Terms of use

Last updated: 19 October 2026

This is an English translation for your convenience. Only the German version is legally binding.

1. Scope and provider

These terms apply to the use of the GlowCamp app, to sharing a trip via a private link, including the web page on glowcamp.de on which the shared trip is displayed (link page), and, from version 1.12.0, to the optional GlowCamp account and everything that comes with it (friends, public trips, Campfire, community info, Sections 12–14), as well as to GlowCamp Pro (Section 15). The provider is EDV-Technik Dennis Weimer, owner Dennis Weimer; you will find the address and further details in the legal notice. In these terms, “we” and “us” refer to the provider, and “you” refers to you as a user.

How we handle your data is not set out here but in the privacy policy, and for sharing via link in particular in Section 6b.

You do not need an account for the app or for sharing via link. These terms apply as soon as you use the sharing feature for the first time, i.e. create a link for a trip, or as soon as you create an account or buy GlowCamp Pro; the app will point this out to you beforehand. Sharing via link is permitted from the age of 16, and an account likewise only from the age of 16 (Section 12). If you are younger, you may only use it with the consent of your parents or legal guardians.

2. Our services

• GlowCamp is free of charge. From version 1.12.0, there is also the optional GlowCamp Pro subscription with extras (Section 15); whatever is free stays free, and you do not have to buy Pro.
• The app works without an account. The account (from version 1.12.0) is optional and only needed for friends, public trips, Campfire and community info.
• We do our best to keep GlowCamp and our server running reliably. However, there is no entitlement to everything being available at all times and without interruption, e.g. during maintenance, outages or periods of high load. This also applies to the link page and the live position.
• We continue to develop GlowCamp. In the process, features may change, be added or be removed.
• Test version (beta): If you take part in the beta test, you are using a pre-release version. It may contain bugs, and features may still change before the final version.

3. Sharing a trip via private link: who sees what

Sharing is optional. You switch it on for each trip individually and choose which places, photos and diary entries are included. Nothing is shared unless you switch it on.

• Anyone who has the link sees everything you have selected for it, including, if you wish, your own places, wild camping spots and the journey from home. Nobody needs the app or an account to do so.
• You send the link yourself. If it is forwarded, anyone who receives it can see it. We cannot control who it goes to. Only give it to people you trust.
• The link page cannot be found via search engines and can only be reached via the secret link.
• “Live” (default setting, with a notice in the app): The page additionally shows where you are currently parked or driving. This also makes it apparent that you are travelling and that your home may be empty. You can choose a delay instead.
• Anything that was once visible may have been copied or saved by someone as a screenshot, even if you withdraw it later.

The app offers you default settings and warnings. You yourself are responsible for the settings you choose and for whom you give the link to.

While driving: Whoever is driving does not operate the app. The recording runs by itself; you take care of settings, sharing and photos when stationary, or leave them to your passenger.

4. Your content and your responsibility

Content is everything you share via link, with friends or publicly: places and route, photos, the trip name, names of places and destinations, diary entries and, if you wish, the first names of your travel companions; with an account, also your profile name and profile picture, hearts and comments in Campfire and the info you share about sites, petrol stations and sights. You are responsible for this content. The following applies to everything you share:

• Only your own photos: Only share photos that you took yourself or for which you hold the necessary rights.
• People shown: If a photo shows another identifiable person, you need their consent, and in the case of children, that of their parents. This also applies if you only send the link to family and friends, because you do not know where it will be forwarded. The easiest option is to choose photos without identifiable people and without legible number plates.
• Names and texts about others: Only share the first names of your travel companions or information about other people in diary entries if the people concerned agree.
• Prohibited is unlawful content, in particular insulting, inflammatory, discriminatory, pornographic or violence-glorifying content, content that infringes the rights of others (e.g. copyright or personality rights), as well as advertising and spam.
• The link page is intended for showing your own trip. Do not use it to monitor other people or to disclose their whereabouts.

By sharing, you warrant that you hold the necessary rights to your content and that it complies with these rules. When you select photos, the app points this out to you.

Your rights remain yours. So that we can display your content the way you have set it up, you allow us to store it, process it technically (e.g. to reduce the size of photos and remove metadata) and display it on the link page. This permission is simple (non-exclusive), free of charge and limited to display at the level you have chosen (link, friends, public, Campfire or community info); we do not use your content for advertising and do not pass it on to others. It ends as soon as you withdraw an item of content, switch off sharing, the link or the share expires, or you delete your account. Shared community info is only included as a total without your name; if you withdraw it, we recalculate the totals. The only exceptions are copies in our server backups, which are overwritten after 30 days at the latest, and copies that others have made themselves (e.g. screenshots); we have no control over these.

You are responsible for ensuring that you are allowed to share photos and information about other people. For identifiably depicted people you need their consent, and for children the consent of their parents or legal guardians. If third parties assert claims against us because content you have shared infringes their rights, you shall indemnify us against these claims and the reasonable costs of legal defence, insofar as you are responsible for the infringement.

5. Expiry, withdrawal and deletion

• Expiry: A link expires 30 days after the end of the trip (if the trip has no end, 30 days after the last upload). After that, the page can no longer be reached, and we delete the content.
• Withdrawal: You can withdraw individual places, photos or the entire trip, or switch off sharing, at any time, including with “Stop all sharing” in your profile. If you delete the trip on your device, the app also deletes it on our server.
• Secret key: Only the app that created the link (or a device on which you restore its backup) can change and delete it. If you lose your device without a backup, you can no longer delete the link yourself; it will then expire automatically like any other link. In an emergency, write to us at support@glowcamp.de and state the link.

6. Reporting

If a shared trip breaks the law or these terms, e.g. because a photo shows you without your consent, report it to us via “Report” at the bottom of the link page, in the app (for trips, Campfire posts, comments, profiles and community info) or by e-mail to support@glowcamp.de. This address is also our point of contact for users and for authorities. Please state the link, which content is affected and why it is unlawful or breaches these terms.

• We review every report ourselves and by hand, carefully and as quickly as possible, and confirm receipt to you.
• If content is unlawful or breaches these terms, we remove it or block the entire link.
• If you have an account, we will notify you by e-mail if we remove any of your content and tell you why; you can object by replying, and we will review it again.
• Anyone who created a link without an account is not known to us by name. We therefore cannot notify them personally; the link page will then only show that the trip is no longer shared. If they consider the decision to be wrong, they can write to us at support@glowcamp.de; we will then review the matter again.
• Whoever submitted the report will be informed by e-mail of our decision.

For the link page and for content shared with an account, we are a hosting service, and for public trips and community info an online platform, within the meaning of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Our single point of contact is support@glowcamp.de (German or English). We accept reports via “Report” on the link page, in the app or by e-mail and decide on them carefully, impartially and without automated decision-making. We remove unlawful content as soon as we become aware of it. We have no general obligation to monitor shared content or to actively search for infringements, and we do not do so. If content is removed, we give reasons to the person who shared it, insofar as we know their contact details (e.g. if they write to us).

7. Information without guarantee

GlowCamp shows you a lot of information that we cannot check ourselves:

• Information on campsites, motorhome pitches, car parks and sights comes from OpenStreetMap and is maintained by volunteers.
• Weather, forecasts and severe weather warnings come from weather services. A warning may arrive late, incomplete or not at all, e.g. without internet or if notifications are switched off. Keep an eye on official warnings and the local situation yourself.
• Occupancy reports come from other campers and only show a snapshot.
• Community info about sites, petrol stations and sights only reflects the opinions of GlowCamp users, not ours. We do not check it in advance (Section 14).
• Routes and distances are calculated and do not always take into account your vehicle, roadworks or closures.
• The link page shows places and position with a delay and rounded; when a place becomes visible is a “from approx.” figure.

We give no guarantee for the accuracy, completeness or currency of this information. Check on site yourself whether a site, a road or a passage is suitable for your vehicle, especially with regard to height, width and weight, and always observe traffic signs and traffic rules.

8. Liability

The free features of GlowCamp are a service provided free of charge. For GlowCamp Pro, the statutory rights in respect of defects in digital products also apply. We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for damage resulting from injury to life, body or health. In the case of slight negligence, we are only liable if we breach an essential obligation, i.e. an obligation whose fulfilment makes the use of GlowCamp possible in the first place and on whose compliance you may regularly rely; in this case, liability is limited to the typical, foreseeable damage. Liability under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) and other mandatory statutory liability remain unaffected.

Please back up your trip data, e.g. with the app’s cloud backup. The link page is not a backup: when the link expires, the content there is deleted.

In all other cases, our liability is excluded. These limitations also apply in favour of persons for whom we are responsible.

9. Termination and blocking

• By you: You can stop sharing at any time (Section 5) and delete the app. You manage the data on your device and your cloud backup yourself. You can delete your account at any time (Section 12); you cancel a Pro subscription in the App Store or on Google Play (Section 15).
• By us: If a link breaches these terms, we may block or delete it (Section 6). If you, with an account, repeatedly or seriously breach these terms, we may remove content and block or delete your account; we will tell you why by e-mail, and you can object. A paid Pro subscription remains unaffected by this, insofar as it concerns use without an account. In the event of misuse or disruptions, we may temporarily switch off the creation of new links. If we discontinue sharing via link altogether, we will announce this in the app in advance.

10. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms, e.g. when new features are added or the legal situation changes. We will announce changes in the app in advance. For links you have already shared, the new version only applies once you continue sharing after the change; otherwise you can stop sharing. For your account, the new version applies if you do not object within 30 days of the announcement; if you object, you can delete your account. We will point out this consequence in the announcement. The current version is always available at this address.

11. Applicable law, dispute resolution, contact

German law applies. If you are a consumer and live in another country, you retain the protection of the mandatory consumer protection provisions of your country of residence.

We are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. If you have any questions or problems, simply write to us at support@glowcamp.de.

Mandatory statutory rights remain unaffected by these terms. If any provision is invalid, the remaining provisions remain valid.

12. GlowCamp account (optional, from version 1.12.0)

• Optional: You only need an account for friends, public trips, Campfire and community info. You sign in with Apple, with Google or with a code sent by e-mail.
• Minimum age 16. When creating an account, you confirm that you are at least 16.
• One account per person. Keep your login details secret; you are responsible for what happens with your account. Let us know if someone else has gained access.
• Profile name: It is visible to others. Do not choose a name that is insulting, imitates others, advertises something or infringes the rights of third parties; we may change or block such names.
• Deletion: at any time in the app (Profile → Account → “Delete account”) or at glowcamp.de/konto-loeschen. In doing so, we delete everything linked to your account (details in the privacy policy). We may delete an account you have not signed in to for 24 months after giving prior warning.

13. Friends, public trips and Campfire (from version 1.12.0, with an account)

• Friends are confirmed by both sides. You invite them with an invitation link and can remove them at any time. Trips and Campfire posts shared with friends are only seen by your confirmed friends; your comments are also seen by the friends of the person under whose post you write.
• Public trips are seen by everyone in the app, together with your profile name. Only well-known public places from OpenStreetMap and the route between them can be shared publicly, without the journey from and to home. Public photos must not show identifiable people or legible number plates; metadata such as the location where the photo was taken is removed.
• “Live” is switched off for friends and public sharing until you switch it on for a trip with a warning. Live shows that you are travelling; think about who you show this to.
• Comments and hearts in Campfire: friendly and to the point, no insults, no advertising, no data about others without their consent. The author of a post may delete comments under it.
• Everything you share in this way is subject to Section 4 (your content), Section 6 (reporting) and Section 9 (blocking). Initially, we moderate ourselves, by hand.
• In an emergency, we may temporarily suspend all posting to friends and publicly; links remain unaffected.

14. Info about sites, petrol stations and sights (from version 1.12.0, with an account)

• Only your own, honest experiences. Only share what you have experienced yourself. Stars and the price level only count if your own recording shows that you were there (“Confirmed on site”).
• Prohibited are ratings of your own site or business or on behalf of an operator, ratings in exchange for money or other benefits, ratings intended to harm a competitor, and multiple accounts to influence totals.
• Others only see totals without names; stars only from 4 confirmed ratings. The info only reflects the opinions of GlowCamp users, not ours, and has no influence on the order in which the app shows places.
• We may hide info about a place and remove information from accounts that breach these rules from the totals, or block these accounts. Any total can be reported, even without an account (Section 6).
• You can change your information at any time or withdraw it with “Stop sharing”.
• Photos of places: Up to 3 of your own photos per place. The rules for your content (Section 4) apply to them: only your own photos showing the place, no identifiable people and no number plates, nothing offensive or unlawful. Others only see a photo after we have checked and approved it; we may reject photos, giving reasons, or remove them later. By sharing, you allow us to show the photo in the app for this place without your name until you remove it.

15. GlowCamp Pro (subscription, from version 1.12.0)

• What Pro is: an optional subscription with additional features, e.g. reels at any time and up to 3 minutes long, without watermark and end credits, collage and daily reel. The purchase screen in the app shows which features are included. Everything that is free without Pro stays free.
• Price: €2.99 per month or €24.99 per year (prices in Germany including VAT; in other countries, the price shown in the App Store or on Google Play applies).
• Purchase and payment are handled via Apple’s App Store or Google Play using your Apple or Google account; their terms also apply. You do not need a GlowCamp account for this.
• Renewal and cancellation: The subscription renews automatically for the selected term unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the term. You can cancel at any time in the subscription settings of your Apple or Google account; deleting the app or your GlowCamp account does not cancel the subscription. After cancelling, you can use Pro until the end of the paid term.
• Refunds are governed by Apple’s or Google’s rules; your statutory right of withdrawal remains unaffected.
• Promo codes: With a promo code (e.g. the thank-you for beta testers), you get Pro free of charge for the stated period. The following applies:
  • You can redeem it in the App Store, or in the app under Profile → GlowCamp Pro → “Redeem code”; Apple’s terms also apply.
  • Only once per Apple account, only within the stated redemption period and only while redemptions are available; the number of redemptions is limited.
  • A promo code has no cash value, cannot be paid out and must not be sold.
  • It is only valid in countries in which GlowCamp is offered in the respective store, and only for people who are permitted to use GlowCamp.
  • App Store: The free period ends automatically; there are no costs.
  • Android (Google Play): Beta testers receive the thank-you without a code: on request by e-mail, we unlock the year of Pro directly for your installation. It does not renew and costs nothing. The unlock applies to the installation from which you wrote to us; after reinstalling, simply write to us again.
  • Apple may restrict or end the redemption of promo codes at any time; this does not affect a period already redeemed.
• Changes: If we change the price of an active subscription, Apple or Google will inform you in advance; an increase only applies in accordance with the rules of the respective store, where applicable only with your consent. Pro features may evolve; we will not take away essential features you have paid for during a paid term without compensation.
• The data processed when you make a purchase is described in the privacy policy, Section 9.