Terms and Conditions for Electronic Services

§1 General Provisions

1. These Terms and Conditions define the rules for using the web application (PWA) studym8.app, used for managing courses, tasks and deadlines during studies.
2. The Service Provider is: PENTEST Rafał Dyck, ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 64/17, 81-198 Pogórze, Poland, NIP (Polish tax ID): 5782867795, REGON: 221013827, registered in the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity (CEIDG), e-mail: kontakt@studym8.app.
3. These Terms are addressed exclusively to consumers — natural persons using the Application outside of any trade, business or profession. The Application is not intended for use in connection with a business activity and is not offered to entrepreneurs.
4. Only adults with full legal capacity may use the Application, including registering an Account and purchasing Paid Access. The Service Provider does not verify student status — the Application is aimed at students but available to any adult.
5. Using the Application takes place on the terms set out in these Terms — the moment at which the User gives consent to them is specified precisely in §4. The current Privacy Policy, describing the rules for processing personal data, is available at studym8.app/privacy-policy — it does not form part of this agreement and does not require separate acceptance in the same sense as these Terms (the User confirms having reviewed it — §4(2)), but its content binds the Service Provider as the fulfilment of an information obligation, regardless of that confirmation.
6. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are versioned documents — each version carries a publication date. The rules for existing Users accepting new versions are described in §13.

§2 Definitions

1. Service Provider – PENTEST Rafał Dyck.
2. User / Consumer – an adult natural person using the Application outside of any trade, business or profession.
3. Application – the web service (PWA) studym8.app used for managing courses, tasks, deadlines and notes during studies.
4. Account – an individual User panel within the Service Provider's IT system, created upon registration.
5. Semester – the Winter period (1 October – 28/29 February) or Summer period (1 March – 30 September) for which the User activates Paid Access; the academic year follows from the Semester type.
6. Paid Access / Access – the full scope of the Digital Service's functions: adding, editing and deleting Courses, Tasks, Notes and Links, inviting Friends and sharing Courses, active from the moment described in §6(4) until the end of the chosen Semester.
7. Read-only Mode – the scope of functions available without Paid Access or after its expiry: viewing one's own data, logging out, deleting the Account and purchasing Access; without the ability to add, edit or delete data.
8. Digital Service – the service provided by the Service Provider enabling the User to create, store and process data in digital form and to interact with it (Account, Courses, Tasks, Notes, Links, Friends) within the meaning of Art. 2(5a) of the Polish Consumer Rights Act. Read-only Mode and Paid Access are different scopes of the same Digital Service, not separate digital content.
9. Promo Code – a code issued at the Service Provider's discretion, entitling the holder to free Access to the indicated Semester.
10. Friend Code – a unique, randomly generated User identifier (visible in Settings), used to invite other Users as Friends; it does not entitle the holder to any discount or Access.
11. Friend – another User with whom, after mutual acceptance of an invitation (via a Friend Code), Courses can be shared.
12. Course, Task, Note, Link – data entered by the User within the current Semester; together with profile data (name, optionally university and field of study) referred to as User Content.
13. Durable medium – any material or tool (including an e-mail message) enabling the User or the Service Provider to store information addressed to them in a way allowing future access to it, for a period adequate to the purposes of that information, and allowing the information stored to be reproduced unchanged.

§3 Technical Requirements

1. Using the Application requires: a device with Internet access, a current version of a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge, in a version supported by its manufacturer) with JavaScript and browser local storage enabled, and an active e-mail address.
2. The Application operates exclusively online — all data is stored on the Service Provider's server, not on the User's device. Using the Application without an internet connection is not possible.
3. The Service Provider does not guarantee the Application will work on browsers unsupported by their manufacturers or with JavaScript or browser storage disabled — these are necessary for basic functions (login, saving data).
4. The Application is responsive and works on mobile and desktop devices; it may be added to a device's home screen (PWA installation) without installation from an app store.

§4 Registration and Account

1. Registration is done by providing a name, e-mail address and password, and is free of charge.
2. Before completing registration, the User ticks a separate checkbox, not selected by default: "I accept the Terms and confirm that I have reviewed the Privacy Policy." Registration is not possible without ticking this checkbox.
3. By registering an Account, the User declares that they are an adult and are using the Application as a consumer.
4. The User is obliged to provide truthful data and to keep their Account login details confidential.
5. The agreement for the Digital Service covering the Account and Read-only Mode is concluded upon confirming the e-mail address (clicking the activation link). The agreement is concluded for an indefinite period. The agreement for Paid Access to the indicated Semester is governed separately by §6(4).
6. The User may terminate the agreement and delete their Account at any time — without notice and without giving a reason — independently in the Application (Settings → "Delete account"; deletion is confirmed via a link sent to the Account's e-mail address, valid for 24 hours) or by writing to kontakt@studym8.app. Before confirming deletion, the Application displays a warning about irreversibility and the list of data that will be deleted. A User who wants to keep their User Content should, before deleting the Account, write to kontakt@studym8.app requesting a copy — the Service Provider will provide it in a machine-readable format (e.g. a text file or spreadsheet) covering the names and content of Courses, Tasks, Notes and Links in the User's active Semesters, within 14 days of the request, to the Account's e-mail address; deletion then proceeds once the Service Provider has provided the copy, or the User, having been informed of this right, does not use it within a reasonable time.
7. Account deletion covers the profile, Semesters, Courses, Tasks, Notes, Links, Friend relationships, notifications, registered devices and settings. Deleting the Account is not a withdrawal from the agreement (§7) and does not by itself entitle the User to a refund of an active Paid Access fee — this does not limit the right of withdrawal exercised within the statutory period (§7) or rights arising from non-conformity of the Digital Service with the agreement (§8). The effects of Account deletion on data, including data retained further under legal obligations, are described in the Privacy Policy.
8. The User is prohibited from providing unlawful content, including in the names and descriptions of Courses, Tasks and Notes. Rules on User Content are set out in §11.

§5 How the Application Works

1. A User with active Access creates, within the current or next Semester, Courses, and within them Tasks with deadlines, Notes and Links. Every User has a default course "General", which cannot be deleted or renamed.
2. The Application sends reminders about upcoming Task deadlines (14, 7, 3 and 1 day before the deadline) and custom reminders set by the User — exclusively as push notifications and within the Application itself. The Service Provider does not send deadline notifications or reminders by e-mail.
3. Push notifications require system-level consent from the browser or device and, on iPhone, adding the Application to the home screen. The Service Provider does not guarantee delivery of a push notification (this depends, among other things, on device settings and the notification service provider).
4. A User may invite another User to become a Friend by providing their Friend Code; the invitation requires acceptance by the invited party. A Friend may share a Course with another Friend — what is shared is a snapshot of that Course as it existed at the moment of sharing, not a live, ongoing link to the original; accepting a shared Course creates an independent copy of it in the Friend's data. The shared snapshot includes: the Course's name, type and colour, the instructor's name and (if provided) e-mail address, all grading methods of that Course together with their description and maximum points, and the sharing User's first name. Before sharing, the Application shows the User a preview of exactly what will be transferred.
5. Without Paid Access, or after its expiry, the Account switches to Read-only Mode — the User sees their existing data but cannot add, edit or delete it; they may purchase Access or delete the Account.
6. The Semester for which the User activates Access, and the dates it runs, are determined by the server based on the Semester type (Winter or Summer) at the moment of activation by Promo Code or payment — always the current Semester or the one immediately following it. A User with Access to more than one Semester may switch which one is displayed as current in Courses, Tasks and the Calendar.
7. The Service Provider is not responsible for educational decisions made by the User based on data entered into the Application (deadlines, grading methods and other information originate from the User or their Friends and are not verified by the Service Provider).

§6 Paid Access and Payments

1. Paid Access to one Semester (current or next) costs PLN 16 gross (the price includes all applicable taxes) and is a one-time payment — it does not renew automatically. After the Semester to which the User has Access ends, the Account returns to Read-only Mode unless the User activates Access to the following Semester.
2. A Semester to which the User already has active Access cannot be purchased or activated again with a Promo Code.
3. Payments are processed by the payment operator PayU S.A. The Service Provider transfers to PayU the User's name, e-mail address and IP address, and the order's own data (description, amount, currency, order ID) — necessary to initiate the payment; the Service Provider never receives or stores card details or online banking login details, these are processed solely by PayU. The Service Provider stores only the payment status confirmation received from PayU (order ID, amount, status, Semester).
4. Moment the Paid Access agreement is concluded: the agreement is concluded at the moment a Promo Code entitling the holder to the given Semester is successfully applied, or at the moment PayU confirms payment — depending on which route the User used. Access is activated promptly after that moment, no later than within 1 day, and covers the entire period from activation until the end of the chosen Semester — regardless of whether that Semester has already started at the moment of activation or will start later (activating before its start does not move the start of Access). Before placing an order that leads to payment, the Application shows the User the start and end date of the chosen Semester and the total number of days of Access. The service is made available in the User's Account within the Application — there is no shipment. Confirmation of the conclusion of the agreement, including information on the right of withdrawal and the withdrawal form template, is sent to the User's e-mail address on a Durable medium, immediately after activation; the text of these Terms as in force on the date the agreement was concluded is identified in that e-mail by its version date and available at the permanent address studym8.app/regulamin. For a paid purchase, the Service Provider records server-side, together with the order: the exact text and version of the statement referred to in §7(3), and the date and time it was made.
5. Invoices: The Service is offered exclusively to consumers. Upon the Consumer's request, submitted within the statutory time limit, the Service Provider issues a sales document (invoice) in accordance with applicable regulations; an invoice issued to a consumer does not include the buyer's tax ID.

Promo codes

6. The Service Provider may, at its own discretion, provide Promo Codes entitling the holder to free Access to the indicated Semester. Providing a code depends solely on the Service Provider's decision; the User has no claim to receive a code.
7. The conditions for using a given code (validity period, Semester(s) covered, number of possible uses) are provided to the User together with the code, before it is used. Unless the conditions of a given code state otherwise, a code is single-use, tied to the Account on which it was used, and may not be transferred or resold.
8. The code is entered in the "Access code" field in the application's Settings. An invalid, already-used, expired code, or one used contrary to the conditions provided, does not activate Access; the User is informed of this when attempting to apply it. After five unsuccessful attempts within one hour, entering a code is temporarily blocked.
9. A code cannot be exchanged for money. Provisions on codes do not limit the Consumer's statutory rights.

§7 Right of Withdrawal

1. A Consumer has the right to withdraw from any agreement concluded with the Service Provider remotely (including the agreement for the Account and for Paid Access) within 14 days of its conclusion, without giving any reason, by submitting an unambiguous withdrawal statement to the Service Provider — in writing to the address indicated in §1(2) or by e-mail to kontakt@studym8.app. Sending the statement before the deadline is sufficient to meet it. The Consumer may (optionally) use the withdrawal form template attached to the purchase confirmation.
2. The Application constitutes a Digital Service within the meaning of Art. 2(5a) of the Consumer Rights Act, not a one-off supply of digital content. Art. 38(1)(1) of that Act therefore applies: the right of withdrawal is lost only once the Service Provider has fully performed the Digital Service (Paid Access) with the Consumer's express and prior consent, having been informed before performance began that they would fully lose the right of withdrawal upon full performance, and having acknowledged this. Full performance of the Digital Service occurs, as a rule, only once the paid Semester ends, not automatically 14 days after the agreement was concluded — merely starting performance (activating Access) does not cause loss of the right of withdrawal.
3. When purchasing Paid Access for a fee, before placing an order that leads to payment, the User ticks a separate checkbox, not selected by default, worded: "I request that performance of the service begin before the expiry of the 14-day period. I acknowledge that upon full performance of the service I will lose the right to withdraw from the agreement. If I withdraw from the agreement before the 14 days have passed, I will pay an amount proportional to the scope of performance rendered up to the moment of withdrawal." Placing the order is not possible without ticking this checkbox. This mechanism corresponds to Art. 21(2), Art. 35 and Art. 38(1)(1) of the Consumer Rights Act. When activating Access solely with a Promo Code (no payment), the checkbox has a shortened wording, without the payment sentence: "I request that performance of the service begin before the expiry of the 14-day period. I acknowledge that upon full performance of the service I will lose the right to withdraw from the agreement."
4. If a Consumer exercises the right of withdrawal after performance of the Digital Service began at their request, they must pay for services rendered up to the moment of withdrawal. This amount is calculated in proportion to the scope of performance rendered (the number of days from the activation of Access referred to in §6(4) to the day of withdrawal, relative to the total number of days of Access from activation to the end of the Semester), taking into account the agreed price. The Service Provider refunds the remaining part of the price paid promptly, no later than within 14 days from receiving the withdrawal statement, using the same payment method the Consumer used, unless the Consumer expressly agreed to a different refund method that involves no additional cost to them.
5. The Service is digital in nature — upon withdrawal, no goods are returned and no shipping costs arise.
6. After the statutory 14-day withdrawal period expires, the Consumer has no additional, contractual right to terminate Paid Access early, or to a partial refund, solely because they stopped using the Application before the end of the Semester. This does not limit the Consumer's statutory rights in the event of non-conformity of the Service with the agreement (§8) or in other cases provided for by mandatory law.

§8 Complaints and Conformity of the Digital Service with the Agreement

1. Complaints may be submitted via the contact form in the Application (Settings → Information → "Contact form") or on the studym8.app website, or to kontakt@studym8.app. A complaint should include a description of the problem and data enabling identification of the Account.
2. The Service Provider will review the complaint and respond on a Durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) within 14 days of receiving it. Failure to respond within this period means the complaint is deemed accepted.
3. If the Digital Service is non-conforming with the agreement, the Consumer is entitled to the rights set out in Art. 43j–43n of the Consumer Rights Act, in particular the right to demand that the Service be brought into conformity with the agreement, and, in cases provided for by the Act, the right to a price reduction or to withdraw from the agreement. The Service Provider does not exclude or limit these rights.

§9 Liability and Conformity of the Service with Its Description

1. The Service Provider is liable to Consumers for the conformity of the Digital Service with the agreement under the terms set out in the Consumer Rights Act (Art. 43j–43n), including as to its description, completeness, functionality and availability, in accordance with what is actually offered in the Application and described in these Terms and in the informational materials on studym8.app.
2. The Service Provider is not responsible for the content of Courses, Tasks, Notes and Links entered by Users, nor for educational decisions made on their basis (§5(7)). The Service Provider's liability as a hosting provider for User Content is described in §11.
3. The Service Provider reserves the right to brief technical interruptions necessary for system maintenance, with prior notice where possible.
4. The Service Provider does not provide a warranty for the Digital Service; liability for conformity of the Service with the agreement follows from the Consumer Rights Act (§8).

§10 Contact Form

1. The Application and the studym8.app website provide a contact form through which a question or report can be sent to the Service Provider without having to send an e-mail directly.
2. A message sent via the form reaches the Service Provider by e-mail; the Service Provider replies to the e-mail address provided by the sender. The content of the message is stored in the Service Provider's system solely to handle the request (details in the Privacy Policy).
3. To protect against abuse, the form is subject to limits on the number of messages per unit of time; once exceeded, the message will not be sent.

§11 User Content, Reporting Violations and Account Suspension

1. User Content (names and descriptions of Courses, Tasks, Notes, the content of Links, profile data, and also instructor data entered for a Course) is entered solely by the User themself. When entering instructor data (a third party who does not use the Application), the User is responsible for the lawfulness of doing so, including having a basis for processing that data to the extent described in §5(4); the rules under which the Service Provider processes such data are described in the Privacy Policy.
2. Users are prohibited from entering User Content of an unlawful nature, including content that infringes copyright, personal rights or other third-party rights, incites hatred, is misleading, or discloses special categories of data within the meaning of Art. 9 GDPR (e.g. concerning health, religious beliefs, sexual orientation) or data on criminal convictions and offences — concerning anyone, including the User themself, not only third parties.
3. Notes are, in principle, visible only to their author. A Course's name, instructor data and grading methods become visible to a Friend only if the User consciously shares that Course, to the extent described in §5(4).
4. The User grants the Service Provider a free, non-exclusive licence to use the User Content entered, solely for the purpose of providing the Service (including storing, processing and displaying it to the User and, to the extent of a shared Course, to a Friend). The licence expires upon deletion of the given content, Course or Account. The Service Provider does not use User Content for marketing purposes and does not share it with entities other than providers of infrastructure necessary to provide the Service.
5. With respect to storing User Content at the User's request, the Service Provider provides a hosting service within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA) and is not liable for that content if it is unaware of its unlawful nature. A notice that formally meets the requirements of (6) does not by itself give the Service Provider such knowledge or automatically result in content being removed or blocked before it has been assessed — that follows only from a notice precise and substantiated enough to establish unlawfulness without further investigation of the facts; the Service Provider makes this assessment when reviewing the notice under the terms of (7), except where immediate action is required ((8)).
6. Reporting unlawful content. A person who believes that some User Content infringes their rights or the law may report this to kontakt@studym8.app (the Service Provider's electronic point of contact; the language of communication is Polish), indicating: the reporting person's name (or entity name) and e-mail address, the precise location of the content the report concerns, a justification of why the content is unlawful, and a statement that the report is submitted in good faith and that the information provided is true.
7. The Service Provider promptly acknowledges receipt of the report and reviews it without undue delay, objectively, non-arbitrarily and with due diligence; decisions are made by a human, not in a fully automated manner. If unlawfulness is established, the Service Provider removes the content or disables access to it. The Service Provider informs the User whose content is affected of a decision restricting access, together with a justification (the scope and duration of the restriction, a description of the facts, the legal or contractual basis, and the possibility of appeal), unless prevented from doing so by law; it also informs the reporting party of the outcome. The User may appeal the decision to kontakt@studym8.app — the appeal is reviewed within 14 days.
8. Suspension of Access or the Account. The Service Provider may suspend Paid Access or delete the Account of a User who violates the prohibitions in (2) or otherwise materially violates these Terms, the security of the Application, or the rights of others. Before suspension or deletion, the Service Provider will call on the User to remedy the violation within a reasonable deadline, except where immediate action is required (a threat to the security of the system or other Users' data, or manifestly unlawful content). The User is informed of the reason for the decision and may appeal to kontakt@studym8.app within 14 days. If the Service Provider suspends or ends Paid Access through no fault of the User, it refunds the proportional part of the price corresponding to the unused period of Access; where suspension results from the User's fault, no refund is due, without limiting the rights under §7 and §8.
9. The User is liable to the Service Provider and third parties for damage resulting from violation of the prohibitions referred to in (2), on general principles.

§12 Intellectual Property

The Application and its source code are subject to legal protection. It is prohibited to copy, modify or distribute them for purposes other than ordinary, intended use of the Application in accordance with these Terms — this provision does not limit fair use or mandatory provisions of copyright law. Rights to User Content remain with the User, subject to the licence set out in §11(4).

§13 Versions and Changes to These Terms

1. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are versioned documents — each version is marked with a publication date. The User can find the date and number of the currently applicable version in the Application's Settings and on studym8.app.
2. Agreements concluded before a change to these Terms takes effect are governed by the version of the Terms in force on the date the agreement was concluded, subject to (3)–(6).
3. The Service Provider may change these Terms without the restriction in (4)–(6) if the change is necessary to maintain conformity of the Digital Service with the agreement, to adapt it to legal requirements, or to ensure the security of the Application, and does not involve additional costs for the User.
4. Other changes to these Terms affecting ongoing agreements are permissible only for important, explicitly stated reasons, among: a change in the law applicable to the Application, a ruling or administrative decision the Service Provider must comply with, a change in the scope or manner of providing the Digital Service resulting from technological development or security considerations, or a material change in the terms of cooperation with providers necessary to provide the Service (e.g. the payment operator or an infrastructure provider).
5. The Service Provider informs the User of a new version of these Terms or the Privacy Policy requiring renewed acceptance at the User's next login to the Application after it takes effect — the Application displays information about the change and a link to the full text, and requires clicking "I accept" before the User can continue using the Account; the date and version of each acceptance are recorded. A change to the Privacy Policy alone, not tied to a change in these Terms, does not require such renewed acceptance — information about the change is sufficient. If a change referred to in (4) materially and adversely affects the User's access to or use of the Digital Service, the Service Provider will additionally inform the User on a Durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) at least 30 days before its introduction.
6. In the case of a change referred to in (4), the User has the right to terminate the agreement without notice within 30 days of the change being made or of being informed of it, whichever is later. If the User has prepaid for Paid Access and terminates the agreement on this basis, the Service Provider refunds the proportional part of the price corresponding to the unused period of Access.
7. A change to these Terms affecting only agreements concluded after it takes effect does not require the procedure set out in (4)–(6).

§14 Final Provisions

1. These Terms are governed by Polish law.
2. In matters not regulated herein, the provisions of the Polish Civil Code and the Consumer Rights Act apply.
3. The Consumer may use out-of-court means of complaint handling and claim resolution. For this purpose, they may seek assistance from the municipal or district consumer ombudsman competent for their place of residence, or use the list of entities authorised to conduct out-of-court consumer dispute resolution (ADR), maintained by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) and available at uokik.gov.pl. The Service Provider states that it is not obliged to, but does not exclude, participating in out-of-court consumer dispute resolution proceedings before an ADR entity — it will inform the Consumer, upon request, of its willingness to participate in a specific proceeding.