The Adoptamstudenti.ro Platform (the “Platform”) is operated by the “Potențial în Educație” Association, headquartered in Ilfov, Voluntari city, str. George Bacovia no. 15-17, block C2, staircase 2, apartment 9, room 1, registered in the Register of Associations and Foundations under no. 28003/A/2019, CIF 41636774 (“Association”). By using the Platform, you agree to these terms of use in the Terms and Conditions document and accept, without limitations or qualifications, these conditions. If you do not agree or do not accept the Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Platform, its content or services.
Platform Features
The Adoptam Studenți platform facilitates: (i) crowdfunding campaigns through which selected students raise funds for university studies; (ii) a one-time or recurring donation form, processed through a third-party payment provider; (iii) a volunteer program; and (iv) publishing informative content and success stories on the blog. The selection of supported students is made by the Association, according to its own criteria and the Student Participation Regulations, and the Association does not guarantee the acceptance of any student into the program.
The Association acts as an intermediary between students and donors and is not a party to any funding, sponsorship or employment relationship between them. The Association does not guarantee the achievement of a campaign's funding target, a student's academic success or any other specific result and does not provide financial, tax or legal advice. For the conditions of tax deductibility of a donation, the donor must independently inform himself or consult a tax advisor.
The Association reserves the right to modify, temporarily suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, any of the functionalities of the Platform, including the student selection process or the availability of a payment method, without this giving rise to a right to compensation on the part of the Association, except for rights already acquired by students or donors at the date of the modification.
Content Ownership
The Platform and everything contained therein, including without limitation all text and images ("Content") are the property and copyright of the Association or its partners, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise specified.
The name "Adoptăm Studenți", the logo and the associated visual identity elements are distinctive signs of the Association and cannot be used, reproduced or associated with third-party products or services without the prior written consent of the Association.
It is prohibited to copy, reproduce, distribute, automatically extract (scrape) or reuse, in whole or in part, the Content for commercial purposes or for any other unauthorized purpose, except for distributing links to campaigns for the purpose of promoting them and reasonable citations, indicating the source.
Any comments, messages, suggestions or other materials voluntarily submitted by users (donors, volunteers, visitors) on the Platform are considered non-confidential. By submitting them, the user grants the Association a non-exclusive license to use them for the purpose for which they were provided, without acquiring any other intellectual property rights over them.
If you believe that any material published on the Platform infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, please notify us at contact@adoptamstudenti.ro, indicating the material in question and the basis of the alleged infringement. The Association will analyze the complaint and, if it is well-founded, will remove or restrict access to the material in question within a reasonable time.
Confidentiality and Personal Data
Personal data will be collected and processed by the Association only under the conditions permitted by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ("GDPR") and Law no. 190/2018 on implementing measures for Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and in accordance with applicable Community regulations. Details can be found on our Privacy Policy page and, with regard to the cookies used by the site, in the Cookies Policy.
By reading these Terms and Conditions, you have acknowledged that you are guaranteed the rights provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (namely the right to information, the right to access data, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restriction of processing, the right to data portability, the right to object, the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling), as well as the right to file a complaint with the National Supervisory Authority for the Processing of Personal Data or to address the competent court. The manner of exercising these rights is fully described in the Privacy Policy, which prevails in the event of any inconsistency with this document. Any personal data you transmit on the Platform, by e-mail or otherwise will be used in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Any other communications or materials you transmit on this Platform, such as questions, comments, suggestions or other messages of this kind, will be considered non-confidential and are not protected by certain intellectual property rights.
Third-party services
To provide certain functionalities, the Platform uses services operated by independent third-party providers, including: Stripe (online payment processing), Google Analytics (traffic analysis), Google reCAPTCHA (anti-spam protection) and the Platform's hosting provider. The use of the corresponding functionalities (for example, making an online donation) involves automatic interaction with the relevant third-party service, which is subject to its own terms and conditions and privacy policy, available on each provider's website.
However, the Association is not responsible for the availability, operation, security or content of services provided by third parties and cannot guarantee the absence of interruptions caused by them.
Plugin modules and social networks
The Platform may include sharing modules and links to the Association's social media pages. When such modules load content directly from the respective social media servers or collect data independently of the Platform, the corresponding processing is subject to the privacy policy of the social media in question.
Links to partner sites and other third-party sites
The Platform may contain links to websites of universities, partner organizations, project ambassadors or other third parties, provided for informational purposes only. The Association does not control and assumes no responsibility for the content, availability, privacy practices or security of these third-party sites. Accessing a third-party site through a link available on the Platform is at the user's own risk, subject to the terms and policies published by that site.
Donations and payments
Donations made through the Platform are voluntary and, in principle, permanent. Donated amounts are non-refundable, except in the event of technical processing errors (e.g., duplication of a transaction) or other situations provided for by law, in which case the reimbursement is made through the same means of payment used for the donation. Online payments are processed by a third-party payment service provider (Stripe). The Platform does not store full payment card details. For recurring donations, the donor may request the cessation of future payments at any time, in accordance with the Donor Regulations.
Minimum age and capacity to contract
Making a donation through the Platform assumes full legal capacity, according to Romanian law. Persons between the ages of 14 and 18 may donate only with the prior consent of their parents or legal representative, within the limits provided by the Civil Code. Applying to the funding program as a minor student is done with the consent of the parent or legal representative, according to the Student Participation Regulations and the Section on the processing of minors' data in the Privacy Policy.
Changes to the Terms of Use
The Association has the right to modify at any time and in any way any of the provisions mentioned in the Terms and Conditions or the Terms and Conditions in their entirety, without any prior notice and without being obliged to fulfill any other formality towards the Users. Any modification is fully and unconditionally accepted by the Users of the Platform by simply using or accessing any facility offered by the Platform.
Limitation of liability
The Association and its affiliated companies, officers, directors, employees, agents or any other party involved in the design, production or provision of the site are not liable for any direct or indirect damages of any nature whatsoever arising from or in connection with the use of this site or its content. The Association assumes no responsibility and will not be liable for any damages or viruses that may infect your computer or other property as a result of accessing or using this site, or downloading any material, information, text, images, video or audio from this site. Nothing in this section limits or excludes the liability of the Association in cases where Romanian law does not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability, in particular in case of fraud, gross negligence, or injury to life, bodily integrity or health caused by the fault of the Association.
Applicable law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions and the use of this Platform are governed by the laws of Romania. The competent courts of Romania shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising out of or relating to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions and/or the Content of the Platform or in the event of disputes in which these Terms and Conditions and/or this Platform are considered relevant facts for such disputes. Users acting as consumers may also resort to the European Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform, available at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr, as well as to the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) entities competent according to law.
Applying to the funding program implies express acceptance, through a separate declaration when submitting the application, of the conditions of the Participation Regulations for students, available here https://adoptamstudenti.ro/regulament-participare-studenti/. In the event of a contradiction between this document and the Participation Regulations, the collaboration contract signed individually with each student prevails.
Making a donation implies accepting the conditions of the Donor Regulations, available here https://adoptamstudenti.ro/regulament-donatori/, by checking the corresponding box on the donation form.
