Vavo: Hobby Chat & Friends — Terms of Service

Welcome to Vavo: Hobby Chat & Friends (“Vavo,” the “Product”). This agreement (the “Terms”) is entered into between you and the operator of Vavo: Hobby Chat & Friends (“we,” “us,” or “our”) and is legally binding. Please read these Terms carefully, including provisions on limitation of liability, dispute resolution, and governing law, which may be highlighted for visibility. By tapping “Agree,” registering, logging in, or otherwise using the Product, you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Product.

Additional rules, notices, or campaign terms may apply to specific features; where they conflict with these Terms on those specific matters, the additional terms prevail unless stated otherwise.

1. Description of Services

1.1 Vavo: Hobby Chat & Friends (“Vavo”) is a social product centered on interests and hobbies. We may provide features including, without limitation: interest tags and discovery, Hobby feed browsing and posting, comments and interactions, profile display, messaging, and audio/video calls (subject to version and configuration). Actual features are those we make available to you.

1.2 We may update, optimize, suspend, or discontinue features for business, compliance, or technical reasons, with reasonable notice where practicable, except as otherwise required by law or agreed with you.

1.3 Some features depend on networks, third-party services, or device permissions. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for unavailability due to force majeure, network failures, third parties, or your environment.

2. Account and Acceptable Use

2.1 On iOS, you must Sign in with Apple to register or sign in to the Product. Your relationship with Apple regarding your Apple ID and Sign in with Apple is governed by Apple’s published terms and privacy policies; you are responsible for safeguarding your Apple account and related credentials.

2.2 You agree to provide accurate, lawful profile information and to safeguard credentials related to your use of the Product. You are responsible for losses due to inadequate safeguarding.

2.3 Your account is for your personal use only. Without our prior written consent, you may not gift, lend, rent, transfer, or sell your account. If we reasonably believe the user is not the original registrant, we may suspend or terminate the account.

2.4 You must not, including but not limited to:

• Violate fundamental legal principles, endanger national security, disclose state secrets, subvert state power, or undermine national unity;
• Harm national honor or interests, incite ethnic hatred or discrimination, or undermine ethnic solidarity;
• Undermine state religious policies or promote cults or superstition;
• Spread rumors, disrupt social order, or undermine social stability;
• Distribute obscene, pornographic, gambling, violent, terroristic, or criminally instructive content;
• Insult, defame, or infringe others’ reputation, privacy, intellectual property, or other lawful rights;
• Include other content prohibited by applicable laws or regulations;
• Collect, use, or disclose others’ personal information without authorization;
• Reverse engineer, crack, crawl, or interfere with the Product’s normal operation;
• Engage in other conduct we reasonably deem inappropriate.

2.5 We may take measures including warnings, feature restrictions, content removal, suspension, or termination, in accordance with these Terms, community rules, and applicable law.

3. User-Generated Content (UGC)

3.1 You are solely responsible for content you upload, post, or distribute (including text, images, audio/video, links, etc.). You represent that you have lawful rights or authorization for such content and that it complies with laws and these Terms.

3.2 You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to display, store, reproduce, distribute, and technically process your content as necessary to operate the Product (including format conversion). After you delete content or close your account, we will cease use except where retention is required by law or for reasonable technical backup periods.

3.3 Reports, blocks, and response time: Users may report content suspected of violations or use platform features such as blocking. For user-published data that requires server-side action in connection with reports or blocking workflows, we commit to completing intake and taking corresponding server-side measures within 24 hours (including, without limitation, review, restriction of display, removal, or account sanctions). Complex cases or those requiring cooperation with authorities may reasonably take longer; we will strive to complete processing within a reasonable period and may provide feedback where the Product and law allow.

3.4 We may remove, block, or disconnect links to content without prior notice where required by law, regulation, or these Terms.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Software, UI design, trademarks, copy, and other materials we provide are owned by us or our licensors. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or use them for commercial purposes without permission.

4.2 You retain lawful rights in your own uploads. You are responsible for third-party claims arising from your content and will indemnify us for losses we incur as a result (where applicable).

5. Third-Party Services

5.1 The Product may include third-party services or links. If you use Sign in with Apple provided by Apple, Apple’s terms and privacy policies also apply. Your relationship with third parties is governed by your agreements with them. We do not warrant third-party content, privacy practices, availability, or the availability of third-party sign-in methods.

6. Privacy

We process personal information as described in the Privacy Policy for Vavo: Hobby Chat & Friends (“Vavo”). By using the Product, you acknowledge that policy.

7. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

7.1 The Product is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for:
(1) service interruptions or data loss due to force majeure, hacking, viruses, carrier or technical adjustments, etc.;
(2) losses caused by your own conduct;
(3) disputes between users arising from use of the Product;
(4) failures of third-party services not caused by us.

7.2 To the extent not prohibited by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. Our aggregate liability for any claim relating to the disputed services is limited to the amount you actually paid us for those services during the relevant period (if any), unless mandatory law provides otherwise.

8. Changes and Termination

8.1 We may revise these Terms and will post updates in the app or on our website. For material changes, we will notify you reasonably; continued use constitutes acceptance.

8.2 You may stop using the Product at any time. We may suspend or terminate services as permitted by these Terms or law. After termination, we will stop collecting or using your personal information except as required by law or as stated in the Privacy Policy.

9. Governing Law and Disputes

9.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Austria, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

9.2 Disputes shall first be resolved through good-faith negotiation. If negotiation fails, disputes shall be submitted to the competent courts of Austria, without prejudice to any mandatory statutory rights you may have as a consumer under the laws of your country of habitual residence.

10. Miscellaneous

10.1 If any provision is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect.

10.2 Failure or delay in exercising a right does not waive that right.

10.3 Contact us through in-app “Settings” or “Feedback” (or channels we publish). You may also call +43 660 8119185 or write to Himberger Strasse 3, Schwechat, 2320, Austria (attention: Mohamed Mostafa Khedr Khalil).