Terms

1. These General Terms and Conditions (T&C) govern the user relationship between the Operator and the users of the online platform "My Hometurf Running" (hereinafter referred to as the "Platform").

2. The Platform is a communication platform enabling its users to arrange community-based, privately organized running meetings. Users are differentiated into "Hosts" (persons offering a run on their "home turf") and "Tourists" (persons participating in a run).

3. The Operator merely provides the technical Platform for this purpose. The Operator is expressly not the organizer of the individual running meetings. The runs are private meetings between the users.

4. The use of the Platform, in its functional scope current at the time of contract conclusion, is free of charge for the users.

5. By joining the community or registering on the Platform, the user agrees to these T&C as well as the separate Community Guidelines.

6. Precedence of Individual Agreements: Insofar as other contractual documents or other terms and conditions in text or written form have become part of the contract in addition to these T&C, the provisions of these other contractual documents shall prevail over these T&C in the event of a conflict.

7. Rejection of Third-Party T&C: The Operator does not recognize any deviating terms and conditions used by the user, subject to explicit consent.

1. Use of the Platform requires registration. There is no entitlement to registration.

2. The user is obliged to provide truthful information during registration.

3. Participation in a specific run ("HOMETURF") requires a request to join the respective scheduled run, which may be rejected by the responsible Host (group admin), but is initially automatically accepted unless the maximum number of participants has been exceeded.

1. The separate "General Community Guidelines" and the specific Guidelines for "Hosts" and "Tourists" apply to the use of the Platform. These are an integral and binding part of this User Agreement.

2. Users are obliged to comply with the rules of conduct set out therein. This includes, in particular, treating each other respectfully and refraining from illegal, advertising, or offensive content.

3. Hosts are specifically obliged to provide truthful and clear information about the offered running route (in particular meeting point and distance). For data protection reasons, the private residential address should not be specified as the meeting point.

4. Tourists are obliged to independently and realistically assess their health and fitness suitability for a run.

1. The user grants the Operator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and spatially unlimited right to use the content posted by them (e.g., route descriptions, posts, photos), insofar as this is necessary for the operation and promotion of the Platform.

2. This right of use remains in effect even after the termination of the user relationship. The user assures that they possess the necessary rights to the content posted by them.

1. Since the Platform is provided free of charge, the Operator is liable for defects in the Platform only in the case of fraudulent concealment of a defect, as well as in the case of intent and gross negligence.

2. The runs organized on the Platform are private events of the participating users. Participation is voluntary and at the participant's own risk. The Operator assumes no liability for events, accidents, or damages that occur within the scope of these private meetings.

3. The limitations of liability in this paragraph do not apply to damages resulting from injury to life, body, or health based on a negligent or intentional breach of duty by the Operator, nor to other damages based on a grossly negligent or intentional breach of duty by the Operator.

4. Indemnification: The user shall indemnify the Operator against all claims by third parties that are asserted against the Operator due to the user's violations of these contractual terms or applicable law.

1. The user relationship is concluded for an indefinite period.

2. The user can terminate the user relationship at any time without observing a period of notice by deleting their user account.

3. The Operator can ordinarily terminate the user relationship with two weeks' notice.

4. The right to extraordinary termination for good cause remains unaffected. Good cause exists in particular in the event of a serious breach of these T&C or the Community Guidelines.

5. Consequences of Termination: The Operator must immediately delete all electronic data and content provided to them after termination of the contract. Excluded from this are data for which a longer statutory retention obligation exists (e.g., tax or commercial law data), but only until the end of the respective retention period.

1. The Operator reserves the right to amend these T&C.

2. Amendments will be announced to the user at least 30 days before they take effect by email or by a notice on the Platform.

3. If the user does not object to the amendments within 30 days of receiving the announcement, the amended T&C shall be deemed accepted. If the user objects, the Operator is entitled to ordinarily terminate the user relationship.

1. Governing Law: The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies.

2. Should individual provisions of these T&C be or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

3. Place of Jurisdiction: If the user is a merchant (Kaufmann), a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, or has no general place of jurisdiction in Germany, the parties agree on the Operator's registered office as the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contractual relationship; exclusive places of jurisdiction remain unaffected by this.

4. Consumer Dispute Resolution: Notice pursuant to § 36 of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG): The Operator is neither obligated nor willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.