Source: http://www.metamons.com/tac.html
Timestamp: 2018-09-24 03:31:07
Document Index: 359390098

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1', '§7', '§11', '§6', '§7', '§7', '§11']

§1. Preliminary note & preface
These are the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of the sMeet Communications GmbH (hereinafter: „Smeet“). They shall regulate the contractual relationship between Smeet and the natural persons (hereinafter: “User”), who use the Smeet Services in its entirety or partially incl. all contents, websites, functions, applications, games, services and technologies of Smeet (hereinafter: „Services“) on internal and / or external websites / platforms (e.g. Facebook, Appstores from Google, Apple, Amazon, et al.).
Smeet shall offer its Services for private as well as for commercial purposes. The present GTC shall solely regulate the private use. Please contact us at partner[at]smeet.com if you are interested in a commercial use of the Services.
(2) The GTC shall apply for all Services, which Smeet offers presently and in the future.
(3) In line with the contractual relationship with Smeet, the GTC shall be valid even if they are not again referred to when making use of any kind of Services against payment, for example when purchasing virtual currencies (e.g. Smeet Coins) within any of the Services, premium offers or the like.
(4) With the use of the Services, this also includes the use without prior registration (e.g. as a guest user), the user shall agree to these GTC. Should the user not agree to the GTC, he / she must refrain from using the Services of Smeet.
(1) Smeet Services comprise different websites, games, applications and / or virtual worlds / rooms, which first and foremost each offer different possibilities / opportunities for the users.
On www.smeet.com for example users are given the opportunity to move around with the help of a created figure (also called avatar) within virtual rooms, to create their own virtual rooms, to contact other users (via chat, messages, telephone, etc.), to create their own contents, etc. Within certain Services, users shall also have the opportunity of registering and searching for other users whose profile information is stored in a database and is made accessible via accordant functions of this Smeet Service. Smeet does not guarantee that a successful establishment of contact with other users will take place within the duration of contract.
On www.metamons.com for example users can engage into strategic gameplay and monster combats in a PVE , PVP, and group playing mode.
(1) The minimum age for use of the Smeet Services is 13 years. However, Smeet reserves the right to also postulate differing minimum ages for the use in different countries and / or different Services. The user assures Smeet or – if applicable – any alternative platform offering the Service that his / her necessary data (in particular: age) is indicated completely and truthfully as well as kept up-to-date.
(3) Smeet shall be entitled to check the accuracy of the user’s personal data by means of official documents and if necessary, to delete the user account in the event of a violation.
(4) All Services are liable to these GTC including the referenced Privacy Statement (see §7.) and Code of Conduct (see §11.). Acceptance of the GTC is effective with the usage of any single Service, unless otherwise explicitly stated.
(5) If at any one of the offered Services a user accepts a more recent version of the Smeet GTC, he / she automatically accepts these as legally binding and effective for all other even previously used Smeet Services. Hence, previously accepted versions of the GTC will be replaced with the last accepted version.
(2) A user shall be entitled to cancel his / her registration for the Service / to cancel the contract without stating reasons either in writing, via email or via the provided cancellation function of the according Service. The contract shall be cancelled with the cancellation of an opened user account (closing of the account) for the specific Service. A cancellation only effects the selected Service (e.g. per Game, per Application, or per Website), and in case of usage on multiple platforms or websites a cancellation may be needed separately. A single cancellation for multiple Services is not possible. Regarding the handling of possibly topped up virtual currencies in the case of cancellation, please see §6. Fees / Prices. The contractual relationship ends with the cancellation. For the use of user data and its deletion after the termination of the contractual relationship consistent with the regulations of the German Data Protection Act, please see sec. 7 and §7.(11) (Privacy Statement).
(3) For the usage of periodical services against payment, the user can cancel at any time to the end of the current billing cycle. Only in the event that the user cancels on the last day of the billing cycle, the cancellation shall not become effective until the end of the following billing cycle. Cancellation shall be possible in the product itself or via letter (address: see imprint). Depending on the payment provider being used, a periodical service against payment must also be cancelled directly with this provider as well.
(5) False information, which is given intentionally or with fraudulent intent in profiles or other areas of a Service can result in legal ramifications. In such a case, Smeet shall reserve the right to terminate the existing contractual relationship with immediate effect.
(7) After the termination of contract, the user account and all of the user’s personal data shall be permanently deleted. For technical reasons and in order to be able to process possible open complaints, e.g. in connection with payment transactions, the data shall not be irrevocably deleted until 6 months after the termination of contract. The user’s contributions (e.g. in discussion groups, comments on photographs, bulletin board entries, messages to other users, etc.), which were not deleted before closing the account, can still be seen by other users. However, the data from a profile, which has been deleted in the meantime, shall no longer be accessible. Instead a notice shall be given that the contribution is from a user, who has meanwhile been deleted. After deleting the user account, Smeet shall also reserve the right to delete all of the user’s posted contents (such as bulletin board entries, group contributions, etc.) e.g. due to reasons of storage capacity.
(2) However, Smeet shall reserve the right to arrange certain functions / activities of a Service against payment. Normally the incurred usage fees for this shall be assessed in Service-specific virtual currency (e.g. Smeet Coins), which may be offered non-gratuitous or gratuitous.
(3) When using services / functions against payment, the user shall accept the payment obligation associated with them by clicking on the confirmation button. The exact fees and terms of these functions / services can be taken from the platform respectively the Service in the respective displayed screens / web pages.
(4) With a registration, the specification of information required for the selected payment method as well as the use of a service / function against payment, the user shall give Smeet or its vicarious agents the authorisation for the collection of the stipulated amount. The amount due shall be automatically debited via the mobile network bill, telephone bill or by means of another payment method offered within the Smeet Service. In return, the user shall receive credit in virtual currency applicable to the specific Service. Important: It must be noted that the user does not acquire an actual monetary credit, which can be exchanged again or paid out.
(5) The user shall confirm that he / she will pay careful attention to the details for possible payment processes as the final price can be periodical for example.
(6) Smeet shall reserve the right to apply different fees for different user groups and different services. Furthermore, Smeet shall reserve the right to offer already existing or modified Services respectively services / functions against payment in the future.
(7) Activities from services / functions against payment which are not used, cannot, provided that their use is subject to a time limit (e.g. month), be carried over to a subsequent time period (e.g. following month). As a basic principle, virtual currencies can only be redeemed in the Services of Smeet provided that Smeet does not directly offer the user another alternative.
(10) Smeet explicitly points out to underage users that they should obtain the approval from their parents or legal guardian or of the person, who pays for the services against payment, before using the services against payment. Should an underage user make use of services against payment without such prior approval, Smeet shall be entitled to temporarily or permanently block the user without prior notice as well as to cancel the contract.
With the acceptance of the indicated privacy statement under §7 privacy statement, the user shall agree to Smeet, as operator of the Smeet platform/the Services, processing and using his/her personal data in compliance with the provisions indicated therein as well as subject to the effective legal requirements (in particular the Data Protection Act). The privacy statement shall be an integral part of these GTC.
(1) Smeet shall review indications of copyright infringement and shall take appropriate measures. If the user is of the opinion that content on the platform / within a Service has been used or duplicated in a manner which represents a copyright infringement and if such an infringement takes place within the Smeet Services or as the case may be takes place on websites which are linked to Smeet by means of hyperlinks, he / she shall be asked to immediately inform Smeet thereof (email to: support[at]smeet.com). The following information should be provided in this notification:
the name of the corresponding Smeet Service, i.e., name of the game, application or related website
the nickname / the pseudonym of the user who posted the content in question resp. the alleged copyright infringement (preferably with screenshot),
a description, as precise as possible, regarding the location within the Smeet Service (e.g. user room, web address or the like) where the content in question can be found.
(4) Provided that third party services are offered in line with the Services, a contract shall be concluded between the user and the third party in the event of the usage of such. Smeet shall not have any influence on these services or their provision.
On each occasion in which the user uploads or makes his / her data available in the Smeet services or submits comments, suggestions, problem reports, bug reports and conceptual ideas, he / she shall grant Smeet a non-exclusive, free of charge and unlimited license for all rights, to use, process, alter and duplicate the data, among other things for advertising and promotional purposes.
(5) Smeet shall ensure and protect the personal user data by means of technical and organisational precautions according to the best available technology however, shall not be liable in the event of unauthorised obtainment of knowledge of user data by third parties e.g. through illegal / criminal activities. Smeet shall also not be able to be made liable for specifications and information, which users themselves have made accessible to third parties and which these have misused. Smeet shall also not assume liability for data loss or deletion, which is not in the sphere of Smeet’s influence.
(6) The aforementioned provisions resp. Smeet’s limitation of liability shall not apply in the event of its own gross negligent or intentional breach of duty as well as the gross negligent or intentional breach of duty of its legal representatives or vicarious agents.
The binding Code of Conduct specified under §11 code of conduct shall be deemed an integral part of these GTC for the conduct of all users of the Smeet Services, for content in profiles and groups, for pictures and links, for the handling of data, which is accessible via the Service as well as the interaction of the users.
(1) Smeet reserves the right to alter these GTC at any time and without stating reasons. The altered terms shall be sent to the user via email two weeks before they come into effect. If the user has not objected within 28 days after receiving the email, the altered terms shall be deemed accepted. Smeet shall inform the user separately of the significance of the two-week deadline in the email, which contains the altered terms.
(2) Smeet shall be entitled to assign the range of services to a third party in its entirety or partially, who then offers the users the range of services or parts of it to the users. Insofar as the entire range of services is assigned, the accepting third party enters into the contract, which was concluded between the user and Smeet in place of Smeet. In the event of such an assignment of contract, the user shall already be entitled to cancel the contract and therefore, prevent the assignment of his / her contractual relationship.
(4) The English versions of the GTC, the Code of Conduct, and the Privacy Statement have been translated from the original German versions (see links below) to the best of one’s knowledge. However, the original wording, rights, and obligations of the German versions are legally binding. English GTC correspond to “Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen für die Nutzung der Smeet-Plattform, -Webseiten, Applikationen, Spiele / Games“, English Code of Conduct corresponds to “Verhaltensrichtlinien der sMeet Communications GmbH“; Privacy Statement corresponds to “Datenschutzerklärung der sMeet Communications GmbH“.
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