General terms for use of and for participation
in the Internet portal www.naviki.org (Terms of Use)

        

I. Scope

The Münster University of Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Software Engineering, has developed the Internet portal Naviki (www.naviki.org) and offers it for use free of charge.

These General Terms of Use apply irrespective of whether access is through the Internet portal via www.naviki.org or another domain name (e.g. www.naviki.de).

Use free of charge is intended solely for private individuals who are searching for routes for cycling navigation through the Naviki portal or wish to upload routes through this portal.

Entering and downloading of routes is free of charge. For identification purposes, the user must supply a constantly available email address and a password for access. These data will be processed by the Münster University of Applied Sciences, exclusively following the rules for data security set down in the Data Protection Declaration.

II. Entry and downloading of data

Every user is individually responsible for the content he/she has entered (routes and further information on routes). Such content may not offend against public decency or violate criminal legislation, copyright of images or text or the personal rights of other people. In case of violation, the user in question is obliged to compensate the Münster University of Applied Sciences for damage arising. In such cases, the user is to release the Münster University of Applied Sciences from all claims by third parties with regard to the illegality of his/her content.

The Münster University of Applied Sciences reserves the right at any time to shorten or entirely remove content without stating reasons. In the case of awareness of illegal content, we request to be informed without delay, and the corresponding content will then be removed immediately by the Münster University of Applied Sciences.

By uploading and publishing data on www.naviki.org, the user grants the Münster University of Applied Sciences the right of use of these data, unlimited by time and free of charge, as long as the user does not him/herself delete the data he/she has made available from the system. This right also includes the right by the Münster University of Applied Sciences to change these data. If the user enters data from third parties, the user affirms that he/she is entitled to enter these data and that the data are free from the rights of third parties.

The user may not pass the software with which www.naviki.org has been developed on to third parties, or duplicate, distribute, modify, decode, reconvert, or create derivative works from it or decode the attached texts or create derivative works from them. The performance of similar acts is also prohibited.

All data made available by users which are administered in www.naviki.org are under the licence "Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0" (cc-by-sa 2.0, in German "Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 2.0"). All kinds of use of Naviki data, including commercial use, are permitted; however, it must be stated that the data originate from www.naviki.org, and any work derived from Naviki data must in turn come under the cc-by-sa licence.

III. Barring of users and changes to conditions of use

The Münster University of Applied Sciences is entitled at any time and without giving reasons to exclude users from access to its websites and to bar them permanently from further use of these sites. This applies particularly in cases of repeated violation of the above named conditions of use and for protection of other users.

The Münster University of Applied Sciences is entitled at any time to change these conditions of use for the websites. All registered users will be informed by email of a change to the conditions of use. Users are obliged to keep the email address they have given for receipt of notifications from the Münster University of Applied Sciences updated and to access messages regularly. The conditions of use most recently accessible on the website and most recently sent to the user apply.

IV. Availability and liability

The Münster University of Applied Sciences will give no guarantee for the continuous and uninterrupted availability of the websites and technical systems.

The Münster University of Applied Sciences will accept no liability for damages caused by the route data from users or third parties. The own liability of the Münster University of Applied Sciences and that of its employees and auxiliaries is limited to gross negligence and deliberate intent in the violation of an essential contractual duty and to the amount of damage foreseeable from and typical of this type of contract.

V. Place of jurisdiction and legal foundation

Münster shall be the place of performance for both parties. The place of jurisdiction shall be Münster, insofar as the user is a corporate body under public law. German law shall apply. Application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is excluded.

VI. Severability clause

If individual provisions of this contract should be or should become invalid, this shall not affect the legal validity of the remaining provisions.

 

          

Data protection

You decide on your privacy

Naviki takes protection of the data and the privacy of registered users very seriously. As a Naviki user, you yourself decide whether to input personal data and make them visible to the public. Insofar as Naviki employs statistical assessments, these are always carried out anonymously and without inference from individual behaviour.

Transparent handling of your information

The Münster University of Applied Sciences, as the operator of Naviki, will collect, store and process, if required, the following information from Naviki users: User name (a pseudonym can be chosen), first name, surname, email address and - if these have been entered voluntarily into the system - further personal data if required.

Naviki will never pass on personal data to third parties.

On registering as a user with www.naviki.org, the participant agrees to the collection and storage and also if required the processing of the above listed data. If the user retracts this agreement, all the user's personal data will be deleted. This will also end the owner and user relationship.