STATUTE OF THE PAN-EUROPEAN COMPETITION “CARP CUP CUP”
(Rules, Granting of Copyright Licenses, and Data Processing Policy)

This Statute (hereinafter referred to as the “Statute”) bindingly governs the rules, terms of participation, data transfer mechanism, as well as the scope of personal data processing and the granting of licenses to user-generated content within the framework of the supplementary pan-European competition “Carp Cup Cup” (hereinafter referred to as the “Competition” or the “Hall of Fame”), which is exclusively organized, operated, and administered by the company:

MIBO-SPRINGS s. r. o.
Registered Office: Jablonica 340, 906 32 Jablonica, Slovak Republic
Company Registration Number (IČO): 57 573 361
Tax Identification Number (DIČ): 212 283 1392
Commercial Register: District Court Trnava, Section: Sro, Insert No. 62928/T
Website: https://carpcup.app
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +421 948 20 88 99
(hereinafter referred to as the “Competition Organizer”)

Article I.
Basic Provisions and Nature of the Competition

“Carp Cup Cup” is a free-of-charge, long-term, and independent digital Competition, the primary purpose of which is the pan-European promotion of sport fishing, the establishment of a historical Hall of Fame for the heaviest catches, and the technological development of the CarpCup platform.

The Competition operates on a supplementary basis. Data for this Competition is software-aggregated and transferred exclusively from independent fishing tournaments operated by local organizers (clients) utilizing the cloud-based (SaaS) application CarpCup.

The results, catch parameters, and photographs are publicly published on the main presentation domain of the Competition Organizer: https://carpcup.app. The Competition does not constitute a game of chance, and participation therein establishes absolutely no legal claim or entitlement to any financial or material prize or remuneration.

Article II.
Consents and Data Transfer Mechanism (Double Opt-in)

Voluntariness and Double Opt-in: Participation in the Competition is strictly voluntary. The angler (hereinafter referred to as the “Participant”) enters the Competition exclusively through the active, demonstrable, and freely given granting of a separate consent (the so-called Double Opt-in mechanism) directly upon registration for their local tournament.

Within the framework of this mechanism, the Participant (or their present legal representative, if the Participant is under 16 years of age) grants two independent consents:
a) The first consent is granted to the organizer of the local tournament for the purposes of participation in the specific event and for local data processing.
b) The second, separate consent is granted to this Statute, on the basis of which the Participant voluntarily and explicitly consents to the transfer of selected data from the local database directly to the Competition Organizer for the purpose of publication in the Hall of Fame on the carpcup.app domain.

Scope of Transferred Data: In the event of recording an exceptional catch, the software shall, based on the aforementioned second consent, export and transmit to the Competition Organizer from the local isolation exclusively the following strictly minimized scope of data (in accordance with the principles of Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default):

Abbreviated name of the Participant (exclusively the first name and the initial of the surname - e.g., "Ján H."),

Name of the competing team,

Weight of the catch,

Photograph of the catch capturing the visual likeness of the Participant.

Status of the Data Controller: From the moment these specific data are transferred to the main carpcup.app domain, the exclusive role and liability of the Data Controller for these data are assumed by the company MIBO-SPRINGS s. r. o. The legal basis for processing is the consent of the data subject pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

Article III.
Copyrights and Royalty-Free Content License (UGC)

Photographs of catches uploaded to the system and submitted to the Competition constitute User-Generated Content (UGC) and a visual record of a natural person's likeness.

Granting of License: By granting the second consent (Double Opt-in) upon registration, the Participant (or their legal representative) unconditionally, voluntarily, and explicitly grants the Competition Organizer a royalty-free, exclusive, territorially (worldwide), and temporally unlimited license to use the provided photographs.

Scope of Authorizations: Pursuant to this license, the Competition Organizer is authorized to:
a) publicly publish, exhibit, and archive the subject photographs in the Hall of Fame on the carpcup.app website,
b) graphically modify, crop, and merge them with other visual works,
c) apply protective electronic watermarks (watermarking) with the CarpCup logo to them,
d) further disseminate them without limitation for its own commercial, marketing, PR, and promotional purposes in the online space (social media, banners, websites) as well as in printed materials.

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Civil Code of the Slovak Republic (protection of personality rights), the Participant explicitly consents to the publication of their visual likeness captured in the photograph, without any claim to copyright royalties or financial compensation. The Participant and the local organizer shall bear full liability for the settlement of third-party rights (e.g., if the photograph was taken by a referee).

Article IV.
In-Depth Data Analysis and Training of AI Models (Machine Learning)

By granting consent to the Statute, the Participant acknowledges and explicitly agrees that the Competition Organizer acts as a technological innovator and shall collect, aggregate, and permanently utilize the transferred data (in particular, information regarding the weight of the fish, time logs, and the actual image data from the photographs) for the purposes of in-depth data analysis (Data Mining).

AI Training: The Participant grants explicit consent that the Competition Organizer is authorized to utilize these extensive datasets as input data for Machine Learning and for the development, testing, and training of future Artificial Intelligence (AI) models (e.g., algorithms for automated species recognition or weight estimation of a fish from a photograph).

Anonymization: For the purposes set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Competition Organizer undertakes that the data and photographs, prior to entering the AI training processes, shall undergo a process of irreversible and permanent anonymization, thereby technically preventing any subsequent re-identification of a specific Participant. Data permanently anonymized in this manner lose the nature of personal data under the GDPR. All trained AI models and analytical outputs constitute the exclusive intellectual property of the company MIBO-SPRINGS s. r. o.

Article V.
Withdrawal from the Competition (Opt-Out) and Limitation of Erasure

The Participant has the right to withdraw their consent to participate in the Competition, to the processing of the transferred data, and to the granting of the UGC license at any time and free of charge.

The request for withdrawal and revocation of consent must be demonstrably sent by the Participant (or their representative) to the e-mail address of the Competition Organizer: [email protected]. For the successful identification and localization of the record within the public database, the Participant is obliged to specify in the request their abbreviated name, team name, the weight of the fish, and the name of the local tournament.

The Competition Organizer undertakes, no later than 30 calendar days from the delivery of a complete request, to permanently remove the Participant's identifiers and their photograph from the active public domain carpcup.app (the Competition).

Technological Limitation of Erasure: The Contracting Parties explicitly acknowledge, and the Participant agrees, that the revocation of consent has no retroactive effect. The Competition Organizer incurs no technological or legal obligation (and given the nature of neural networks, it is technically impossible) to retroactively delete information and visual markers from already trained AI models and analytical statistics into which these data have been incorporated subsequent to their strict and irreversible anonymization (as they no longer constitute personal data).

Article VI.
Final Provisions and Waiver of Liability

The Competition Organizer shall bear no liability for the accuracy, truthfulness, or legitimacy of the data (e.g., overestimated weight of the fish, prohibited fishing methods) transmitted from local tournaments. All data and functionalities within the Competition are provided strictly on an "As-Is" basis. Any disputes concerning fair play shall be resolved exclusively by the local tournament organizer. The Competition Organizer reserves the absolute right to refuse the inclusion of any catch in the Hall of Fame, or to permanently remove it therefrom, without prior notice and without stating any reason.

This Statute constitutes an independent legal framework exclusively for the carpcup.app domain. It shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the legal order of the Slovak Republic.

The Competition Organizer reserves the right to unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of this Statute at any time.

In Jablonica, on 14.09.2026