Terms and Conditions of Use of the Application “Cherriz”
1. Introduction. Purpose. Member Status. Registration Requirements. Rules of Operation
1.1 This document contains the terms and conditions of use of the “Cherriz” web application (hereinafter “the application”), provided by its co-founders and sets the rules of its operation.
1.2 The purpose of the application is to facilitate communication among its users, to inform them about social, athletic, or entertaining activities in general, organized by other users or third parties, to participate in such activities, to upload or exchange visual material (photos, videos), and messages related to the aforementioned activities.
1.3 Members of the application are exclusively students of Greek or foreign University institutions and are verified by their electronic address (email) that has been given to them by the University in which they study.
1.4 Before using the services of the application, users must register providing true and accurate information (name, surname, gender, age, University attended, field of study, and electronic address (email) provided by the University they attend).
For more information on how we collect and process your personal data, please refer to the Privacy Policy of the application for users. By entering the above information and accepting the terms herein, the user’s registration as a user and member of the application is approved.
1.5 The use of the application is offered free of charge to its members. The application reserves the right, at the sole discretion of the administrators, to set a subscription fee at any time for periods chosen by the administrators (monthly, yearly, etc.). Before the implementation of the subscription, there will be an announcement posted prominently within the application. Any user who is already a member and does not agree with the subscription fee will be able to leave the application without any consequences, within thirty (30) days from the announcement.
1.6 Rules of Operation
1.6.1 The application will be used exclusively in a manner consistent and compatible with its purposes.
1.6.2 It is prohibited to post photographic, video or other material that is obscene, inappropriate in any way, or pornographic.
1.6.3 The use and expression of racist comments or comments that offend gender, religion, origin, physical characteristics, or any specific personal trait of an individual user, or non-user of the application, as well as the direct or indirect incitement to illegal actions or acts of violence or vigilantism, are prohibited.
1.6.4 The use of the application is allowed solely to registered members, and the provision granting of access codes (either the user’s email or any other code set by the application management) to any third party is explicitly prohibited. Any violation will result in civil and criminal liability, and the management may immediately delete the offender’s account without notice.
1.6.5 For the proper operation of the application, there will be geolocation with the consent of the user for as long as they are logged in and using the application.
1.6.6 The management of the application may freely and at its sole discretion enter into agreements or collaborations of any kind, with third parties, natural or legal persons.
1.6.7 The application management may freely and at its sole discretion provide advertising space to third parties, natural or legal persons, with or without compensation.
1.6.8 The management of the application may freely and at its sole discretion provide the data of registered members to third parties, natural or legal persons, with or without compensation for providing information in accordance with their expressed preferences as well as advertising promotions. The user consents to the use of this information by signing the GDPR declaration.
1.6.9 The construction, operation, and design (logo, name, and graphics) of the application are the exclusive intellectual property of the co-founders of the application.
2. Obligations of the Application User
2.1 Any member of the application is considered a user as long as they comply with the terms of use and unconditionally accept the rules of operation and use of the application.
2.2 The user is obliged to accept and strictly adhere to the rules of operation and use of the application.
2.3 The user is obliged to use the application solely for its intended purposes as described in term 1.2.
2.4 The user cannot assign or in general transfer in whole or in part, with or without consideration, the rights to use the application deriving from these terms to any third party. Otherwise, the user will be liable civilly and criminally to the management.
2.5 The user cannot use the application for commercial or non-commercial activities, as well as for promoting/advertising goods and services.
2.6 Each application user bears exclusive responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the information and data they input into the application and their compatibility with the purposes and rules of operation of the application.
2.7 Each application user bears exclusive responsibility for the content of the exchanged messages and events posted through the application.
2.8 The application user must compensate for any damage to the co-founders of the application or the legal entity to which the application may belong in the future, as well as to any third party, resulting from violation of these terms, misuse of the application and/or violation of third-party rights.
2.9 The user explicitly declares and acknowledges that all intellectual property rights on the application belong exclusively to its creators.
2.10 The user must proceed whenever the application requests it at its sole discretion and in any case every year since their registration to update their personal details. If the above update is not made within 40 days of notification by the application, the user’s account will be deleted, at no cost to the application.
3. Liability:
3.1 The application bears no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, legality, content and truth of the information, messages and data entered and exchanged in the application.
3.2 The application reserves the right to make changes to the rules of operation and use, technical specifications, availability, functionality, and appearance of the application, informing the users accordingly and giving them the opportunity to withdraw from the application in case of disagreement. It may also, at any time and without notice, cease providing access to users.
3.3 The application does not provide any guarantee regarding the effectiveness and suitability of the application for the purposes pursued by each user.
3.4 The application is not liable for any expense and damage (direct and indirect) of any nature and cause, and/or for any loss of data incurred by the users of the application due to the use or inability to use it.
3.5 The application does not assume responsibility for any virus, error, or omission that appears in the application software, nor for any consequences that the user may face as a result of using this software.
4. Duration
4.1 The provision of the possibility of using the application to the user begins from the moment they register in the application and is maintained for as long as the user maintains the status of a member under article 1.3, subject to the following terms of this article.
4.2 It is explicitly agreed that the loss of the status of a member under article 1.3 for any reason entails automatically the loss of the status of the user of the application, without requiring any other action or specific notification from the application.
4.3 The user may withdraw from the application at any time.
4.4 The management of the application may, at its sole discretion, decide to delete any user of the application and suspend their access to it, if:
(a) The user violates the obligation to comply with the rules of operation and use of the application. The application may previously order the user to comply within a deadline, and if this deadline expires without compliance, the user will be deleted as a member and will lose the status of the user of the application and its services.
(b) The user operates in violation or contrary to the purposes as described in par. 1.2.
(c) The user of the application acts in a manner contrary to good faith and commercial ethics and for the service of illegal purposes, regardless of the damage suffered by the application and/or third parties from this behavior of the user.
5. Final provisions
5.1 The management of the application reserves the right to change, at any time, the present terms and conditions of use of the application, informing the users of any substantial changes at least thirty (30) days before their entry into force by posting them on the application.
The user’s non-opposition to the content of the new terms within the above period will be considered as unconditional acceptance of them by the user. Otherwise, if the user declares that they do not accept the new terms, they will be obliged to stop using the application from the date of entry into force of the new terms and thereafter, while the management of the application will deactivate the user’s access codes on the same date.
5.2 Except as provided in these terms, the use of the application does not imply the transfer of any intellectual property rights or license to use it from the management of the application to the user, unless there is a specific written agreement between the parties.
5.3 All present terms are agreed essential, and the violation of any of them by the user constitutes a reason for their deletion from the application, without any compensation for the application.
5.4 For any dispute arising from this agreement, as well as from the operation and use of the application, it is agreed that the Greek Law is applied and all cases will be heard in the Court of Justice in the city of Athens, Greece.