Welcome to the Roland Berger Alumni Network

This is an exclusive platform to stay in touch with former colleagues and with us

Terms of use

Terms of use for the Alumni Network website

The Alumni Network is an exclusive networking platform to help you stay in touch with former colleagues and Roland Berger ("RB" or "we/us"). The Roland Berger alumni website (the "site") comprises a suite of online services provided by RB to facilitate communication both among individual members of the Roland Berger alumni community and between RB and alumni. All alumni information is strictly reserved for use by individual alumni and RB for personal and business-related purposes only.

1.   Use of the Alumni Network

1.1 The content and functionality of the website is not intended to provide professional advice and service to you. Discussions among alumni are primarily meant for the purpose of sharing information. Please communicate in a polite and respectful manner. We also ask you to post only about business-related issues in forums, discussions, etc. RB does not and cannot review all information posted to the site by users and is not responsible for such information. However, RB reserves the right to remove the post and any related information, in whole or in part, for any reason.

1.2 We aim to protect the rights of third parties. Please inform us if you consider your rights infringed on by an entry on this site. This also applies to links to third party websites. After being informed of any such infringement, we shall remove such links without undue delay.

1.3 You may use the site only for lawful purposes and pursuant to the relevant provisions of civil law, copyright, criminal law, data protection law and the protection of minors. Published content may not infringe on (a) the rights of third parties, in particular content for which you do not have sufficient rights (especially copyright), (b) legal provisions or (c) public decency. In particular, no vulgar, offensive, abusive, pornographic, xenophobic, or otherwise reprehensible content or links to websites containing such content may be submitted.

1.4 In addition, please note that you may not use the site for commercial purposes, especially not for advertising, e.g. promoting certain products or services.

1.5 We may remove any content provided that violates these Terms of Use without further notice.

1.6 Access to the site via the internet may be restricted as we cannot guarantee constant availability of the site. It may be interrupted due to maintenance or for technical reasons.

2.   Responsibility; Liability

2.1 We assume no responsibility for any content on the site being complete, correct and/or up-to-date. Further, we assume no responsibility for links to third party websites contributed by users, nor do we endorse these websites.

2.2 We are not liable for any violation of these Terms of Use by Alumni Network users.

2.3 We shall be liable for the full extent of damage in the event of intentional behavior, gross negligence, or in the case of culpable injury to life, body, and health. In the case of culpable violation of essential contractual obligations, meaning principal obligations enabling the proper execution of the contract, we undertake liability on the merits. The liability shall in this case be limited to damage that is typical for the contract and that can be reasonably foreseen. As for the rest, any claims for direct or indirect damages (on any legal basis whatsoever) are excluded.

3.   Termination and consequences of termination


3.1 You may delete your account at any time. Deletion of your account terminates your membership in the Alumni Network.

3.2 We reserve the right to terminate your membership in the Alumni Network and deactivate your account, particularly if you breach these Terms of Use.

3.3 After termination, we will remove your profile from the site.

4.   Changes to the Terms of Use
 

4.1 We reserve the right to change these Terms of Use. In such cases, we will give you notice via e-mail and an opportunity to object within six (6) weeks. If you do not object, the changed Terms of Use will become effective.

5.    Applicable law; Severability clause


5.1 These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Germany.

5.2 If any of these terms are determined to be unenforceable for legal reasons, it shall be deleted from these Terms of Use and the remaining Terms of Use shall remain and continue to be binding and enforceable.

6.     Contact


6.1 If you have any questions or feedback regarding these Terms of Use or the Alumni Network in general, please contact us via e-mail:
alumni.network@rolandberger.com.