Terms and conditions, conditions of participation & data protection declaration

General Terms and Conditions/Conditions of Participation

The following conditions of participation and liability exclusions apply to participation in the Boundary Projects’ events. Boundary Projects’ events are not organized bike tours or bike races. Rather, they are personal trials in which the participant demonstrates how to arrive at the checkpoints on their own, without outside help. The checkpoints are specified. The route is not. The Participant must abide by the laws of the area they are cycling through.

General terms and conditions/conditions of participation Boundary Projects’ events – Conditions of Participation/General Terms and Conditions (GTC)

1. Organization Boundary Projects
bndryprjcts [at] gmail.com

2. Conditions of participation/subject matter of the contract

2.1 Subject matter of the contract Boundary Projects’ events are self-supported long-distance bicycle trials. The participants arrive at set checkpoints according to their own strength and without outside help. The checkpoints and the start and end locations are provided by the organizers. This is an excursion that you can take part in at your own peril and risk. Participants are not evaluated based on their top speed, but rather on their ability to arrive at each of the checkpoints. Participants pay a flat rate fee for the organization of the events.

2.2 General conditions of participation By participating in Boundary Projects’ events, participants accept these general terms and conditions/conditions of participation. All participants are obliged to familiarize themselves with the content of theseGeneral Terms and Conditions/Conditions of Participation and to comply with their content. Registration is binding upon registration and payment of the flat-rate fee. The flat rate fee is non-refundable. 2.3 Road Traffic Rules The participants are obliged to comply with the legal provisions of the road traffic regulations (StVO), in particular to observe official signs and to use existing cycle paths. If this is ignored, participants will be barred from participation in current and future events.

2.4 Roadworthiness of the bicycle The participants are obliged to equip the bicycle in accordance with the legal provisions of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations(StVZO) (if necessary) and to ensure that it is roadworthy. Please note the special regulations regarding the lighting of racing bikes. 2.5 Helmet and light requirement Helmets are required at all times while on the bicycle. Functioning front and back lights must be on your bike at all times. These lights must be on from dusk to dawn. We recommend keeping the back light on during the day for visibility.

2.6 Fitness Requirement The participants must check their fitness to participate in the event themselves. A doctor should be consulted prior to starting.

2.7 Minimum age

Participants must be at least 18 years old.

3. Liability

3.1 Confirmation

By completing the binding online registration, i.e. by sending their personal data, participants confirm that they have read and expressly accepted the terms and conditions of participation.

3.2 Risk Participation in the long-distance bicycle trial is done at your own risk. The participants know and are fully aware of the dangers associated with the practice of cycling. The participants acknowledge that there is a risk associated with striving for special sporting achievements. The participants accept that their life and physical safety may be at risk when exercising. This includes dangers for everyone in the area of long-distance bicycle trials, in particular due to environmental conditions, technical equipment, atmospheric influences, possible dangers from public roads, as well as natural and artificial obstacles.

3.3 Liability Participation in Boundary Projects’ events, takes place under the exclusion of any liability:

1. of Boundary Projects and its employees and/or members as well as volunteers

2. all other persons/institutions associated with the organization of the long-distance bicycle trials 3. the legal representatives and vicarious agents of all persons and institutions named here under 1 and 2. 3.

4 Intent and negligence

This exclusion does not apply to damages resulting from injury to life, body or health resulting from an intentional or negligent breach of duty and not to other damages resulting from an intentional or gross negligence.

3.5 Obligation to provide information The participants undertake to inform their accompanying persons about this exclusion of liability.

3.6 Health Participants must be healthy, in good physical condition and therefore able to take part in Boundary Projects’ events. The participants are responsible for this themselves. Boundary Projects assumes no liability for health risks to participants. By starting the long-distance bicycle trial, participants declare bindingly that there are no health concerns regarding their participation.

3.7 Impossibility In cases of initial impossibility, the organizer is only liable if they were aware of the impossibility of fulfilling the contract, or if the lack of knowledge is due to gross negligence, provided that this does not affect a cardinal obligation.

3.8 Equipment and clothing Boundary Projects assume no liability for the loss of participants' equipment and clothing. The participants must therefore take appropriate care themselves or have their equipment and clothing insured.

3.9 Data storage and publication The participants agree that the data provided in their registration may be stored automatically by Boundary Projects and/or their service providers and published in the list of participants and results (GC completion).Photos of the participants will also be taken during the event and published on the internet and social media. Explicit objections must be reported to the organizer when registering.

4. Applicable law / severability clause

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies to all legal relationships between the organizer and participants. If individual provisions in these general terms and conditions are invalid, the rest of the contract remains valid.

II. Data protection at a glance

1. General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text. Data collection on this website Who is responsible for data collection on this website? Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website. How do we collect your data? On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, data that you enter in a contact form or when registering for a newsletter or an event. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website This is primarily technical data(e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website. What do we use your data for? Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. Other data is used so that we can register you and organize the events. What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. You also have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted in certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions about data protection. Analytics and Third Party Tools When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens primarily with so-called analytics programs. Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following data protection declaration.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting This website is hosted by an external service provider (host).The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers.These include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access and other data generated via a website. The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 Para . 1 lit. f GDPR). Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.

3. General information and mandatory information data protection

The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We would like to point out that data transmission over theInternet (e.g. when communicating via email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible. Note on the responsible body The responsible body for data processing on this website is: Boundary Projects Email: bndryprjcts [at] gmail.com The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.). Revocation of your consent to data processing Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time.The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LITER. E ORF GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ATANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE TERMS. THE APPLICABLE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPLEX REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE FORMATION OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING,YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies. Right to data portability You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another person responsible, this will only be done if it is technically feasible. SSL or TLS encryption This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from “http://” to“https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. Information, deletion and correction Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice for this purpose or for further questions on the subject of personal data. Right to restriction of processing You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases: If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data we hold about you, we will generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If the processing of your personal data was/is occurring unlawfully, you can request that data processing be restricted instead of deletion. If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of deletion. If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Article21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of theEuropean Union or a member state.

4. Data collection on this website Contact form

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us in order to process the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. bGDPR, provided your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent(Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods –remain unaffected. Inquiries by email, telephone or fax If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. bGDPR, provided your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent(Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried. The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and tools Google Analytics

Google Analytics may collect and process certain information about your visit, including but not limited to your IP address, the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, the links you click, the type of device and browser you use. This data is aggregated and anonymized, meaning it cannot be used to personally identify you. The information collected through GoogleAnalytics is used for the sole purpose of analyzing website traffic and user behavior. We use these insights to enhance our content, optimize site navigation, and tailor our services to better meet your needs.

YouTube with extended data protection

This website embeds videos from YouTube. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street,Dublin 4, Ireland. We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the extended data protection mode does not necessarily exclude the passing on of data toYouTube partners. This means that YouTube connects to the Google Double Click network regardless of whether you are watching a video. As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Furthermore, after starting a video, YouTube can store various cookies on your device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g.device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can receive information about visitors to this website. This information is, among other things, used to collect video statistics, improve user experience and prevent fraud attempts. If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after starting a YouTube video, over which we have no influence. The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning ofArticle 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time. Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their data protection declaration at:https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. Source: eRecht24 6. Disclaimer (exclusion of liability) 1. Liability for content As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general laws in accordance withSection 7 Paragraph 1 TMG. However, according to Sections 8 to 10 TMG, as a service provider we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general law remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific legal violation. If we become aware of any corresponding legal violations, we will immediately remove this content. 2. Liability for links This website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, no liability can be assumed for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not apparent at the time of linking. However, permanent control of the content of the linked pages is unreasonable without concrete evidence of a legal violation. If we become aware of any legal violations, we will immediately remove such links from this website to the infringing site.

3. Copyright

The content and works on these pages created by the service providers, their employees and commissioned third parties are subject to German copyright law. Reproduction, processing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the prior written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this page are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. If the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular contents of third parties are marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we ask that you notify us accordingly. If we become aware of legal violations, such content will be removed immediately.