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General Platform Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Provider and scope of application

  1. These General Terms and Conditions of Use apply to all users of the online platform VetUno (hereinafter referred to as “Platform”), regardless of whether they are employers or professionals.
  2. The provider of the Platform is:

doc4pets GmbH

Lange Str. 19

76307 Karlsbad

Germany

Tel.: 0160 93824803

  1. These Platform Terms and Conditions govern the basic rights and obligations of all users. In addition, depending on the user group, the Terms of Use for Professionals or the Terms and Conditions for Employers apply. In the event of contradictions, the special legal provisions take precedence.

§ 2 Purpose of the Platform and Understanding of Roles

  1. VetUno is a purely technical online platform for establishing contact between employers and professionals in the veterinary field.
  2. The provider does not become a contractual partner in employment, service, or other contracts between users and does not assume any mediation, selection, review, or monitoring obligations.
  3. The provider is not obligated to achieve a specific result or to actually establish contact or conclude a contract.

§ 3 Registration and user account

  1. Registration is required to use the platform.
  2. Users are obliged to provide truthful, complete, and up-to-date information when registering.
  3. There is no entitlement to registration or use of the platform.
  4. The provider is entitled to reject, block, or delete user accounts without giving reasons, provided there is an objective reason for doing so.

§ 4 User obligations

  1. Users undertake to use the platform exclusively within the framework of applicable laws.
  2. It is prohibited to post content or perform actions that:
  • violate legal regulations,
  • are discriminatory, misleading, or immoral,
  • infringe the rights of third parties.
  1. Users are responsible for all actions taken via their account.

§ 5 Content, rights of use, and moderation

  1. Users grant the provider a simple, spatially unlimited right of use to all posted content for the duration of the contractual relationship, insofar as this is necessary for the operation of the platform.
  2. The provider is entitled to check, moderate, block, or remove content without being obligated to do so.
  3. There is no entitlement to the publication or permanent availability of content.

§ 6 Platform availability

  1. The provider endeavors to ensure that the platform is available without interruption as far as possible, but does not guarantee that it will be accessible at all times.
  2. Maintenance work, technical malfunctions, force majeure, or measures taken by third parties may lead to temporary restrictions.
  3. Users have no claim to specific functionalities or technical designs.

§ 7 Liability – Principle

  1. The provider is liable – regardless of the legal basis – exclusively for damages resulting from intentional or grossly negligent conduct.
  2. In cases of simple negligence, the provider shall only be liable for breaches of essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations) and limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract.
  3. Liability for indirect damage, lost profits, lost contracts, or data loss is excluded.
  4. Statutory liability provisions remain unaffected.

§ 8 Indemnification

Users shall indemnify the provider against all claims by third parties that are asserted on the basis of illegal content, breaches of duty, or violations of the law by the user.

§ 9 Data protection

  1. The provider processes personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations.
  2. Further data protection obligations of users, in particular in the relationship between employers and skilled workers, remain unaffected.

§ 10 Contract term and termination

  1. Users may delete their user account at any time, provided that there are no contractual obligations to the contrary.
  2. The provider is entitled to terminate usage relationships without notice for good cause.

§ 11 Amendments to these GTC

  1. The provider reserves the right to amend these platform GTC.
  2. Users will be notified of changes in good time. If the user does not object within 14 days, the changes shall be deemed accepted.

§ 12 Final provisions

  1. German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
  2. The place of jurisdiction is – to the extent permissible – the registered office of the provider.
  3. Should individual provisions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.