These terms are the agreement between you and us for using the Alpin Club mobile app and related services (“Alpin Club”). By creating an account or using the app you accept these terms and the Privacy Policy.
1. The service
Alpin Club is a free app for route planning, tour recording, maps, navigation, sharing, challenges, summits and events. We may change, add or remove features. We don't guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
2. Your account
- You must be at least 13 years old to use Alpin Club.
- Give accurate information and keep your account and email secure. You are responsible for activity on your account.
- Don't create accounts for or impersonate someone else.
- You can delete your account at any time (Profile → Delete my account, or the account deletion page).
3. Your content
Your tours, photos, comments and other content belong to you. When you share content, you give us a free, non-exclusive, worldwide permission to store it, show it according to the visibility you choose, and process it technically for that purpose (for example resizing, drawing on a map). The permission ends when you delete the content or your account. You must have the rights needed for what you share.
4. Prohibited content and behaviour: zero tolerance
Alpin Club has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. You must not post or do any of the following:
- Harassment, threats, bullying, hate speech, or demeaning people for their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or similar characteristics.
- Nudity, sexual content, violence, gore, or encouraging self-harm.
- Illegal activity, or promoting illegal goods or services.
- Sharing someone else's private information, face or location without permission; stalking or tracking a person.
- Spam, advertising, scams, misleading content; sharing routes you know to be dangerous or wrong.
- Infringing copyright, trademarks or other rights.
- Attempting to disrupt the service, gain unauthorised access or scrape data with automated tools.
5. Reporting, blocking and moderation
- Any tour, photo, comment or person can be reported in the app, and you can block anyone. You and a blocked person won't see each other's profile or content.
- We review reports within 24 hours. We remove content that breaks these rules and may suspend or close offending accounts without notice.
- A photo or comment reported by more than one person may be hidden from everyone except its owner until it is reviewed.
- Suspended accounts can't sign in and their content is hidden from everyone.
6. Safety: at your own risk
- Maps, routes, trails, peaks, elevations and time estimates come from community sources such as OpenStreetMap and from calculations; they may be incomplete, outdated or wrong. A route on the map doesn't mean a path exists, is open, safe or suitable for you.
- You are responsible for judging the weather, terrain, your experience and your equipment. Follow local rules, closed areas and private property.
- GPS, battery and internet may fail. Carry a spare battery and offline maps; don't rely on your phone alone.
- Tours and events shared by users are the users' responsibility.
7. Events
Events are organised by users; Alpin Club is not the organiser and is not responsible for the relationship between participants. The organiser is responsible for accurate event information and for informing participants. Judge your own safety when you join.
8. Maps, data and licences
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map tiles and other data are subject to their providers' terms (OpenFreeMap, OpenTopoMap, CyclOSM, Waymarked Trails, Esri, AWS Terrain Tiles and others); the “i” button in the app shows the sources. The Alpin Club name, logo and app belong to us.
9. Limitation of liability
Alpin Club is provided free of charge and “as is”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect damages arising from using the service, inaccurate data, outages or loss of content. Liability for intent and gross negligence and any liability that cannot be limited by law remains. Your statutory consumer rights are not affected.
10. Termination
You can delete your account at any time. We may suspend or close your account if you break these terms.
11. Changes
We may update these terms. We'll tell you about significant changes in the app; continuing to use Alpin Club after a change means you accept the new terms.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, and the courts of Istanbul have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer, you keep any mandatory rights and the right to bring a claim in the courts of your country of residence.
13. Contact
Alpin Club, Istanbul, Türkiye · alpinclub@militaryapp.net