Terms of Participation
As of July 2026 · This is a non-binding courtesy translation. Only the German version is legally binding.
1. Organiser and scope
The provider of the game GeoGix is GeoGix UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Paul-Jäkel-Straße 46, 09113 Chemnitz, Germany (“GeoGix”). Full details in the imprint.
These terms apply to the use of the GeoGix app (app.geogix.de, app.geogix.com and the Android app provided from it) and to participation in campaigns, episodes, prize draws and promotions run through GeoGix. By taking part you expressly accept these terms.
These terms of participation apply to every campaign run through GeoGix. A partner business may provide additional conditions for its campaign; those apply in addition only and cannot set aside, restrict or replace these terms – in particular not sections 4 (behaviour in traffic and your surroundings), 7 (prizes and partner campaigns) and 9 (liability). Where the two sets of rules conflict, these terms of participation prevail.
2. What GeoGix is – and what it is not
GeoGix is an entertainment game. Virtual trophies are tied to geographic coordinates on a map and can be collected when a device is near them.
- GeoGix is not a navigation service and does not recommend routes. The positions shown are game content and are not a statement that a place is accessible, may be entered, is safe, or can be reached by a safe route.
- GeoGix automatically checks trophy positions against third-party map data in order to avoid buildings and bodies of water. This check is an aid, not a guarantee: map data can be incomplete, outdated or wrong.
- GeoGix is not gambling. Participation is possible free of charge; no monetary stake is required to take part in prize draws.
3. Eligibility
- Participation is permitted from the age of 16. Persons aged between 16 and 18 require the consent of a parent or legal guardian; for paid features such consent is required in every case.
- A registered user account with a confirmed e-mail address is required, as well as a suitable device with location services and internet access.
- One user account per person. Information given at registration must be truthful.
- Employees of GeoGix, their relatives and persons involved in organising a campaign are excluded from winning that campaign. The creator of a campaign cannot win in their own campaign.
4. Your responsibility in traffic and in your surroundings
GeoGix is played in the real world. You are therefore fully responsible for your behaviour outside the app. In particular you undertake:
- never to look at your device while taking part in traffic – not when walking along roads, not when cycling, and under no circumstances while driving a vehicle;
- to observe all traffic rules, barriers, prohibitions, house rules and instructions from authorities;
- not to enter other people’s property without authorisation; private land, business premises, construction sites, railway installations, military areas and nature reserves are off limits, even if a trophy is shown there;
- to avoid dangerous places – in particular water, steep slopes, cliffs, tracks, tunnels, roads without pavements, unlit areas and any place you cannot reach safely;
- to assess weather, time of day, darkness and your own physical condition yourself, and to stop playing when it becomes unsafe;
- to be considerate of other people and animals, to respect quiet hours and not to harass anyone;
- to let children and young people play only with appropriate supervision.
Do not reach a trophy at any cost. A trophy is a game object. If the way there is not safe, not permitted or not reasonable, leave it. There is no obligation and no entitlement to collect any particular trophy.
5. Location data, manipulation and fair play
Your location is processed for the game; details in the privacy policy. The game cannot be used without location permission.
The following are not permitted:
- faking a location (“GPS spoofing”), emulators, automated input, bots or scripts;
- exploiting software bugs, tampering with the app, or circumventing security and verification mechanisms;
- operating multiple accounts, sharing credentials, and trading accounts, trophies, Gix or prizes.
In the event of a breach, GeoGix may revoke progress, trophies, Gix and prizes, suspend the account temporarily or delete it permanently, and exclude the person from future campaigns – without prior notice in the case of serious or repeated breaches. There is no entitlement to restoration.
6. Trophies, Gix and game progress
- Trophies are virtual game content with no monetary value. They are globally unique: whoever collects a trophy first receives it; it disappears for everyone else.
- Gix is a virtual in-game currency with no monetary value. Gix cannot be exchanged for real money, goods or claims against GeoGix, cannot be transferred and cannot be paid out.
- There is no entitlement to the availability of particular content, to a particular number or distribution of trophies, to availability of the service, or to the continued existence of game progress.
- GeoGix may change, add to, reset or remove game content, rules, prizes and features at any time, provided this is reasonable for participants – for example for technical, legal or safety reasons.
7. Prizes and partner campaigns
Campaigns are frequently created and are the responsibility of partner businesses. Please read this section carefully:
- The respective partner is the provider of the prize and is solely responsible for its description, quality, availability, redemption, collection, warranty and for complying with the rules applicable to them. GeoGix merely provides the technical platform and does not become a contracting party in respect of the prize.
- If a prize is not provided, not provided on time, not as described, or can no longer be redeemed – for example because the partner ceases trading – claims lie exclusively against the partner.
- Prizes are not paid out in cash, not exchanged and not transferable, unless a campaign expressly states otherwise.
- A prize must be redeemed within the period stated in the campaign. After it expires the prize lapses without replacement. Redemption may require presenting a code in the app.
- Any taxes and other levies on a prize are borne by the winner.
- Travel costs for collection as well as costs for internet use, data volume, electricity and devices are borne by the participant.
- No correspondence will be entered into regarding the outcome of a campaign. Recourse to the courts is excluded to the extent legally permissible.
- GeoGix may change, interrupt, extend or terminate a campaign at any time without prior notice if its proper running cannot be ensured for technical, legal or organisational reasons. No claims arise from this.
8. Obligations of partner businesses
If you create a campaign as a business via the GeoGix partner portal, you warrant:
- that you are entitled and able to run the campaign and to provide the prize;
- that content, images, logos, videos and texts are free of third-party rights or that you hold the necessary rights of use, and that they are neither unlawful, harmful to minors, misleading nor insulting;
- that the chosen play area does not encourage participation in dangerous or impermissible places and that you hold any necessary permissions (for example from the landowner);
- that you comply with all rules applicable to you, in particular competition, consumer protection, price indication, youth protection and data protection law;
- that you will indemnify GeoGix against third-party claims arising from your campaign, your content or your prize, including reasonable costs of legal defence.
Campaigns are reviewed by GeoGix before publication. This review serves the operation of the platform; it is not a legal review and does not create any responsibility on the part of GeoGix for a partner’s content or prizes. GeoGix may refuse or withdraw approval without giving reasons.
9. Liability
Participation is voluntary and at your own risk.
GeoGix is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act, and within the scope of any warranty given. In the case of slightly negligent breach of an obligation whose fulfilment is of particular importance for the performance of the contract (a material contractual obligation), liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for such contracts.
Otherwise the liability of GeoGix is excluded. This applies in particular to:
- personal injury, property damage and financial loss arising because you go to a place, act inattentively, breach traffic rules, enter someone else’s property or seek out dangerous locations;
- acts and omissions of other participants or other third parties, including altercations, theft or harassment;
- prizes, promises, content and conduct of partner businesses (see section 7);
- inaccuracies or gaps in third-party map, location and geodata, as well as faulty or imprecise location determination by the device;
- disruptions, outages, maintenance, data loss, loss of game progress, trophies or Gix, as well as damage to devices, to software or through battery drain;
- costs for data connections and events of force majeure.
These limitations also apply to the personal liability of GeoGix’s legal representatives, employees and agents. Mandatory statutory liability remains unaffected in every case – provisions of these terms are always to be construed so as to remain legally permissible.
10. Costs and paid features
Participation in the game and in prize draws is free of charge. Optionally, Gix and additional features can be purchased. These are digital contents without monetary value; exchange for real money is excluded. Costs for internet connection and data volume are borne by the participant.
11. Data protection
How personal data – in particular location data – is processed is set out in the privacy policy. If you take part in a campaign and win, the information required to redeem the prize may be passed on to the partner business.
12. Termination
You may delete your account and end your participation at any time without giving reasons. Unredeemed prizes, Gix and game progress lapse without replacement. GeoGix may discontinue the service entirely; notice will be given within a reasonable period where possible.
13. Changes to these terms
GeoGix may amend these terms of participation where this is necessary for legal, technical or organisational reasons and is reasonable for participants. The version published on this page at the time of participation applies.
14. Applicable law, severability, language
German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state in which a participant is habitually resident remain unaffected.
Should any provision of these terms be or become wholly or partly invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. The statutory rules apply in place of the invalid provision.
The German version of these terms of participation prevails. Translations serve comprehension only.
Contact
Questions about these terms of participation:
info@geogix.com
GeoGix UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Paul-Jäkel-Straße 46, 09113 Chemnitz, Germany