Terms and Conditions

(1) These General Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern the use of the website https://valeford.de/ and all applications, services, products and tools (hereinafter "Services") of Valeford UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Klauberger Straße 22, 42651 Solingen (hereinafter "Operator").

(2) These Terms of Use conclusively contain the conditions applicable between the Operator and the User for the use of the Services.

(3) Provisions deviating from these Terms of Use shall only apply if confirmed in writing by the Operator. By using the Services, the User acknowledges these Terms of Use as binding.

(1) The Operator provides the Services on a voluntary basis and is not obligated to perform under the usage agreement.

(2) The Operator reserves the right to change or extend the content and structure of the Services as well as the associated user interfaces at any time.

(3) There is no entitlement to admission or use of the Services.

(4) Data requested during any registration must be provided completely and correctly. If the data provided changes after registration, the User is obligated to update the information in their user account immediately or to notify the Operator immediately.

Registration of a legal entity or partnership may only be carried out by an authorized representative.

(5) The User undertakes to refrain from any measures that endanger or disrupt the functionality of the Services, as well as not to access data to which they are not authorized. Furthermore, they must ensure that their information transmitted via the Services and data posted are not infected with viruses, trojans or other malware. The User undertakes to compensate the Operator for all damages arising from their culpable non-observance of these obligations and furthermore to indemnify the Operator against all claims by third parties, including attorney and court costs, which they assert against the Operator due to the User's non-observance of these obligations.

For in-app purchases and subscriptions acquired through the App Store of Apple Inc., the terms and conditions of Apple Media Services, the End User License Agreement of Apple Inc., and the data protection terms of Apple Inc. shall additionally apply.

(1) The Operator provides functions within the Services that are based on artificial intelligence (hereinafter "AI Features"). These AI Features are provided in whole or in part by external third-party AI providers.

(2) The use of the AI Features is subject to a Fair Use Policy. Unless expressly stated otherwise, use is limited to a maximum of 30 AI requests per user and calendar month. The Operator is entitled to adjust, throttle, temporarily suspend or offer additional usage quotas for a fee for factual reasons (in particular to ensure system stability, for cost control or in the event of misuse).

(3) The User undertakes to use the AI Features in a proper, responsible and legally compliant manner. In particular, it is prohibited to make automated, script-based or mass requests, to use the AI Features abusively or in a manner that impairs the Services or other users, or to generate or disseminate illegal, insulting, discriminatory, misleading or otherwise inadmissible content.

(4) The content generated by the AI Features does not constitute professional (in particular legal) advice. The Operator assumes no liability for the correctness, completeness, topicality or suitability of the generated content for a particular purpose. The User is obliged to check all AI outputs on their own responsibility and to take responsibility for their use in legal and content-related terms.

(5) There is no entitlement to a specific availability, quality, response speed or freedom from errors of the AI Features. The Operator reserves the right to change, restrict or temporarily deactivate the AI Features at any time.

(6) In the event of violations of this regulation, the Operator is entitled to restrict, throttle or block the use of the AI Features. There is no entitlement to reimbursement or compensation in these cases.

(1) The Operator does not guarantee the constant technical availability of the Services. The Operator is entitled to shut down the Services at any time without stating reasons.

(2) The Operator does not warrant the availability, currentness, accuracy or completeness of the Services, the data provided via the Services or the statements or information posted thereon.

(3) For damages arising from injury to life, body or health (personal injury) as well as damages arising from the culpable breach of essential contractual obligations, i.e. those obligations whose fulfillment enables the proper performance of the contract in the first place and on whose compliance the contractual partner may regularly rely, the Operator is liable without limitation for its own fault as well as for the fault of its vicarious agents and legal representatives.

In all other cases of liability, the liability of the Operator and its vicarious agents for culpably caused damages is excluded, unless the damage was caused by intent or gross negligence.

To the extent that the Operator's liability is excluded or limited, this also applies in favor of the personal liability of its legal representatives, executive employees and simple vicarious agents.

(4) The User indemnifies the Operator against all claims asserted by other users or other third parties against the Operator for violation of their rights through statements and other content posted by the User via the Services or due to their other use of the Services. The User hereby assumes the costs of the necessary legal defense of the Operator, including all court and attorney costs at the statutory rate. This does not apply if the legal violation is not attributable to the User.

The User is obligated to immediately, truthfully and completely provide the Operator with all information necessary for the examination of claims and defense in the event of claims by third parties.

The Operator processes the User's personal data in compliance with applicable data protection regulations, in particular taking into account the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

In this regard, reference is made to the Operator's Privacy Policy.

(1) A partial or complete transfer of the User's rights under the contract to third parties requires the consent of the Operator.

(2) The User is only entitled to set off against the Operator with undisputed or legally established counterclaims.

(1) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The exclusive place of jurisdiction for the contracting parties, if the contracting parties are merchants, legal entities under public law or special funds under public law, insofar as effectively agreeable, is Solingen.

(2) The User's general terms and conditions do not apply to this contract. This also applies if such conditions are not expressly objected to.

(3) All amendments and additions to contractual agreements must be made in writing for evidentiary purposes or by email in text form.

(4) Changes to these Terms of Use will be communicated to the User by the Operator in writing or by email. If the User does not object to such changes within six weeks of receipt of the notification, the changes shall be deemed agreed. The User will be specifically informed of the right to object and the legal consequences of silence in the event of changes to the Terms of Use.

(5) Should individual provisions of these Terms of Use be or become invalid and/or contradict statutory regulations, the validity of the Terms of Use in all other respects shall not be affected. The invalid provision shall be replaced by the contracting parties by mutual agreement with a provision that comes closest to the economic purpose of the invalid provision in a legally effective manner. The above provision shall apply accordingly in the event of regulatory gaps.