I. Legal notice & disclosure
1. Operator and media owner
This website is operated by Sportverein – E-SPORT Clan gr33dy, a registered Austrian association with its registered office in Linz, Austria.
The association is the media owner (Medieninhaber) of this website.
Legal, privacy, copyright and other website-related enquiries may be sent to hello@gr33dy.at.
2. Association and media purpose
The purpose of the association is to promote and support its members in connection with esports, gaming and related social and community activities.
This website primarily presents the association, its members, history, activities, achievements, games, community projects and the wider GR33DY universe. Its content is predominantly recreational, self-referential and community-oriented. It is not intended to constitute general journalistic reporting or a publication aimed at influencing public opinion on matters unrelated to the association and its activities.
Certain descriptions, awards, rankings, titles, statements and historical accounts may contain satire, exaggeration, irony or other forms of humour. This is considered an integral part of the GR33DY experience.
3. Contact
GR33DY is operated recreationally by its members. While reasonable efforts are made to review incoming communications, continuous availability or immediate response times cannot be guaranteed.
II. Privacy policy
1. Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Sportverein – E-SPORT Clan gr33dy, registered office Linz, Austria, email hello@gr33dy.at.
No data protection officer has been appointed.
2. General principles
GR33DY processes personal data only where necessary for the operation, security and administration of this website, communication with visitors or prospective members, or the presentation and administration of association activities. Personal data are processed in accordance with applicable data protection law, in particular the GDPR and applicable Austrian data protection legislation.
GR33DY does not sell personal data and does not use personal data collected through this website for behavioural advertising or commercial profiling.
3. Website access and server logs
When this website is accessed, technically necessary information may be processed by the web server and hosting infrastructure. Such information may include the IP address, date and time of access, requested page or file, amount of data transferred, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL where transmitted, HTTP status and comparable technical request information.
Processing takes place to deliver the website, maintain technical stability, detect and prevent misuse or attacks, troubleshoot faults and ensure information and system security. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interests pursued are the secure, reliable and technically functional operation of the website and the protection of GR33DY’s IT infrastructure.
Server log files are ordinarily retained for 30 days and are then deleted or anonymised, unless longer retention is necessary in connection with a security incident, legal claim or statutory obligation.
Hosting and technical infrastructure providers may process such data on behalf of GR33DY where technically necessary.
4. Communication by email
This website does not currently provide a public contact or application form. If you contact GR33DY by email, the information you provide is processed for the purpose of receiving, reviewing and responding to your communication.
This may include your name or chosen identifier, email address, message content, attachments, technical email metadata and information voluntarily provided in connection with membership enquiries.
The legal basis is generally Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on the legitimate interest in responding to communications addressed to the association. Where communication is necessary in connection with the establishment or administration of membership or another legal relationship, processing may additionally be based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR or, where applicable, Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Messages are retained for as long as necessary to process the relevant matter and, where appropriate, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or compliance with statutory obligations. Information relating to persons who subsequently become members may thereafter be processed as part of the association’s internal membership administration.
Providing personal data by email is voluntary. You are not legally required to contact GR33DY. If you do not provide sufficient contact information or information necessary to deal with your request, GR33DY may be unable to respond.
5. Member profiles and public association content
GR33DY may publish information concerning its members, including gamer tags, profile images or photographs, short biographies or profile descriptions, games and activities, awards or achievements, association records and voluntarily linked social-media, streaming or video accounts.
Such publication takes place with the knowledge and consent of the respective member. Where processing is based on consent, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent may be withdrawn for future processing; withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal.
6. Cookies, analytics and tracking
At the date of this Privacy Policy, the public GR33DY website does not intentionally deploy analytics services, advertising trackers, behavioural profiling systems, third-party marketing pixels or embedded social-media widgets.
The public frontend does not require consent-based tracking technologies for its ordinary operation. Where cookies or comparable storage technologies are strictly necessary for functionality expressly requested by a user or for the secure technical operation of the website, they may be used to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Should GR33DY introduce functionality requiring prior consent in the future, the relevant technology will not intentionally be activated before the required consent mechanism has been implemented, and this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.
7. External websites and social-media platforms
The website contains links to external services, which may include YouTube, Instagram, X, gaming or community platforms and the externally operated merchandise shop. Where such services are provided merely as external links and are not embedded into this website, GR33DY does not initiate the relevant external service merely because this website is visited.
Once an external link is selected, the respective third-party provider may independently process personal data in accordance with its own privacy policy and technical configuration. GR33DY has no control over such subsequent processing.
8. Recipients and service providers
Personal data may be made available to technical service providers where this is necessary to operate the website or communication infrastructure. Relevant categories may include website hosting providers, server and infrastructure providers, email service providers and technical administrators or IT service providers.
Such providers process data only to the extent required for the relevant service and, where applicable, act as processors on behalf of GR33DY. GR33DY does not intentionally disclose personal data collected through ordinary website use to unrelated third parties for advertising or marketing purposes.
Where a technical service provider or its subprocessors processes personal data outside the European Economic Area, any transfer is to be carried out in accordance with Chapter V GDPR, including any applicable adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or another lawful transfer mechanism.
9. Retention
Personal data are not retained indefinitely merely because they have been collected. Retention depends on the respective purpose of processing. Data are deleted or anonymised once they are no longer reasonably required, subject to statutory retention requirements, security requirements, documentation obligations, the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, continuing association membership or valid consent to publication.
10. Rights of data subjects
Subject to the requirements and limitations provided by applicable law, data subjects may have the right to obtain information about personal data processed concerning them and a copy of such data, request rectification or erasure, request restriction of processing, object to processing based on legitimate interests, receive certain data in a portable format and withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future.
Requests may be addressed to hello@gr33dy.at. Where reasonably necessary to protect personal data, GR33DY may request sufficient information to verify the identity of the requesting person.
11. Right to lodge a complaint
Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority. In Austria, the competent authority is the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde), Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Vienna, Austria, email dsb@dsb.gv.at, website www.dsb.gv.at.
12. Automated decision-making
GR33DY does not use personal data collected through this website for automated decision-making or profiling within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. No clan member has yet been admitted by algorithm.
13. Data security
GR33DY takes reasonable technical and organisational measures appropriate to the nature and scale of the processing in order to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, manipulation or disclosure. No internet-based transmission or storage system can, however, be guaranteed to be absolutely secure.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated where technical functionality, processing activities or legal requirements change. The version published on this page is the current version.
III. Intellectual property & website terms
1. General content
Unless otherwise indicated, original texts, graphics, photographs, logos, layouts, designs, illustrations, videos, downloadable files and other materials created specifically for GR33DY may be protected by applicable copyright, design, trademark, name or other intellectual-property laws to the extent provided by applicable law.
Rights in such material are held by Sportverein – E-SPORT Clan gr33dy, the respective GR33DY member or creator, or another rights holder who has authorised the relevant use, as applicable. Nothing on this website shall be interpreted as claiming ownership by GR33DY of intellectual property belonging to third parties.
Except where expressly permitted, no licence or other right is granted merely by making content available through this website.
2. Unauthorised use
To the extent GR33DY or its respective creators hold the relevant rights, reproduction, redistribution, commercial exploitation, public communication, modification or other use beyond statutory permissions requires prior authorisation. Requests concerning permitted use may be submitted to hello@gr33dy.at.
GR33DY reserves the right to enforce applicable intellectual-property and related rights where reasonably necessary. This provision does not restrict uses expressly permitted by mandatory law.
3. Downloadable media and wallpapers
Certain media assets may expressly be made available for download. Unless a different licence is stated next to the relevant asset, GR33DY grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable permission to use such material exclusively for private and non-commercial purposes.
Permitted private use may include desktop wallpapers, mobile-device wallpapers, personal device backgrounds and comparable private digital customisation. Unless separately authorised, the permission does not include commercial use, resale, redistribution, publication as an independent download, incorporation into merchandise, removal of identifying marks, misleading attribution or use implying sponsorship or endorsement by GR33DY.
Any licence granted by GR33DY applies only to rights actually held or controlled by GR33DY. Rights relating to identifiable third-party elements remain unaffected.
4. Dart flight designs
Graphic designs specifically identified as downloadable dart-flight designs are made available under a limited licence for private use. Users may download the relevant design and provide it to a third-party printing or personalisation service solely for the purpose of producing customised dart flights for their own private, non-commercial use.
Unless prior written permission has been granted, that licence does not include commercial production or resale, public redistribution of source files, use as part of another brand or product range, material modification presented as official GR33DY material, sublicensing or commercial exploitation in any other form. The licence applies only to rights held or controlled by GR33DY or the respective creator.
5. GR33DY names, logos and identifiers
The names, logos, clan tags, graphic identifiers, slogans and other distinctive signs associated with GR33DY may be protected under applicable trademark, name, copyright, design and unfair-competition laws, irrespective of whether an individual sign has been formally registered as a trademark.
No statement on this website shall be interpreted as representing that every GR33DY identifier is a registered trademark. Unauthorised commercial use, impersonation or use creating a misleading impression of affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement may be challenged under applicable law.
6. Third-party games, brands and intellectual property
GR33DY is an independent esports and gaming association. References may be made to third-party games, publishers, developers, platforms, brands, trademarks and other protected material. All such third-party rights remain with their respective owners.
References to games or companies are generally made for identification, historical documentation and presentation of the association’s gaming activities. Unless expressly stated otherwise, GR33DY is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or officially associated with the relevant game developers, publishers, platform operators or trademark owners.
Where third-party visual material is used, GR33DY intends to do so only where a sufficient permission or other lawful basis exists. Where original GR33DY artwork is used to illustrate a game dossier, no ownership of the referenced game title or brand is claimed. A copyright or attribution notice does not itself purport to create any right not otherwise granted by the relevant rights holder.
EA content notice: This website is not endorsed by or affiliated with EA or its licensors.
7. Rights concerns and notice
GR33DY has no interest in unlawfully using the rights of third parties. If you are a rights holder and believe that material appearing on this website infringes your rights, please contact hello@gr33dy.at and identify the relevant material and rights sufficiently clearly to permit meaningful review.
GR33DY will examine substantiated notices and take appropriate action where required. Nothing in this provision constitutes an admission of liability or an acknowledgement that any particular use is unlawful.
IV. Merchandise
1. External shop
GR33DY does not operate the merchandise shop linked from this website. The shop presence is independently maintained by a GR33DY member in a private capacity and separately from the association.
The association is not the seller, does not operate the external sales platform, does not act as an intermediary, does not become a party to purchase contracts concluded through the external shop and receives no revenue, commission or other financial benefit from purchases made there.
Any legal or economic relationship connected with the operation of the external shop exists separately from the association.
2. Purchases
Purchases made through the external shop are governed by the contractual terms, consumer information, privacy policy and other conditions of the respective shop provider or contracting party. GR33DY does not determine the external provider’s pricing, payment processing, production, delivery, returns, warranties, customer support or data processing.
Questions concerning an actual order should therefore be addressed to the contractual partner identified by the external shop. A link from gr33dy.at to the shop does not constitute a commercial partnership or recommendation concerning any specific purchase.
V. External links
This website may contain links to websites and services operated by third parties. External links are provided for convenience, reference or community purposes.
GR33DY does not control third-party websites and cannot guarantee their availability, security, accuracy, legality, privacy practices, continued existence or future content. Where reasonably practicable, links are selected in good faith. GR33DY has no obligation to continuously monitor the contents of independent third-party websites except to the extent required by applicable law.
If GR33DY becomes aware of unlawful content or another legally relevant issue concerning a linked resource, appropriate measures will be taken where required.
VI. Disclaimer & limitation of liability
1. Information provided „as is“
The website and its contents are provided on an „as is“ and „as available“ basis. GR33DY endeavours to keep information reasonably accurate but does not warrant that all content is complete, error-free, current or suitable for any particular purpose. Information relating to games, rankings, members, technical equipment, historical events or third-party services may change without notice.
2. Satire, hyperbole and questionable greatness
GR33DY makes extensive use of humour. Statements concerning extraordinary tactical competence, unparalleled dominance, legendary status, divine gaming abilities, awards, certifications, fan testimony, strategic brilliance or comparable achievements should be interpreted in their proper context.
Some of them may even be true. Others may represent satire, hyperbole, internal jokes or an exceptionally generous interpretation of available evidence. Nothing in such statements is intended to create a legally binding warranty as to the objective superiority of GR33DY or any of its members.
3. No professional advice
Nothing published on this website constitutes legal, financial, medical, investment, engineering, cybersecurity or other professional advice. Any references to the professional expertise, education, technical knowledge or other qualifications of individual members are descriptive only. No professional-client, advisory or fiduciary relationship arises merely from visiting this website or contacting GR33DY.
4. No guaranteed services
Statements referring to support, availability, assistance, training or services, including any suspiciously ambitious references to „24/7 support“, do not create a binding service obligation unless expressly agreed otherwise in an individual case. GR33DY is a recreational association. The website may be unavailable, outdated, temporarily broken or undergoing modification at any time.
5. Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, GR33DY excludes liability for losses or damages arising solely from reliance on non-binding website information, temporary website unavailability, technical errors, external websites, third-party services, unauthorised manipulation of the website or events outside the reasonable control of the association.
Nothing in this disclaimer excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by mandatory law. In particular, mandatory statutory liability rules remain unaffected.
VII. Membership & communication
Information on this website concerning admission criteria, applications, trial periods, membership or association activities does not constitute a binding public offer.
Submitting an enquiry or application does not create membership, an entitlement to membership, a contractual relationship, a right to a trial period, a right to wear the GR33DY tag or, regrettably, a guaranteed increase in skill.
Admission and membership are governed by the applicable association rules and decisions of the competent association bodies.
VIII. Governing law & jurisdiction
This website is operated by an association established in Austria and is governed by Austrian law to the extent applicable.
To the extent a choice of law may validly be made, Austrian substantive law shall apply, excluding its conflict-of-law rules. To the extent a jurisdiction agreement may validly be made, disputes shall be subject to the competent courts in Linz, Austria.
Mandatory statutory rules concerning applicable law, jurisdiction, consumers or other protected parties remain unaffected.
IX. Severability, non-waiver & interpretation
If any provision of these terms is or becomes invalid, unenforceable or inapplicable, the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected to the extent permitted by law. Where appropriate, the invalid provision shall be interpreted or replaced in accordance with the applicable statutory rules and in a manner coming as close as legally possible to its intended purpose.
Failure by GR33DY to enforce a right in a particular case does not constitute a waiver of that right in another case. Headings are provided for convenience and structure and do not independently alter the legal meaning of the provisions. These terms do not override mandatory provisions of applicable law.
X. Final provisions
GR33DY reserves the right to update this Legal Notice, Privacy Policy and Website Terms where necessary to reflect legal developments, technical changes, new website functionality, changes to external services or changes in association activities. The current version is the version published on this website.
For questions, complaints, rights notices, privacy requests or any other matter that has somehow survived all preceding sections: hello@gr33dy.at.
Sportverein – E-SPORT Clan gr33dy
Linz · Austria
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