Vetgermany

General Platform Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Provider and Scope

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

doc4pets GmbH
19 Lange Strasse
76307 Karlsbad
Germany
Tel.: 0160 93824803

  1. These platform terms and conditions govern the fundamental rights and obligations of all users. In addition, the following apply – depending on the user group: Terms of use for professionals or the Terms and conditions for employers. In case of discrepancies, the special legal regulations take precedence.

§ 2 Platform Subject Matter and Understanding of Roles

  1. VetUno is a purely technical online platform for facilitating contact between employers and professionals in the veterinary field.
  2. The provider will not be a party to any employment, service or other contracts between users and assumes no brokerage, selection, testing or monitoring obligations.
  3. The provider does not guarantee a specific outcome, nor the actual establishment of contact or the conclusion of a contract.

§ 3 Registration and User Account

  1. Use of the platform requires registration.
  2. Users are required to provide truthful, complete and up-to-date information during registration.
  3. There is no entitlement to registration or use of the platform.
  4. The provider is entitled to refuse, block or delete user accounts without giving reasons, provided there is a legitimate reason for doing so.

§ 4 User obligations

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

§ 5 Content, rights of use and moderation

  1. Users grant the provider a simple, geographically unlimited right of use to all uploaded 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 review, 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 strives to ensure the platform is available without interruption, but does not guarantee that it will be accessible at all times.
  2. Maintenance work, technical malfunctions, force majeure or actions by third parties may lead to temporary restrictions.
  3. Users have no right to specific functionalities or technical designs.

Section 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 is only liable for breaches of essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations) and limited to foreseeable, typical contractual damages.
  3. Liability for indirect damages, lost profits, failed contracts or data loss is excluded.
  4. Legally mandatory liability provisions remain unaffected.

§ 8 Exemption

Users indemnify the provider against all third-party claims arising from unlawful content, breaches of duty, or violations of the law by the user.

Section 9 Data Protection

  1. The provider processes personal data in accordance with 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 duration and termination

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

Section 11 Amendment of these Terms and Conditions

  1. The provider reserves the right to change these platform terms and conditions.
  2. Users will be notified of changes in a timely manner. If a user does not object within 14 days, the changes will 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 – insofar as permissible – the registered office of the provider.
  3. Should individual provisions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.