{"id":1172,"date":"2024-07-11T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.alfaview.com\/terms\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:54:44","slug":"terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/terms","title":{"rendered":"Terms and Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The German version of these Terms and Conditions is binding.<br>The English translation is for information purposes only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>General Terms and Conditions concerning the use of the alfaview services<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">between<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><br><\/strong><strong>alfaview gmbh<\/strong>, Kriegsstr. 100, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany<br>represented by Niko Fostiropoulos<strong><br><\/strong>(\u201c<strong>alfaview<\/strong>\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>the customer<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>(the \u201c<strong>Customer<\/strong>\u201d).<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1.&nbsp;Scope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For this order between&nbsp;<strong>alfaview<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Customer<\/strong>, the following General Terms and Conditions shall apply exclusively in the version applicable at the time of conclusion of the Agreement. Deviating General Terms and Conditions of the Customer shall only be acknowledged if alfaview expressly agrees to their validity in writing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The services of alfaview are intended for both customers who are consumers within the meaning of Section 13 of the German Civil Code (BGB) and customers who are entrepreneurs within the meaning of Section 14 BGB, legal entities under public law, or special funds under public law. Where individual provisions apply only to consumers, this will be explicitly stated. alfaview may require the customer, prior to the conclusion of the contract, to provide sufficient proof of their status as an entrepreneur, for example by providing their VAT identification number (VAT ID) or other suitable evidence. The customer must provide all data required for such verification completely and truthfully.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2.&nbsp;Conclusion of Agreement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Customer is bound to his order, which he can also place in text form, for two weeks. The period begins with the receipt of the order by alfaview. The customer service and members of the alfaview sales team have the power of agency to receive the order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Agreement for the use of alfaview services is concluded when alfaview confirms acceptance of the Consumer\u2019s order in text form, in the form of an order confirmation, within the period specified in paragraph 1 or provides the Consumer with access data for the use of alfaview services. In the latter case, the user may additionally request alfaview to provide an order confirmation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The General Terms and Conditions also apply to agreements concluded online via the alfaview website. In this case, the following applies:\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The presentation of the services on the alfaview website as well as the provision of the software for download and the download of the software itself do not constitute legally binding declarations in this case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The agreement for the use of the free alfaview services is only concluded when the customer agrees to the applicability of these Terms and Conditions during registration or, after completing registration, upon their first login using the access data provided by alfaview.<br>The agreement with a conference participant invited by the customer as a guest is concluded when the guest confirms the Terms and Conditions upon entering the alfaview room. alfaview will provide the customer with their individual contractual data upon request. The current version of the Terms and Conditions is also available on the alfaview website and can be printed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The agreement for the use of paid alfaview services is concluded when the customer books a plan for alfaview rooms via the online booking system provided by alfaview. Before completing the booking, the customer may review the booking for input errors and, if necessary, make corrections.<br>When a booking is made, alfaview stores the contractual text and sends the order data to the customer within the order confirmation together with the Terms and Conditions by email. This automatically generated order confirmation constitutes acceptance of the agreement by alfaview, thereby concluding the agreement. The order data can also be viewed under \u201cManage Subscription\u201d for the duration of the agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contracts concluded via the alfaview website are entered into in German and English.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the customer has made (advance) payments to alfaview and the agreement is not concluded, alfaview shall refund these (advance) payments to the customer without undue delay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the Consumer has not yet reached the age of 18, the use of alfaview requires the consent of their legal representative. By agreeing to these GTC, alfaview assumes that the legal representative has consented to the use of alfaview services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview reserves the right to reject orders from countries outside those selectable during the ordering process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3.&nbsp;Subject<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With alfaview, alfaview provides a conference solution that enables online meetings to be held via live video transmission. Users in the alfaview rooms can be connected and transmitted by video and audio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The alfaview services are intended for communication and the exchange of information between participants. Excluded from the intended use is the use in hazardous situations in which injury to life, limb or health of persons may occur, such as during surgeries in the medical field, for controlling airplanes, for military purposes, etc. The alfaview services may expressly not be used in such situations. alfaview is therefore not liable for any damage resulting from such use. Conversations with alfaview in the above-mentioned areas that are of a purely communicative or advisory nature, as well as use for meetings, conferences and events, are explicitly permitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The subject matter of this agreement is the provision, for the duration of the contractual term, of virtual rooms (\u201c<strong>alfaview rooms<\/strong>\u201d), the underlying software (\u201c<strong>software<\/strong>\u201d), and the applications offered by alfaview for download and installation (\u201c<strong>application<\/strong>\u201d), either for a fee or free of charge (including, among others, as part of a 30-day trial version) (collectively or individually also referred to as the \u201c<strong>alfaview services<\/strong>\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The software enables audio and video transmission as well as the sharing of documents and other screen content by multiple participants, thereby allowing the organization and conduct of virtual conferences. Depending on the booked plan, one or more virtual alfaview rooms may be booked, and conferences (as well as the \u201cparticipants\u201d) can be organized per alfaview room. The selection of participants is the sole responsibility of the customer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview points out that after 24 hours of uninterrupted use of access the connection will be terminated for technical reasons. Immediate reconnection is possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the case of paid alfaview services, the specific scope of the alfaview services is determined by the order form.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.&nbsp;Obligations of alfaview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>alfaview will provide the Customer with access data to the alfaview room booked by the Customer, with which the Customer can make use of the alfaview rooms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If necessary, alfaview shall also provide the Customer with\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an application for download and installation on the Customer\u2019s system as well as<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an application for download and installation on participant\u2019s systems<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:-15px;margin-left:0;padding-left:35px\">enabling the access to the alfaview rooms. The application for the use by the participants of alfaview can also be offered directly for download by the participant. In order to participate, the software can be downloaded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/download\">download section of the alfaview website<\/a>; further information is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/\">Support Center<\/a>.<br><br>The acceptance of the respective&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/terms\">General Terms and Conditions&nbsp;<\/a>for the application is a precondition for downloading and use of the application in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>alfaview operates the software on servers and makes it available to the Customer as a managed platform for the provision of alfaview services. alfaview is not obliged to provide the software on a server of its own and may instead rely on the services of subcontractors for this purpose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the past, the availability of alfaview services was usually 99.9&nbsp;%. However, although alfaview always endeavors to keep the services available at all times, no guarantee can be given in this respect. The obligation to provide the service has therefore been fulfilled if use is available to the Customer with an annual average of 98&nbsp;%.<br><br>Unavailability within the meaning of this clause shall be deemed to exist if the alfaview services are not available to the customer due to circumstances within alfaview\u2019s sphere of responsibility. Unavailability shall in particular not be deemed to exist if the alfaview services are unavailable, not accessible or usable due to\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>incorrect operation or use by the customer in violation of the agreement,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>planned and announced maintenance work,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>technical problems outside alfaview\u2019s sphere of influence (e.g., with the internet connection outside the data center),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>unavoidable and\/or unforeseeable outages in the data center of the provider commissioned by alfaview,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>viruses, hacker attacks, or other cyberattacks, provided that and to the extent that alfaview has implemented security measures in accordance with the current state of the art, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>force majeure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:-15px;padding-top:0;padding-left:35px\">alfaview will notify the customer of planned maintenance work that leads to unavailability with reasonable advance notice, generally 5 days before it takes place. The total duration of planned maintenance work during alfaview\u2019s regular business hours must not exceed ten hours per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>alfaview shall ensure that updates necessary to maintain the contractual conformity of the alfaview services (including security updates) are provided during the term of the agreement. In addition, alfaview reserves the right, at its own discretion, to update, expand, improve, or modify the respective software versions of both the server software and the applications. The most recent version of the application will be made available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/download\">download section of the alfaview website<\/a>. It is the responsibility of the respective participants to install the latest version of the application; alfaview will inform the customer and the participants when an update is available.<br><br>Except for updates that are mandatory under applicable law, alfaview shall have no obligation to update, expand, improve, or modify the alfaview services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any further services, for example, development, support, installation, set-up, consultancy, adaptation and\/or coaching services as well as production and provision of individual programming or of additional programs, which alfaview can provide in connection with the alfaview services, shall require a separate Agreement between the parties in text form and are not the subject matter of the present Agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.&nbsp;Rights of use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>alfaview grants the Customer a license for use in accordance with Clause 5, Subitem 3 of the alfaview services to the extent necessary to use the services used by the Customer under Clause 3. In particular, the Customer is entitled to download, save and install the application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview points out that third-party software is used to provide the services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The license to the alfaview services is granted as a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, and terminable license, limited in time to the contractual term agreed in Clause 3 and limited to the customer, and sublicensable only in accordance with Clause 5 subitem 4. No rights of use beyond this scope are granted to the customer, in particular with respect to the software, the applications, or the code, especially the source code of the software or applications, or the operating systems of the servers on which the alfaview software is operated. This does not apply to included open-source software or other third-party components. With regard to these program components, the customer is granted only a simple right of use that permits use in accordance with their intended purpose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer is entitled, at its own discretion, to invite participants to the conferences he\/she has booked according to the size of the alfaview room it has selected. The Customer undertakes to ensure that all participants use the conferences and thus the software and the applications exclusively according to the provisions of these General Terms and Conditions. In addition, the Customer is not entitled to grant sublicenses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer has the right to edit and reverse engineer the software, applications or parts thereof for their own use, insofar as this is necessary to rectify errors in the changes they have made to the software, applications or parts thereof and alfaview does not voluntarily provide the necessary information and documents within a reasonable period of time despite a written request from the user. Furthermore, the Customer does not have the right to use the software or the applications or parts thereof beyond the scope permitted by law \u2013 in particular the scope regulated by \u00a7 69d and \u00a7 69e UrhG (German Copyright Act)\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to store or duplicate them beyond the purpose of the contract,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to sell or provide them to third parties for a limited time, in particular not to rent or lease them,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to modify or expand them,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to analyze or disassemble them or to have them analyzed or disassembled, and\/or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to use them as the basis for creating other works or to copy their features.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6.&nbsp;Characteristics of the trial version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The free-of-charge 30-day test version is an evaluation license, which may exclusively be used for test and demonstration purposes. Any productive use thereof is forbidden. The right of use is granted for a limited duration of 30 days, starting with access to services. The right of use expires at the end of this period without the need for a termination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In particular, within the scope of the evaluation license there is no software maintenance. This shall also apply to supplying updates. The service is provided \u2018as seen\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The customer has no right to demand that alfaview conclude a contract with them for the use of the trial version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview reserves the right to modify or discontinue the trial version at any time and without prior notice. Contracts for trial versions that already exist at the time of such changes shall remain unaffected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apart from this, all the other provisions shall apply. In particular, the \u201cObligations of Customers and participants\u201d, Clause 7, apply.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7.&nbsp;Obligations of Customers and Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The customer\/participant grants alfaview a non-exclusive right of use to the content of the conference (including files uploaded during conferences) to the extent necessary for the proper provision of the alfaview services, for example with regard to the transmission and encryption of audio and video content, the transcription of audio data, or the exchange of files.<br><br>The customer shall ensure that the participants grant alfaview a non-exclusive license in the same manner.<br><br>By activating the transcription feature, the Customer consents to the transcription of the spoken word and at the same time confirms that he\/she has ensured that all participants of a conference have given their consent in this regard prior to activating the feature and that he\/she is authorized to grant alfaview all rights necessary for the performance of the Agreement (in particular the right to reproduce and edit and, if applicable, the right to make publicly available and reproduce, provided that the participants are not personally associated with each other) to the transcribed content free of charge. Previously anonymized speech snippets with a duration of 30 seconds and the corresponding transcription are furthermore permanently used by the subcontractor EML Speech Technology GmbH in order to permanently and continuously improve the speech models and the quality of the transcription in the interest of the Customer. The Customer assures that the transcription of the spoken content to the extent described and for the purposes described above does not violate any rights of third parties, in particular other participants.<br><br>The Customer\/participant undertakes to take appropriate precautions to prevent unauthorized access by third parties to the software and the applications in his\/her sphere of influence, in particular by observing appropriate security precautions according to the current state of the art when using the login and with regard to the login data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The customer shall observe the restrictions applicable within the file upload function (e.g., with regard to storage space, different permissions depending on the authorization role, and storage duration) and shall ensure that participants also comply with these restrictions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer\/participant undertakes to use the alfaview services exclusively under the mark specified by alfaview at the time, currently the alfaview and alfatraining trademarks. Any further use of alfaview\u2019s trademarks in a manner not permitted by these General Terms and Conditions is prohibited. Advertising of alfaview services without marks referring to the origin of the alfaview services is inadmissible. Use or registration of own trademarks in connection with the use of alfaview services is not permitted. Marketing and advertising materials of offers supported by alfaview services shall be accompanied by the phrase \u2018supported by alfaview\u2019 or \u2018powered by alfaview\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer\/participant takes on the obligation and\/or responsibility in connection with the procurement, preparation and adjustment of the hardware and software systems used by the Customer and\/or the participants for use of the alfaview services. Before using alfaview services, the Customer should instruct every participant and\/or urge them to make use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/\">Support Center<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer and the participant in question must comply with the technical minimum requirements (\u2018<strong>System requirements<\/strong>\u2019) with regard to IT infrastructure (hardware\/network\/configuration\/conflicting software). These can be viewed at any time under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/miscellaneous\/technical-information\/system-and-network-requirements\/\">System requirements&nbsp;<\/a>in the Support Center. The system requirements can be adjusted with updates of the program versions. alfaview accepts no responsibility for compliance with the system requirements. If the system requirements are not met by a participant, the alfaview services may be impaired.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer is solely responsible for the selection of the participants it invites to the conferences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The customer\/participants are solely and fully responsible, from a legal perspective, for the content discussed, displayed, uploaded, or otherwise presented or exchanged during the conferences.<br><br>The customer guarantees that neither they nor the participants will violate statutory provisions relating to the protection of minors, personal rights, or any other rights of third parties through the content discussed, displayed, uploaded, or otherwise presented or exchanged during the conferences, and that applicable law (e.g., criminal law and youth protection law) will be complied with.<br><br>Furthermore, the customer ensures that only truthful and non-misleading information\/statements are made.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In particular, the Customer\/participants undertake(s) to use the alfaview services for legitimate purposes only and in particular not to use them for the following purposes, nor to cause other persons to use them for such purposes or to attempt to do so:\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>fraudulent or other illegal activities or requests to do so that violate applicable law;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impairment or presumption of intellectual property such as copyrights, trademarks, property rights, licensing rights or intellectual property rights to legitimate content;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The use, storage, release, hosting, copying, distribution, display, publication, transmission or dispatch of content that could be considered offensive, incitement to hatred, slander, discrimination, disparagement of a worldview, violation of privacy, harmful to others or otherwise offensive;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>access to third-party computers or communication systems\/networks, software applications without permission of the authorized person including Denial of Service (DoS), unauthorized monitoring or crawling, distribution of malware (e.g. viruses, trojans, ransomware, time bombs, spyware, adware or cancelbots);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dissemination of undesired, unsolicited or offensive emails or other messages, promotional activities, advertisements or claims (also known as \u2018spam\u2019);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>modification, falsification or concealment of email headings or the assumption of the identity of a sender without its express consent;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>impairment of alfaview safety measure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:-15px;padding-left:35px\">The Customer is obliged to inform all participants about this and to impose the same obligations on the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"9\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Customer is obliged to inform participants who have not yet reached the age of 18 and their legal representatives that minors require the consent of their legal representative to use alfaview.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview reserves the right but does not assume any obligation to monitor and examine breaches of the present agreement. Otherwise, alfaview does not carry out any checks on the content of the conferences, not even random checks; this also applies to transcribed and uploaded contents. There is no monitoring of conferences by alfaview (e.g. in the sense of an \u201cinvisible participant\u201d). alfaview otherwise joins conferences only for support purposes and only after prior consultation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8.&nbsp;Defects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the alfaview services, software or applications are defective, the Customer is entitled to the warranty rights in accordance with section 536 et seqq. German Civil Code (BGB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insofar as there is a statutory (rental law) no-fault liability for damages (section 536a BGB) on the part of alfaview for defects in alfaview services, software or applications existing at the time of conclusion of the contract, such liability is excluded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the event of defectiveness of the other services to be provided by alfaview, the Customer shall be entitled to warranty rights pursuant to the statutory provisions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defects and disturbances shall be reported to alfaview without delay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Descriptions of alfaview services, the software and the applications shall not be deemed a guarantee of properties if this has not expressly been agreed separately in writing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Functional impairments resulting from non-compliance with the obligations of customers or participants (see Clause 7 above), in particular the system requirements, IT infrastructure (hardware\/network\/configuration\/colliding software), user errors, faulty settings or systems of Customers\/participants as well as the failure to install updates provided by alfaview (see Clause 4 (5) above), do not constitute a defect.<br><br>The same shall apply to all further service disruptions or errors caused in the Customer\u2019s\/participants\u2019 sphere, for example, use of alfaview services in connection with entirely or partly incompatible hardware or software or installation of software in conflict with the alfaview services. These can be viewed at any time under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/first-steps\/getting-started\/system-and-network-requirements\/\">System requirements<\/a>&nbsp;in the Support Center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsibility for the commercial success of alfaview services is not assumed by alfaview.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Customer is entitled to a right of termination without notice in cases where the continuation of the contractual relationship until the expiry of the period of notice cannot be reasonably expected, taking the overall circumstances into account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9.&nbsp;Liability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If alfaview provides alfaview services to the customer free of charge, alfaview and its vicarious agents shall only be liable for breaches of duty committed intentionally or through gross negligence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Otherwise, alfaview shall only be liable for itself or its vicarious agents in cases of gross negligence or intent, unless the breach concerns an essential contractual obligation (\u201cessential contractual obligations \/ cardinal obligations are those obligations whose fulfillment is essential for the proper performance of the contract and on whose compliance the contractual partner may regularly rely\u201d). In the event of a slightly negligent breach of a cardinal obligation, alfaview shall be liable, for itself or its vicarious agents, only for typical damages that were foreseeable at the time the contract was concluded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The above limitation of liability shall apply to both contractual and non-contractual claims. However, alfaview shall be liable without limitation for personal injury (i.e., damages resulting from injury to life, body, or health) and for guaranteed characteristics or expressly granted warranties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liability under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) as well as under other mandatory statutory provisions (e.g., in cases of fraudulent misrepresentation) shall remain unaffected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The alfaview services are intended for communication and the exchange of information between participants. Excluded from the intended use is the use in hazardous situations in which injury to life, limb or health of persons may occur, such as during surgeries in the medical field, for controlling airplanes, for military purposes, etc. The alfaview services may expressly not be used in such situations. alfaview is therefore not liable for any damage resulting from such use. Conversations with alfaview in the above-mentioned areas that are of a purely communicative or advisory nature, as well as use for meetings, conferences and events, are explicitly permitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview shall not be liable for the availability, performance, or quality of data-carrying lines and systems (including the online booking system used) that are outside alfaview\u2019s control.<br><br>In particular, alfaview shall also not be liable if and to the extent that the non-performance of contractual obligations is due to circumstances of force majeure occurring after the conclusion of the contract. Circumstances of force majeure include, for example, war, strikes, civil unrest, expropriation, fundamental legal changes, storms, floods and other natural disasters, as well as water ingress, power outages, interruptions, or the destruction of data-carrying lines for which alfaview is not responsible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the event of a loss of data of the customer or participants, or of data on the systems of the customer or participants caused by alfaview, alfaview shall be liable only in cases of its own fault and only up to the amount that would typically have been incurred for restoring the data if proper and regular data backups had been carried out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview assumes no responsibility for the content created by the customer or participants. alfaview is under no obligation to review such content for legality. alfaview does not adopt the content of conferences or participants as its own. Furthermore, alfaview assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, correctness, or any particular quality of machine-generated transcriptions and translations (in particular since these may also depend on factors outside alfaview\u2019s sphere of responsibility, such as the speaking speed, dialects, or manner of expression of the participants, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In particular, any breach of the obligations under Clause 7 shall constitute a material breach within the meaning of this Agreement.<br><br>alfaview is therefore entitled, in the event of violations and any unlawful or improper use of the alfaview services and\/or the software and\/or the applications, or in the case of a justified suspicion of such violations or improper use, to take the following measures at its own discretion, in particular (but not limited to):\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>issue of warnings;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>temporary or permanent termination of the provision of alfaview services for the Customer (e.g., by deleting accounts);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(temporary) suspension of access;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>removal of unlawful content or content that violates these Terms and Conditions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>assertion of the costs arising from the violation, including the reasonable costs of legal enforcement;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>initiation or taking of further legal action against the customer in breach of the agreement and\/or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>disclosure of information to law enforcement authorities at alfaview\u2019s reasonable discretion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:-15px;padding-left:35px\">When deciding on measures pursuant to <strong>Clause 9<\/strong> (9) b)\u2013d), alfaview will duly consider the legitimate interests of the customer. alfaview will inform the customer of the respective measure by email, if possible prior to taking the measure, but at the latest immediately thereafter, stating the reasons for the measure, insofar as this is legally permissible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"10\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Furthermore, the customer shall indemnify alfaview against all third-party claims and damages arising from unlawful or improper use of the alfaview services and\/or the software and\/or the applications by the customer, or by others with the customer\u2019s approval or knowledge, or arising in particular from disputes under data protection law, copyright law, or other legal disputes related to the use of the alfaview services, the software and\/or the applications. The indemnification also includes the reasonable costs of legal enforcement.<br><br>This applies in particular in cases where the content of customers\/participants contains legal violations.\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If alfaview services are used on mobile appliances, alfaview points out the fact that no liability is assumed in the event that safety directives or measures or traffic rules are neglected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any liability on the part of alfaview beyond the provisions set out in&nbsp;<strong>Clause 9<\/strong>&nbsp;is excluded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If and to the extent that alfaview is obliged to inform third parties of the license conditions applicable to integrated open source software (OSS) components through the use of OSS within the framework of alfaview, all Agreements between alfaview and the Customer including these provisions shall remain unaffected.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:-15px;padding-left:35px\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/terms\/appendix-1\">OSS components<\/a> used in the context of alfaview&nbsp;as well as the applicable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/terms\/appendix-2\">license conditions&nbsp;<\/a>are available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10.&nbsp;Data protection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/privacy\">privacy policy<\/a>&nbsp;applies to alfaview\u2019s handling of personal data collected upon visiting the website and\/or using alfaview. When using the alfaview conference solution, alfaview processes personal data within the scope of Data Processing in line with Art. 28 GDPR in accordance with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/dpa-tom\">Data Processing Agreement<\/a>&nbsp;in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, which becomes part of the contract as an annex to these General Terms and Conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the Customer collects, processes or uses personal data, he\/she shall guarantee that he\/she is entitled to do so in accordance with applicable regulations, in particular data protection regulations, and it shall indemnify alfaview against all claims in the event of a violation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11.&nbsp;Confidentiality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The parties undertake to maintain strict confidentiality about all confidential matters, especially business or company secrets of the other party, which they become aware of in the course of the preparation, execution and fulfilment of this contractual relationship, and they shall neither disclose them nor exploit them in any other way. In cases of doubt, the parties are obliged to obtain consent from the other party before such disclosure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This non-disclosure duty shall not apply to information which can be proven\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to have been known to the parties prior to receipt thereof,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to have been notified to the parties by an authorized third party without violating a non-disclosure duty,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to have been in the public domain or generally accessible at the time of its notification to the parties,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to have become in the public domain or generally accessible following its notification to the parties through no fault their own,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to have been independently produced by the parties without use of the notified information, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to have to be notified to authorities or courts by the parties based on mandatory legal provisions; in such a case, the parties shall notify one another without delay about the necessary disclosure of information and ensure that the other party is given the opportunity to limit the extent of such information to the absolutely necessary minimum, and shall also otherwise work towards the greatest possible safeguarding of the non-disclosure interest.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press releases and all other publications by the parties about the cooperation in accordance with these General Terms and Conditions and also in connection with the alfaview services shall require the other party\u2019s prior consent in text form.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12.&nbsp;Renumeration, billing and due date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 30-day trial version is free of charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Otherwise, alfaview shall receive from the customer, as consideration for the booked alfaview services, the remuneration agreed in the order form or on the alfaview website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For consumers, final prices are stated, i.e., including any applicable value-added tax (VAT). Otherwise, all prices are net prices, i.e., exclusive of any applicable VAT and excluding taxes, duties, customs, or other governmental charges of any kind, including but not limited to sales, turnover, use, or withholding taxes, which may be imposed by any local, state, regional, federal, or foreign authority.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payment shall be made exclusively using the payment methods offered by alfaview. The remuneration shall be paid either by invoice or during the ordering process via the external payment service provider integrated by alfaview into the online booking system. For orders placed through the online booking system, alfaview generally offers SEPA direct debit and credit card as payment methods; however, alfaview reserves the right, for each order, not to offer certain payment methods and instead refer to other available methods. The payment service provider may have its own terms and conditions, which shall apply in addition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refunds shall be made using the same payment method chosen by the customer at the time of booking. In the case of payment by invoice or SEPA direct debit, the refund shall be transferred to the account from which the payment was made or from which the funds were debited. In the case of payments by credit card, the refund shall be made to the associated credit card account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the case of payments by credit card, the credit card will be charged immediately after the order has been placed. In the case of payments by SEPA direct debit, the amount due will be collected immediately after the order has been placed. Payments by invoice must be made within 14 days from the date of invoicing, after the start of the contractual term. alfaview is entitled to block the customer\u2019s access until full payment has been made and suspend the provision of services if the customer fails to settle a due and undisputed invoice within ten (10) days after receipt of a reminder in which the blocking of access has been announced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Default interest shall amount to five percentage points above the applicable base interest rate. Until payment has been made, alfaview may refuse to provide the services.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13.&nbsp;Term of the Agreement and termination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the Customer has booked the 30-day trial version, the trial period shall automatically end 30 days after initial access to the services. The term shall not be extended automatically.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The term of the Agreement is based on the order form. The contractual relationship shall be extended by one year at a time if the Agreement is not terminated with one (1) month\u2019s notice as per the end of the contractual term in question. For a contractual term of one month, the contractual relationship shall be extended by one month at a time if the Agreement is not terminated by the last day of the term of the Agreement in question.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The right to terminate for good cause (section 314 German Civil Code) shall remain unaffected. An only temporary interruption of use of the alfaview services shall not substantiate a reason for extraordinary termination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be effective, termination must be made in text form (by email to <a href=\"mailto:info@alfaview.com\">mailto:info@alfaview.com<\/a>). Consumers may also terminate the contract using the cancellation button provided by alfaview.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview is not obliged to store, archive, or make available for access by the customer the customer\u2019s data and content beyond the end of the contract.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14.&nbsp;Mandatory Information for Consumers (Right of Withdrawal Notice and Dispute Resolution Procedure)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>alfaview grants the customer who is a consumer a right of withdrawal in accordance with the following withdrawal notice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"image-box\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>Withdrawal notice<\/strong><br><br><strong>Right of Withdrawal<\/strong> <br><br>You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. <br><br>The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the date on which the contract is concluded. <br><br>To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us (alfaview gmbh, Kriegsstr. 100, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany, Telephone: +49 721 35 450 450, Email: info@alfaview.com) of your decision to withdraw from this contract by means of a clear declaration (e.g., a letter sent by post, fax, or email). <br><br>You may use the model withdrawal form linked below for this purpose, but this is not mandatory.<br><br>To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your notification concerning the exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.<br><br><strong>Consequences of Withdrawal<\/strong> <br><br>If you withdraw from this contract, we shall reimburse to you all payments we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of additional costs resulting from your choice of a type of delivery other than the least expensive standard delivery offered by us), without undue delay and at the latest within fourteen days from the day on which we received the notification of your withdrawal from this contract. <br><br>For this reimbursement, we will use the same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise with you; in no event will you be charged any fees for this reimbursement. <br><br>If you requested that the alfaview services begin during the withdrawal period, you shall pay us an appropriate amount corresponding to the proportion of the alfaview services already provided up to the time you informed us of the exercise of the right of withdrawal with respect to this contract, in comparison to the total scope of the alfaview services provided for in the contract. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The model withdrawal form can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/alfaview.com\/en\/withdrawal-form_alfaview_en\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">15.&nbsp;Final provisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Should individual provisions of the present Agreement be or become ineffective or unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. In place of the ineffective provision, the contractual parties shall endeavor to find such a provision that most closely meets the legal and financial objective of the Agreement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offsetting shall only be admissible against undisputed or legally established claims by the licensor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verbal Agreements must be made in text form (section 126b, German Civil Code) in order to take effect to the extent that no stricter form has been prescribed by law. This shall also apply to amendments and addenda to the content of the Agreement. This shall also apply to the amendment or cancellation of this provision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These General Terms and Conditions of use and the further provisions mentioned therein contain all the Agreements between the parties with a view to the subject matter of the present contractual relationship. All and any previous Agreements hereby become obsolete. Any General Terms and Conditions of Business or Terms and Conditions of Procurement of the Customer shall not become an integral part of the Agreement, even if alfaview does not expressly contradict them in each individual case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The contractual relationship shall exclusively be governed by German law, excluding the conflict of laws and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, the applicability of mandatory consumer protection laws of other legal systems shall remain unaffected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all claims arising out of or in connection with this contractual relationship shall be Karlsruhe, provided that the customer is an entrepreneur within the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code (BGB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alfaview further has the right to subsequently amend the General Terms and Conditions unilaterally if valid reasons, e.g. a change in market conditions, certain statutory requirements or a Supreme Court decision, necessitate an adjustment to the General Terms and Conditions. An adjustment will only be made to the extent necessary as a result of events as listed in Sentence 1 of this paragraph that were not foreseeable. alfaview is only entitled to change these General Terms and Conditions on the condition that this does not unreasonably change the equivalence ratio between service and consideration to the disadvantage of the Customer. The Customer shall be notified of any new versions in text form or by e-mail, highlighting the changes. The Customer may oppose the change within a period of four weeks from receipt of the notification; otherwise, the change is deemed to be approved. alfaview shall make express reference hereto in the notification. 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