Connect App - Terms and conditions – update as of 18.04.2023

 

1. About the application and these terms

Connect App is a mobile application developed and operated by the Norwegian company Connect App AS, with address Fjellheimvegen 40, 2817 Gjøvik. All references to “we”,“us” and “our” in the following refer to Connect App AS.

Connect App is a social platform for the student communities around Norway. Our goal is to make it easier to get an overview and lower the threshold of participation in cultural life. To make a change in this field, we have designed a platform where users can interact with eachother, simply through a chat, feed and a profile. This includes both creating an event/initiative and participating in events, chatting with friends, and experiencing other profiles.

 

2. Access and user account

By creating a user account on our services and thus gaining access to Connect App (the “Service”), you accept these terms of service (the “Terms”). The Terms are accepted by explicitly clicking “I accept” when requested to do so upon registering your account.

 

3. Age restrictions

Connect App is primarily aimed at adults over 18 years old. If you are considered a minor in your country, you must have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to use the app and to accept these Terms.  Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to create a user account with us.

 

4. Account information and account security. Personal data
Your account is personal and is only meant for you. You may not share your log in details with third parties, nor register other people’s names, addresses or other contact information to your personal profile. The name and phone number that you submit to your personal profile shall be your own. You are responsible for ensuring that your information is correct and up to date. Your password and log-in details must be stored in a safe location.

We will process your personal data when you use the Service. You can read more about our privacy policy here: https://www.connectapp.no/privacy-policy

 

5. User restrictions and responsibilities
You are responsible for any and all information in your profile, and for any content that you share or upload to the Service. You are also responsible and fully liable for how you communicate and interact with other users. Do not pursue communication with other users if they have asked you to refrain from contacting them.

You hereby agree that you will refrain from communicating, sharing or uploading any content that is:

- Factually wrong, misleading or deceptive,

- Infringing the intellectual property rights of any third parties, including us and our partners. This entails that you may not upload images, videos, text, illustrations, designs, concepts or other technical or creative work without securing the right to such content prior to uploading the content to the Service, and furthermore images, videos, text, illustrations, designs, concepts or other technical or creative work that are

- Offensive, threatening, derogatory, defamatory, injurious, or

- Sexually charged or pornographic in nature.

Sharing of any of the above content on the Service provides us the right to suspend your user profile or permanently delete your profile in the case of repeated violation or gross violation.

 

6. Termination
You may end your legal agreement with us and delete your profile at any time by deactivating your account. If you wish to deactivate your account, please do so by tapping “Delete Account” in the bottom of the “Settings” page of the app. “Settings” can be found in the “Profile” page.

We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or parts of the Service at any time for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if we have reason to believe that (i) you have violated these Terms; (ii) your use constitutes a risk or possible legal exposure for us; (iii) you use or have used information obtained through the use of the Service to harass, abuse or harm another person or business; (iv) your use of the Service may harm our business; (v) your profile is deemed inappropriate or (vi) you are using our Service in connection with fraudulent or criminal activities.

We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by sending you a notification to the contact information you have provided in your account or let you know the next time you attempt to access your account.

If we terminate your account, or suspend your access to the Service, we shall not have any liability or responsibility to you.

Upon termination of your account, you lose all rights granted under these Terms.

 

7. Intellectual property rights

All intellectual property rights related to the Service, including, but not limited to source code, object code and accompanying documentation, user interface design, graphics, illustrations, images, videos, concepts, data, know-how, trade secrets, the trade mark “Connect App” and any other trademarks used to market the Service and all domain names where the Service is hosted are our exclusive property or licensed or controlled by us or our partners, and may not be reproduced, used or communicated without our expressed authorization, subject to legal action.

You are granted a non-exclusive and non-transferrable personal access right to the Service. The access right is strictly limited to the user interface made intentionally available by us at any given time. The access rights granted to you do not include the right to access the source code or object code, or otherwise reproduce, copy, or imitate the Service.

By having an account and using the Services, and for so long as you have an account with us, you grant us a worldwide license to use the intellectual property rights arising from the content provided by you (information, images, descriptions, search criteria, recordings, etc.) in connection with your use of the Services, including without limitation your profile and interactions with other users. This license specifically includes the right for us to reproduce, represent, broadcast, modify, adapt and/or sub-license the content provided by you on all or parts of the Services, in our emails and notifications to other users or any other communications related to the Services, subject to applicable law.

 

8. Limitation of liability

We are not liable for any special, incidental, indirect or direct or consequential damages, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, which may arise out of or in connection with your use of the Service, regardless of whether we have been apprised of the possibility or likelihood of such damages occurring.

 

9. No warranty and disclaimer

We are not responsible for the contents shared or uploaded by any of the users of the Service and are not liable for any breach of these Terms by other users. You should take note that when using the Service, there is a risk that you will come into contact with other users that are acting on the basis of limited prerequisites, giving false information or having criminal purposes. We therefore encourage you to exercise caution when you want to get in touch with other users. We do not perform background checks or verify any of the information provided by other users, and thus do not make any warranties as to the truthfulness or accuracy of such information.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL FULFIL ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSES OR NEEDS, NOR THAT IT IS PROVIDED WITHOUT FAULTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

 

10. Modification of the Service and amendments to these Terms

We may update and modify at any time the content and/or features of any of the Services, and these Terms of Use. This means we may add new product features or enhancements from time to time as well as remove or change some features.You should regularly check for the most recent version of the Terms of Use. If the changes include material changes to your rights or obligations, we will endeavour to notify you in advance of the changes to our Terms of Use by reasonable means. 

 

If you do not agree with the updated Terms, your only remedy is to stop using the Service and delete your account before the changes take effect. Once the updated Terms are in effect, you will be bound with them if you continue using the Service.

 

11. Miscellaneous

Notifications and Services messages

By using the Services, you consent to us providing you with important notices about your account or the Services. These notices can be shared directly on the Services, via app notifications or through other means associated with your account, like email. Please review your Settings to control the kind of messages you receive from us. You acknowledge and agree that we will have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to maintain accurate contact or other information, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information and notifications.

Assignment

All of our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, business sale or transfer of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise; provided however that we will endeavour to ensure your rights and obligations remain unaffected by such operation.

 

 

12. Governing law and dispute resolution

All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled under the laws of Norway. If a dispute is not resolved by negotiation or mediation, either party may require that the dispute be resolved with final effect before the Norwegian courts of law.

Both parties’ consent to Trondheim District Court as the legal venue.