Event Terms & Conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to events organized by Qonto SA operating in Germany through its German branch OLINDA Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (“Qonto”) and constitute a contract between Qonto and the participant (“You”) registering for either a virtual, hybrid or on-site only event of Qonto, (hereinafter known as the “Event”).

By registering for the Event, You confirm You have read and agree to comply with these terms and conditions (hereinafter known as “Terms”). Prior to Your registration, You must acknowledge and accept the Terms contained herein. Should You not wish to accept the Terms You should not register.

The registration for the Event takes place online through a registration form via the event platform chosen by Qonto or chosen by its Partner. The applicable terms and conditions and privacy notices of the registration platform will govern the use of the platform. In no event shall Qonto be liable for the use of the event registration platform and Qonto disclaims any and all warranties or representations in this regard.

Where a Partner manages the registration process on behalf of Qonto, the Partner acts as an independent controller of any personal data collected during that process. Qonto accepts no liability for the Partner's data processing activities.

Registration and Technical Requirements for a virtual Event

You are responsible for any technical requirements to be fulfilled in order to access the virtual Event platform, website or app made available by Qonto, in order to facilitate Your participation in the virtual Event.

Qonto will provide You through the Event Registration Platform with login credentials for the virtual Event. These credentials are to remain confidential and are the property of Qonto. They may not be given or transferred to any third party without the permission of Qonto. You hereby agree that You will not provide or permit others to use Your login credentials.

By ticking the relevant checkbox during registration, You confirm that You have read, understood and agree to be bound by (i) these Terms and Conditions and (ii) the Qonto Community Code of Conduct, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Cancellation of the Event by Qonto

Qonto may at any time, with or without giving notice, in its absolute discretion and without giving any reason, change, cancel or postpone the Event, change its venue or any of the other published particulars, or withdraw any invitation to attend.

If the Event is canceled due to force majeure, illness or other circumstances for which Qonto is not responsible, Qonto’s sole liability will be to refund all pre-paid ticket fees.

In no event can Qonto be held liable when presentations are canceled.
In no event can Qonto be held liable to reimburse travel or accommodation costs or other consequential damages due to a change of the Event dates.
In the event that Qonto cancels a paid event for reasons other than force majeure with less than four (4) weeks' notice, Qonto's sole liability shall be to refund all pre-paid attendance fees.
Travel, accommodation and other consequential costs remain excluded from reimbursement as set forth herein.

Cancellation of attendance (On-site)

You may cancel any registration for on-site participation for any reason by providing written notice to Qonto (by registered mail or email to events-germany@qonto.com). You will receive the following in terms of a refund:

Up to four (4) weeks before the Event – a full refund (if applicable)
Four (4) weeks and less before the event – no refund

In case of cancellation up to four (4) weeks before the Event, if the payment has already been made, Qonto will refund it in total. In all other cases of cancellation, Qonto will charge you the full attendance fee. You are permitted to provide a substitute participant.

Fees, Payment Terms, Expenses

You agree to pay Qonto the respective Event attendance fee (if applicable). The amount of these fees and payment terms will be displayed during the booking process. The attendance fees can be paid either directly via the online platform or, in exceptional cases and at Qonto’s discretion, via invoice when You provide such a request via email to Qonto. The attendance fees are inclusive of sales tax in all cases where sales tax have to be paid to the tax authorities.

Conduct of participants

While participating in the Event (virtually and/or on-site or just by attending any presentation), You shall (i) refrain from any improper or unethical behavior and (ii) comply with all reasonable safety, security and other policies or regulations of Qonto.

Code of Conduct

You acknowledge that You have read and agree to abide by Qonto’s Community Code of Conduct.

Intellectual property

All Event materials (e.g. handouts, exercises, case studies etc.) are copyrighted by Qonto and/or if applicable, to a third party providing content to the Event, and Qonto and such third parties retain all intellectual property rights therein. You agree to not reproduce or distribute Event materials to any third party, for any purpose, without the written consent of Qonto and such third parties. Subject to the foregoing, You may retain copies of the materials for Your own personal use.

Sponsors & Partners

Qonto may have third parties sponsoring the Event. You may interact with such sponsors (if any) through the following non-exhaustive activities:

Downloading booth content files (e.g. Whitepapers, Brochures,Presentations)

Taking part in any activity sponsored by a sponsor (e.g. raffle, giveaway, goodie-bag, contest etc.)

Data Protection

Qonto is Controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and of other data protection laws or provisions applicable in the Member States of the European Union.

As such, Qonto complies and processes personal data and personal identifiable information in accordance with European data protection laws such as the GDPR. In any event, Qonto will, taking into account the nature of the personal data and personal identifiable information and the risks involved in the processing of any such personal data and personal identifiable information, maintain reasonable and appropriate security measures, including technical and organizational safeguards designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of personal data and personal identifiable information.

When You register and participate in the Event, Qonto collects and processes the following personal data or personal identifiable information, collectively referred to as the “Data”:

“Participant Data” is any personal data or personal identifiable information relating to individuals to attend or engage with an event via the Event Platform such as (a) first and last name; (b) contact details; (c) event participation information (e.g event name, time and date); (d) IP address; (e) any additional personal data or personal identifiable information provided directly to the Event Platform when registering for and engaging with the Event platform; and (f) any usage data, including metadata relating to an individual’s interaction with the Event platform (e.g. length of visit, navigation paths, page views, page interaction information, timing, frequency and patterns of use);

“Event Data” is (a) any personal data or personal identifiable information contained in materials submitted by You during an event (e.g. speaker bios); and (b) personal data or personal identifiable information embedded in event related content (e.g. event recordings, participant chat transcripts);

“Video & Photo Data” is any personal data or personal identifiable information processed as part of photographs taken and/or the studio and broadcasting service, which is not Participant Data or Event Data, (e.g. personal data or personal identifiable contained in live and/or recorded video streams);

Qonto processes Your Data as described in our privacy policy and in this Agreement. For further information on Your privacy rights please visit our privacy policy.

By registering and accepting the terms and conditions for the Event, You consent into:

the collecting and processing of Your Data as described in our privacy policy;
Your Participant Data and/or Video & Photo Data to be provided to sponsors & partners of the event (if any) to conduct and communicate about events and post-events as well as for marketing purposes. Whereas the further processing of Your Participant Data is governed by the sponsor’s privacy practices;
the processing of Your image, likeness and/or Your voice for promotional and advertising purposes.

You can revoke Your consent partially or in total at any time by sending a message to events-germany@qonto.com.

You may also revoke Your consent via the unsubscribe mechanism in any communications You receive from Qonto or its sponsors.

Website and Links

The virtual Event platform and associated Qonto websites may link to other websites and networking tools provided for the convenience of the participants. The contents of these websites are maintained by their owners, for which Qonto takes no responsibility. Qonto shall have no responsibility or liability for the contents of or use of information contained in any website linking to this website.

Virtual Event

Any posts, messages or other information You supply or submit to the Event platform will be considered non-confidential and You hereby consent to and authorize Qonto to use, copy or distribute and disclose any such post, message or information to third parties. Qonto reserves the right to edit or remove any post inside of the virtual Event platform.

Qonto may at any time refuse access, remove or block any person from the virtual Event platform who fails to comply with these terms and conditions or the Community Code of Conduct. You agree to comply with all reasonable instructions issued by Qonto to participate in the Event.

Media and interactions during the On-site and Virtual Event

Qonto may take photographs and videos of You during the Event or while you’re interacting with Qonto offered activities (e.g. raffles, coffee stations, wheel of fortune). Qonto may also use social media (e.g. X/Instagram/Linkedin) to: (i) post real-time photos and videos to its social media feeds and website; (ii) making the recording available on Qonto’s website, Video streaming platforms such as Youtube or social media platforms such as LinkedIn (iii) use and display select video or photographic material for marketing and promotional purposes (iv) use any comments or feedback You provide while engaging with other Qonto events participants, sponsors and speakers.

By agreeing to these Terms, You grant Qonto the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, sub-licenseable, transferable royalty free right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, combine, translate and distribute Your image, likeness and/or voice as Qonto sees fit for promotional and advertising purposes. We may edit the videos and photographs, use them alone or together with other information, and allow others to use and disseminate them.

Liability

To the extent not prohibited by law, in no event shall Qonto nor any of its officers, employees, agents, members or representatives be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including interruption of use or loss or corruption of data, lost revenue or profits, cost of cover or other special, incidental, consequential, direct, indirect, or punitive damages arising from the use of Qonto’s event platform, however caused and regardless of the theory of liability. In no event shall Qonto’s liability, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, exceed the greater of the amount paid for the participation in the event under this agreement or fifty euros (€50.00). The foregoing limitations will apply even if the customer has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The parties acknowledge that this is a reasonable allocation of risk.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in these Terms limits or excludes Qonto's liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any breach of obligation arising under applicable mandatory law, including the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz); or (d) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

In cases of simple negligence (leichte Fahrlässigkeit), Qonto's liability shall be limited to foreseeable, typical damages arising from a breach of a material contractual obligation (Kardinalpflicht). Liability for simple negligent breach of non-material obligations is excluded.

Warranties

To the extent permitted by the application law, Qonto disclaims all warranties or conditions, either express or implied, or any part of them in respect of any aspect of the event or any related event materials. You acknowledge and agree that in accepting these terms you have not relied on any representation or warranty that is not expressly included in these terms and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation which has not become a part of these terms.

Force Majeure

Qonto shall not be held responsible or liable for any delay or failure in performance of its obligations hereunder to the extent such delay or failure is caused by fire, flood, earthquakes, hurricanes, unseasonably extreme inclement weather, strikes, labor disputes, inability to secure sufficient labor, civil, governmental or military authority, government requisitions, restrictions or regulations on travel, facility availability, commodities or supplies, civil disturbance, transportation, acts of God, acts of terrorism or threats of terrorism, acts of war, accidents, epidemics, pandemics, disasters, or any other cause beyond its reasonable control. In any such event, Qonto may postpone, reschedule or cancel the event without liability on the part of Qonto. In the event the Event cannot be held or is postponed pursuant to this section, Qonto shall not be liable to attendee for any damages, costs, or losses incurred, such as transportation costs, accommodations costs, or financial losses.