The subject matter of the contract is the free use of the personalised areas of the website after registration as an information and communication platform "service". The distance learning courses for which a fee is charged are exclusively subject to the General Terms and Conditions of Business. A prerequisite for the use of the personalised services is prior registration. Upon registration, the user must provide truthful information and refer to the privacy policy.
After registration, the user will receive an e-mail with a confirmation link. With the activation of the user account by the Goethe-Institut, the free website usage contract will go into effect. The User may not permit third parties to utilise his access to the Website and, as the holder of the Website account, is responsible for protecting that account from misuse.
For this reason, the User bears a duty to keep his access data secret and to protect them from third party interference. The use of protected brand names or names of other natural persons or legal entities as User names is not permitted. The Goethe-Institut permits the user to read and publish contributions on the website and to communicate with other users within the framework of these terms of use. For this purpose, the Goethe-Institut provides the user with a platform with various community functions free of charge within the scope of its technical and economic possibilities.
The purpose of the community functions is to enable topic and subject-related exchange on the educational and cultural offerings of the Goethe-Institut.
The Goethe-Institut operates the platform within the framework of the tasks incumbent upon it. The platform does not serve the general exchange of opinions, the self-presentation of users, or entertainment purposes.
