Terms of use
1. About these Terms of Use
1.1. These terms of use (”Terms of Use”) apply when you (”User”, ”you”) use the planning tool for boat trips På Sjön (”Service”), which is provided by Skippo AB, registration no. 559386-0942, (”Skippo”, ”we”, ”our”, ”us”). You can use the Service either by logging into the Service via På sjön website or through our mobile application (the ”App”) which can be downloaded to mobile devices.
1.2.These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement for you as User of the Service, unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing. In addition to these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy also applies, as well as additional terms regarding subscriptions as below.
2. Your Account
2.1. To use the Service, you as a User will be able to create an account (”Account”) with Skippo, either via the App or the web. After you register the basic information, you will receive an email to verify your email address. To complete the verification of your Account, follow the link in the email and complete the verification. To create an Account, you need to provide your email address. you need to be at least 16 years old. If you are under 16 years of age, your guardian’s consent is required to register an Account. It is only permitted to have one (1) Account per person.
2.2.The service contains a variety of different types of functionality. Which features are available to you depends on whether you use the free version of the Service or sign for a subscription and which type of subscription you choose. A subscription is signed for a periodic fee. The compensation is regulated in more detail in section 10 below. In order to use the Service’s functionality, you need to register certain additional information linked to your account, such as information about your boat. Skippo also offers you an opportunity to save your routes in the Service. This information is saved to offer additional functionality, further develop the service and to be able to provide you with relevant information about places you usually visit, see also our Privacy Policy regarding this.
2.3. The service also includes certain safety functions, such as the Man Overboard function, which helps in the event of a sea emergency and other situations that may arise on the sea. To offer this functionality, Skippo will process location information about you to track where you are when the App is used. The processing of personal data that this entails is further described in our Privacy Policy.
2.4. As a User, you undertake to ensure that no one other than yourself can use your login details. The user must not disclose passwords to any unauthorized person and must ensure that all information revealing the username (email address) and password are stored in a manner that prevents unauthorized access to the information. The User must immediately change the password or notify Skippo if the User suspects that the login details have been obtained by an unauthorized person.
3. Additional services
In the Service, the User can order various additional services (”Additional Services”) available from time to time for a separate fee. Such Additional Services may be subject to other terms and conditions, including special payment terms which in that case appear specifically in connection with the order in the Service. These Terms of Use also apply in applicable parts to such Additional Services.
4. User requirements etc
4.1. The user is responsible for ensuring that use of the Service is not illegal or causes damage or inconvenience to anyone else. Skippo complies with Swedish law and has the right to remove things that are inappropriate or illegal in any way, as well as the right to suspend Users who use the Service in a way that is illegal or that Skippo deems inappropriate. In the event that it turns out that you are using the Service in violation of these Terms of Use, you are obliged to compensate Skippo for all reasonable costs and expenses as well as any damage suffered by Skippo in connection with such use.
4.2. The service is a planning tool for boat trips and should be considered a supplement to the User’s navigation equipment. The service is not designed to be used independently as navigation equipment and thus does not replace a customary chart.
Warning: This product has not been verified by any national hydrographic office. No national hydrographic office accepts any liability for this product or any damage, accidents or other incident that may occur with the use of this product. This product is not approved for navigation. No national Hydrographic Office has verified the information in this product and no national Hydrographic Office accepts any liability for the accuracy of reproduction or any modifications made thereafter. No warranty is given that this product complies with national or international regulations regarding the use of appropriate products for navigation. The free version of this app is not intended for navigation purposes. No warranty is given that this product complies with national or international regulations regarding the use of appropriate products for navigation. No national Hydrographic Office has verified the information in this product and no national Hydrographic Office accepts any liability for the accuracy of reproduction or any modifications made thereafter
4.3. Skippo has the right to suspend the User if Skippo has reasonable grounds to suspect that the User is abusing the service, using it in violation of these Terms of Use, or when contacting other Users, for example, is acting in an offensive or otherwise inappropriate manner. Skippo has the sole right to assess when a User should be suspended as a result of their actions within the Service. Such a suspension shall not be seen as a failure for Skippo to provide the Service.
5. Access to the Service
5.1. The service is provided according to the latest version at any given time. If updates are required, Skippo will inform the User and the current consequences of not updating.
5.2. Although it is Skippo’s ambition, Skippo cannot guarantee that the Service will be provided completely without technical disturbances. Skippo may during periods need to restrict access to the Service due to e.g. service, support, security or for technical reasons.
5.3. Should any problems arise with the Service, or if the User is dissatisfied in any way, the User must contact Skippo as soon as possible. Skippos’s contact details are provided in their support pages. Skippo always strives to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible. The user has the right to complain about the Service up to and including two months after the account has been deregistered. In the event of an approved complaint, the User is entitled to the penalties that follow from mandatory law.
5.4. In the event of a problem with the Service, the User must, to the extent that can be considered reasonable, cooperate with Skippo to determine whether it is the User’s hardware, software or network connections that are causing any problems with the Service. The obligation to cooperate is limited to the technically available means that are the least intrusive for the User.
5.5. The user is responsible for protecting his technical equipment against unauthorized use, including the use of appropriate anti-virus software and firewall.
6. Modification of the Service
6.1. Skippo has the right to change the Service and the content of the Service if it happens without additional cost to the User and Skippo has a valid reason for the change. Skippo has a valid reason if the change is due to adaptation to a new technical environment, to an increased number of users or other important operational reasons, to improve the user experience of the Service, to add new functions to the Service or change/update existing functions. Skippo will inform about changes in accordance with mandatory law.
6.2. If you use the Service as a private person and a change impairs your use of the Service to a more than insignificant extent, you have the right to terminate the agreement regarding your use of the Service. You do this by canceling your subscription according to point 12 or by contacting Skippo through the contact details given in point 14 below.
7. Immaterial rights
7.1. Skippo or Skippo’s licensors own all rights, including intellectual property rights related to the Service. The user does not acquire any intellectual property rights or other rights to the Service through these Terms of Use.
7.2. Under the condition that the User complies with these Terms of Use, the User receives a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use the Service during the contract period. The user may not print or otherwise make copies of the content, with the exception of what expressly follows from point 7.3 below.
7.3. The user has the right to make one or a few physical copies of limited parts of the content of the App for his own use and that of his immediate family. The conditions for such copying to take place are; a) that the copies are not in any context used for a commercial purpose, b) that the copying does not take place in digital form (only paper copies may be made), c) that this copyright notice is attached to the copy, and. d) that mechanical copying of the database or parts thereof does not take place. To avoid misunderstandings, digital copying may only take place to the extent that occurs through the use of the ”Add to contacts” function in the Service.
7.4. Content in the Service may not be used to a greater extent than is necessary for the User to be able to use the Service in accordance with these Terms of Use and in the intended manner.
8. Personal data
8.1. Skippo is the personal data controller for the personal data you provide in connection with creating an Account. Skippo will process the personal data that you choose to provide as well as such information that we collect based on your use of the Service. We process your personal data primarily to administer your Account and provide our Service as well as to send you marketing and news related to the places you usually visit. Read more about our personal data processing in our Privacy Policy .
9. Right of withdrawal
According to EU consumer protection legislation, you have a 14-day right of withdrawal from the day you created your Account or installed the App. Please note that this right of withdrawal does not apply once you have started using the Service. You do this by contacting us at the contact details stated in point 15 of these Terms of Use. Skippo will stop processing your personal data when you have closed your Account and uninstalled the App in accordance with GDPR or been inactive for a longer period of time. You can read more about how we process your personal data in our Privacy Policy .
10. Payment
10.1. Users can use the Service as a free version or take out a subscription to access additional features. These Terms of Use apply both to Users of the free version of the Service and to Users who have signed a subscription. However, what follows in this clause about Payments does not apply to the free version of the Service.
10.2. Prices and additional terms of payment for each subscription model are available in the app and in Apple’s App store and Google Play. User accepts price and such additional terms by signing up for a subscription. The User must pay the current subscription fees in accordance with the information provided in connection with the User signing the subscription. Current conditions for payment and prices for the various subscription models are available in the apps.
10.3. Skippo reserves the right to adjust the price regarding the various subscription models from time to time. As a general rule, the updated price will start to apply from the next subscription period. Changes, however, take effect at the earliest when the User approves the updated price (when logging into the Service) or 30 days after SKippo informs the User of the changes.
10.4. Skippo reserves the right to suspend the User’s access to the Service in the event that the User does not pay invoiced or debited subscription fees and does not take corrective action within thirty (30) days after being informed of the delay and requested to pay the invoiced/debited amount.
10.5. The user is under no circumstances entitled to withhold payment for the subscription unless otherwise follows from applicable mandatory law.
11. Responsibility
11.1. The user is responsible for his own use of the Service. In addition to what expressly follows from this agreement and mandatory legislation, Skippo makes no representations or gives any guarantees regarding the functionality and content of the Service. In accordance with point 4.2, the Service is not intended to be used as a primary navigation tool and Skippo accepts no responsibility for any accidents that occur as a result of your use of the Service.
11.2. Under no circumstances is Skippo liable for any loss of profits, loss of revenue, savings, goodwill, losses due to business, power or network interruptions, loss of data, your possible liability to third parties or indirect or consequential damages of any kind.
11.3. Skippo is not liable for damages unless you notify Skippo in writing no later than ninety (90) days after you discovered or should have discovered the actual damage or loss, but never later than six (6) months after the damage occurred.
11.4. This clause 11 regulates Skippo’s full responsibility in relation to you as User of the Service unless otherwise follows from applicable mandatory legislation.
12. Contract period, termination and change of Terms of Use
12.1. The terms of use start to apply when you as a User first start the app and create an Account for the first time and will apply until the Account is deregistered. The account is deregistered either when you as the User delete your Account, have been inactive for a longer period or when Skippo closes your Account because you have breached these Terms of Use in a material respect. You can read about how long information about you is saved after the Account has been deregistered in our Privacy Policy.
12.2. Skippo has the right to change these Terms of Use from time to time. The latest updated version of the Terms of Use is published on the website and in the App. Changes come into effect when the User accepts the Terms of Use (when logging into the Service) or 30 days after Skippo informs the User of the changes. Should you wish to terminate your account when you become aware of changes, you have the right to do so with immediate effect.
12.3. The subscription services begin to apply on the day the User chooses to sign up for a subscription and are in effect for the entire subscription period. As a general rule, the subscription period is one (1) year, but other subscription periods may occur for individual campaigns. At the end of the subscription period, the subscription is extended for a new subscription period of one (1) year at a time if the User does not cancel his subscription no later than thirty (30) days before the current subscription period expires. Skippo is obliged to inform the User that the subscription will be renewed last thirty (30) days before the last day for termination of the subscription service for the next subscription period.
12.4. Users who have subscribed have the right to cancel their subscription with immediate effect if, i) Skippo changes the Service in the manner described in clause 6.2, or ii) the User does not accept a price adjustment according to clause 10.3.
13. Special conditions if you use the App
13.1. In order for us to be able to offer the Service for downloading via the App Store and Google Play, Apple and Google make special demands that you, as a User of the App, meet special conditions for the benefit of Apple and Google, which you accept through these Terms of Use. Downloading and using the App is free, there is also a free version of the Service. The App is only an alternative method of providing you with access to the Service and the additional functionality covered by your subscription.
13.2. Through these terms, Skippo grants the User a non-exclusive, worldwide license to perform, display and use the App without time limitation.
13.3. You agree that these Terms of Use apply only between you and Skippo and not between you and Apple or Google.
13.4. You confirm that Skippo is solely responsible in accordance with these Terms of Use for meeting all demands from you or others regarding the App or your possession and/or use of the App.
13.5. You acknowledge that neither Apple nor Google has any obligations regarding maintenance and support services with respect to the App. In case of any errors or performance problems, you must contact Skippo directly, who is responsible for maintenance and support of the App.
13.6. For those of you who use the App Store to download the App, the following conditions also apply as required by Apple: a) You agree that Skippo, and not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and its content. b) You agree that your right to use the App is non-transferable and only allows you to use the App in Apple-branded products that you own or control and in a manner permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms of Service except where the App may be provided and be used by other accounts linked to the User through Family Sharing or volume purchases. c) You acknowledge that Skippo is solely responsible in accordance with these Terms of Use, and what follows from mandatory law, for any claims, losses, damages, damages, expenses or costs arising as a result of failure to comply with any warranties. If the App does not meet such guarantees, you as a User can contact Apple to recover any costs you have paid for the App. In addition to this, Apple has no other responsibility for the App towards you as a User. d) You acknowledge that Skippo, and not Apple, is solely responsible for the claims made by you or third parties as a result of the App or your possession of or use of the App. This includes but is not limited to: product damage, claims arising as a result of the App not complying with law or authority requirements, claims arising as a result of consumer legislation, privacy protection legislation and other similar legislation. Skippo is also solely responsible for claims that arise if the App is used together with the framework for HealthKit and Homekit. e) You agree that, in the event another third party claims that the App infringes its intellectual property rights, Skippo alone, and not Apple, is responsible in accordance with these Terms of Use for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property rights claim. f) You represent that (i) you are not located in a country that is embargoed by the United States, or that has been designated by the United States as a “terrorist supporting” country; and that (ii) you are not registered on any list with US authorities as a prohibited or restricted party. g) In addition to complying with these Terms of Use, you undertake to also comply with any applicable contractual terms from third parties when using the App. h) You agree that Apple has the right to be a party to these Terms of Use and has the right to enforce the terms against you as a third party.
14. Miscellaneous
14.1. Skippo has the right to assign its rights and obligations under these Terms of Use without the User’s written approval.
14.2. If any provision of these Terms of Use should be held invalid or unenforceable by any competent court, authority or alternative dispute resolution body, the remainder of this provision and all other provisions shall remain valid and fully enforceable in accordance with applicable law.
15. Contact details
If you as a User have questions about the Service or for any reason are dissatisfied with the Service or its functions, please contact Skippo at support@skippo.io.
16. Applicable Law and Disputes
16.1. Swedish law applies to these Terms of Use. Disputes or claims relating to the interpretation or application of these Terms of Use must be settled in a Swedish general court.
16.2. If the User acts in the capacity of a private person, the User can contact the General Complaints Board (ARN) to have their dispute heard. ARN can be contacted through their website or by sending a letter to Box 174, 101 23 Stockholm.
16.3. Users acting as private individuals also have the opportunity to complain via the EU’s web-based dispute resolution service which can be accessed here.
16.4. Skippo always follows recommendations from ARN and the EU’s web-based service for dispute resolution.
These terms of use have been established by Skippo on 2023-02-27.