1. Scope and contract partner

These Terms of Use apply to access to betabace.com, the Betabace web application, the native iOS app and all functions, content and services made available through them. This includes in particular map views, search, route and area data, account areas, uploads, community data, editor workflows, 3D and image-processing functionality and optional paid features.

By accessing the platform, creating an account, signing in, uploading files, saving content or using paid features, you agree to these Terms. Mandatory statutory rights, in particular consumer protection rights, remain unaffected.

2. Description of the service and platform nature

Betabace is a digital platform for climbing-related geo information, route and area content, community contributions, map views, uploads, profiles, editor workflows and technical add-on functions such as 3D rendering or photogrammetry processing. In material parts, the platform operates as a hosting and presentation service for user-generated content.

displaying and searching areas, places, routes and related information
creating, editing and storing route, area and community entries
managing account information such as name, handle, avatar and preferences
uploading, storing, linking and technically processing images or other files
using technical add-on functions such as route editors, 3D representations or photogrammetry
accessing optional premium or subscription-based functionality where offered

No claim exists to the continued availability of specific features, data models, map providers, integrations or file formats except where expressly agreed or mandatorily required by law.

3. Registration, accounts and access credentials

Certain features require a user account. You must provide accurate, current and non-misleading information when registering and using the platform. Credentials, login links, one-time codes and comparable authentication data must be kept confidential and protected against unauthorised access.

You are responsible for actions carried out through your account to the extent they are attributable to your sphere of responsibility. If you suspect unauthorised access, misuse or compromise, you must inform us without undue delay and take reasonable protective measures.

We may restrict registration, access or individual account functions where there are concrete indications of false information, identity deception, abusive duplicate accounts, spam, security risks or other material breaches of these Terms.

4. Profiles, handles and unregistered mentions

Where the product allows it, you may use a display name, handle, profile image and additional profile information. These identifiers must be legally permissible and must not infringe third-party rights or create a misleading impression of official, verified or third-party identity.

no unlawful, abusive, discriminatory or obviously confusing handles
no impersonation of authorities, companies, organisations or other persons
no profile images or profile information for which you lack the necessary rights or which infringe third-party rights

Betabace may also allow structured references to unregistered persons, for example route setters, first ascensionists, authors or other involved persons. Such mentions may only be created or used where they are factually supportable and there is a sufficient legal basis for naming the person concerned.

We may remove, rename, merge, unlink, correct, limit or block handles, profile fields, profile images or unregistered mentions where this is necessary for legal compliance, safety, transparency, abuse prevention or platform integrity. Affected persons may contact us to request review, correction or deletion.

5. User content, responsibility and commercial licence

Existing copyright and other rights in your contributions remain with you or the relevant rights holder. You are responsible for having the rights and permissions necessary to submit the content and grant the rights described below.

Public contributions may be used commercially, licensed to partners and distributed outside Betabace. When you publish content or submit it for publication or inclusion in the shared Betabace catalogue after accepting these Terms, you grant Betabace a non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence for the duration of the applicable intellectual property rights, subject to mandatory statutory rights. This applies to contributions such as route and area records, descriptions, photographs, videos, audio, scans, 3D models, approach tracks and associated metadata, to the extent you hold the necessary rights.

The licence permits us to host, store, reproduce, publish, publicly display, make available, distribute, edit, translate, combine, convert and adapt contributions, generate previews and derived representations, and integrate them into databases, maps, guides, APIs, software, datasets and other digital or printed products. We may use and exploit these contributions commercially within and outside Betabace, including through subscriptions, paid access, premium features, advertising, sponsorship, promotion of Betabace and products incorporating contributions, partner distribution, and the sale or licensing of content, datasets and access to third parties. We may grant sublicences to service providers, distributors, commercial partners and customers for these purposes and transfer the licence in connection with a transfer of the relevant business or assets. These uses do not require a separate licence agreement with you each time.

The licence is non-exclusive: you remain free to use your own contributions and license them to others. Unless we expressly agree otherwise, uploading or publishing alone creates no contractual entitlement to a fee, royalty or share of revenue. Mandatory rights to appropriate remuneration, further participation, information, revocation or termination remain unaffected. Attribution and adaptations must respect applicable moral rights and other third-party rights; a credit does not imply personal endorsement.

For public contributions covered by this licence, closing your account or removing a contribution from your account does not by itself terminate the licence or sublicences validly granted under it. Continued use remains subject to applicable law, valid rights claims, mandatory revocation or termination rights and data protection obligations. A copyright licence is not a legal basis for processing personal data and does not override rights to erasure or objection under applicable data protection law.

Content kept solely in private backups, unpublished drafts or private storage is excluded from this public commercial licence. For that content, you grant only the rights necessary to provide the requested storage, processing, recovery, security and support functions, including use of our service providers. A private upload does not become a public contribution merely because it is stored on our servers.

You may grant only rights you actually hold. Third-party and openly licensed material remains subject to its source licence and any attribution, share-alike or other conditions. We obtain no exclusive ownership of underlying facts or third-party works through these Terms. Broader rights over contributions submitted before acceptance of this version require a valid additional agreement covering those contributions; publishing updated Terms alone does not retrospectively expand an earlier licence.

you confirm that you are entitled to provide the content and grant the applicable rights
you must not upload content that infringes copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other third-party rights
you must not publish obviously false or dangerously misleading safety-related information
if content contains personal data of third parties, you must have a valid legal basis for your submission

6. Notice of illegal content, moderation and enforcement

Reports concerning allegedly illegal content, rights violations or material breaches of these Terms can be submitted to contact@betabace.com. A useful notice should identify the content concerned, its location, the reason for the complaint and contact details for follow-up.

We review incoming notices diligently and may, depending on the circumstances, leave content available, label it, restrict its visibility, de-list it, block it or remove it, and may take corresponding account-level measures. Where required by law, we will inform affected users of the main reasons for a measure and available remedies or contact routes.

We may review content proactively or in response to specific triggers for compliance with law and these Terms and may use automated signals, technical detection, prioritisation systems and human review for that purpose. Except where the law provides otherwise, no right exists to exclusively automated or exclusively human decision-making under these Terms.

In the event of breaches, we may issue warnings, restrict content, withdraw editing rights, reduce visibility, block uploads, suspend accounts temporarily or terminate the user relationship for cause. Removed content may be retained on a limited basis for evidence, safety or legal reasons.

7. Permitted use and prohibited conduct

The platform may only be used in accordance with applicable law, these Terms and the intended product functionality. The following are prohibited in particular:

unlawful, abusive, defamatory, discriminatory, pornographic or otherwise impermissible content
spam, scams, automated mass requests or abusive lead generation
automated scraping, extraction or circumvention of technical access controls without permission
uploading malware, destructive code or technically manipulative files
publishing fabricated facts, manipulated safety data or intentionally misleading community contributions
using platform information to bypass lawful access restrictions, property rights or environmental protections

8. Special rules for uploads and photogrammetry

Files uploaded for image-based or photogrammetry-related workflows may only be used if you hold the necessary rights and if their processing is technically and legally permissible. You are responsible for ensuring that no third-party rights are violated and that no sensitive or prohibited content is processed without a valid basis.

no unauthorised photos of identifiable people
no confidential or secret material without authorisation
no files whose processing infringes property, privacy or intellectual property rights
no abusive uploads intended to overload storage or compute resources

We may technically inspect, scan, validate, compress, transcode, generate previews from and technically process metadata of uploaded files or reject files for security, integrity or compatibility reasons where necessary for operation of the platform.

9. Safety, outdoor risks and personal responsibility

Climbing, bouldering, approaches, abseiling and other outdoor activities are dangerous. Information on Betabace is not a safety guarantee and does not replace your own assessment, local knowledge, training, equipment, supervision or qualified instruction.

Grades, route descriptions, GPS references, topo-like depictions, 3D visualisations, route suggestions, weather-related information, community comments, protection references and other safety or access information may be incomplete, outdated, misleading or incorrect.

always verify protection, approach, access, weather, closures and local conditions yourself
respect property rights, environmental restrictions and local access rules
do not blindly rely on pins, markers, grades, 3D scenes or community statements
if you have doubts about safety, access or your own ability, do not attempt the climb

10. Paid services, subscriptions, withdrawal and cancellation

Where Betabace offers paid features or subscriptions, the prices, billing intervals, durations, cancellation rules and service descriptions displayed at checkout, at the time of contract formation or in the user account apply in addition to these Terms. Payments are processed by the payment provider shown at checkout, currently Stripe for web payment flows. If paid digital features are later offered through an app marketplace, its payment, cancellation and refund rules may also apply.

You must keep relevant payment information up to date and pay amounts due on time. We may restrict or suspend paid functionality where payments fail, chargebacks occur, misuse is suspected or serious contractual breaches exist, to the extent permitted by law.

Statutory withdrawal rights of consumers remain unaffected. Where a withdrawal right exists, you will receive separate withdrawal information during the order process. To the extent permitted by law, a withdrawal right for digital content or digital services may expire early if you expressly consent to performance beginning before the withdrawal period ends and acknowledge the resulting loss of the withdrawal right.

Statutory cancellation rights and any legally required cancellation button remain unaffected. Where technically provided, subscriptions may additionally be managed through the user account or the Stripe or platform functions shown for that purpose.

11. Changes to the service, updates and availability

We aim for high platform availability but do not owe uninterrupted or error-free access. Maintenance, updates, security measures, outages at hosting, map, authentication, storage, compute or payment providers and technical changes may lead to temporary restrictions.

We may modify, develop, limit or discontinue features, interfaces, data models, map providers, integrations, file formats and technical workflows where there is a valid reason, such as security, legal compliance, abuse prevention, operations, provider changes or product development.

Where Betabace provides consumers with digital products or continuously supplied digital services for payment or under a corresponding contract, mandatory statutory rights, in particular under sections 327 et seq. of the German Civil Code, remain unaffected. In such cases, detrimental changes will only be made within the limits of applicable law and with any legally required information.

12. Duration, suspension, termination and effects of ending use

You may stop using the platform at any time. Where a user account exists, its deletion may be requested through the provided functions or by contacting us, subject to legal retention obligations, legitimate security interests and technical limitations relating to backups or connected records.

We may suspend accounts or individual features temporarily or permanently or terminate the user relationship for cause where there are concrete indications of misuse, rights violations, security threats, spam, payment problems, deceptive identity practices or other material breaches of these Terms. Where possible, we take into account the severity, frequency and context of the violation when selecting and calibrating measures.

After termination, public contributions may continue to be used under the licence in section 5, subject to applicable law. Other content may be deleted, anonymised, depersonalised, unlinked, archived or retained on a limited basis where required for backups, technical necessity, evidentiary purposes or legal obligations. Payment claims already due and rights and obligations that by their nature survive termination remain unaffected.

13. Liability and mandatory statutory rights

We are fully liable for intent, gross negligence and damages arising from injury to life, body or health. In the event of slight negligence involving a breach of essential contractual obligations, we are liable only for the foreseeable damage typical for the contract. Otherwise, liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law.

Mandatory statutory rights of users, in particular under sections 327 et seq. of the German Civil Code and other mandatory consumer protection provisions, remain unaffected.

To the extent permitted by law, we do not assume liability or provide any warranty for the accuracy, completeness or suitability of user-generated content, community-maintained route information, external map, weather, search or geo data, grade information, approach descriptions, safety references, 3D visualisations or the consequences of your own climbing or outdoor decisions.

14. Indemnity

You shall indemnify us against third-party claims arising from unlawful use of the platform attributable to you or from content you have provided, including reasonable legal defence costs, to the extent you are responsible for the violation.

15. Final provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, unless mandatory consumer protection provisions of your country of habitual residence provide otherwise. If you are a merchant, legal entity under public law or special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction is the provider's registered seat where legally permissible.

If any provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected.

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