Terms of use

What Yachad is

Yachad helps you make plans with friends and groups, find churches near you and go to their services and events together. Yachad is free and shows no ads.

Yachad is a young service and keeps developing. Features may be added, changed or removed. There is no entitlement to a particular feature or to uninterrupted availability.

Account

You can use Yachad from the age of 16; your birthday counts. I delete accounts of younger people.

Give truthful information when you register, especially your name and date of birth. Every person has their own account; accounts for other people, for groups or for churches are not allowed. Churches use the admin portal.

Keep your password secret. You are responsible for everything that happens through your account, as long as you have not lost access to it. If you suspect that someone else has access, change your password and write to me at levi@grossenbacher.net.

Your content

What you write and upload in Yachad (plans, comments, photos, profile details) remains yours. You allow me to store this content, process it technically (e.g. scale down images) and show it to the people who may see it according to your settings. This permission is free of charge and ends when you delete the content or your account, unless the content remains with others (e.g. a plan you created for a group).

You are responsible for your content. Only upload what you have the rights to. Photos in which other people can be recognised need their consent.

Conduct

Follow the community guidelines and the applicable law. It is also not allowed to misuse Yachad technically: to scrape data automatically, to circumvent security measures, to disrupt operation or to use the app for advertising or spam.

If you find a security vulnerability, please report it to me confidentially at levi@grossenbacher.net before publishing it.

Meeting in real life

Yachad brings people together for real meetings. I do not check who is behind an account, and I am not the organiser of plans and events. You attend a meeting at your own responsibility.

If you meet people you don’t know, it is best to meet in a public place first or together with friends. If someone contacts you in a way that seems odd, report the person in the app.

Reporting and moderation

You can report people, plans, groups, comments, photos, churches and events in the app. The Yachad platform team reviews every report. Reports concerning the protection of teenagers and people in crisis are reviewed with priority.

If content or behaviour violates these terms, the guidelines or the law, I may, depending on severity:

• hide the content
• issue a warning
• suspend the account temporarily
• suspend the account permanently and prevent a new registration with the same address
• suspend the account of a child under 16 and delete it after 30 days

I inform the person affected about every decision with a statement of reasons by email and in the app. The person who reported learns the outcome.

If you disagree with a decision, reply to the email with the decision or write to levi@grossenbacher.net. I will then review the decision again and tell you the result.

How Discover works

In Discover and on the map you find churches, church dates and plans that are open to you. There is no algorithm that ranks content by interactions:

• Dates and plans appear by their time, churches by your search and distance.
• If a church matches your interests, it says why (“Matches: …”). Nobody but you sees your interests.
• Visibility cannot be bought, not even by churches.
• No church and no denomination is preferred.
• Plans from new accounts only appear in Discover after a few days (protection against spam).
• You only see what you may see under the rules on visibility and minor protection.

Content from churches

Churches maintain their profiles, ministries and dates themselves and are responsible for them. The “verified” badge means the platform team has checked that the login belongs to the church. It is not an endorsement or an assessment of its teaching.

Availability

I try to keep Yachad running reliably and back up the data regularly. Interruptions, for example for maintenance, and errors cannot be ruled out, though.

Liability

Yachad is free. As far as the law permits, I am only liable for damage I cause intentionally or through gross negligence. I am not liable for content from other people or churches, or for meetings that come about through Yachad.

Deleting your account and end of use

You can delete your account in the app at any time. It is permanently deleted after 30 days; if you sign in again before then, the deletion is cancelled.

I may suspend or delete an account that violates these terms (see Reporting and moderation). If I discontinue Yachad, I will announce it in the app at least 30 days in advance so you can export your data.

Changes to these terms

I may change these terms, for example when new features are added or the law changes. I will announce significant changes in the app before they apply. If you do not agree, you can delete your account. If you continue to use Yachad afterwards, the new terms apply.

Applicable law and place of jurisdiction

Swiss law applies. The place of jurisdiction is the provider’s place of residence, unless the law mandatorily prescribes another place of jurisdiction. As a consumer you may also sue at your own place of residence.

Questions about these terms: levi@grossenbacher.net.