inform himself about the general terms and conditions and fees of ICP before using the services of ICP. The contractual relationship regarding the services offered by ICP is only between ICP and the user, not with groupify.ch GmbH.
    • groupify.ch GmbH assumes no liability – of any kind whatsoever – for the services of ICP.
  15. Secrecy
    • The user undertakes to treat as confidential any e-mails, messages or data of other users (such as names, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and home addresses, URLs, etc.) that he receives in connection with the use of the platform of groupify.ch GmbH. The user may not make these accessible to third parties, either in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the other user.
    • groupify.ch GmbH and the user are obligated to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) and DSG (as amended) as well as any other statutory confidentiality obligations.
    • The above obligations shall also apply after termination of this contractual relationship.
  16. Place of Performance / Jurisdiction / Choice of Law / Contractual Language
    • The place of performance is Zurich, Switzerland.
    • For legal disputes with consumers within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act (KIG), who have their domicile or habitual residence in Switzerland or are employed in Switzerland, the statutory places of jurisdiction shall apply.
    • Swiss law shall apply, to the exclusion of reference norms of international private law (e.g. IPRG, EVÜ) as well as the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
    • The contract language is English.
  17. Partial nullity
    Should any provisions of this contract be legally ineffective, invalid and/or void or become so in the course of their duration, this shall not affect the legal effectiveness and validity of the remaining provisions. In this case, the contracting parties undertake to replace the legally ineffective, invalid and/or void (legally ineffective, invalid and/or void) provision with one that is legally effective and valid – and corresponds in its economic effect to the replaced provision as far as possible and legally permissible. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
  18. Final clauses
    • All declarations of a legally binding nature based on this contract shall be made in writing to the e-mail address of the respective other contracting party last notified in writing. If a declaration is sent to the e-mail address last notified in writing, it shall be deemed to have been received by the respective contracting party.
    • The designation of the headings chosen for the individual chapters is solely for the purpose of clarity and shall therefore not be used for the interpretation of this Agreement.
  19. Datause, -disclosure, -transfer / consent
    The user can find the privacy policy of groupify.ch GmbH hierThe user declares to have read and understood this privacy policy and to accept it in full.

Zürich, 15.07.2022
groupify.ch GmbH

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