I. General Terms and Conditions

1 Legal scope

To take part in the of the Forward Creatives GmbH (hereinafter: Organizer) organized and offered events only these General Terms and Conditions (briefly: Conditions) are valid. Dissenting or conflicting terms and conditions of the participant will not be part of the contract – even if these are not expressly contradicted by the organizer unless there is an explicit written consent of the organizer to bear the terms and conditions of the participant. The following terms and conditions apply for the entire period of the contractual relationship between the organizer and the participants as well as for all services that are related to the booking and the participation in events of the organizer.

2 Conclusion of the agreement

The agreement on participation over the entire period of the event is due to the sending of an electronic booking over the implemented xing-events.com booking system. A booking, respectively a ticket purchase, is binding. The purchase is confirmed by an automated e-mail from the booking system. If the buyer does not receive the automated e-mail this does not release the buyer from his duties. The organizer is free to reject ticket purchases without notice which have not been made via the electronic booking system. If a contract is concluded in some other way than the electronic, the general Austrian legal provisions are applicable. For bookings made by a private individual is the attendance a leisure activity, thus the special right of withdrawal by the Austrian “Fern- und Auswärtsgeschäfte-Gesetz” is not applicable.

3 Payment, cancellation and disclosure to third parties

As indicated on the website ticket prices do not include ticketshop fees. The final price will be within the respective invoice and the payment is due without deductions at the noted deadline. The organizer reserves the right to refuse entry to participants to the events in case of an unpaid invoice. In case of delay of payment the organizer is entitled to charge interest at the rate of 12% (in words: twelve percent) above the base rate without notice. A cancellation, respectively, a refund is according to § 2 not possible. A passing on of tickets to third parties is encouraged. The organizer reserves the right to change ticket prices individually and offer cooperation partners or similar third parties other prices than those officially communicated.

The owed service of the organizer is limited to the organization of the event. The organizer is not liable for the quality of lectures and presentations and in particular not for the loss of lecturers as well as the schedule and content of the event. Furthermore, the organizer assumes no liability for the accuracy and completeness of the lectures and presentations (keynotes, panels and workshops) provided. The participants have no claim for certain program points and / or speakers. For damages, the organizer shall only be liable for gross negligence and / or willful misconduct. The organizer also is not liable for loss or damage of brought or acquired objects and excludes liability for personal injury. Any loss of profit is not replaced.

4 Behavior at the event

If the participant has not received access to the event in the context of a partnership agreement with the organizer an unusual active campaigning for himself or a third party is prohibited at the event. In any case unusual campaigning are all forms of advertising, which reserves the organizer its partners, such as the operation of an exhibition stand or distributing leaflets. Upon any violation of this behavior the organizer is entitled to charge a penalty fee amounting to 5.000 € (in words: five thousand euros) and to exclude the participant from the event. The participant is not entitled a reimbursement of costs or the ticket fees in this case. Further claims for damages of the organizer remain unaffected.

If the participant behaves unseemly, illegal or even damaging to the organizer at the event, the organizer is also entitled to exclude the participant from the event. The participant is not entitled to any reimbursement of costs or ticket fees in this case. The organizer leaves the right to additional compensation claims to be asserted.

5 Copyrights

Unauthorized copying, processing or other use of the published data by the organizer is allowed only with the written consent of the organizer. Any further processing, copying, distribution or publication constitutes a breach of copyright.

6 Changes

The organizer reserves the right to change the program, the speakers, the location and all other organizational agendas, even at short notice.

7 Student pass

A student pass can only be purchased if the person will be under 28 years on the first day of the event. In addition, a valid student ID from an accredited university or college is mandatory and needs to be shown before and during the event. Participants with an invalid or non-existent student ID during the admission control must pay the difference to a late bird ticket to be able to attend the event. If the participant can not pay the remaining fee the organizer reserves the right to refuse admission to the event and still charge the normal ticket fee (ticket fee at the time of the event without deduction) later on.

Students attend the event in any case as private individuals, thus § 2 is certainly applicable for them as well.

8 Personal data

By buying a ticket the participant agrees that his data may be transferred to third parties, especially to partners of the organizer for advertising purposes. Furthermore, the participant expressly agrees that the company name, the company logo or the word and figurative mark, and photo and video material at the event may be used particularly but not exclusively for the promotion of upcoming events of the organizer.

9 Applicable law, Jurisdiction, Salvatori clause

The place of jurisdiction for all disputes which may arise in connection with the partnership agreements and these Terms and Conditions is Vienna. For all legal relationships between the Forward Creatives OG and the participants Austrian law shall apply exclusively. If any provision of this contract should be invalid or unenforceable or become invalid or unenforceable after the conclusion, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected. In place of the invalid or unenforceable provision a valid and enforceable provision should be applied with effects which come closest to the economic objectives which the parties have pursued originally. The foregoing provisions shall apply correspondingly in the event that the contract proves to be incomplete. If differences of opinion in the interpretation arise the German language shall prevail as reference point to interpret this contract.

II. Privacy Statement

1 General

Your personal data (e.g. title, name, house address, e-mail address, phone number, bank details, credit card number) are processed by us only in accordance with the provisions of data privacy laws. The following provisions describe the type, scope, and purpose of collecting, processing and utilizing personal data. This data privacy policy applies only to our web pages. If links on our pages route you to other pages, please inquire there about how your data are handled in such cases.

2 Inventory data

Your personal data, insofar as these are necessary for this contractual relationship (inventory data) in terms of its establishment, organization of content and modifications, are used exclusively for fulfilling the contract. For goods to be delivered, for instance, your name and address must be relayed to the supplier of the goods.

Without your explicit consent or a legal basis, your personal data are not passed on to third parties outside the scope of fulfilling this contract. After completion of the contract, your data are blocked against further use. After expiry of deadlines by current legal regulations, these data are deleted unless you have expressly consented to their further use.

3 Information about analytics tools

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, i.e. text files stored on your computer to enable an analysis of website usage by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activated IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf this website’s owner, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about website activities, and provide the website’s operator with further services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; in this case, however, please note that you might not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google, by downloading and installing a browser plug-in from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Google AdWords Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords Conversion Tracking, a web analysis service of Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google AdWords Conversion Tracking also uses “cookies,” which are stored on your computer and facilitate an analysis of how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide other services related to website use and Internet use. Google will also transmit this information to third parties, where applicable if this is required by law or to the extent third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will not link this data with other Google data under any circumstances. You can prevent the use of cookies in general if you disallow the storage of cookies on your browser.

WordPress.com-Stats

WordPress.com-Stats 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 anonymized prior to its storage) will be stored on the server in the USA. 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.

4 Information about cookies

When you browse our Site, you can generally do so anonymously as we don’t collect personal information when you browse; however, your browser automatically tells us the type of computer and operating system you’re using. Like most standard Web site servers, our Site uses log files (cookies). A “cookie” is a small line of text that is stored with your Web browser for record-keeping purposes and helps Forward Creatives OG provide better service to you. Your browser has an option to accept, reject or provide you with notice when a cookie is sent. Once you enter our Site, a cookie follows as you navigate the site, collecting information including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ overall movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use only, to help us understand what users are seeking on our Site.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by choosing a “disable cookies” option in your browser settings. But this can limit the functionality of our Internet offers as a result.

5 Social plug-ins

1. Facebook

This website uses social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network Facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are identified with the Facebook logo or the suffix “Facebook”, “like”, or “share”.

If you visit a page on our website that contains such plugins, they are initially disabled. The plugins are not enabled until you click the button that is provided. By enabling the plugins, you establish the connection to Facebook and declare your consent to the transmission of data to Facebook. If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can associate the visit with your Facebook account. If you press the respective button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly to Facebook by your browser and stored there.

For information about the scope and purpose of data collection, the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, and your rights and the settings you can configure to protect your privacy, please refer to the Data Privacy Policy of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to map data collected about you via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before you visit our site.

2. YouTube

This website uses the YouTube video platform operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066 USA. YouTube is a platform that enables playback of audio and video files. When you load a page on our website, the integrated YouTube player establishes a connection to YouTube in order to ensure the technical transmission of the video or audio file. When the connection to YouTube is established, data is transferred to YouTube.

For information about the scope and purpose of data collection, the further processing and use of the data by YouTube and your rights and the settings you can configure to protect your privacy, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Guidelines: https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy_guidelines.

3. Twitter

These websites use social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Twitter, which is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). The plugins are identified with a Twitter logo or the suffix “tweet”.

If you visit a page on our website that contains such plugins, they are initially disabled. The plugins are not enabled until you click the button that is provided. By enabling the plugins, you establish the connection to Twitter and give your consent to the transmission of data to Twitter. If you are logged into Twitter, Twitter can associate the visit with your Twitter account. If you press the respective button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly to Twitter by your browser and stored there.

For information about the scope and purpose of data collection, the further processing and use of the data by Twitter and your rights and the settings you can configure to protect your privacy, please refer to the Twitter Data Privacy Policy: http://twitter.com/privacy.

4. Instagram

These websites use social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network Instagram, which is operated by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA (“Instagram”).

The plugin can be recognized by the Instagram logo/icon. If you press the Instagram button while you are logged into your Instagram account, the contents of our page may be linked from your Instagram profile. This allows Instagram to assign your visit to our page to your user account. We expressly point out that we as operators of this site, through Instagram, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and use. For information about the scope and purpose of data collection, the further processing and use of the data by Instagram and your rights and the settings you can configure to protect your privacy, please refer to the Instagram Privacy Policy: https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/?hl=vi.

6 Newsletter

Following subscription to the newsletter, your e-mail address is used for our own advertising purposes until you cancel the newsletter again. Cancellation is possible at any time.

7 Disclosure

According to the data protection law, you have a right to free-of-charge information about your stored data, and possibly entitlement to correction, blocking or deletion of such data. Inquiries can be directed to the following e-mail address: hello@forwardcreatives.com.

8 MailChimp

This website uses MailChimp to collect and manage newsletter subscriptions.

By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to share your e-mail address with MailChimp. For MailChimp’s privacy policy, please visit https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.