Terms and Conditions

Terms & Conditions (T&C)

Latest Thinking GmbH
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

1. Introduction

These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern the use of the website lt.org ("Website") operated by Latest Thinking GmbH, Am Feenteich 4, 22085 Hamburg, Germany ("Latest Thinking", "we", "us", "our").

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please refrain from using the Website.

2. Services Provided

Latest Thinking provides a public, free-to-access online video platform focused on research and academic knowledge dissemination ("Service"). The Website offers video content, interviews, and related information for educational and informational purposes.

The Service is free of charge. The Service is intended for B2C users, but no transactions occur. No user accounts are required to access the content.

3. Eligibility

The Website is available to users of all ages. By using the Service, you confirm that your use complies with all applicable laws and regulations.

4. No User Accounts & No Paid Services

We do not offer or require user registration. We do not provide paid plans, subscriptions, or monetized features. No contractual payment obligations exist between users and Latest Thinking.

5. User Content

Users cannot upload, submit, or create content on the Website. All content displayed on the Website is provided by Latest Thinking or licensed third parties.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated:

  • All videos, graphics, texts, and materials on the Website are the property of Latest Thinking GmbH or its content partners.
  • Users may view, share, and link to content for private, educational, or informational purposes.
  • Users may not copy, distribute, modify, or use the content commercially without our prior written consent, unless explicitly permitted by a stated licence (e.g. Creative Commons).

7. Acceptable Use Policy

Users agree not to:

  • Use the Website for fraudulent, illegal, or harmful activities.
  • Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract content or data.
  • Reverse engineer, attempt to access the source code, or bypass any security measures.
  • Interfere with the Website’s functionality or infrastructure.
  • Use automated systems to access or overload the Website.

We may block access to the Website if violations occur.

8. Data Protection & Privacy

We process personal data exclusively as described in our Privacy Policy, available on the Website.

Analytics

We use Matomo for privacy-friendly analytics and host all analytics data exclusively within the EU.

Hosting

The Website is hosted by Hetzner (Germany/EU), and all data remains within the European Union.

GDPR Compliance

As a German company, we process personal data according to:

  • the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and
  • the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Users have the right to access, rectify, erase, or restrict processing of their personal data, as described in our Privacy Policy. Contact for data protection matters: [email protected].

9. Availability and Service Changes

We aim to keep the Website available at all times but cannot guarantee uninterrupted access.

We reserve the right to:

  • modify or update the Website, and
  • temporarily or permanently discontinue parts of the Service.

We will not be liable for any consequences resulting from downtime or service changes.

10. Third-Party Services

The Website may contain links to external sites or services not operated by us. We are not responsible for the content or policies of these third-party sites.

The Service relies in particular on:

  • Hetzner (EU) for hosting and technical infrastructure,
  • Matomo (EU) for analytics, and
  • Vimeo (USA/EU) for video streaming.

These providers process data under GDPR-compliant agreements and, where applicable, with appropriate safeguards for international data transfers, as described in our Privacy Policy.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by German law:

  • We are not liable for indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, or special damages, including but not limited to lost profits, business interruption, loss of data, reputational damage, or financial losses.
  • Our total aggregate liability for any claim relating to the use of the Website is limited to zero euros (€0), as the Service is provided free of charge.
  • We are not liable for damages caused by outages, interruptions, or technical issues, third-party providers, cyberattacks,