Welcome to our Terms of Service! This page explains how TandemPartners.org operates as a service and what you can expect when you become a member of our community.
We recommend you read the statement in full before you register as a TandemPartners.org member, but here are the key points in brief (please note that this introduction is not legally binding, unlike the full contents of the Terms of Service below).
KEY POINTS
TERMS OF SERVICE
Welcome! By registering and by using our websites, you agree that you are entering into a legally binding agreement with TandemPartners.org (“we”, “us”, “our”, “TandemPartners.org”) if the conditions described in more detail below are met (Registration and Contract). You also agree that these Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Services and any information appearing on the Services. Your access to and use of the Services is contingent on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. By accessing or using the Services you agree to be bound by these Terms.
We may, in our sole discretion, modify or update these Terms from time to time, and so you should review this page periodically. Your continued use our Services after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use.
You can access, save and print the current Terms on the website at any time during the registration or ordering process. We do not store this contract text after the contract has been concluded. The contractual language is English.
Your privacy and your ability to control your data is very important to us. Any information that you provide to us is subject to our Privacy Policy, which governs our collection and use of your information. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by us.
REGISTRATION AND CONTRACT
To fully use our Service and become a full member of our community, you must follow the steps described below.
Registration
First, you need to create a user account on our Website. To use our Service, you can register in a variety of ways, including using your Facebook account, Google account, WeChat account or email address. If you choose to sign in with your Facebook account, Google account or WeChat account, you authorize us with respect to access to or use of certain account information. For more information regarding the information we collect from you and how we use it, please see our Privacy Policy.
You register by accepting these Terms, entering certain personal data and information about yourself, and setting a password of your choice in a registration form provided by TandemPartners.org (“User Account”). When entering the relevant data, you can check whether there are any input errors and correct them. You can also view and change your entries later in the settings of your Member Account.
After you have submitted the completed registration form, you will receive an email from us to verify your email address. To enable the further steps, you have to click on the link in the email to activate your user account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User Account and password and for restricting access to your device. You can only register for one User Account. User Accounts must not be transferred to any other third party. With regard to your User Account, you must comply with these Terms, in particular note the points below: Service Eligibility and User Account Security; Registration and User Account Credentials.
We want to make sure that our community is safe and that the focus is on learning a language. That is why we check every registration individually. This can take some time. We also want to make sure that you can use our Service in a meaningful way. We aim to make sure that you find a language exchange partner, and there are sometimes waiting lists for this. After your User Account has been activated you will receive emails and push notifications from us informing you about our check of your registration and the next steps. You can only become a full member of TandemPartners.org after we have reviewed your application. We will send you an email if we need more information or if we have accepted your application.
In the interests of the security of our Service, also note our Community Guidelines, which are listed below (Community Guidelines and General Prohibitions) and which you must accept as part of these Terms. After we have reviewed your application, we will make you aware of our Community Guidelines one more time and you will have to accept them again separately in order to use our Service.
OWNERSHIP, LICENSE AND WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT
You own the information you provide under this Agreement, and may request its deletion at any time, unless you have shared information or Content with others and they have not deleted it, or it was copied or stored by other users. You understand that deleted Content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time, but will not be available to others.
Additionally, you grant TandemPartners.org a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, sub licensable, fully paid up and royalty-free right to copy, prepare derivative works of, improve, distribute, publish, remove, retain, add, process, analyze, use and commercialize, in any way now known or in the future discovered, any information you provide, directly or indirectly to our website, including, but not limited to, any user generated content, ideas, concepts, techniques or data to the services, you submit to the Services, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties. Any information you submit to us is at your own risk of loss.
By providing information to us, you represent and warrant that you are entitled to submit the information and that the information is accurate, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights. It is your responsibility to keep your Services account profile information accurate and updated.
SERVICE ELIGIBILITY AND USER ACCOUNT SECURITY
To be eligible to use the Service, you must meet the following criteria and represent and warrant that you:
REGISTRATION AND USER ACCOUNT CREDENTIALS
By signing up to our website you agree to:
You may control your user profile and how you interact with the Service by changing the settings in our websites’s Profile page or by changing settings before posts are published. By providing us your email address you consent to our using the email address to send you Service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. We may also use your email address to send you other messages, such as changes to features of the Service or Service Notifications.
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES AND GENERAL PROHIBITIONS
We are working hard to keep TandemPartners.org a safe place for language learning and cultural exchange, without unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory content and conversations.
Therefore, by using TandemPartners.org you agree:
TandemPartners.org reserves the right to decide what behaviors fall into these categories and will make reasonable efforts to deny access to users who do not comply with these Terms. However, TandemPartners.org does not guarantee you will not be connected to violators before they are banned. Please report abuse by clicking on the REPORT flow in the app, or by contacting us here.
You understand and agree that you may be exposed to User Content (as defined below) that is inaccurate, objectionable, inappropriate for children, or otherwise unsuited to your purpose, and you agree that TandemPartners.org shall not be liable for any damages you allege to incur as a result of User Content.
CONTENT AND CONVERSATIONS
All content created or published by users, including topics, profiles, the content of video-, audio- or text chats and –conversations, as well as messages submitted through our website’s messaging feature (“Content“), is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted. In particular, you are responsible for ensuring that your Content complies with the community guidelines and general prohibitions as set out in paragraph 4 of these Terms.
We reserve the right (but shall have no obligation) to decide whether any Content that you create or use complies with these Terms. We may in our sole discretion remove such Content and/or terminate these Terms and your user account if you publish or use any Content that is in breach of these Terms.
Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk.
By using the Services, you agree that any Content that you submit may be transmitted to the recipient of your communication. The Content of communications, especially of Video-, Audio- or Textchats is entirely the responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated and therefore you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, unlawful, harmful to minors, obscene, indecent or otherwise objectionable. The Content of communications may be protected by intellectual property rights, which are owned by third parties.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via our Services or endorse any opinions expressed using the Services. You understand that by using TandemPartners.org, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. Under no circumstances will TandemPartners.org be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted via Video, Audio- or Textchat or otherwise made available via the Services or broadcast elsewhere.
QUALITY OF SERVICES
While we strive to provide a high quality communication platform, we cannot guarantee that the Services will always function without disruptions, delay or errors. A number of factors may impact the quality of your communications and use of the Services, and may result in the failure of your communications. We take no responsibility for any disruption, interruption or delay caused by any failure of or inadequacy in any of the Services.
DEVELOPMENT, MODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SERVICE
We are constantly changing and improving our Service. As part of this, we may make adjustments or changes to some or all areas of the Service. For example, we may add or remove features, offer new services or discontinue obsolete services. We may also change the Service for the following other reasons: to adapt to new technologies; to accommodate an increase or decrease in the number of users of a particular product or service or feature; to accommodate important changes in licenses or partnerships with third parties; to prevent abuse or damage; to implement legal or regulatory requirements or security-related issues.
We also make legally required updates, i.e. changes that keep our Service legally compliant. We make these updates to our Services for security reasons and to ensure that they meet expected quality standards. Before we change or discontinue any part of the Service, we carefully consider the reasonableness of the changes, your interests and reasonable expectations, and the potential impact on you and others. We will only change or discontinue parts of the Service for justifiable reasons. If a change adversely affects your use of the Service, we will notify you in advance by email within a reasonable period of time. This email will contain a description of the changes, the date they are implemented and a notice that you have the right to terminate your contract with us if the changes have more than a minor adverse effect. This does not include urgent cases where the changes are made to prevent abuse or damage, to respond to legal requirements or to ensure the security and functionality of the Service.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORKING SERVICES
As a user of our Service you have the option of granting us access to your accounts on certain third-party social media and networking Services, e.g. Meta products such as Facebook or Instagram, TikTok, WeChat, Google or Twitter (each, an “SNS”) so that we can capture and make available on Services Content that you have stored in your account(s) with such SNSs (“SNS Content”). By granting us access to any such Member SNS Content, you understand that we will access, after you have reviewed the SNS Content accessed by our apps, make available and store (if applicable) such SNS Content so that it is available on the Services. We are not responsible for any SNS Content stored on an SNS that you choose to make available on the Services. Depending on the SNS you choose and subject to the privacy settings you have set in your SNS account(s), personally identifiable information that you post to your SNS account(s) will be available on the Services. Please note that if an SNS account becomes unavailable or an SNS terminates our app’s access to your SNS account(s), any SNS Content from that SNS will no longer be available on the Services. You have the ability to disable the connection between the Services and your SNS accounts, at any time, by accessing the “Settings” section of that SNS. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH SNS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY CONTENT THAT YOU PROVIDE TO AN SNS AND THE STORAGE OF SUCH CONTENT, IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH SNS.
TANDEMPARTNERS.ORG’S RIGHTS
All right, title, and interest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of TandemPartners.org and its licensors. The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of Germany, the United States and other countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of our trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
NOTIFICATIONS AND SERVICE MESSAGES
You agree that we may communicate with you through your account or through other means including email, push notifications or SMS / mobile messaging services. Please review your Settings to control what kind of messages you receive from TandemPartners.org. You acknowledge and agree that we shall 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 through or about the Services.
FEEDBACK
We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments and suggestions for the Services. By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (“Feedback”) to us through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Feedback does not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) we are not under any obligation of confidentiality, expressed or implied, with respect to the Feedback; (c) we shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Feedback for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) We may have something similar to the Feedback already under consideration or in development; (e) you irrevocably assign to us all rights to your Feedback; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from us under any circumstances.
NOTICE AND TAKE-DOWN
If we receive any notification that any material that you post, upload, edit, host, share, broadcast, stream, transmit and/or publish on the Services (“User Submission”) is inappropriate, infringes any rights of any third party, or if we wish to remove your User Submission for any reason whatsoever, we reserve the right to remove such User Submission for any reason immediately or within such other timescales as may be decided by us in our sole discretion. The User Submission shall be taken down without any admission as to liability and without prejudice to any rights, remedies or defenses, all of which are expressly reserved. You acknowledge and agree that TandemPartners.org is under no obligation to put back such User Submission at any time. If User Submissions infringe, or if you believe that User Submissions infringe any of your rights (including intellectual property rights) or are unlawful, please contact us immediately via email: takedown@tandempartners.org.
TRADEMARKS
“TandemPartners.org”, the TandemPartners.org logo, and any other product or service name or slogan displayed on our Services are trademarks of TandemPartners.org and its suppliers or licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission or the permission of the applicable trademark holder. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing “TandemPartners.org” or any other name, trademark or product or service name of TandemPartners.org without our prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of our Services, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of TandemPartners.org and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and TandemPartners.org names or logos mentioned in our Services are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof by us.
TERMINATION AND ACCOUNT CANCELLATION
The term of the Contract shall commence on the date specified in the order confirmation. In principle, the Contract shall remain in force for an indefinite period unless terminated in accordance with these Rules. With regard to the paid Service, it shall remain in force for the duration of the Initial Term specified therein. The Initial Term will automatically renew for successive periods (each an Extended Term) unless you or TandemPartners.org terminate the Agreement in accordance with these Rules.
The prices of our paid services depend on which subscription model you choose. They will be clearly displayed before you make a binding offer. There are no other additional costs.
We will have the right to suspend or disable your Account or terminate these Terms of Service, at our sole discretion, without prior notice to you and without recourse to the courts, if you breach any of these Terms of Service or if we decide to cease offering the Services to users in your jurisdiction generally. We reserve the right to revoke your access to and use of the Services at any time, with or without cause.
In the event we terminate these Terms of Service for your breach, you will remain liable for all amounts due hereunder, to the extent that there are amounts outstanding and payable to TandemPartners.org.
You may cancel your Account at any time by using the ‘delete account’ feature or by contacting us here.
RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
Consumers have the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day of the conclusion of the contract. This right of withdrawal is excluded pursuant to § 312g Abs. 2 Nr. 9 BGB, if the Service is to be provided in connection with the Consumer’s leisure activities on a specific date or during a specific period. To exercise the right of withdrawal, you must inform us
Better Collective
Toldbodgade 12, 3. sal, Baghus
DK–1253 Kopenhagen
support@tandempartners.org
of your decision to withdraw from this contract by an unequivocal statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or email). To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Model withdrawal form according to Annex 1 B to Directive 2011/83/EU
(Complete and return this form only if you wish to withdraw from the contract
To TandemPartners.org / Better Collective, Toldbodgade 12, 3. sal, Baghus, DK–1253 Kopenhagen(via email: support@tandempartners.org)
I/we (*) hereby give notice that I/we (*) withdraw from my/our (*) contract of sale of the following goods (*)/for the provision of the following service (*); Please describe goods/services precisely so it is possible to identify to which goods or services withdrawal refers.
ordered on (*)
name of consumer(s);
address of consumer(s);
signature of consumer(s);
(only if this form is notified on paper); date
(*) complete as appropriate
WARRANTIES
Your access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Services are provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. Without limiting the foregoing, TANDEMPARTNERS.ORG AND ITS PARTNERS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. We make no warranty and disclaim all responsibility and liability for the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any Content thereon. We will not be responsible or liable for any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services, or any Content. You also agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the Services, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.
If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area (EEA) and you have agreed to our Terms of Use, you are covered by a statutory warranty under consumer laws applicable in the EEA in respect of the digital content or services we provide to you. Under this warranty, we will be liable for any defect you discover, subject to the following conditions: You discover the defect within two years of the one-time provision of digital content or services; You discover the defect at any time during the “continuous” provision of digital content or services.
The laws of your country may provide for an even longer warranty. Your rights under such statutory warranties are not limited by any other commercial warranties we provide. If you wish to make a claim, you can contact us here.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TandemPartners.org is liable for intent and gross negligence. Further, TandemPartners.org is liable for the negligent breach of obligations, whose fulfillment is essential to enable the ordinary implementation of the contract, whose breach jeopardizes the achievement of the purpose of the contract and on whose compliance the contractor may rely on. In the latter case, TandemPartners.org is only liable for the foreseeable, typical contractual damage. The same applies to breaches of duty by our vicarious agents. The aforementioned exclusions of liability do not apply in case of damage of life, body and health or in case of a warranty. The liability pursuant to the product liability law remains unaffected.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be modified so as to render it enforceable and effective to the maximum extent possible in order to effect the intention of the provision; and if a court or arbitrator finds the modified provision invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement will not be affected in any way.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the entire and exclusive agreement between TandemPartners.org and you regarding the Services (excluding any services for which you have a separate agreement with Tripod that is explicitly in addition or in place of these Terms), and these Terms supersede and replace any prior agreements between TandemPartners.org and you regarding the Services.
We may revise these Terms from time to time, the most current version will always be here https://www.tandemoartners.org/terms-of-service. If the revision, in our sole discretion, is material we will notify you via email to the email associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.
ODR / CDR
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution under http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. We are not obligated and not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings pursuant to the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG).
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Law and Forum for Legal Disputes: This Agreement or any claim, cause of action or dispute (“claim”) arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Germany, regardless of your country of origin or where you access the Services, and notwithstanding of any conflicts of law principles and the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods. You and TandemPartners.org agree that all claims arising out of or related to this Agreement must be resolved exclusively by court located in Berlin, Germany, except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in the Arbitration Option paragraph below. Notwithstanding the above, you agree that TandemPartners.org shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
Arbitration Option: For any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief), TandemPartners.org may elect to resolve the dispute in a cost effective manner through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. In the event TandemPartners.org elects arbitration, it shall initiate such arbitration through an established alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) provider appointed by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (“Industrie und Handelskammer”) in Berlin, Germany. The ADR provider and the parties must comply with the following rules: (a) the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner shall be mutually agreed by the parties; (b) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and (c) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final.
MISCELLANEOUS
You agree to the use of electronic communication in order to enter into contracts, place orders, and create other records and to the electronic delivery of notices, policies and changes thereto and records of transactions with us. If these Terms refer to written form, text form according to section 126b BGB (for example via email) shall be sufficient.
You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Agreement. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. We may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under the Agreement, fully or partially without notice to you. We may also substitute, by way of unilateral notation, effective upon notice to you, the Services for any third party that assumes our rights and obligations under this Agreement.
You may have rights or obligations under local law other than those enumerated here.
This agreement and its interpretation are subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Republic of Germany, to the exclusion of the Convention of the United Nations on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The statutory provisions on the restriction of the choice of law and on the applicability of mandatory provisions, in particular of the state in which the customer has his habitual residence as a consumer, shall remain unaffected.
Place of jurisdiction for each and any legal dispute arising from or being in connection with this contract shall be the registered office of TandemPartners.org. ts or obligations under local law other than those enumerated here.
You can reach us here, or via postal service or courier at
Better Collective
Toldbodgade 12, 3. sal, Baghus
DK–1253 Kopenhagen
support@tandempartners.org
The protection of personal data during the collection, processing and use on the occasion of your visit to TandemPartners.org is an important concern for us. Your data will be protected in accordance with the law. Below you will find information about what data is collected during your visit to the homepage and how it is used.
1. Automatic collection and processing of data
Every access to TandemPartners.org and every retrieval of files stored on TandemPartners.org is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. Logged are: Name of the retrieved file, date and time of the retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, web browser and requesting domain. In addition, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are logged.
2. Registration
In order to make full use of the services offered by Tandempartners.org, all visitors have the opportunity to register free of charge in order to create a profile, publish want ads and contact other users. For this purpose, the following data is collected and stored, without which registration on TandemPartners.org cannot be completed:
– First and last name
– date of birth
– gender
– E-mail address
Only your first name, your username, your age and your gender will be visible online for all visitors of TandemPartners.org. Further data is not visible on TandemPartners.org and will not be passed on to other users, even in case of mail contact, as long as you do not put it online yourself or pass it on.
3. Language ads
If you place an ad yourself to find a language partner, the following information is mandatory:
– Native language: the language you speak yourself
– Target language: the language for which you are looking for a language partner
– Region: the place where the meetings with the possible language partner should take place
This information will be displayed to all other visitors next to your first name, age and a self-written ad text.
4. Disclosure of data to third parties
Tandempartners.org does not pass on any user data to third parties.
5. E-Mails
All mail traffic between you and other users on TandemPartners.org takes place via your internal mailbox, e-mail addresses are not visible.
6. Newsletter
In addition to notifications of news in your profile (e.g. new messages), TandemPartners.org periodically sends out a newsletter with information and news about TandemPartners.org. The subscription to this newsletter must be explicitly agreed to (either during the registration process or later in your profile). The newsletter can be unsubscribed at any time in the profile, via a link in each newsletter or by sending a message to info@tandempartners.org.
7. Right to information
As a user of our website, you have the right to request information from us about your stored personal data. This information is free of charge and will be provided in writing.
8. Cookies
In order to expand the functionality of our website and to make it more comfortable for you to use, we use so-called “cookies”. With the help of these “cookies”, data can be stored on your computer when you call up our website. You have the option of preventing cookies from being stored on your computer by making the appropriate settings in your browser. However, this could limit the functionality of our offer.
9. Facebook
Our website contains programs (plug-ins) of the social network Facebook. These are operated exclusively by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (Facebook). The plug-ins are identified on our website by the Facebook logo or the addition “Like”.
When you visit TandemPartners.org, which contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers, which in turn transmits the content of the plug-in to your browser, which then integrates it into the website displayed.
Through this, the information that you have visited our website is forwarded to Facebook. If you are logged in to Facebook via your personal user account while visiting our website, Facebook can assign the website visit to this account. By interacting with plug-ins, e.g. by clicking the “Like” button or leaving a comment, this corresponding information is transmitted directly to Facebook and stored there. If you wish to prevent such data transmission, you must log out of your Facebook account before visiting our website.
The purpose and scope of data collection by Facebook and the further processing and use of your data there, as well as the relevant rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy (http://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php).
[This privacy policy on Facebook was created by the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE and can be found at http://www.wbs-law.de]
10. Google+
Collection and disclosure of information: With the help of the Google +1 button, you can publish information worldwide. via the Google +1 button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for a content and information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1. Your +1s may be displayed as notices along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet. Google records information about your +1 activities in order to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile, which must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name you used when sharing content through your Google Account. The identity of your Google profile may be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.
Use of Collected Information: In addition to the uses explained above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google’s applicable privacy policy. Google may publish aggregate statistics about users’ +1 activities or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.
11. Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter.
We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.
12. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
13. Google Adsense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements of Google Inc (“Google”). Google AdSense uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be evaluated.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
14. Data protection declaration on the use of the Scalable Central Measurement System
Our website uses the “Scalable Central Measurement Procedure” (SZM) from INFOnline to determine statistical parameters for the use of our offerings. In the process, anonymous measurement values are collected. The SZM range measurement alternatively uses either a cookie with the identifier “ivwbox.de” or a signature created from various automatically transmitted information from your computer to recognize computer systems. IP addresses are not stored in the procedure and are only processed in anonymized form. The reach measurement was developed with due regard for data protection. The aim of range measurement is to statistically determine the intensity of use and the number of users of a website. At no time are individual users identified. Their identity always remains protected. You will not receive any advertising via the system.
For web offerings that are members of the Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V. (IVW – www.ivw.eu) or participate in the “internet facts” study of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Online-Forschung e.V. (AGOF – www.agof.de), the usage statistics are published monthly by AGOF and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media-Analyse e.V. (ag.ma – www.agma-mmc.de), as well as IVW, and can be viewed at http://www.agof.de, http://www.agma-mmc.de and http://www.ivw.eu.
In addition to publishing measurement data, IVW regularly reviews the SZM procedure to ensure that it is used in compliance with the rules and data protection regulations. Further information on the SZM procedure can be found on the website of INFOnline GmbH (https://www.infonline.de), which operates the SZM procedure, the data protection website of AGOF (http://www.agof.de/datenschutz) and the data protection website of IVW (http://www.ivw.eu). You can object to data processing by SZM at the following link: http://optout.ivwbox.de
15. Right of withdrawal
You have the option at any time to withdraw your consent to the storage of your data and to have your profile, including all stored personal data, deleted. To do so, simply send an e-mail to info@tandempartners.org. Alternatively, you can delete your user account yourself by logging in, opening the edit profile page and clicking on “delete account” in the upper right corner.