Terms of use for the online mode
1. Provider
Robert Peringer, Ittlinger Hauptstraße 17, 94315 Straubing, Germany, email: FsNaviVfr@gmail.com. Further details are in the legal notice.
2. Service
The online mode lets you play with other people on different devices. It can be used free of charge; in the free use up to five online games per calendar week (Monday to Sunday, UTC) can be started, after which no further online games can be started until the week changes (games against the computer and on the same device are not affected, and games in progress can be finished). A game counts as started as soon as all four seats are filled or the creator starts it with at most two computer seats; it counts for every participating person. With the optional premium subscription (section 3a) this limit does not apply to you. I aim for stable operation but cannot promise uninterrupted availability; maintenance, faults and changes can interrupt the service from time to time. I may change or discontinue the service for a compelling reason, for example because of technical requirements, changes in law, the loss of a third-party service I use, or economic unreasonableness. Changes that affect your access to the online mode or its usability by more than a minor degree I will tell you about in good time beforehand, in the app or on this website and, for premium, additionally at the email address on file. This causes you no additional costs. If such a change affects you by more than a minor degree, you can cancel a premium subscription without notice within 30 days of the notice or, if later, of the change; on request I refund the fee already paid for the time after the termination proportionally.
3. Access and account
- The online mode is intended for people aged 18 and over.
- The account belongs to your email address, which you confirm with a code. There is one account per address. You are responsible for the address being yours and for keeping access to your mailbox. If a device or the app data is lost, you sign in again with the address.
- The player name is assigned at random at first; you can change it (3 to 20 characters, not starting with “KI”). It is shown to the other players in your games. An account that has not been used for a year is deleted.
3a. Premium subscription (optional)
- What it covers: With the premium subscription the weekly limit from section 2 does not count for you. The limit of other people is not affected: if a host without premium has reached the limit, a game cannot start or be accepted. Further technical limits, for example on the number of games running at the same time, continue to apply. All other features are unchanged.
- Purchase and price: The subscription is taken out and paid through Google Play (payment processing by Google). The app shows the term and price (final price including VAT) before purchase, and so does Google Play in the purchase dialog; the information shown there is authoritative.
- Renewal and cancellation: The subscription renews automatically for the booked term until you cancel it. You can cancel at any time in Google Play (Play Store → Payments & subscriptions) or informally by email to the address above, in which case I will process it; cancellation takes effect at the end of the period already paid, and premium stays usable until then. Deleting the online account or the app does not end the subscription; you still have to cancel it in Google Play. The same applies if an account is deleted after a year without use (section 3): premium ends with the account, while the subscription at Google continues until you cancel it.
- Assignment: Premium applies to the online account with which the purchase was redeemed in the app, not to other accounts; a purchase can be assigned to one account only. The app compares purchases with the service when you open the online area; “Check purchases” triggers this. It can take a moment for premium to show on a device or account.
- Withdrawal, refunds, faults: As a consumer you have a statutory right of withdrawal (notice in section 3b). The terms of Google Play also apply to payment and price changes; you can request refunds there or from me. Premium ends at the latest at the end of the paid period; if a purchase is refunded or revoked it may end earlier, as soon as the service learns of it (the app compares purchases only when you open the online area). Statutory rights you have as a consumer remain unaffected.
- Availability: I aim for stable operation (section 2); uninterrupted availability of the online mode is not promised even with premium.
3b. Notice of withdrawal for the premium subscription
This section applies to consumers where the contract for the premium subscription is concluded with me; purchase and payment run through Google Play.
Right of withdrawal. You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day the contract was concluded. To exercise your right of withdrawal you must inform me (Robert Peringer, Ittlinger Hauptstraße 17, 94315 Straubing, Germany, email: FsNaviVfr@gmail.com) of your decision to withdraw from this contract by means of a clear statement (for example by email). You can use the model withdrawal form below, but you do not have to. To meet the withdrawal deadline it is sufficient to send your notice of exercising the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal. If you withdraw from this contract, I must reimburse all payments I have received from you without undue delay and at the latest within fourteen days from the day on which I received your notice of withdrawal. For this reimbursement I use the same means of payment you used for the original transaction; the reimbursement is made through Google Play. If you have asked that the service begin during the withdrawal period, you must pay me an appropriate amount that corresponds to the proportion of the services already provided up to the time at which you inform me of the exercise of the right of withdrawal, compared with the full scope of the services provided for in the contract.
Model withdrawal form. (If you want to withdraw from the contract, you can fill in this form and send it back to me by email.) To Robert Peringer, Ittlinger Hauptstraße 17, 94315 Straubing, Germany, FsNaviVfr@gmail.com: I/we (*) hereby withdraw from the contract concluded by me/us (*) for the provision of the following service: premium subscription of the app (state the name of the app and the date of order). Ordered on (*) / received on (*). Name of consumer(s). Address of consumer(s). Date. (*) Delete as appropriate.
4. Fair use
Please use the service only as intended. In particular, the following are not allowed:
- automated access, tampering with the app or the service, and attempts to see other players’ hands,
- deliberately delaying games, and creating many accounts to get around limits,
- actions that overload the service or affect others,
- offensive, discriminatory or misleading display names, impersonating another person, and harassing other players.
In case of violations I may block or delete accounts and end games.
5. Further features
- Partners and invitations: Anyone who joins a game with a code and the creator of that game are saved as partners of each other; with partners you can start games without a code. You can remove partners at any time.
- Overall record: For players against whom you have finished games the app shows you the overall record (wins and losses against individual opponents). It has no meaning outside the app.
- Turn clock: Whoever creates a game chooses a time per turn or none. If a time applies, the creator can decide whether it pauses while the player to move is not in the game, having left the app or the game (default), or keeps running. When the time runs out the service acts for the seat itself (it makes a call, plays a legal card or gives up); after three missed limits in a row a computer takes over the seat.
- Notifications: Push messages (“Your turn”, invitation) exist only if you turn them on; they are off by default and can be turned off at any time.
6. Blocking, reporting and bans
You can block other players: you can then no longer invite each other or join each other’s games. You can also report them, with a fixed reason (display name, behaviour, other) and without free text. I review reports where possible but am not obliged to. In case of violations of section 4 I may ban an account; it is then deleted, and the email address is stored only as a check value so that it cannot sign up again. If you think a ban is unjustified, write to the address above; I will look into it and lift the ban where justified. If the ban of an account with premium is unjustified, I refund the fee already paid for the duration of the ban proportionally; you cancel the subscription itself in Google Play or by email to me. I will tell you about a ban, with reasons, at the email address on file where possible and unless the rights of others or security reasons prevent it; I answer complaints within a reasonable time.
7. No stakes, no prizes
The online mode is not played for money or valuables, and there are no winnings.
8. Liability
I am liable without limit for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, for fraudulently concealed defects, where I have given a guarantee, and under the Product Liability Act. For slightly negligent breach of essential contractual obligations, liability is limited to the foreseeable, typical damage; otherwise liability for slight negligence is excluded. There is no entitlement to game states of running or finished online games being kept or restored; the liability described above remains unaffected. Statutory rights in case of defects of the premium subscription remain unaffected.
9. Changes to the terms, applicable law
I may change these terms with effect for the future where this is necessary for factual reasons, for example new features, changes in law or technical adjustments; the current version is published here. For material changes the app asks for your consent again before you continue to use the online mode. If you do not agree, you can no longer use the online mode and can delete your account at any time; the modes on your device are not affected. If you have a premium subscription you can cancel it with immediate effect in this case; on request I refund the fee already paid for the time during which you can therefore no longer use the online mode proportionally. German law applies. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the country where you live remain unaffected.
10. Privacy
How data is processed in the online mode is described in the privacy policy. You can delete an account in the app or on this page.