Club Policies

The Queen’s Club is a place where you can live out your inclinations in a safe, discreet and inspiring environment, connect with like-minded people and exchange ideas about everything related to BDSM and creative sex. The aim of the Queen’s Club is to promote this exchange within the community as well as through the organisation of events and courses. Our aim is also to create a unique BDSM world in which like-minded people can relax, enjoy themselves and pursue their passion. We want to create an environment that offers freedom, sensuality and adventure – a place where you can live out your deepest desires and find new inspiration. The following rules govern the conditions for using membership in the Queen’s Club. The operator of the Queen’s Club is the I Love Me association, registered in the Canary Islands, which has commissioned Dajo Global Consulting Ltd. to carry out its administrative tasks.

By ticking the box “Association Rules acknowledged and accepted” (literally or with equivalent wording) during registration, you declare that you agree to these rules. Any conflicting conditions imposed by members shall be invalid within the framework of the association.

The association reserves the right to adapt or amend these rules at any time. If a member does not object to the application of the new rules within four weeks of the amendment, the amended rules shall be deemed accepted.

1. Joining the Association / Accounts

To participate in the activities of the Queen’s Club, you must register as a member free of charge. By registering on the association portal, you become an extraordinary member (supporting member) of the association and accept the association rules and statutes. Registration requires a valid email address of the member. During registration, you may choose a username and password. You will then receive a personal account with an account for the association’s internal Queen Dollar (QD) points system. By registering as a member or creating a profile, you submit an application for admission as a supporting member of the Queen’s Club. There is no entitlement to admission. Successful registration confirms admission as an extraordinary member of the association.

The association admits only adults with legal capacity, legal entities and partnerships. Minors and persons lacking legal capacity may not register.

Only one account per person is permitted. Couples are permitted to create one solo profile each in addition to their joint couple profile. Commercial providers are permitted to apply for a business page in addition to their private profile. In the event of a violation of this rule, the association reserves the right to delete the member’s accounts.

Commercial offers or members with financial interests must indicate this in their profile and use the corresponding account type when registering. At the association’s request, the member must provide proof of their status as a commercial member, for example by presenting their business registration or similar document. In the event of a violation of this obligation, the association shall be entitled to delete the account.

2. Association Portal

Through the Queen’s Club online association portal, members can, among other things, upload content or otherwise enter content in a password-protected area. The association enables, among other things, access to this content. The association’s service consists of successfully granting access to the portal.

To protect against fake profiles, the association reserves the right, where there is a legitimate reason, to verify the authenticity and legitimacy of members’ accounts and, for this purpose, request certain documents, such as verification images from members. Members are free to respond to such a request from the association. If members fail to comply with the request, the association reserves the right to delete the account.

Members can access information provided by the association on the association’s online portal. In addition, members may upload texts, images, data, graphics, etc. to the association’s portal. Content uploaded by members may be accessed by other members. Members also have the opportunity to communicate with other members in groups and participate in the activities of the association.

The association does not generally review the content uploaded or entered by members. It therefore cannot guarantee the accuracy, appropriateness or quality of such content.

As a member, you acknowledge and agree that by using the association’s activities you may be exposed to content that may be considered offensive, indecent or inappropriate. You agree to use the Queen’s Club at your own risk.

Under no circumstances shall the association be liable in any way for the behaviour or content of members or third parties, including errors or omissions, or for losses or damages of any kind arising from the use of activities or content published, sent by email or otherwise transmitted. In general, the association does not review the content of members or third parties published on its website, but reserves the right to do so. The association does not guarantee that any review will be conducted to your satisfaction or that any review will take place at all.

Nevertheless, the association reserves the right, at its own discretion, to refuse, correct or delete the publication of content and information, including in profiles, and/or to temporarily or permanently suspend a member’s account. This may apply in particular if the association becomes aware of a violation of these terms of use or statutory provisions, false information is discovered or other important reasons exist.

Members have no entitlement to use the activities of the association and/or publish content on the association’s portal. In the event of violations of these terms of use, statutory provisions or other important reasons, such as disrupting harmonious interaction between members, the association may impose a virtual and physical ban on access, thereby excluding members from future use of its activities.

Members who have been banned from the premises or activities are prohibited from registering again for the association’s services. If access bans are circumvented by registering again under a new pseudonym, the account data will be deleted immediately once this becomes known. Former members subject to an access ban who repeatedly attempt to register again may face legal action at their own expense.

In the event of serious personal attacks, insults, defamation and threats or other behaviour potentially relevant under criminal law, the association reserves the right to involve law enforcement authorities without prior warning. The assessment of a situation that leads to an amendment, rejection, deletion, suspension or imposition of an access ban shall be at the association’s discretion.

Activities as well as functions and content of the association’s website may be changed, expanded or restricted by the association at any time.

Communication between members, e.g. via the community chat, takes place without access by the moderators of the association’s website. Where the association has a legal, judicial or official obligation to do so, it may conduct appropriate investigations and provide corresponding evidence to the authorities.

If a member’s free account remains unused for more than 3 months, the association may delete it without further notice. In this case, there shall be no entitlement to the storage or release of data.

3. Media Representatives

By accepting these terms of use, media representatives confirm that they use their Queen’s Club membership exclusively for their personal and private enjoyment and not as part of journalistic research or information gathering. They confirm that they will not use any such information in any way without the association’s express written permission. As a media representative, you hereby declare that everything you observe here will be treated as strictly confidential and that you will not do anything that jeopardises the privacy or identity of other members.

4. Members’ Obligations

Members undertake to provide only truthful, complete and up-to-date information about themselves during registration and to meet the minimum requirements necessary for posting content on the association’s website. They shall update this information whenever changes occur. If an adjustment to the account is necessary that the member cannot make themselves, the association must be informed. If there are reasonable doubts about the authenticity of the data, the association may temporarily suspend the account to protect other members against possible fake profiles and require the member to provide proof of authenticity. If the member fails to comply with this request, the association shall be entitled to delete the account.

Passwords are intended to prevent unauthorised persons from using the website. They must not be disclosed to third parties, must be protected against third-party access and should also be changed regularly for the member’s own security. The association will never ask a member for their password. If misuse is suspected, the password must also be changed and the association must be informed immediately.

The member is responsible for their own activities, information and content and is obliged to comply with statutory provisions. This applies in particular to copyright, trademark protection and youth protection. Members guarantee that they have all necessary rights regarding the content they enter into the association’s database, that the use and/or exploitation of such content does not infringe any third-party rights (e.g. rights to one’s own image, name rights or third-party trademark rights) and that the content posted does not violate these terms of use or statutory provisions. At the association’s request, the member undertakes to provide proof of ownership of the rights to the content.

All members are obliged to comply with the terms of use available on the association’s website. This includes, among other things, respectful interaction with other members and a friendly tone in all virtual and real-life association activities. Each member undertakes not to insult, threaten, provoke or harass other members in any way.

Members undertake to engage only in practices and post or transmit to the association only content that is not classified as “prohibited practices and content” in section 7 of these terms of use.

Members also undertake to access or use the association’s website exclusively through commonly used browsers that correspond to the current state of technology. Any measures intended or capable of impairing, circumventing or obstructing the proper operation of the association’s website are strictly prohibited.

This applies in particular to the following measures or attacks: XSS, SQL injection, CSRF, phishing, DoS, DDoS, brute force, session capturing, automated or script-controlled access, as well as any other manual or automated intervention in the association’s technical infrastructure. It is prohibited to upload, post, send by email, otherwise transmit or publish links to material containing computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, trapdoors or other computer code, files or programmes, or repeated information requests capable of interrupting, destroying or limiting the functionality of computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or impairing the quality, performance or functionality of the website. Unsolicited or unauthorised advertising may not be uploaded, posted, sent by email, otherwise transmitted or linked to, including but not limited to advertising materials, “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes” or any other form of advertising, except in areas specifically designated for this purpose.

The association will report any violation of this provision to the competent law enforcement authorities without prior warning.

Members undertake to indemnify and hold harmless the association and/or companies affiliated with it, as well as its and/or their employees, representatives, shareholders and agents, against all claims asserted by third parties against the association and/or affiliated companies, as well as their employees, representatives, shareholders and agents, due to the infringement of their rights through content posted by a member on the association’s portal or due to any other use of the association’s activities by the member. At first request, the member shall assume all necessary costs of the association’s legal defence, including all court and legal fees.

5. Grant of Rights

By transmitting or uploading their content (texts, photographs, graphics, film sequences, etc.), the member grants the association a free-of-charge, non-exclusive, geographically and temporally unlimited right to use, modify, display, make accessible, reproduce and distribute the transmitted content through or via the functions described above.
This means that, for example, if you upload images for your profile, they may be resized (“modified”) where necessary and displayed to visitors to your profile (“reproduced”). However, all content you post always remains yours. No one may use your content without your explicit consent – neither commercially nor for studies or other purposes.

For reasons of consistency, it is not possible to subsequently delete or modify a user’s posts in the forum. Contributions submitted to competitions likewise cannot be withdrawn once the evaluation phase has begun.

6. Warranty Regarding the Association Portal

The databases and other technical facilities provided by the association correspond to the current state of technology. The association endeavours to ensure the greatest possible availability of the association portal. Nevertheless, temporary restrictions on the accessibility of the association portal may occur due to problems beyond the association’s control (force majeure, fault of third parties, etc.) or due to maintenance work. The association does not guarantee the continuous availability or accessibility of its website and shall not be liable for downtime caused by necessary maintenance work or newly occurring errors, insofar as such errors were not foreseeable and could also occur even to a diligent average programmer.

The association also does not guarantee the authenticity or storage of uploaded content. If an account is deleted, modified or suspended due to a violation of the terms of use, there shall be no entitlement to the release of content and communication data stored with the account.

7. Prohibited Practices and Content

When participating in association activities and using the association’s website, applicable law must be observed and the rights of third parties must not be infringed. In particular, members are prohibited from:

• Personally attacking, mocking, trolling, insulting, bullying, stalking or otherwise harassing other members.
• Publicly making false statements of fact or criminal accusations against another member.
• Distributing political or ideological content unless it relates to association-specific topics or is used to promote political parties or particular ideologies.
• Promoting or expressing racism or hatred towards individuals or groups, unless it is consensual role-play between consenting parties.
• Offering sexual services or prostitution of any kind, unless it is consensual role-play involving play money (Queen Dollar) between consenting parties. Membership may not be used to generate customers for paid services.
• Engaging in or offering drug and medication trafficking, human trafficking or sex trafficking.
• Uploading images, videos or audio files showing persons under 18 years of age.
• Uploading, posting, sending by email, otherwise transmitting or publishing links to content that promotes sexual relations with minors.
• Sexualising, practising, promoting or publicly fantasising about the following topics: murder, animal cruelty and any activities involving minors. Purely intellectual discussions of these topics are permitted.
• Practising, discussing or posting content concerning actual snuff, necrophilia, cannibalism and zoophilia/bestiality. Purely intellectual discussions of these topics are permitted, as are discussions and content concerning fantasies in these areas.
• Republishing outside the association any content that another member has uploaded, posted or sent by email to the association’s website without that member’s express written consent.
• Uploading, posting, sending by email or otherwise transmitting private conversations between two persons on the website without their express written consent.
• Publishing personally identifying information about another member without their consent. Personally identifying information may include, among other things, a person’s full name, first name, surname, email address, occupation, telephone number, address and place of work.
• Using legally protected content (e.g. protected by copyright or trademark law) without being authorised to do so, or linking to other telemedia services containing unlawful content.
• Using the portal for academic or commercial research purposes without the association’s express written consent.

The member undertakes to make only qualified contributions and comments that are appropriate to the relevant context (e.g. the relevant group, forum or image). The tone should be polite and objective. Objective criticism is welcome; personal attacks and hostility must be avoided, as must discussions about moderation decisions.

Posts and comments that violate the above rules may be moderated or deleted. Members may be temporarily or permanently excluded from association activities and use of the website.

8. Queen Dollar (QD) / Association Activities

Registered ordinary and extraordinary members may use the Queen’s Club points currency (Queen Dollar, QD) to participate in online and offline activities of the Queen’s Club and use additional functions. The virtual game currency is an expression of our playful association world and a playful motivator for member engagement. Participation in association activities is therefore possible exclusively through QD.

Members may receive additional Queen Dollars through voluntary practical and financial involvement with the Queen’s Club. However, there is no legal entitlement to the allocation of Queen Dollars. Members are not obliged to collect Queen Dollars. If a booked activity is cancelled, the member’s QD may be credited back depending on the time of cancellation and the scope of the activity. As Queen Dollars are a points system, QD cannot be exchanged for real money.

If accounts are deleted due to termination or inactivity, or if the association modifies, suspends, reviews or deletes an account or imposes an access ban pursuant to these association rules, any QD balance shall also expire.

9. Crowdfunding

Members and third parties may support projects of the association through voluntary donations. Financial support must be provided in compliance with applicable anti-money-laundering regulations. Supporters decide entirely on their own responsibility whether or not to support a project. As a thank-you for the donation, the registered member will receive QD credited to their profile. There is no legal entitlement to the crediting of QD.

By confirming support for a project, a legally binding contract is concluded between the association and the supporter. The supporter may cancel confirmed support amounts until the support contributions have been paid.

The supporter acknowledges that the association is generally not supervised by a financial market supervisory authority. Support amounts do not constitute deposits and are not covered by deposit insurance or similar schemes.

The support amount is paid via the association’s website. When paying the support amount, the supporter may choose between the payment methods “bank transfer”, “credit/debit card” or “cryptocurrency”. The supporter has no entitlement to use a particular payment method. The association may restrict or exclude the availability of individual payment methods at any time (e.g. by setting a minimum and/or maximum amount for the use of a particular payment method).

If the supporter selects the “bank transfer” payment method, the association will send the supporter an email containing the payment information (account details and project reference number). The support amount must be paid to the specified account within 10 days of receipt of the payment information, stating the reference number. If the supporter fails to pay the support amount on time, the association will send a payment reminder and grant an additional period for payment. If payment is still not made within the additional period, the support amount of the defaulting supporter will be automatically cancelled. If the supporter transfers a higher or lower support amount than the amount confirmed on the portal, the amount displayed on the portal will subsequently be adjusted.

If the supporter selects the “credit card” payment method, the supporter will be redirected to the payment service provider’s website to enter their credit card details. The credit card details will be stored there. They will not be stored on the website. The support amount will be charged to the credit card immediately and transferred to an account of the association.

If the supporter’s credit card cannot be charged successfully, the supporter will be given an additional period in which to change their credit card details. If the supporter does not change their credit card details within the prescribed period, their financial support will be automatically cancelled.

10. Offline Activities

The Queen’s Club reserves the right to cancel an activity for compelling organisational or economic reasons for which the Queen’s Club is not responsible. In this case, the Queen’s Club will inform the members immediately and transfer their participation to a subsequent event. QD used for the activity may be credited back. Cancellation costs against which the participant could have insured themselves (travel cancellation insurance, etc.) will under no circumstances be reimbursed.

In the event of force majeure or cancellation of the event by the authorities, the Queen’s Club shall have no liability.

Liability for cancellation or rebooking fees for transport or accommodation booked by the participant is excluded.

11. Limitations of Liability

Any claims for damages against the association, irrespective of the legal basis, are excluded unless the association, its legal representatives or agents are accused of intent or gross negligence. The association’s liability for damage to life, body or health, as well as liability under product liability law, remains unaffected. In the event of a breach of material contractual obligations, the association shall be liable for any negligence, but only up to the amount of the foreseeable damage.

The above limitations of liability also apply to companies affiliated with the association and to the personal liability of representatives, employees and agents of the association and/or affiliated companies.

12. Infringement of Rights

The association respects the rights of third parties and is accordingly interested in preventing the publication of infringing content posted by members. If a member believes that content infringes their rights (e.g. rights to their own image, name rights, trademark rights) or other rights, the association requests a detailed notification. The association will promptly investigate all serious notifications of rights infringements and take appropriate legal action. Any abuse will be sanctioned.

13. Classifieds Marketplace

a. Publication of Advertisements

1. Placing advertisements is free of charge and takes place in the selected category.
2. The association reserves the right to limit the number of advertisements a user may publish free of charge within a specified period, not to display additional advertisements at the top of the results list and to change the date of the advertisement.
3. By submitting the advertisement submission form, registration form and contact messages, the user makes a binding offer to use the services and thereby confirms that they have taken note of and will comply with the terms of use.
4. The association is entitled, but not obliged, to check content for compliance with the law or these terms of use and to delay approval of the advertisement for this purpose.

b. Paid Additional Options

1. Advertisers may optionally book paid additional options to highlight their advertisement or use certain functions. These additional options are generally one-time services or services limited to a specific period.
2. Before each booking of a paid additional option, the user will be expressly informed that it is subject to a fee and of the amount of the applicable costs.
3. The association expressly reserves the right to block advertisements with paid additional options without refund if the terms of use are violated.
4. Invoices for booked paid additional options will be sent exclusively electronically. Users will also find the invoice in the advertisement management section of their account.

c. Payment Methods and Payment Terms

1. Agreed fees shall be due for payment immediately and may be paid using the payment methods accepted by the seller.
2. The association reserves the right to offer certain payment methods only under specific conditions, e.g. verification of data, duration of use and/or previous payment behaviour.
3. For payment by SEPA direct debit, the buyer assures, when booking the additional option, that sufficient funds will be available in the account. If a chargeback occurs in the direct debit procedure to markt.de that was not caused by markt.de and is attributable to the customer, the customer shall bear the resulting costs. The gross invoice amount and costs shall be due immediately.
4. In connection with the booking of additional options, markt.de may, in the event of breaches of contractual obligations (in particular late payment) or non-contractual obligations, suspend further execution of the current order until payment has been made and require advance payment for the remaining advertisements and/or make the publication of further advertisements conditional on settlement of outstanding invoices. Refund claims arising from overpayments will not be paid out to the customer; the user will receive credit for the amount.
5. Users may top up their profile with credit in order to use that credit to pay for additional options and/or subscription fees on markt.de. Cashing out the credit or transferring credit to other profiles is not possible. Purchased credit has no expiry date. However, if the profile is deleted, the remaining credit will expire when the applicable retention periods end. If a user violates the terms of use of markt.de or applicable law, the credit will expire without refund when the profile is suspended.
6. Payment of voucher amounts in cash is not possible. Vouchers have no expiry date. Discount vouchers issued as part of promotional campaigns are excluded; the period specified in the promotion shall apply to such vouchers.

d. Special Obligations of the User

1. The user undertakes to comply at all times with applicable laws, generally recognised standards of morality and good conduct, as well as these terms of use.
2. Responsibility for advertisement content, images, videos, profiles or other posts lies solely with the authors. The association provides no warranty whatsoever for advertisements or posts published by third parties, particularly in cases of misuse. By submitting the advertisement submission form, the advertiser confirms that they possess the rights to use the text and image.
3. It is not permitted to collect personal information such as email addresses about other users or disclose it to third parties, or to obtain such information in any way without the consent of the respective user. It is likewise not permitted to copy, modify or distribute the content of third-party advertisements.
4. Personal data may only be used to contact another user regarding a specific advertisement. Data exchanged during the resulting communication must be treated confidentially and may not be passed on to or made accessible to third parties without the consent of the authorised person.
5. Under no circumstances are users entitled to disclose access credentials such as passwords to third parties. If third parties nevertheless gain access to the account or the user has other indications of misuse of the account, the user must immediately inform the association and change the access credentials. The association shall not be responsible for damage resulting from the user’s careless handling of their data. Preventing misuse is the responsibility of the user.
6. The user is obliged to refrain from any actions that could endanger the operation of the classifieds marketplace or harass other users. This includes sending spam and chain letters as well as viruses or other technologies. Furthermore, without the express written permission of markt.de, it is not permitted to access markt.de using automated means such as crawlers, spiders or scrapers or to collect content.
7. It is not permitted to circumvent measures taken by the association that are intended to prevent or restrict access to the website.

e. The following items are not permitted in advertisements:

• Stolen, counterfeit or unauthorisedly copied items of any kind, including product piracy
• Drugs, stimulants and other mind-altering substances within the meaning of European narcotics laws, including associated accessories, as well as medicines
• Alcohol without complying with the EU Food Labelling Regulation and/or youth protection legislation, and food without complying with the EU Food Information Regulation
• Human organs as well as all chemical or biological substances and products subject to hazardous substances or biological agents regulations
• Weapons within the meaning of weapons legislation, in particular firearms, blunt weapons and edged weapons of any kind, as well as ammunition and CO2 and air-pressure weapons of any kind
• Official identification documents, vignettes or licences; uniforms from security-relevant areas
• Items bearing symbols of organisations hostile to the constitutional order, including non-visible or concealed representations
• The sale of plant protection products must comply with the requirements of plant protection legislation. Information on intended and proper use must be included in the offer
• Protected animal and plant species (e.g. rosewood) or preparations thereof and products made from them, without documentation of their legality. Ivory items are generally prohibited.

13. Rights to the Database

All rights (copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights) in the database work, the database and the content, data and other elements entered therein belong exclusively to the association. Any rights of members in the content they have entered remain unaffected by this.

Copyright notices or other intellectual property notices on the association’s website may not be altered.

The contents of the association’s database may under no circumstances be used to build a separate database in any media format or for commercial data exploitation or information services.

The integration or other linking of the database or individual elements of the database with other databases or meta-databases is prohibited.

14. Final Provisions

British law shall apply exclusively.

For contracts with members from abroad, mandatory provisions or the protection granted by case law in the respective country of residence shall remain applicable and shall apply accordingly.

The place of jurisdiction for all claims arising from or in connection with the use of the association’s activities shall be London, UK.

If individual provisions of these terms of use are wholly or partially legally invalid or subsequently lose their legal validity in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of all unaffected parts of these terms of use. The invalid provision shall be replaced by the statutory provisions that most closely approximate the economic purpose of the intended provision. The same shall apply if these terms of use contain regulatory gaps.

We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration or alternative dispute resolution body.