Terms and Conditions

1. Provider, scope of application

1. These Terms and Conditions apply to the use of the "Internities" platform (website and, if applicable, apps) for the matching of internships between students and companies.
2. Provider and contracting party of the users is: Internities UG (limited liability), Hansastraße 42, 20144 Hamburg, Germany, registered at the Hamburg District Court (Amtsgericht Hamburg) under HRB 189434, represented by Gwendolin Lueders, Alexander Krink and Boris Albert, e-mail: hello@internities.de.
3. Deviating terms of users apply only if Internities expressly agrees to them in writing.
4. These Terms apply to consumers (Section 13 German Civil Code – BGB) and to entrepreneurs/business users (Section 14 BGB). For entrepreneurs, individual provisions may apply separately (see section "For companies").

2. Description of services (MVP) / role of Internities

1. Internities provides a digital platform on which (a) students can create profiles and find/apply for internships, and (b) companies can publish internship listings, define role requirements via structured questionnaires, and review/contact candidates.
2. Internities provides matching and recommendation systems (e.g., "Skill Radar" / "Company Radar") that suggest suitability based on algorithmic and AI-assisted analysis (see section 6 for details).
3. Internities is not an employer, not an employment agency in the sense of success-based personnel placement, and not a party to any internship agreement. Internship agreements are concluded exclusively between students and companies.
4. Internities does not owe any particular outcome (e.g., interview invitation, conclusion of contract, offer/acceptance, or a specific number of matches). Internities does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of any matching result, recommendation, or AI-generated output.
5. Internities may adjust, further develop, or temporarily discontinue MVP features, provided this is reasonable for users.

3. Registration, account, access requirements

1. Registration is required for certain functions.
2. Registration is permitted only if users (a) are at least 16 years old; for minors, Internities may request proof of parental/guardian consent, or (b) in the case of company accounts, are authorized to act legally for the company.
3. Users must provide truthful and complete information during registration and keep it up to date.
4. Access credentials must be kept confidential. Users are responsible for activities conducted via their account to the extent they are responsible for the use.
5. Internities may suspend accounts if there is a justified suspicion of misuse or breach of these Terms.

4. User obligations / prohibited content and use

Users may use the platform only in compliance with applicable law and these Terms. The following are expressly prohibited:

• illegal, insulting, discriminatory, pornographic or otherwise impermissible content;
• content that infringes third-party rights (copyright, trademarks, personality rights);
• creating accounts under false identities or misrepresenting one's identity, eligibility, qualifications, or institutional affiliation;
• submitting false, misleading, manipulated, or forged documents — in particular falsified enrollment certificates, academic transcripts, or other qualification documents;
• automated scraping, penetration testing without prior written consent, or circumvention of security or access-control mechanisms;
• any attempt to manipulate, interfere with, or reverse-engineer the platform's matching, verification, or recommendation systems;
• spam, mass messaging without relevance, or any other use that impairs the platform's integrity, availability, or security.

In cases of serious or repeated violations — in particular the submission of falsified documents or identity fraud — Internities may immediately suspend or permanently remove the user's account (see section 10).

Companies additionally undertake to create internship listings and communications in compliance with the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) and to be truthful (see section 9).

5. User content (profiles, documents, listings) / rights

1. Users may upload/post content (e.g., profile texts, skills, documents, links, internship listings). Users are solely responsible for ensuring they have the necessary rights to do so and for the accuracy of their submissions.
2. Users grant Internities, for the duration of the contract, a non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge, transferable right to store, reproduce, process and display the content to the extent necessary for providing the platform, matching, security/moderation and presentation to other users.
3. To provide its services, Internities may process user-submitted content — including documents, profile data, and text inputs — using automated tools and third-party AI service providers (currently: Anthropic / Claude for text analysis and generation; Google Cloud Document AI for optical character recognition of uploaded documents). This processing is performed solely to deliver the platform's matching, verification, and recommendation features. Internities does not provide user content to third-party AI providers for the purpose of training their AI models.
4. Internities is entitled to review, moderate, block or remove content where necessary (e.g., in case of legal violations, misuse, Digital Services Act (DSA) notices).

6. Matching, AI features, recommendations

1. Internities uses algorithmic and AI-assisted features to provide its platform services. As of the current MVP, this includes in particular: (a) AI-assisted generation and updating of multi-axis skill radars based on company questionnaire responses ("Skill Radar" / "Company Radar"); (b) AI-assisted generation of role overview summaries from structured questionnaire data; (c) AI-assisted classification and extraction of structured data from user-uploaded documents (e.g., CVs, certificates, transcripts); (d) AI-assisted verification of enrollment documents submitted by students as part of access eligibility checks. These AI features use third-party large language models and, where applicable, optical character recognition services.
2. All AI-generated outputs — including matching suggestions, skill scores, radar profiles, document extractions, and enrollment verification results — are assistive and indicative. They do not constitute binding assessments, guarantees of accuracy, or automated final decisions about legal rights. Where AI is used in enrollment verification, the result is a decision-support signal subject to Internities' internal rules; it does not create a legal entitlement to platform access.
3. Users remain responsible for verifying information (e.g., requirements, deadlines, contractual details) and for the accuracy and truthfulness of the data they provide.
4. To improve quality, Internities may process feedback signals (e.g., application status, interview/offer feedback) – details are provided in the Privacy Policy.
5. Internities may change, expand, or discontinue specific AI features or the underlying service providers as the platform develops, provided this is reasonable for users.

7. Availability, maintenance, support

1. Internities endeavours to ensure high availability but does not owe uninterrupted use.
2. Maintenance windows, security updates, and disruptions (e.g., at third-party providers) may lead to downtime.
3. Support: hello@internities.de.

8. Prices, payment terms (MVP)

1. Students: Basic use is generally free of charge in the MVP. Optional premium functions may be subject to a fee.
2. Companies: Pilot/MVP access may be free or discounted; later subscriptions/plans may apply. Prices will be transparently displayed at checkout/in the offer.
3. Payments are processed via the payment methods shown at checkout (possibly via third parties).
4. Invoices are provided electronically, where offered.

9. Special terms for companies

1. Companies may only post genuine, current internship opportunities and must, to the best of their knowledge, fulfil all legal information obligations (e.g., compensation, location, period, requirements, where possible).
2. Companies undertake not to use or communicate discriminatory criteria and to treat applications confidentially.
3. Companies are solely responsible for their recruiting decisions, hiring processes, and the accuracy of their listings. Internities acts only as a platform provider and, where applicable, provides AI-assisted decision-support tools. Internities does not make hiring or selection decisions on behalf of companies.
4. Companies may use profiles/information exclusively for filling internships and may not disclose them to third parties except where legally permitted/required.

10. Term, termination, account deletion

1. The user contract runs for an indefinite period and can be ended at any time by deleting the account or terminating in text form, unless a paid term has been agreed.
2. For paid subscriptions, the terms/notice periods agreed in the offer apply.
3. If Section 312k BGB applies (online continuing obligations with consumers), Internities provides a simple online termination option ("termination button" / account termination).
4. Internities may terminate the contract for cause without notice in accordance with Section 314 BGB (e.g., serious or repeated breaches of these Terms, fraud, submission of falsified documents, identity misrepresentation, or other conduct that makes continued performance unreasonable for Internities). In less serious cases, Internities will generally issue a prior warning before extraordinary termination, unless the severity of the breach makes this unreasonable.
5. Upon termination, the user's right to access and use the platform ends. Internities may delete the user's account and associated content after termination. The timing and scope of deletion are governed by the Privacy Policy and applicable statutory retention obligations. Internities does not guarantee continued availability of user content after termination.

11. Right of withdrawal (consumers only, paid contracts only)

If consumers conclude a paid contract for digital services via Internities, a 14-day right of withdrawal generally applies.

For digital services, the right of withdrawal may expire under certain conditions if the consumer expressly agrees that Internities begins performance before the withdrawal period ends and confirms knowledge of the expiry (details at checkout/withdrawal text).

Withdrawal information:

• Withdrawal period: 14 days from contract conclusion.
• Withdrawal by e-mail to: hello@internities.de or by post to: Internities UG, Hansastraße 42, 20144 Hamburg, Germany.
• Consequences: refund within 14 days via the same payment method used; compensation for value may apply if performance has already been provided (statutory requirements).
• Sample withdrawal form: "I hereby withdraw from the contract concluded by me for the provision of the following service: … Ordered on: … / Name: … / Address: … / Date: … / Signature (paper only)"

12. Liability

1. Internities is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health.
2. In the event of slight negligence, Internities is liable only for breach of essential contractual obligations (cardinal duties) and limited to the typically foreseeable damage.
3. Internities is not liable for the content/actions of users, internship offers, contract negotiations, rejections, acceptances, compensations, or legal violations by companies/students.
4. Liability under the Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

13. Reporting illegal content / moderation (notice & action)

1. Internities provides a procedure for reporting allegedly illegal content. Reports can be sent to: hello@internities.de including: (a) URL/screenshot/specific description, (b) reasoning why the content is illegal, (c) contact details of the reporting person (optional, but helpful).
2. Internities reviews reports and makes decisions at its reasonable discretion (blocking/removal/no action).
3. In the event of repeated or serious breaches, Internities may suspend or permanently remove accounts.

14. Data protection

The Internities Privacy Policy, in its current version on the website, applies. It forms part of the usage notices but is not a contractual component in the narrower sense.

15. Consumer dispute resolution

Notice pursuant to Section 36 VSBG (German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act): Internities is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

16. Final provisions

1. German law applies to the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). For consumers, this choice of law applies only insofar as mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state of habitual residence are not withdrawn.
2. If the user is a merchant/entrepreneur, the place of jurisdiction is Hamburg, Germany.
3. If individual provisions are invalid, the remainder of the contract remains effective; the statutory provision shall apply in place of the invalid provision.