ᐅ Legal Notice / Terms and Conditions

Please read the following forum rules and Terms and Conditions carefully before using Hausbau-Forum.de.
We expressly point out that violations may result in the immediate and irrevocable suspension of your account and, if applicable, the deletion of your posts on Hausbau-Forum.de!

We reserve the right to change or delete posts and usernames without prior notice or explanation.

Users may be warned or banned as a result. No correspondence will be conducted regarding these actions. Enforcement of the forum rules and Terms and Conditions is at our sole discretion.


Forum Rules

Contents
1. General
2. Netiquette
3. Advertising
4. Multiple Accounts
5. Good Faith
6. Negative Statements
7. Confidentiality
8. Costs


1. General
1.1) Choosing Usernames
Nouns, company names, product names, professional titles, website URLs, email addresses, adjectives, or designations related to these may not be used as usernames or parts thereof. Usernames must not contain special characters. Usernames can be changed at any time without prior notice by us. For statements regarding posts that relate to the user’s own person, company, organization, or products, usernames may be registered only with an email address from the user’s own top-level domain. This must be notified in advance by email, including intended use of the account.

1.2) Choose a Descriptive Title
Please choose a meaningful title. Topics with titles containing parts such as "Question about...", "Need help for..." will be deleted. It is known to forum members that the thread creator has a question or needs help, so this does not need to be mentioned in the title.

1.3) Off-Topic / Added Value of Posts
Posts submitted to the forum must provide added value. They must be relevant and not off-topic or excessively deviating from the subject.

1.4) Deleted Posts
Deleted posts must never be reposted.

1.5) Uploading Images
Images must be uploaded exclusively via the forum’s own upload function.

1.6) German Spelling
Posts must be written in German. Proper German spelling is required. Umlauts must be used.

1.7) Smileys are not welcome in the forum.

2. Netiquette
2.1) No Insults
Only factual and constructive posts are welcome.
Users and publicly named persons, companies, or organizations must be treated with respect. Terms like “bums,” “crappy company,” or personal attacks are strictly forbidden in the forum.

2.2) No Violation of Personal Rights
Names, addresses, and phone numbers of non-public individuals may only be published in abbreviated form.

3. Advertising
3.1) Unauthorized Links / Advertising
Links, email addresses, and references to other websites in the forum are strictly prohibited and may lead to suspension of the user account. Advertising in the forum, signature, or private messages is banned and will be invoiced at EUR 3,500.

3.2) Declarations of Intent
Statements such as "We intend to build with this company" must be avoided.

3.3) Inquiries About Companies
Inquiries about companies must not refer to third parties.

3.4) Press Calls in the Forum
Please contact Hausbau-Forum.de by email in advance regarding press requests in the forum.

4. Multiple Accounts
Creating multiple accounts is strictly prohibited. Only one username per internet connection (IP address) is allowed. If multiple persons use the same IP to log in, this must be reported in advance. Unregistered multiple accounts may be fully accessed and checked for abuse by Hausbau-Forum.de.

5. Good Faith
All statements, including posts, profile messages, comments, etc., must be truthful to the best of your knowledge and must not be misleading.

6. Statements about Companies and Products
Please avoid generalized negative statements. Both negative and positive statements about persons, companies, products, or organizations must be specific. Negative incidents must be described very precisely. Upon request (see Forum Rule 6.1), you must provide recognized evidence to support your statement for us to publish your post online.

6.1) Submit Documents and Affidavit
Please submit copies of legally valid documents such as contracts, invoices, or correspondence proving your business relationship with the company being reviewed. We also ask you to submit an affidavit. Information and the affidavit form can be found at https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/aeusserungen-von-erfahrungen-mit-hausbau-firmen.12469. Your post may be deleted until these are provided.

7. Confidentiality
Do not publish documents subject to confidentiality. If publicly posted documents contain confidential information about contracting parties, these must be redacted.

8. Costs
The use of Hausbau-Forum.de is free of charge for non-commercial purposes until revoked.
For requests from registered users to change or delete usernames, posts, or personal data, Hausbau-Forum.de may charge a flat fee of 100.00 Euros for processing. For extensive work, especially deleting posts and adjusting related content by third parties, significantly higher flat fees may apply. Fees must be paid in advance. Receipts/invoices are sent as PDF files by email upon payment.


Terms and Conditions (T&Cs)

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Participation Conditions
3. Services
4. Fees
5. Copyright
6. Liability
7. Warnings/Content Removal
8. Data Protection
9. Jurisdiction

1. Introduction
Hausbau-Forum.de operates the internet platform www.Hausbau-Forum.de, primarily providing information on the broad topic of homebuilding, offering an opportunity for exchange of opinions, and enabling paid advertising.
The following Terms and Conditions govern the rights and obligations between customers and Hausbau-Forum.de as well as between users and Hausbau-Forum.de. These Terms and Conditions do not apply to any transactions or trade that may arise from exchanges within the forum. Additionally, these Terms and Conditions do not apply to business dealings between advertising partners and private users or among themselves.

2. Participation Conditions
Hausbau-Forum.de may be used by all natural or legal persons without restrictions regarding age, religion, or origin. User information must reflect the current facts at all times.
Hausbau-Forum.de reserves the right to delete existing users or reject new users at any time.
By confirming registration on Hausbau-Forum.de, users accept these Terms and Conditions and other usage rules and agree to comply with them. These Terms and Conditions also apply to any other activity connected with the Hausbau-Forum.de platform, accepted or not accepted by Hausbau-Forum.de.

3. Services
Hausbau-Forum.de provides information on homebuilding on the platform www.Hausbau-Forum.de.
The platform offers the opportunity to discuss questions and issues related to homebuilding and other topics.

4. Fees
Use of Hausbau-Forum.de for non-commercial purposes is free until revoked.
Requests by registered users to change or delete usernames, posts, or personal data may incur a flat fee of 100.00 Euros, or higher fees in special cases. Fees must be paid in advance. Receipts/invoices are sent by email as PDFs upon payment.

5. Copyright
Authors of all posts and other content presented on Hausbau-Forum.de commit to ensuring that their content does not infringe on any third-party rights in any form.
Hausbau-Forum.de reserves the right to delete any content suspected of copyright infringement without providing evidence or explanation.
Users grant Hausbau-Forum.de a simple, spatially and temporally unlimited, and royalty-free right to use their posts, images, and graphics within the forum and related social media accounts. This usage right remains valid even after leaving the forum.

6. Liability
Hausbau-Forum.de assumes no liability for opinions, information, answers, or other contributions published on Hausbau-Forum.de.
Specifically, Hausbau-Forum.de is not liable for damages resulting from information presented on the platform and its subpages.
Hausbau-Forum.de is also not liable for posts, texts, or data lost for any reason due to interaction with the platform.
Claims for damages against Hausbau-Forum.de or its employees are void unless it can be proven without doubt that gross negligence by Hausbau-Forum.de caused the damage.

7. Warnings / Content Removal
In case of domain disputes, competition law issues, or similar problems, and to avoid legal disputes, please contact Hausbau-Forum.de in advance. Legal warnings without prior contact with Hausbau-Forum.de will be rejected as unjustified based on the duty to mitigate damages.
Hausbau-Forum.de reserves the right to delete forum entries without explanation. In particular, entries containing generalized negative statements about companies, persons, or organizations are deleted.
If you feel unlawfully insulted or defamed in the forum, please contact Hausbau-Forum.de in writing. Requests are usually processed within 5 business days. Please proceed as follows:
- Contact us first by email at: info(at)Hausbau-Forum.de.
- Send a written request to the address in the legal notice.
- Provide the exact URL of the relevant forum post.
- Quote the text from the forum post and mark unlawful passages in red. Specify exactly what you want deleted or changed, including reasons.

8. Data Protection
The use of personal data is subject to applicable data protection regulations. Hausbau-Forum.de treats all protected data, in particular personal data, confidentially.
All users commit to respecting these data protection provisions. If a user discloses protected data about themselves or others on Hausbau-Forum.de, the user alone is responsible, not Hausbau-Forum.de.
Hausbau-Forum.de will take all necessary measures to ensure adequate protection of protected data.

9. Jurisdiction
Swiss law exclusively applies. Jurisdiction: CH-8400 Winterthur.
If individual provisions of these Terms and Conditions are or become invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain fully valid.

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