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Information according to § 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act)

CQT ConneQt GmbH
Kollwitzstraße 76
10435 Berlin
Germany

Represented by:
Belén Alomar Brutau (Managing Director / Geschäftsführerin)

Contact:
Email: hello@conneqt.org

Commercial Register:
Local Court (Amtsgericht) Charlottenburg, HRB 290346 B

VAT ID:
Pending (application in progress)

Responsible for content according to § 18 (2) MStV:
Belén Alomar Brutau, Kollwitzstraße 76, 10435 Berlin

Privacy Policy

With this Privacy Policy we inform you about the processing of personal data by us as the controller when you visit our website conneqt.org. The processing of personal data (e.g. name, email address or country) is carried out in accordance with the statutory provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

This privacy policy applies to our publicly accessible website, including the donation form. Separate privacy information applies to the areas of our platform that require you to sign in.

I. Controller

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR and other data protection provisions is:

CQT ConneQt GmbH
Kollwitzstraße 76
10435 Berlin

Tel.: +49 152 54600504
Email: hello@conneqt.org
Web: https://conneqt.org

II. General information on data processing

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as your name or your email address. “Processing of data” refers in particular to the collection, storage, use and transfer of your data.

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis. Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. Insofar as processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation, Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR serves as the legal basis. Where processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest and the interests of the data subject do not override it, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Personal data is erased or its processing restricted as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Storage beyond this point may occur where provided for by law.

III. Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16, 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to withdraw consent given (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

To the extent to which we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you may object to this processing with effect for the future, but only if there are reasons arising from your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR). If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time without giving reasons. After you have legitimately exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. This restriction does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data. The supervisory authority responsible for us is the “Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit”. Before you do so, however, we would appreciate it if you would inform us of your criticism in advance so that we can remedy the cause of the complaint ourselves.

IV. Visiting the website, server log files and hosting

1. Scope of processing

Each time our website is accessed, technical access data is processed automatically. This includes the following data transmitted by your browser:

• IP address of the accessing device
• date and time of access
• requested page/file (URL)
• referring website (referrer)
• browser type and version as well as operating system

From this data, approximate location data (country, region, postal code area), the network operator and technical characteristics of the encrypted connection are additionally derived. We do not use this information to identify individual visitors. Where an error occurs while the website is being delivered, a corresponding error report including your IP address is generated and transmitted to our infrastructure provider.

Every request to our website is routed through intermediate servers (a reverse proxy), where the access data described above is processed. On the same infrastructure, we store the data you provide to us, send the emails described in sections VII and IX, and manage access to our administrative area. Our central platform database has a storage location within the European Union.

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in delivering the website to you and in ensuring its secure, stable and high-performance operation. Insofar as your data is stored and emails are sent in connection with your donation, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

3. Purpose

The processing is necessary to deliver and operate the website and the services offered on it, to improve loading times and to ensure the stability and security of our systems, including protection against attacks. We also use the IP address to limit the number of requests from a single connection within a short period of time. The processing further serves to store the data you provide to us, to send you emails about your donation and to give you access to our platform, and to restrict administrative access to authorized persons.

4. Duration of storage

Log file data is erased at the latest after 7 days, provided that no statutory retention obligations preclude this. Data stored in the context of sections VII, VIII and IX is erased in accordance with the periods stated there.

5. Recipients

The processing described above takes place on the infrastructure of Cloudflare, Inc. (101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA), which acts as our processor. Error reports are transmitted to a.nel.cloudflare.com. Further recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII. On transfers to third countries, please see section XIV.

V. Information stored on your device

1. Scope of processing

We use cookies and your browser's session storage only where this is technically necessary. We do not use cookies for analysis, advertising or cross-site tracking.

Once you have completed our donation form, we set the cookie cq_session in order to keep you signed in securely. It is stored for 30 days.

While you complete the form, the entries you have already made and the step you have reached are stored temporarily in your browser's session storage (conneqt.signup.draft, conneqt.signup.step). This information is isolated per browser tab and is deleted when you close the tab.

2. Legal basis

Storing this information on your device and accessing it does not require your consent, as it is strictly necessary in order to provide the service you have expressly requested (§ 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG). The legal basis for the associated processing of personal data is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring that the donation form functions correctly, that your entries are not lost, and that you can use our platform without having to sign in repeatedly.

3. Purpose

The processing ensures that the donation form functions correctly, that your entries are not lost while you move between its steps, and that you remain signed in after completing the form.

4. Duration of storage

The information is deleted when you close the browser tab. The cq_session cookie is deleted after 30 days at the latest.

5. Recipients

This information is not transmitted to third parties.

VI. Statistical analysis of website use

1. Scope of processing

We compile statistics on how our website is used. The following data is processed for this purpose:

• page accessed (URL) and domain
• referring page (referrer)
• behavioral metrics such as scroll depth and time spent
• triggered events (e.g. clicking on calls to action, submitting the donation form)
• clicks on links leading to external websites, including the target address
• general technical information (e.g. device type, browser, approximate country of origin) derived from the IP address

The analysis works without cookies and without tracking you across devices. Your IP address is used only temporarily to generate an identifier that changes daily and is not stored permanently. No data you enter into our forms (e.g. name, email address) is included in the analysis.

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in analyzing the use of our website and improving it on that basis).

3. Purpose

The purpose of processing the aforementioned personal data is to statistically analyze the use of our website and to further develop our offering on this basis.

4. Duration of storage

Your IP address is used only to generate an identifier that changes daily. It is therefore no longer possible to identify you from this data after 24 hours at the latest. The resulting aggregated statistics no longer contain personal data.

5. Recipients

The processing takes place on the servers of Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403 Tartu, Estonia. Further recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII.

VII. Registration as a donor

1. Scope of processing

Using the form on our website you can register as a donor. In doing so, we process the following data provided by you: first and last name, email address, the donation amount, whether this amount is donated monthly or yearly, and your agreement to our terms and conditions.

In the same form you can also consent to receiving information from us by email. Please see section IX in this regard.

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, as the processing is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into the donation relationship and to perform it.

3. Purpose

The processing serves to establish and perform the donation relationship, to set up and process the payment through our payment service provider (see section IX), and to communicate with you about your donation.

4. Duration of storage

Your data is stored for the duration of the donation relationship. After it ends, the data is erased, unless statutory retention obligations under commercial or tax law require longer storage. In that case, processing is restricted to compliance with those obligations.

Provision of this data is necessary in order to enter into the donation relationship. Without it, we are unable to set up your donation.

5. Recipients

The recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII.

VIII. Donation and payment data stored in our own systems

1. Scope of processing

In connection with the payment processing described in section IX, we store the following data in our own systems:

• the customer identifier assigned by Stripe, together with your donor record
• a record of payment-related events reported to us by Stripe
• a temporary copy of your current invoices

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, insofar as the processing is necessary to perform the donation relationship, in particular for the customer identifier and the copy of your invoices. Insofar as we are subject to retention obligations under commercial or tax law, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. For the record of payment events, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the traceability and integrity of our payment records.

3. Purpose

The processing serves to assign payments to your donation, to display your donations and receipts to you, and to trace payment processes and identify errors.

4. Duration of storage

The customer identifier is stored for the duration of the donation relationship (see section VII). The record of payment events is erased as soon as it is no longer required. The temporary copy of your receipts is reconciled with the data held by our payment service provider at short intervals and does not persist beyond that. Data subject to statutory retention obligations is erased upon expiry of those periods.

5. Recipients

The recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII.

IX. Payment processing

1. Scope of processing

When you set up a donation, we have the payment carried out by a payment service provider. Which data is processed depends on the payment method you select, and which methods are available to you is determined by the provider, among other things on the basis of your location.

The data required to carry out the payment is processed for this purpose, in particular your name, email address, billing address and the payment details associated with the method you have chosen. Where necessary to comply with statutory requirements (e.g. anti-money-laundering rules, “know your customer” obligations) or to prevent fraud, proof of identity may also be processed.

We do not receive or store your payment details ourselves. The processing takes place with Stripe Payments Europe, Limited (Ireland), whose payment services we use for this purpose. Insofar as Stripe processes your data to comply with its own legal obligations and to prevent fraud, it does so as an independent controller. For further information on how Stripe processes your data, please see Stripe’s privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, as the processing is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into the donation relationship and to perform it. Insofar as Stripe processes your data as an independent controller in order to comply with its own legal obligations, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR or the law applicable to Stripe.

3. Purpose

The processing serves the secure and reliable handling of payments, the prevention of fraud, and compliance with statutory due diligence obligations in payment transactions.

4. Duration of storage

The data will be erased as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes of payment processing, unless statutory retention obligations (e.g. periods under commercial or tax law) preclude erasure. Further information on retention periods at Stripe can be found in Stripe’s privacy policy.

5. Recipients

The recipient is Stripe Payments Europe, Limited (Ireland). Further recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII. On transfers to third countries, please see section XIV.

X. Marketing communication

1. Scope of processing

When registering as a donor you can consent to receiving information from us by email. Consent is given separately from the other declarations in the form and is not a condition of donating.

If you have given your consent, we use your email address and your name to send you information about our work, our projects and opportunities to support us. We also record your consent, including the time it was given and the wording you agreed to, in order to be able to demonstrate it.

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future, either by using the unsubscribe link contained in every message or by contacting us (see section XI). The lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal remains unaffected. The legal basis for recording your consent is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7(1) GDPR.

3. Purpose

The processing serves to keep you informed about our work and to demonstrate that you have consented to receiving these messages.

4. Duration of storage

Your email address is used for this purpose until you withdraw your consent. Following withdrawal, we retain the record of your consent and of its withdrawal for three years in order to be able to demonstrate that the messages were sent lawfully.

5. Recipients

The recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII.

XI. Contacting us

1. Scope of processing

You can contact us using the email addresses stated on our website. In doing so, we process only the data you provide to us — at least your email address and the content of your message.

2. Legal basis

If you contact us in a pre-contractual context, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In all other cases it is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

3. Purpose

The processing serves to handle your inquiry.

4. Duration of storage

Your data is erased once your inquiry has been conclusively dealt with, unless statutory retention obligations under commercial or tax law preclude this.

5. Recipients

We use Google Workspace, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), to receive and process email. Further recipients are the processors and bodies listed in section XIII. On transfers to third countries, please see section XIV.

XII. YouTube

1. Scope of processing

Our website contains embedded videos from the YouTube service operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

A connection to YouTube’s servers is established only after you have given your active consent. In doing so, at least your IP address and browser-related information are transmitted to Google. We have no control over the extent of the data collected by Google. Further information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

We embed the videos in YouTube’s extended data protection mode (youtube-nocookie.com). This reduces the data collected before a video is played, but does not replace your consent.

2. Legal basis

The legal basis is consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal remains unaffected.

3. Purpose

YouTube videos are embedded on our website for information and presentation purposes.

4. Duration of storage

We do not store any such data ourselves. Insofar as data is stored by Google, we have no control over the storage period.

5. Recipients

The recipient is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Data may also be transferred to a third country. For details on the transfer and the safeguards in place, please see section XIV.

XIII. Categories of recipients of personal data

Personal data is transferred to third parties only in the cases specified in this policy.

1. Processors (Art. 28 GDPR)

We use the following processors to provide our website and services. Corresponding data processing agreements exist with these providers.

• Cloudflare, Inc. – hosting, data storage, transactional email, content delivery network and security (see section IV)
• Plausible Insights OÜ – web analytics (see section VI)
• Stripe Payments Europe, Limited – payment processing (see section IX)
• Google Ireland Limited – provision of our email and collaboration system, Google Workspace (see section XI)

2. Further recipients processing on their own responsibility

• Google Ireland Limited – in respect of embedded YouTube videos (see section XII)
• Stripe Payments Europe, Limited and Stripe, LLC – insofar as Stripe processes data to comply with its own legal obligations, in particular regulatory and anti-money-laundering requirements, and for the purposes of fraud prevention (see section IX)

XIV. Transfer to third countries

1. Cloudflare

Data may be accessed from the United States by our hosting and content delivery provider, Cloudflare, which acts as our processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Cloudflare operates a global server network, and personal data may therefore also be transferred to Cloudflare, Inc. in the USA and to servers in other third countries. Such transfers are based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45(1) GDPR), in which Cloudflare, Inc. participates. Where the adequacy decision does not apply, the transfer is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR) as incorporated into our data processing addendum with Cloudflare.

We operate our central platform database with a storage location contractually assured to lie within the European Union. Access from the United States can nevertheless not be entirely excluded in the context of support and maintenance processes. The safeguards described above apply to such access.

2. Stripe

Data may be accessed from the United States by our payment processing provider, Stripe, which acts partly as our processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR and partly – for example with regard to fraud prevention and regulatory obligations – as an independent controller. Personal data may in this context also be transferred to Stripe, LLC, established in the USA. Such transfers are based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45(1) GDPR), in which Stripe, LLC participates. Where the adequacy decision does not apply, the transfer is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR) as incorporated into our agreement with Stripe.

3. YouTube

Playing an embedded video establishes a connection to Google’s servers and personal data may be transferred to Google LLC in the USA and to servers in other third countries. Such transfers are based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45(1) GDPR), in which Google LLC participates. Google acts as an independent controller in respect of this processing. We have no influence on the scope or purposes of the data collected by Google. Where the adequacy decision does not apply, the transfer takes place on the basis of your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. Please note that a level of data protection equivalent to that of European law cannot be guaranteed in the USA. In particular, US authorities may access personal data without you necessarily having effective legal remedies available.

4. Google Workspace

We use Google Workspace, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, to receive and process email. In this context, personal data may also be transferred to Google LLC in the USA and to servers in other third countries. Such transfers are based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45(1) GDPR), in which Google LLC participates. Where the adequacy decision does not apply, the transfer is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR) as incorporated into our agreement with Google.

Terms & Conditions for Donors

1. Scope of Application

1.1 Subject to the Agreement, the Donor and ConneQt have agreed upon monthly recurring donations to be made by the Donor to ConneQt and how these donations shall be used by ConneQt.

1.2 The Agreement between Donor and ConneQt shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of the Donation Agreement and these Terms in the version applicable at the time the Donation Agreement is concluded. Any terms and conditions of the Donor that deviate from or supplement the Agreement shall not apply, unless ConneQt has expressly agreed to their applicability.

1.3 ConneQt may change these Terms from time to time. In this case, ConneQt will provide the Donor with the amended Terms and highlight the changes made. If the Donor does not agree with the changes, he*she may object within six weeks after receipt of the amendment notice. If the Donor does not object to the changes within the time set forth above, changes are deemed accepted. ConneQt’s amendment notice shall particularly indicate the right of objection, the consequences of the Donor’s action and the resulting legal consequences. In the event of an objection, the Terms shall be valid in its unaltered version, but ConneQt reserves the right to terminate the Agreement according to the following Terms.

2. Definitions

• Agreement: The Terms and the Donation Agreement
• ConneQt: CQT ConneQt GmbH, Kollwitzstraße 76, 10435 Berlin
• Donation Agreement: a separate agreement concluded between the Donor and ConneQt stating in particular the Donor’s name, contact data and the financial commitment of the Donor.
• Donor: the individual or judicial person, who has agreed to make a financial contribution ConneQt according to the Agreement
• Donation(s): a gratuitously and monthly recurring disposition of an amount of money specified in the Donation Agreement by the Donor.
• Grant: the payment made to an Institution by ConneQt which includes the Donation(s) or parts thereof after deduction of a certain percentage of the Donation(s) for covering ConneQt’s costs as specified in the Donation Agreement
• Institution: a university or other eligible higher education institution
• Terms: the terms and conditions included herein

3. Provider Information, Non-Charitable Organisation

CQT ConneQt GmbH
Kollwitzstraße 76
10435 Berlin

Represented by the director

Tel: +49 152 54600504
E-mail: hello@conneqt.org

Registry Court: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Registerno.: HRB 290346 B

VAT-ID: Pending

The Donor is advised that ConneQt is (currently) not recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization under German tax law and may not issue German donation receipts (Zuwendungsbestätigungen). Therefore, the Donation(s) may not be tax deductible for the Donor.

4. Conclusion of a recurrent Donation Agreement, Account Registration

4.1 In order to conclude the Agreement with ConneQt, the Donor has to provide the mandatory data in the registration form on ConneQt’s website, in particular name, email-address, the amount of monthly payment and information concerning the payment process.

4.2 By clicking the button “Zahlungspflichtig abonnieren”, the Donor makes

• 4.2.1 a legally not binding offer to enter into the Agreement with recurring monthly Donations as set out in the registration form and
• 4.2.2 a legally binding offer to create a user account on ConneQt’s website to administer the Donation(s) and receive information about the use of the Donation(s) by ConneQt.

4.3 Upon receipt of the application to register as a donor, ConneQt will issue an acknowledgement of receipt by email. The Agreement is concluded and the user account created upon ConneQt’s acceptance of the application, also send by email to the Donor. ConneQt may combine the acceptance and the aforementioned acknowledgment of receipt in one email.

4.4 However, and for the avoidance of doubt, the donation promise contained in the Agreement shall become legally binding upon the receipt of the respective Donation by ConneQt and/or its authorised payment service provider.

4.5 When selecting a payment provider, the Donor may be redirected to the website of the respective payment service provider. Once the required information has been entered there, the registration process will be completed on ConneQt’s system.

4.6 In order to use and administer the user account, the Donor will receive personal access information, not to be disclosed to any third party.

5. Conditional Donation(s)

5.1 ConneQt shall use the respectively paid Donation(s) for the purpose of funding student scholarships. The funding is made by distributing the Grant to Institutions selected by ConneQt, but not directly to one or more scholarship recipient(s). The selection of individual scholarship recipients is made exclusively by the Institution administering the relevant scholarship programme, and neither by ConneQt nor the Donor. However, ConneQt will agree general eligibility criteria with the respective Institution for the selection of individual recipients.

5.2 ConneQt shall have sole discretion to determine which Institution will receive the Grant, as well as the amount, timing and duration thereof. This also includes the right to pool the Donation(s) with other donations and to allocate the pooled donations to a selected Institution.

5.3 The Donor shall in particular have no right to select or approve any Institution, scholarship programme, the timing of the Grant and/or the scholarship recipient. The Donor does in particular not enter into a direct financial agreement with any scholarship recipients. Where the donation process allows the Donor to indicate preferences, e.g. preferred geographical region, such preference shall be taken into reasonable consideration but shall not be legally binding for ConneQt.

5.4 Upon its payment, the respective Donation becomes an asset of ConneQt but remains contractually restricted to the purpose set out above. No trust, fiduciary relationship or separate beneficial ownership is created.

6. Use of Funds and Accountability

6.1 ConneQt shall maintain appropriate records regarding the receipt and allocation of donations and shall take reasonable measures to ensure that funds provided to Institutions are used for the agreed purposes set forth above.

6.2 ConneQt shall provide appropriate information to the Donor on the use of the Donation(s), e.g. through periodic or annual reporting, information about the Institution selected by ConneQt etc.. To this end, ConneQt may, but is under no legal obligation, to disclose personal data of individual scholarship recipients chosen by the Institution. In order to access such information, the Donor may be requested to visit ConneQt’s website with a personal login.

6.3 However, if the Donation cannot or not entirely be used for the selected Institution, ConneQt may reallocate it to another scholarship programme serving the same purpose, e.g. to a different Institution. If the purpose can no longer reasonably be pursued by ConneQt, any remaining funds shall either be used for a substantially similar educational purpose with the Donor’s consent or refunded where required by law.

7. No Consideration and Tax Treatment

7.1 The Donor shall not receive any goods, services, advertising rights, decision-making rights or other economic benefit in consideration for the Donation.

7.2 ConneQt is currently not recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization under German tax law and does not issue German donation receipts (Zuwendungsbestätigungen). If such recognition is obtained, ConneQt shall inform the Donor accordingly in text form. In this case, section 1.3 shall not apply.

7.3 The Donor is responsible for determining the tax consequences of the Donation.

8. Customer Information

8.1 Contracts are concluded exclusively in English language.

8.2 These Terms are available at all times in their current version on ConneQt’s website and may be downloaded, saved and printed.

8.3 ConneQt stores the Donation Agreement and the Terms valid at the time the Agreement is concluded. The stored contractual texts are not directly accessible to the Donor. The Donor may retain a copy of the Agreement by saving or printing the Donation Agreement and the Terms made available on the website and, in addition, by saving or printing the final page of the donation process summarizing the Donor’s commitment. The Donor will also receive this and further information, including the Terms, with the ConneQt’s confirmation email.

8.4 Before submitting the donation promise, the Donor may at any time review and amend the data entered and may thereby correct any input errors prior to submitting the contractual declaration. In particular, on the final page of the registration process, the Donor will have the opportunity to review the information entered once again.

8.5 ConneQt has not subscribed to any code of conduct within the meaning of Article 246a Section 1(1), first sentence, no. 15 of the Introductory Act to the German Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch – EGBGB).

9. Payment, Set-off

9.1 The Donor may choose from the payment methods offered during the registration process, including payment by credit card, direct debit, Klarna and Satispay.

9.2 The Agreement provides for subsequent payments of the Donor on a monthly basis, and not only for a one time payment.

10. Term

10.1 The Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period of time. It may be terminated with a three months prior notice to the end of the month.

10.2 The right to extraordinary termination, even without notice, for good cause shall remain unaffected.

10.3 Terminations require text form to be effective. Alternatively, the Donor may terminate the Agreement by deleting his*her account within the account settings.

11. Liability

11.1 ConneQt shall be liable without restriction according to the statutory provisions for damages of the Donor caused by intentional or gross negligent conduct of ConneQt or its vicarious agents as well as for personal injury and damages according to the German Product Liability Act.

11.2 Any additional liability of ConneQt for damage claims is restricted in accordance with the following provisions irrespective of the legal basis, unless a guarantee assumed by ConneQt provides otherwise:

• 11.2.1 ConneQt is only liable for slight negligence if the damages have been caused by the violation of a material contract obligation (cardinal duties). Cardinal duties are such contractual obligations whose performance is required for the proper implementation of the contract and upon whose compliance the Donor could rely on. To the extent ConneQt is liable for slight negligence, its liability is restricted to the typically foreseeable damages.
• 11.2.2 ConneQt’s liability for damages caused by loss of data and/or software lost by slight negligence is limited to the standard cost of restoration, which would have been incurred in case of regular and appropriate data backup by the Donor.
• 11.2.3 ConneQt’s liability for damages resulting from delays that is attributable to slight negligence is also restricted to the reasonably foreseeable damages.

11.3 The provisions of the above paragraph apply correspondingly to the limitation of damages for futile expenses (§ 284 of the German Civil Code [BGB]).

11.4 The above liability restrictions shall also apply to vicarious agents of ConneQt.

12. Information on Participation in Dispute Resolution Proceedings

ConneQt is neither willing nor obligated to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

13. Applicable Law, Place of Performance and Jurisdiction

13.1 This contract is subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany excluding the United Nations Convention on the International Law of Sales (CISG).

13.2 The Place of performance is ConneQt’s principal place of business.

13.3 ConneQt’s principal place of business is the exclusive venue for all current and future claims out of or in connection with this contract concluded with merchants, public law legal entities or special public law funds. The same venue applies if the Donor does not have a domestic general venue, moves its residence or usual domicile to another country during the term of the contract or his residence or usual residence is unknown at the time suit is filed.