Draft B2B SaaS CMP terms. Not a copy of Advertiso’s other-service terms. Placeholders and liability clauses require lawyer review before go-live.
§ 1 Scope
- These Terms of Service govern use of the Consent Management Platform adconsent (“Service”) between Advertiso GmbH, Mielerstede 6, 22927 Großhansdorf, Germany (“Provider”) and businesses within the meaning of § 14 BGB (“Customer”).
- The Service is offered to businesses only. Consumers (§ 13 BGB) are excluded.
- Customer terms apply only if the Provider expressly agrees in text form.
§ 2 Formation of contract
- The contract is formed via signup on the Provider’s website and acceptance of these Terms, or by acceptance of an offer / order.
- The accepted version and timestamp are stored.
§ 3 Service description
- The Provider supplies a multi-tenant SaaS platform including, in particular: banner/consent script delivery, consent logging, cookie/tag scanning of customer sites, and an admin UI for properties, banners and vendors.
- Future IAB Europe TCF registration and additional regimes may be enabled as part of the offering.
- The Provider does not provide legal advice. The CMP is a tool; compliance responsibility for the Customer’s websites remains with the Customer.
§ 4 Availability / SLA
Availability targets, maintenance windows and credits: [SLA lt. Angebot / Service Level Agreement].
§ 5 Customer obligations
- Correct configuration; keep domains, texts, vendors and purposes up to date.
- Provide lawful banner/legal texts under Customer responsibility.
- Ensure tags/cookies/third parties load only after consent or another lawful basis.
- Customer remains controller (Art. 4(7) GDPR) for visitor data; Provider acts as processor under the DPA/AVV.
- Keep credentials confidential; report misuse promptly.
§ 6 No legal advice
Use of the Service does not replace legal advice. Compliance (GDPR, TDDDG, UWG, TCF policies, etc.) remains the Customer’s responsibility.
§ 7 Fees and payment
- Fees: [PREISE lt. Angebot].
- Prices exclude VAT unless stated otherwise.
- Payment provider: [ZAHLUNGSANBIETER].
§ 8 Term and termination
- Term/notice: [LAUFZEIT / KÜNDIGUNGSFRIST lt. Angebot].
- Extraordinary termination for cause remains unaffected.
- On termination, the Provider will, on request and within a reasonable time, provide an export of organization-related data (where technically available). Data are then deleted/anonymized per the DPA and Privacy Policy, subject to statutory retention duties.
§ 9 Liability
- Unlimited liability for intent, gross negligence, and injury to life, body or health.
- For slight negligence, liability only for breach of material contractual duties, capped at the typical foreseeable damage, and per contract year at [HAFTUNGSHÖCHSTBETRAG lt. Angebot] where legally permitted.
- Indirect damages and loss of profit are excluded for slight negligence where legally permitted.
- Limitations also apply to the Provider’s legal representatives and vicarious agents.
§ 10 IP / license
- All rights in the Service, banner script and documentation remain with the Provider / licensors.
- Customer receives a non-exclusive, non-transferable license for the contract term to embed the banner script on enabled properties only.
- Reverse engineering and unauthorized redistribution are prohibited except where mandatory law allows.
§ 11 Changes to these Terms
The Provider may amend these Terms for the future for legitimate reasons. [PRÜFEN: change mechanism / objection rights to be aligned with counsel.]
§ 12 Governing law and venue
- German law applies, excluding the UN CISG.
- Venue for merchants: Lübeck [prüfen: register court is Lübeck; Hamburg may be an alternative].
§ 13 Severability
If any provision is invalid, the remaining provisions stay in effect. A valid provision closest to the economic purpose replaces the invalid one.