Terms of Service

The short version

Read this first. This box explains the whole agreement in plain language. The numbered sections after it are the full text. We have written both to say the same thing — if the summary is shorter, the numbered section is the one that counts.

• What BedrockConnect does. It is a small tool for your phone. It helps your console find and join Minecraft Bedrock servers by their address. That is all it is: a network helper and a list of servers.
• We are not Minecraft. We are a small company in Germany called GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt). We are not Mojang, not Microsoft, not Sony and not Nintendo, and none of them checked, approved or paid for this app.
• How old you have to be. You need to be at least 13. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian has to read these terms and agree to them for you. If they do not agree, you may not use the app.
• The servers are not ours. Other people run them. We do not control what happens on them and we do not promise they are good, safe or online. When you join a server from our list, your Minecraft gamertag and your Xbox User ID (XUID) are sent to whoever runs that server, so the server knows who joined.
• Money. The app is free and shows ads. You can buy Premium to remove the ads and unlock extras. Apple or Google takes the payment, not us. It renews itself until you cancel it, and you cancel it in the App Store or Play Store — we cannot do it for you.
• Rules. Do not upload or ask us to list anything illegal, sexual, violent, hateful, bullying, scammy or full of malware. Do not use the app to cheat, to attack other people's systems, or to pretend to be someone else. We have no tolerance for this.
• If you break the rules. We can remove your content, take a server off the list, push a listing further down, or stop you using the app. We will tell you what we did and why, and you can tell us we got it wrong — a real person will look at it again.
• If something goes wrong. If we cause you harm on purpose or through serious carelessness, or if someone is hurt, we are fully responsible. For small mistakes we are responsible only in limited cases. Full details are in section 14.
• You can stop any time. Delete the app. If you pay for Premium, cancel it in the store first.
• Questions? Write to help@bedrockconnect.app. To report something, use /notice.

Notice to users in the United States. These Terms contain a binding arbitration agreement and a class-action waiver in section 17.5. They affect how disputes between you and us are resolved. You can opt out of them within 30 days — see section 17.5.9.

1. Who we are and what these Terms are

1.1 The provider

BedrockConnect is provided by:

GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Managing Director: Davin Gindorf Wasserstraße 5, 37186 Moringen, Germany Registered: Amtsgericht Göttingen, HRB 207239 VAT ID: DE364802252 Legal contact: contact@gkminteractive.com Support: help@bedrockconnect.app Website: https://bedrockconnect.app

Our full company information is in the Imprint. In these Terms, "we", "us" and "our" mean GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt). "You" means the person using the app. "App" or "BedrockConnect" means the BedrockConnect mobile application for iOS and Android and the services we provide through it.

1.2 What these Terms are

These Terms of Service are:

• the contract between you and us for your use of the app, and
• the end user licence agreement (EULA) for the app, for both the Apple App Store and Google Play.

They apply whether you use the free version or a paid subscription. The free version is financed by advertising, which means that it is also a contract for a digital product within the meaning of § 327 Abs. 3 BGB; §§ 327 ff. BGB therefore apply to the free version as well.

We publish these Terms at https://bedrockconnect.app/tos in a form that is easily accessible and machine-readable, and we make them available inside the app. We have written them in clear, plain language, and section "The short version" above explains them in a way that is meant to be understandable to younger users, as required by Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act).

1.3 How you accept them

You accept these Terms by downloading, installing or using the app. If you do not agree with them, do not install or use the app. If you are under 18, see section 2.

1.4 Your licence to use the app

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the app on devices you own or control, for your own private use. The app is licensed to you, not sold. We and our licensors keep all rights in the app, including its design, source code, graphics, user interface, features and documentation.

You may not copy, modify, rent, lease, lend, sell, distribute, sublicense or create derivative works of the app, and you may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble it, except to the extent that this is expressly permitted by mandatory law (in particular § 69e UrhG and Article 6 of Directive 2009/24/EC). Further use rules are in section 9.

1.5 Other documents

The following documents form part of your relationship with us and are linked from the app and from our website:

• Privacy Policy — what data we process and why
• Notice and complaints — how to report content and how to challenge a decision of ours
• How the server list is ordered — the parameters that determine the order of the lists
• Subprocessors — the service providers we use
• Imprint — our legal company information

Server operators who want their server listed contract with us separately under the Partner Terms.

2. Who may use BedrockConnect

2.1 Minimum age

You must be at least 13 years old to use the app.

2.2 Users under 18

If you are under 18, you may use the app only if a parent or legal guardian has read these Terms and agreed to them on your behalf and jointly with you. That parent or guardian agrees to be bound by these Terms together with you and is responsible for your use of the app, including any purchase you make.

If you are under 18 and no parent or guardian has agreed, you may not use the app, and we will not enforce these Terms against you (see also section 17.5.8).

2.3 Age signals and parental consent provided by the app stores

Where the App Store or Google Play makes an age signal available to us — for example Apple's Declared Age Range or the Google Play Age Signals API — or tells us that verifiable parental consent has been obtained, we rely on that signal. We use it to determine which version of these Terms applies to you and which features are available to you. We use age and consent information only for that purpose, we do not share it, and we delete it once the check is complete.

Where no store signal is available, we rely on the age information you or your parent or guardian give us. You must not give us false age information.

2.4 Legal capacity and purchases

You must have the legal capacity to enter into this contract. Under German law, a minor who is at least 7 but under 18 generally needs the consent of a parent or guardian to conclude a contract, including a paid subscription. If you are a minor, do not make a purchase without that consent.

2.5 There are no user accounts

BedrockConnect has no sign-up, no login and no user accounts. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or address. Your use of the app is anonymous to us apart from the data described in the Privacy Policy.

2.6 Where you may use it

You may not use the app where doing so would breach the law that applies to you, and you may not use it if you are a person we may not supply under section 20.

3. What BedrockConnect is — and what it is not

3.1 What it is

BedrockConnect is a network configuration utility and a directory of Minecraft Bedrock servers. It is available for iOS and Android in 12 languages.

To do its job, the app runs a small local server on your own phone, on your own network:

• it listens for the RakNet protocol on port 19132 and makes itself visible in your console's list of games on the local network;
• it listens for the NetherNet/WebRTC transport on port 7551;
• in Nintendo Switch mode only, it runs a DNS server on port 53. While Switch mode is active, DNS requests from your console pass through the app. The app answers for seven Mojang featured-server domains with your phone's local network address and resolves every other domain normally. These requests are not stored.

When your console connects, the app terminates that Minecraft session, performs the encryption handshake itself, reads your gamertag and Xbox User ID (XUID) from the login packet, and then sends your console a transfer instruction that points it at the server you chose. After the transfer, your gameplay and chat traffic go directly between your console and that server — they do not pass through the app.

The app also shows you three lists of servers: Partner, Featured and Custom. Custom servers are those you add yourself. How the other two lists are ordered is explained at /ranking.

3.2 What it is not

For the avoidance of doubt:

• BedrockConnect is not Minecraft and does not provide Minecraft. You need your own copy of the game.
• BedrockConnect does not modify the Minecraft client and does not alter any game files.
• BedrockConnect does not circumvent any technical protection measure and does not give you access to any content you are not otherwise entitled to. It configures a network path to a server address you have chosen.
• BedrockConnect is not a VPN. It does not create a device-level tunnel: there is no Network Extension entitlement in the iOS build and no VpnService in the Android build.
• BedrockConnect does not host game servers and is not a game server operator.
• BedrockConnect has no chat, messaging, comments, ratings, reviews or user-to-user sharing. Nothing you upload can reach another user.

4. No affiliation with Mojang, Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo

4.1 The disclaimer

NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.

4.2 Independence

BedrockConnect is an independent, community-made tool operated by GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a company registered in Germany. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or in any way officially connected with Mojang Synergies AB, Microsoft Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. or Nintendo Co., Ltd.

4.3 Trademarks

• Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB.
• Xbox, Microsoft and Xbox Live are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
• PlayStation is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
• Nintendo Switch and Nintendo are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
• Apple, App Store, iOS and iPadOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.
• Google Play and Android are trademarks of Google LLC.

All product names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used in the app and in these Terms solely to describe the software and platforms with which BedrockConnect is compatible.

BedrockConnect® is a registered trademark of GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt).

4.4 Your obligations to third parties

Your use of Minecraft and of any Minecraft server remains governed by the Minecraft End User Licence Agreement, the Minecraft Usage Guidelines and the Microsoft Services Agreement, and by the terms of your console platform (for example the PlayStation Network Terms of Service or the Nintendo Account Agreement). BedrockConnect grants you no rights in Minecraft. You are responsible for making sure that your use of BedrockConnect complies with those terms.

5. Third-party servers

5.1 Independent operators

Every server you can reach through BedrockConnect is operated by an independent third party. We do not control, operate, host or supervise them.

5.2 A listing is not an endorsement

Including a server in the Partner or Featured list is not an endorsement, a recommendation, a quality statement or a safety assurance. We do not check, guarantee or accept responsibility for a listed server's content, rules, conduct, moderation, availability, security or data practices. Servers in the Partner list pay us for their listing, and placement within that list can additionally be purchased; this is explained at /ranking.

We are not a party to your relationship with a server operator. Claims arising from your use of a third-party server are directed to that operator, not to us. Our own liability under section 14 for our own conduct is unaffected.

5.3 What is sent to a server operator

When you choose to join a server, your gamertag and Xbox User ID (XUID) are transmitted to the operator of that server so that it can identify you and apply your permissions there. This is technically necessary for the connection you asked for. The operator handles that information as an independent controller under its own terms and privacy policy — not under ours.

In addition, when you join a listed server (Partner or Featured), we record the join. We do not record joins to servers you added yourself. What we record, how long we keep it and who receives it is set out in the Privacy Policy.

5.4 Your conduct on a server

You must comply with the rules and terms of any server you join. Decisions taken by a server operator — including warnings, kicks, bans, purchases and refunds on that server — are that operator's decisions. We cannot reverse them.

5.5 Reporting a server

If a listed server breaches the rules in section 9, report it at /notice. We will handle your report under section 11.

6. Premium

6.1 What Premium is

BedrockConnect Premium is a single, optional, auto-renewing subscription. It:

• removes advertising from the app;
• lifts the session limit (without Premium, a session ends shortly after the player joins);
• allows your own imported texture packs to be merged into supported servers;
• allows an unlimited number of saved servers.

6.2 Title, length and price

Premium is offered as a monthly subscription (a subscription period of one month) and as an annual subscription (a subscription period of twelve months), and from time to time as a promotional or introductory offer.

The exact title of the subscription, the length of the subscription period and the price per period (including the price per unit where relevant), in your local currency and including applicable taxes, are shown to you before you are charged — on the purchase screen inside the app and on the App Store or Google Play product page. Functional links to this document and to our Privacy Policy are shown on that purchase screen and in our store listings.

6.3 Who bills you

Premium is sold and billed exclusively by Apple or by Google, depending on the store you bought it from. Apple or Google is the merchant or seller of record for the transaction. Payment is charged to your Apple Account or your Google account when you confirm the purchase. We never see or receive your card or payment details.

6.4 Automatic renewal

Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each subscription period, at the then-current renewal price, and continues until you cancel it.

• Renewal does not happen if auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage the subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in your store account settings after purchase.

6.5 How to cancel

You cancel Premium in the store you bought it from. We cannot cancel it for you, and deleting the app does not cancel it.

• iOS / iPadOS: Settings → tap your name → Subscriptions → BedrockConnect → Cancel Subscription. Or open https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions
• Android: Google Play Store app → tap your profile icon → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions → BedrockConnect → Cancel subscription. Or open https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions

Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date. After cancelling, Premium stays active until the end of the period you have already paid for. The app also contains a direct link to these cancellation paths.

6.6 Free trials and introductory offers

Where we offer a free trial or an introductory price, its length and its terms are shown before you start it. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, the trial converts automatically into a paid subscription at the standard price for the period you selected. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

6.7 Price changes

We may adjust the price of the subscription for future subscription periods where our own costs of providing the app change — in particular platform commission, third-party licence, hosting, advertising-technology or payment-processing costs — or where the general price level changes. Price reductions are passed on in the same way and on the same criteria.

We will notify you at least 30 days before a change takes effect. A price increase takes effect only in accordance with the rules of the store you bought from: it applies to you only if you consent to it in the App Store or Google Play flow. If you do not consent, your subscription ends at the end of the current period. Your right to cancel at any time under section 6.5 is unaffected.

6.8 The free version and advertising

The free version of the app is financed by advertising. Which advertising partners are involved, what they receive, and how you can change your advertising choices, is set out in the Privacy Policy.

7. Right of withdrawal and refunds

7.1 Your statutory right of withdrawal

If you are a consumer in the EU or the EEA, you have a statutory right to withdraw from a contract for digital content or digital services within 14 days, under §§ 312g, 355 BGB and the equivalent provisions of your own country's law.

7.2 When that right lapses

Under § 356 Abs. 5 BGB, the right of withdrawal for digital content that is not supplied on a tangible medium lapses only where all of the following have happened:

1. you expressly consented that performance should begin before the end of the withdrawal period; and
2. you confirmed that you know that you lose your right of withdrawal when performance begins; and
3. you were given confirmation of the contract on a durable medium containing that consent and that confirmation (§ 312f Abs. 3 BGB).

If those three steps have not all been taken, your right of withdrawal does not lapse. We do not ask you to waive it in these Terms, and a clause in these Terms could not do so.

7.3 Who runs the withdrawal and refund process

Because Apple or Google is the merchant or seller of record (section 6.3), the purchase, the withdrawal process and any refund are handled by them, under their own published policies:

• Apple: https://reportaproblem.apple.com
• Google Play: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2479637

We can support you in making such a request — write to help@bedrockconnect.app. The decision on a withdrawal or a refund is taken by Apple or Google under their own policies; we have no influence on it and we do not owe you any particular outcome. Your statutory rights against us under section 7.4 are unaffected.

7.4 Your statutory rights against us remain

Nothing in this section or anywhere else in these Terms excludes, limits or varies your statutory rights against us as the provider of the digital product — in particular your rights on non-conformity under §§ 327d to 327o BGB, including subsequent performance, price reduction, termination and damages, and your right to reimbursement. We do not claim that we have no obligation to refund. Where you have a statutory claim against us, we will honour it.

8. Updates, and changes to the app

8.1 Updates (§ 327f BGB)

We will supply you with the updates necessary to keep the app in conformity with the contract, including security updates, and we will inform you about them.

We will do this for as long as we make the app available through the App Store and Google Play, and in any event for the whole of any subscription period you have paid for. Where the app is supplied to you as a one-off supply, we will do it for the period you can reasonably expect given the type and purpose of the app and the circumstances of the contract.

If we inform you that an update is available and explain the consequences of not installing it, and you do not install it within a reasonable time, we are not liable for a lack of conformity that results solely from the missing update — unless our installation instructions were defective (§ 327f Abs. 2 BGB).

8.2 Changes to the app (§ 327r BGB)

We may change the app beyond what is necessary to maintain conformity, but only for a valid reason. The valid reasons are:

• (a) to adapt the app to a change in statutory law, in binding case law, or to an order of a competent authority or court;
• (b) to adapt the app to a change in the requirements of the Apple App Store, Google Play, or a service provider on which the app depends;
• (c) to adapt the app to a change made by Mojang, Microsoft or a console platform operator to its game, network, protocol or rules;
• (d) for technical or security reasons, in particular to close a security vulnerability;
• (e) to adapt the app to a changed technical environment, such as new operating system versions or changed device capabilities;
• (f) to introduce new features or improve existing ones; or
• (g) to discontinue a feature which is no longer economically viable to operate or is no longer used to a relevant extent.

Any such change is made at no additional cost to you, and we will inform you about it clearly.

Where a change more than insignificantly impairs your access to or use of the app, we will inform you on a durable medium at least 30 days before the change takes effect, telling you what will change, why, and when. In that case you may terminate the contract free of charge within 30 days of receiving that information or of the change being made, whichever is later.

8.3 The server lists

The composition of the Partner and Featured lists changes continuously as servers are added and removed; this is inherent in the operation of a directory and is part of the service as described, not a change to the digital product. We do not promise that any particular server will remain listed or reachable, and we do not owe a particular number, selection or composition of listed servers.

9. Acceptable use

9.1 Conduct

You agree not to:

• use the app for any unlawful or unauthorised purpose;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, our servers, a third-party server, or another person's data;
• distribute malware, viruses or any other harmful or malicious code;
• harass, threaten, bully, abuse, degrade or harm any other person;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the app, except where mandatory law expressly permits it;
• circumvent, disable or interfere with any security measure or access control of the app;
• use the app to cheat, to exploit bugs, or to gain an unfair advantage on any server;
• resell, sublicense, rent, redistribute or commercially exploit the app or any of its features;
• use bots, scrapers, crawlers or other automated systems to access or interact with the app or our API;
• infringe the intellectual property or other rights of us or of any third party;
• interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the app or of our infrastructure;
• impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone;
• use the app to route, relay, tunnel or disguise network traffic other than your own console's traffic to a server you have chosen; or
• use the app in breach of the Minecraft End User Licence Agreement, the Minecraft Usage Guidelines, the Microsoft Services Agreement, your console platform's terms, or the rules of a server you join.

9.2 Content

There is no tolerance for objectionable content or for abusive users.

The following applies to everything you provide to us — texture packs you upload, server names and addresses you submit, and any text you send us. You may not provide, and you may not ask us to list, content that:

• is unlawful under any law that applies to you or to us;
• falls under § 4 JMStV (Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag), in particular: propaganda material or symbols of unconstitutional organisations; incitement to hatred (Volksverhetzung); denial or trivialisation of acts committed under National Socialism; content that glorifies or trivialises cruel or otherwise inhuman violence; content that glorifies war; content that depicts people who are dying or exposed to severe physical or mental suffering in a manner that violates human dignity; content that depicts children or adolescents in an unnaturally sex-emphasised posture; pornography; content listed on the index of media harmful to minors; and any other content that is manifestly seriously harmful to minors;
• is development-impairing for children or adolescents within the meaning of § 5 JMStV. We do not operate any age-verified closed user group, so content that would be permissible only inside one may not be uploaded or listed at all;
• sexualises minors in any way. We report such content to the competent authorities;
• harasses, bullies, threatens, doxxes or degrades any person;
• constitutes hate speech or discrimination on grounds of race, ethnic or national origin, religion, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity;
• encourages or glorifies self-harm, suicide or eating disorders;
• is terrorist or violent extremist content;
• contains malware, cheats, exploits, phishing, IP-grabbing tools, scams or fraudulent offers;
• infringes anyone's intellectual property, personality or privacy rights;
• promotes drugs, weapons, tobacco, alcohol or gambling to minors; or
• contains another person's personal data without a lawful basis.

9.3 Server listings

The rules in section 9.2 apply in full to servers listed in the app. A server operator who applies for a listing accepts them under the Partner Terms. If a listed server breaches them, report it at /notice.

10. Your content

10.1 Ownership

You keep ownership of everything you upload, including texture packs. We claim no ownership of it.

10.2 The licence you give us

You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence, limited to what is technically necessary to operate the feature you used, to:

• store and host the content;
• reproduce it and make backups of it;
• adapt it technically — for example convert its format or merge it with a supported server's texture pack; and
• transmit and deliver it back to your own console.

The licence covers nothing else. In particular it does not allow us to publish your content to other users, to use it in marketing, or to sublicense it to anyone other than the hosting providers we use to operate the app (see Subprocessors).

Uploaded texture packs are bound to the person who uploaded them and are delivered only to that person's own console. They are deleted after 30 days without use. The licence ends when the content is deleted.

10.3 Your representations

You represent that you own the rights to the content you upload or have all the permissions you need, and that the content complies with section 9.2. You are responsible for your content.

10.4 Zero tolerance, and our 24-hour commitment

We have no tolerance for objectionable content or for abusive users.

If content is reported to us, we will review it and act within 24 hours of receiving the report — by removing or disabling access to the content and, where appropriate, by blocking the person who provided it from the affected feature or from the app. Reports can be made at any time at /notice or by email to contact@gkminteractive.com.

Because BedrockConnect has no user accounts, no messaging and no user-to-user sharing, no other user can send you content or contact you through the app, and there is therefore no one for you to block. Where you are affected by content or conduct connected to the app, use the report route above and we will act under this section and under section 11.

10.5 Our role and no general monitoring

We are a hosting provider in respect of content you upload. We have no general obligation to monitor the content that users transmit or store, and no general obligation to actively seek facts indicating illegal activity (Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065).

Where we obtain actual knowledge of illegal content — in particular through a notice under /notice — we act expeditiously to remove it or disable access to it. Our responsibility for content uploaded by users is governed by Articles 6 and 8 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 and by statutory law.

10.6 Feedback

If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback about the app, we may use them without restriction, without payment and without obligation to you. Do not send us anything you consider confidential or that you are not free to share.

10.7 Aggregated and anonymised data

We may produce aggregated and anonymised statistics from the use of the app — for example how many connections are made in total, which regions they come from, or how often a feature is used. Once data has been aggregated and anonymised it can no longer be related to you, and it is therefore not personal data.

That aggregated and anonymised data belongs to us, and we may use it without restriction and for an unlimited time, including to operate, analyse and improve the app, to develop new products, and to publish figures about the service. This does not affect the processing of your personal data, which is governed exclusively by our Privacy Policy and by data protection law.

11. Content moderation, reports and decisions about visibility

This section sets out the information required by Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.

11.1 The restrictions we impose

The restrictions we impose on information provided by users of the service are those set out in section 9 (conduct and content) and section 10.3 (your representations about your content). Those sections set out in full what is not permitted.

11.2 The measures we can take

Where information breaches those restrictions, or is illegal, we may:

• remove content or disable access to it;
• refuse to list a server, or remove a listing from the Partner or Featured list;
• reduce the visibility of a listing — for example by changing where it appears in a list, or by ending or revoking a purchased placement;
• suspend or end payments to or from a partner in connection with a listing;
• restrict, suspend or terminate your use of a feature or of the app (see section 12).

11.3 The tools and procedures we use, and who decides

We become aware of content that may breach these Terms in three ways: (a) through reports submitted at /notice or by email; (b) through orders from a court or a competent authority; and (c) through our own review of listings and uploads.

Decisions about content and listings are taken by our staff, that is by people and not by automated systems. We do not use automated content-recognition systems, automated filters, hash-matching or automated decision-making to detect, assess or decide on uploaded content or server listings. If that ever changes, we will update this section and tell you before the change takes effect.

Two automated processes exist in the app but are not moderation decisions and do not restrict anyone:

• the order in which servers are shown in the Partner and Featured lists is produced automatically. It uses only a purchased placement, our own editorial sort value and a random tie-breaker. It uses no information about you — not your behaviour, history, device or location. This is explained in full at /ranking;
• listing descriptions supplied by server operators may be machine-translated into other languages.

11.4 How we apply the restrictions

When we apply and enforce these restrictions we act diligently, objectively and proportionately, with due regard to the rights and legitimate interests of everyone involved, including the fundamental rights protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — in particular freedom of expression and information.

11.5 The statement of reasons you receive

If we take any of the measures in section 11.2 against you, we give you a clear and specific statement of reasons, as required by Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. It will tell you:

• what we did — removal, disabling of access, reduction of visibility, suspension or ending of payments, or suspension or termination of the service — and where relevant its territorial scope and how long it lasts;
• the facts and circumstances we relied on, including whether we acted on a report or on our own initiative, and, where strictly necessary, who reported it;
• whether automated means were used to detect the content or to take the decision (see section 11.3);
• the legal ground, where we treated the content as illegal, and why it is illegal on that ground; or the contractual ground in these Terms, where we treated it as incompatible with them, and why;
• how you can challenge the decision — the complaint procedure in section 11.6, out-of-court options, and your right to go to court.

Where we have your contact details, we send it to you. Where we do not — the app has no accounts — we send it to the address you used to submit the content or the report, or make it available to you in the app.

11.6 How to complain about a decision

You can challenge any decision we take under section 11.2, and any decision not to act on a report you made.

• How to submit: write to contact@gkminteractive.com or use the form at /notice, stating which decision you are challenging and why you consider it incorrect.
• Deadline: within six months of the decision.
• Cost: free of charge.
• Procedure: we confirm receipt. A person who was not involved in the original decision reviews it. Decisions are taken under human supervision and never by automated means alone.
• Timing: we decide as soon as reasonably possible and inform you of the outcome with reasons. We do not commit to a fixed deadline.
• If the decision was incorrect: we reverse it without undue delay and restore the content, the listing or your access.

We are a micro-enterprise and are therefore exempt, under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), from the obligation in Article 20 DSA to operate an internal complaint-handling system. We operate the procedure above voluntarily.

Your right to bring proceedings before a court is unaffected, as is your right to complain to the Bundesnetzagentur, the German Digital Services Coordinator.

11.7 Serious criminal offences

If we become aware of information giving rise to a suspicion that a criminal offence involving a threat to the life or safety of a person has taken place, is taking place or is likely to take place, we will promptly inform the competent law enforcement or judicial authorities (Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065).

11.8 Contact points

Our contact point for authorities and our contact point for users, including a route that does not rely solely on automated tools, are published at /notice.

12. Suspension and termination

12.1 By you

You may stop using the app at any time and for any reason. Uninstalling the app ends the contract for the free version. If you have a subscription, cancel it in the store first — see section 6.5.

12.2 By us — good cause

We may restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the app or to a feature where there is good cause, in particular where:

• (a) you materially or repeatedly breach section 9;
• (b) content you provided is unlawful or breaches section 9.2 or section 10.3;
• (c) we have a reasonable suspicion of fraud, payment default, or abuse of the app or of our infrastructure;
• (d) a binding order of a court or competent authority requires it;
• (e) there is an acute risk to the security or integrity of the app, of our infrastructure, of other users or of third parties;
• (f) you are or become a person we may not supply under section 20; or
• (g) we discontinue the app or the feature under section 12.5.

A termination without good cause is possible only under the conditions of section 12.5.

12.3 Immediate suspension

We will suspend your access without prior notice only where there is an imminent risk to security, to the integrity of the app, to other users or to third parties, where a binding order requires immediate action, or where prior notice would frustrate the purpose of the measure.

12.4 Procedure

Before we take a measure under section 12.2 we will notify you and state the grounds. Where the breach can be remedied and there is no imminent risk, we will give you a reasonable period to remedy it. Where immediate action was necessary under section 12.3, we give you the statement of reasons without undue delay afterwards.

Every statement of reasons contains the information listed in section 11.5, and you may challenge the measure under section 11.6.

12.5 Ordinary termination and discontinuation

Either party may terminate the contract for the free version at any time. We may terminate the contract for the free version, or discontinue the app or a feature, on at least 30 days' notice in text form.

We will not terminate a paid subscription before the end of the period you have already paid for. If we discontinue the app during a period you have paid for, the statutory provisions on termination and reimbursement for digital products (§§ 327m ff. BGB) apply. Where you bought through Apple or Google, a reimbursement runs through that store: we can support you in making a request there, but the decision is taken by the store. Any statutory claim you have against us is unaffected.

12.6 Consequences of termination

When the contract ends, your licence under section 1.4 ends and you must stop using the app. Texture packs you uploaded are deleted. Sections that by their nature are intended to continue — in particular sections 4, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20 and 21 — remain in force.

12.7 Statutory rights

The statutory right of either party to terminate for good cause without notice (§ 314 BGB) is unaffected, as is your right to terminate under section 8.2 and under §§ 327m ff. BGB.

13. What we owe you

13.1 Your statutory rights

For consumers, the statutory rules on conformity of digital products apply, in particular §§ 327d to 327i BGB. Nothing in these Terms excludes, limits or varies those rights.

13.2 What we owe

We owe you the functionality, compatibility and interoperability described in the store listing and in these Terms, in the quality that is usual for products of the same type and that you can expect (§ 327e BGB).

We do not owe:

• (a) uninterrupted or error-free availability of the app or of our servers;
• (b) the availability, content, conduct, rules, moderation or continued operation of any third-party server;
• (c) continued compatibility where Mojang, Microsoft or a console platform operator changes, updates or restricts its game, network, protocol or rules;
• (d) any particular outcome or experience on a third-party server;
• (e) that any particular server remains listed or reachable;
• (f) any particular level of support or response time, and no support services beyond those described in these Terms;
• (g) that a feature, a list, a list entry or any other content of the app remains available in unchanged form — changes are governed by section 8.2; or
• (h) that the app works on devices, operating-system versions, console firmware or network environments that we do not state to be supported.

The absence of (a) to (h) is not a defect of the app.

We give a guarantee within the meaning of §§ 327l, 443 BGB only where we expressly designate a statement as a guarantee in text form. Your statutory rights on non-conformity under §§ 327d ff. BGB are unaffected by this, including the effect of public statements under § 327e BGB.

13.3 Requirements on your side

The app depends on your own equipment and network: a supported phone, a console on the same local network, and a network configuration that permits local connections. It cannot work on networks you do not control, such as school, hotel or public networks that block device-to-device traffic. That is a limitation of the environment, not a defect of the app.

Impairments originating in your own equipment, your network or internet access, your console or its firmware, your Minecraft or platform account, or in a third-party server lie outside our sphere. They are not a defect of the app and no claim for non-conformity arises from them. Section 14 is unaffected.

13.4 Users outside the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland

If you are not a consumer habitually resident in the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, then to the maximum extent permitted by the law that applies to you, and except for consumer rights that cannot be excluded by agreement, the app is provided "as is" and "as available".

13.5 Updates

Our update obligations are set out in section 8.1.

14. Liability

14.1 Unlimited liability

We are liable without limitation:

• for damage caused intentionally or by gross negligence;
• for injury to life, body or health;
• under the Produkthaftungsgesetz (German Product Liability Act);
• for a defect we fraudulently concealed; and
• to the extent that we have given a guarantee.

14.2 Slight negligence

For damage caused by slight negligence we are liable only where we have breached an essential contractual obligation (Kardinalpflicht) — that is, an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of this contract possible in the first place, and on whose observance you may regularly rely.

In that case our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.

Damage that is neither foreseeable nor typical for this type of contract is therefore not compensable in this case — in particular lost profit, lost savings, wasted expenditure, and indirect or consequential damage, unless such damage is foreseeable and typical for this type of contract in the individual case.

Within this limit, our liability for loss of data is limited to the effort that would have been required to restore the data if you had made backups appropriate to the risk and at appropriate intervals.

14.3 Otherwise excluded

In all other cases of slight negligence, our liability is excluded.

14.4 No monetary cap

These Terms contain no monetary cap on our liability. Sections 14.1 to 14.3 describe our liability in full.

14.5 Unaffected liability

Our liability under Article 82 GDPR cannot be limited by contract and is unaffected by this section, as is any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under the applicable law.

14.6 Who else is protected

The limitations in this section apply equally in favour of our legal representatives, employees, staff and vicarious agents (Erfüllungsgehilfen).

14.7 Burden of proof

Nothing in this section changes the statutory burden of proof to your disadvantage.

14.8 Users outside the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland

If you are not a consumer habitually resident in the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, then to the maximum extent permitted by the law that applies to you, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data or loss of goodwill. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

15. Recourse

If a third party asserts a claim against us because you have culpably (intentionally or negligently) breached these Terms, infringed third-party rights, or provided unlawful content, you shall compensate us for the resulting damage, including the necessary costs of legal defence, in accordance with the statutory provisions.

We will notify you of any such claim without undue delay, will not acknowledge or settle it without your consent (which you may not unreasonably withhold), and will give you the opportunity to defend against it. Your statutory objections and defences are unaffected.

This section does not apply where you are not at fault.

16. Changes to these Terms

16.1 When we may change them

We may amend these Terms with effect for the future where there is a valid reason, namely:

• (a) a change in statutory law, in binding case law, or an order of a competent authority or court;
• (b) a change in the requirements of the Apple App Store, Google Play, or a service provider on which the app depends;
• (c) the introduction of new features, or the discontinuation of features under section 8.2;
• (d) closing a regulatory gap or correcting a demonstrable ambiguity; or
• (e) technical or security reasons.

Any amendment must be reasonable for you taking account of our interests. It must not disturb the balance of the contract in our favour and must not alter an essential element of it.

16.2 How we change them

We will notify you in text form at least 30 days before the amendment is to take effect. The notice will state the amended provisions, the reason for the change and the date it takes effect. In that notice we will inform you separately and prominently of your right to object, of the period for objecting, and of the consequence of not objecting.

If you do not object in text form before the effective date, the amendment takes effect. If you object, we may terminate the contract with effect from the end of the current billing period; until then the previous version continues to apply to you.

16.3 Significant changes and your right to terminate

We will inform you of any significant change to these Terms, as required by Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. Where an amendment more than insignificantly impairs your access to or use of the app, section 8.2 applies and you may terminate free of charge within 30 days.

17. Governing law, courts and disputes

17.1 Governing law

These Terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

If you are a consumer habitually resident in the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection afforded to you by the provisions that cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law of your country of habitual residence (Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008, "Rome I"). Those provisions apply to the extent that they are more favourable to you.

17.2 Users resident in the United States

If you are resident in the United States, these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., governs section 17.5. Nothing in these Terms waives any right or remedy under the consumer-protection statutes of your state that cannot be waived by agreement.

17.3 Courts

For consumers, the statutory rules on jurisdiction apply. In particular, you may bring proceedings against us in the courts of your own country of residence where the law gives you that right, and we will bring proceedings against you in the courts of your country of residence.

The courts of Göttingen, Germany, have jurisdiction only where you have no protected forum — that is, where you are a merchant, a legal person under public law or a special fund under public law; where you have no general place of jurisdiction in Germany or in another EU or EEA Member State; where you move your residence or habitual abode out of Germany after these Terms take effect; or where your residence or habitual abode is not known at the time proceedings are brought.

17.4 Contacting us before proceedings

Before starting any formal proceedings, please write to us at contact@gkminteractive.com and describe the problem. Most disputes can be resolved in this way, at no cost to you. This request does not limit your rights.

17.5 Arbitration and class-action waiver — users resident in the United States only

This section 17.5 applies only if you are resident in the United States. It does not apply to anyone else. It affects your rights and should be read carefully.

17.5.1 Agreement to arbitrate. Except as set out in 17.5.5, 17.5.6, 17.5.7 and 17.5.8, you and we agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or to the app will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, and not in court. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section.

17.5.2 Mandatory pre-arbitration notice — a condition precedent. Before starting an arbitration, you must send us a written Notice of Dispute, and we must send you one before starting an arbitration against you. The Notice must be individualised and must state: the claimant's name and postal address; the email address, device or subscription identifier used; a description of the specific facts giving rise to the claim; and the specific relief sought. It must be signed personally by the claimant. Send it to contact@gkminteractive.com and to GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Wasserstraße 5, 37186 Moringen, Germany.

For 60 days after the Notice is received, the parties will try in good faith to resolve the dispute, and either party may request an individual settlement conference. Compliance with this paragraph is a condition precedent to starting an arbitration. Any applicable limitation period is tolled while it runs.

17.5.3 Certification. Each claimant, and each claimant's counsel, certifies on filing that the claim has a factual basis and that the claimant authorised the filing.

17.5.4 Venue and costs. The arbitration will take place in the county where you live, or by telephone or video conference, at your election. We will pay the filing, administrative and arbitrator fees above the consumer's share as provided by the AAA rules, and we will not seek our attorney's fees from you unless the arbitrator finds that your claim was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose.

17.5.5 Small claims. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court instead, if it qualifies.

17.5.6 Class-action waiver. YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may award relief only to the individual party seeking relief, and only to the extent necessary to resolve that party's individual claim.

17.5.7 Public injunctive relief. Notwithstanding anything else in this section, nothing here waives the right to seek public injunctive relief. Any claim for public injunctive relief is severed from arbitration and must be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction, and is stayed pending arbitration of the individual claims.

17.5.8 Minors. This section 17.5 does not apply to, and will not be enforced against, a person who was under 18 when they first accepted these Terms, unless a parent or legal guardian gave verifiable consent to these Terms on that person's behalf under section 2.2, or the app store confirmed to us that verifiable parental consent had been obtained. Where this section does not apply to a person for that reason, it does not fail as a whole: it continues to apply in full to every other person, the rest of these Terms continues to apply to that person, and that person's claims are dealt with under sections 17.1 to 17.4. This paragraph ensures that this agreement is not enforced against a minor who lacked verified parental consent (see Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.056).

17.5.9 Your 30-day right to opt out. You may opt out of this section 17.5. Send an email to contact@gkminteractive.com with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" within 30 days of the date on which you first accepted these Terms, stating your name, your state and country of residence, the email address or device you used, and that you wish to opt out. Opting out has no other effect on these Terms and no effect on your use of the app. If you opt out, disputes are dealt with under sections 17.1 to 17.4.

17.5.10 Decision-making authority. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to decide any dispute about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this arbitration agreement, except that a court — not an arbitrator — decides any dispute about 17.5.6 (class-action waiver), 17.5.7 (public injunctive relief) and 17.5.8 (minors).

17.5.11 Severability and survival. If 17.5.6 is held unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim proceeds in court and not in class arbitration, and the rest of this section stays in force for all other claims. If any other part of this section is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in force. This section survives termination of these Terms.

18. Consumer dispute resolution

We employ ten or fewer people. Under § 36 Abs. 3 VSBG we are therefore not subject to the information duty in § 36 Abs. 1 VSBG. For the avoidance of doubt: we are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle).

If a specific dispute between us cannot be settled, we will inform you in text form about the competent consumer arbitration board — its name, address and website — and whether we will take part, as required by § 37 VSBG.

19. Platform-specific terms

19.1 If you got the app from the Apple App Store

• These Terms are between you and us only, and not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the app and its content.
• The licence in section 1.4 is a licence to use the app on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
• Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services for the app.
• If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the app.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app, including product liability claims, claims that the app fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of any third-party claim that the app infringes that third party's intellectual property rights.
• You represent that you comply with section 20 (export control and sanctions).
• Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance Apple has the right (and is deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.
• Apple is not a source or supplier of the app and does not endorse it.

19.2 If you got the app from Google Play

• The Google Play Terms of Service apply to you in addition to these Terms.
• These Terms are between you and us only. Google LLC is not a party, is not responsible for the app or its content, and has no obligation to provide support or maintenance for it.
• We, not Google, are solely responsible for the app, its content and any claim arising from your use of it.
• Google is not a source or supplier of the app and does not endorse it.
• You represent that you comply with section 20 (export control and sanctions).

20. Export control and sanctions

The app and any related software and technology are subject to the export control and economic sanctions laws of the European Union and the Federal Republic of Germany (including Regulations (EU) No 833/2014 and No 269/2014), of the United States (including the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730–774, and the sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control), and of other applicable jurisdictions.

By using the app you represent and warrant that:

• (a) you are not located in, ordinarily resident in, or a national or government official of, any country or territory that is the target of comprehensive economic sanctions (currently including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine), and you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country;
• (b) you are not identified on, and are not owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of any person identified on, any restricted-party list, including OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List, or the EU consolidated list of persons subject to financial sanctions;
• (c) you will not use, export, re-export or otherwise make the app available in violation of any such law or regulation; and
• (d) you are not otherwise prohibited from receiving the app under applicable law.

If any of the above is or becomes untrue, we may suspend or terminate your access under section 12.2(f).

21. General provisions

21.1 The agreement

These Terms and the Privacy Policy set out the agreement between you and us regarding your use of the app. Individual agreements made between us take precedence over these Terms (§ 305b BGB).

21.2 Severability

Should individual provisions of these Terms be or become wholly or partly invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected. In place of the invalid provision, the statutory provisions apply (§ 306 Abs. 2 BGB). This does not apply where adherence to the contract would constitute an unreasonable hardship for one of the parties (§ 306 Abs. 3 BGB).

21.3 Assignment

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to a third party, in particular in connection with a merger, an acquisition or a transfer of the business. We will notify you at least 30 days in advance in text form, and you may terminate the contract with effect from the date of the transfer if you do not wish to continue with the successor.

You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior consent; the licence in section 1.4 is personal to you.

21.4 No waiver

If we do not enforce a provision of these Terms on a particular occasion, that is not a waiver of the provision and does not prevent us from enforcing it later.

21.5 Force majeure

Neither party is responsible for a delay or failure in performing its obligations that is caused by an event outside its reasonable control — for example natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, epidemics, strikes, failures of public telecommunications or energy networks, or acts of government. The affected party will inform the other without undue delay and the affected obligations are suspended for the duration of the event. If the event lasts longer than 60 days, either party may terminate the contract. This section does not exclude or limit liability for a party's own fault.

21.6 Language

These Terms are provided in German and in English.

• For consumers habitually resident in Germany or Austria, the German version is authoritative.
• For everyone else, the English version is authoritative.

Translations into other languages, where offered, are provided for convenience only. None of this deprives you of any right you have under the mandatory law of your country of habitual residence.

21.7 Headings

Headings and section numbers are for convenience and orientation. They do not affect the meaning of these Terms.

22. How to reach us

Purpose	Route
Support and general questions	help@bedrockconnect.app
Legal, privacy and complaints	contact@gkminteractive.com
Reporting content, and challenging a decision	/notice
Contact points under Articles 11 and 12 DSA	/notice
Postal address	GKM Interactive UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Wasserstraße 5, 37186 Moringen, Germany
Company details	Imprint
Data protection	Privacy Policy
How the server list is ordered	/ranking
Service providers we use	Subprocessors
Terms for server operators	Partner Terms

A human contact is available at all times. Support requests sent to help@bedrockconnect.app are handled by people, not by automated systems alone, and our contact point for users under Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 does not rely solely on automated tools. We do not commit to a particular response time for general support requests; the commitment in section 10.4, the procedures in section 11 and statutory deadlines are unaffected.